Born 1968, Melbourne, Australia
Studies
1990-92 Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Bach. of Fine Art (Painting)
1990-91 VCA Art History Study Tour to Europe
Collections
Artbank
Art Gallery of New South Wales, gifted by Margaret Olley
Bendigo Art Gallery
Brisbane City Hall
City of Albany
City of Port Phillip
Colac Area Health
Department of Education, Queensland
Downlands College
Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale
Genazzano FCJ College, Kew
Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne
Lowensteins
Mercure Harbourside
Victorian College of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Table of Contents, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2022 Selected Works, Artbay Gallery, Queenstown, New Zealand
2021 Royal Gala Performance, Arthouse Gallery. Sydney
2020 The Pleasure of Your Company, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2019 Tabletop Variations, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2017 Make Believe, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne & Sydney
2016 Wild Life, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2015 The Company of Unlikely Travelllers, Sydney Contemporary represented by Mossgreen Gallery
2014 Unstill Lives, Mossgreen Gallery
2013 Tabletop Performances & Other Balancing Acts, Mossgreen Gallery
2012 Strange Relations, Melbourne Art Fair, represented by Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Wild Things, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2010 The Spoon Collectors, Hill Smith Gallery, Adelaide; Tabletop Variations, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Hunting & Collecting, fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne
2007 The Collector, Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne
2005 From the Studio, Studio Exhibition, Melbourne
2003 Still Life in Painting, Studio Exhibition, Melbourne
2001 Clockwise, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2000 A Time for Flight & Rest, Cafe La, Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne
1999 The Pursuit of Happiness, Cairns Regional Gallery
1996 Menu, Cairns Regional Gallery, Queensland; Still Life in Painting, Gallery 101, Melbourne
1995 Square Paintings, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1994 Recent Paintings, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
1993 Recent Paintings, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
Awards & Prize Exhibitions
2013 The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, finalist SA Museum
Sulman Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2012 Gold Award, finalist, Rockhampton Art Gallery; R&M McGivern, finalist, Maroondah Art Gallery
2011 Sulman Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Winner, People’s Choice, Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize, finalist, Bendigo Art Gallery
2010 Winner, Albany Art Prize, Vancouver Arts Centre, WA Calleen Art Award, finalist, Cowra Regional Gallery
2009 Winner, People’s Choice, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Art Gallery; Arthur Guy Memorial Art Prize, finalist,
Bendigo Art Gallery; Highly Commended, The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, finalist, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery; Mt Buller Art Prize, finalist;
First Prize, Corangamarah Art Prize; Flannagan Art Prize, Ballarat; R&M McGivern, finalist, Maroondah Art Gallery
2004 First Prize, Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale, $10,000 Rosemount Art of Food Award
2001 First Prize, Australian Artist Magazine Competition
1997 Portia Geach Memorial Award, finalist, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney
1995 The Sulman Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2nd Prize Keith & Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Scholarship, VCA Gallery
1995 2nd Prize Victorian Tapestry Workshop design for Melbourne Town Hall
1994 Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, finalist, Gold Coast City Art Gallery
1993 Alice Prize, finalist, Alice Springs
1992 Artworkz 4, finalist, Gallery 101, Melbourne; Alice Prize, finalist, Alice Springs
Mid Year Award, Victorian College of the Arts
1991 Theodur Urbach Award, Victorian College of the Arts
Grants & Studio Residencies
2002 Shortlisted for Nillumbik Residency Program, Victoria
1999-2000 Professional Development Grant, Kick Arts Collective, Arts Queensland
1997 Australia Council Overseas Studio Residency - Besozzo, Italy
1996 Regional Arts Development Fund Project Grant, Arts Queensland, Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
2014 ART in Embassies, United States Embassy, Canberra
2010 Net Work, Ballarat Art Gallery
2006 Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda
2005 Linden Postcard Show, St Kilda
2004 Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne
2002 Mahoneys Galleries, Melbourne
Art in Australia, Works From the Collection, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Xmas Show, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2000 Seventh Contemporary Art Fair, (Australian Galleries), Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
1999 Fine Painting & Sculpture, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, (Gallery 101), Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
End to End, Six Far North Queensland Artists, Gallery 101, Melbourne
1997 Fields of Vision, Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane
Gals Work, Recent Acquisitions by Female Artists, St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne
1996 Artists of North Queensland, Cairns Regional Gallery
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, (Crawford Gallery), Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
1994 Gallery Artists, Crawford Gallery, Sydney
Fourth Contemporary Art Fair, (Crawford Gallery), Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
1991 Images of Women, Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne; Award Show, VCA Gallery
Small Works, Wide Visions, Downlands College, Toowoomba, Qld
Publications
Prue Gibson, Art Collector Special Edition, Sydney Contemporary, 2015
Naomi Gall, Art Collector, Issue 70, Oct/Nov 2014
The Adelaide Review, July 2013, cover image
Mikey Cahill, Herald Sun, Weekend Livelist, August 27, 2011
Prue Gibson, Australian Art Review, Issue 23, May - July 2010
Stephen Bevis, Arts Editor, West Australian, 26 March 2010
Dr Christine Nicholls, Asian Art News, Hong Kong, July/ Aug 2009
Patricia Anderson, Editor’s Choice, Australian Art Review, Issue 20, Aug- Oct 2009
Australian Art Collector, Newsletter, Artist Milestones, 11 August 2009
David McKenzie, The Colac Herald, Aug 10, 2009
Sydney Morning Herald, Sat 13 June, 2009
Canberra Times, Sat 13 June, 2009
Vogue Living Magazine, Nov-Dec, 2008
Urbis Magazine, Issue 46, 2008
Melbourne Lawyer Magazine, Issue 05, July 2006
Australian Art Review, Issue 8 July 2005 – October 2005
Update Magazine, Helpmann Academy, Dec 2004-March 2005
Mosman 2088 Magazine, Issue 16, September, 2004
Macedon Leader, November 2003
Rob Serebro, The Canberra Times, September 2002
Image used, The Weekend Australian, 2-3 February 2002
Artbank Website, www.artbank.gov.au, 1999
Image used, The Australian’s Review of Books, 12 May 1999
Sandra Hodgson, Flying Arts Gazette, January 1999
Neville Drewery, Images 3, 1998, Craftsman House
John Millington, The Courier Mail, 27 March 1998
Gordon Foulds, Craft Arts International, March 1998
Joan Winter, Gal’s Work Catalogue Essay, November 1997
Robyn McKenzie, Gal’s Work Catalogue Essay, November 1997
Peter Denham, Arts Nexus, August 1997
Lesley Shelley, Arts Nexus, October 1996
Nicola O’Hanlon, House & Garden, August 1996
Emily Ross, The Melbourne Weekly, October 1994
Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 September 1994
Elwyn Lynn, The Australian, February 1994
Elwyn Lynn, The Australian, 7 August 1993
Bronwyn Watson, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 August 1993
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