born 1964 Sydney

moved to lutruwita, Tasmania 2005

lives in nipaluna, Hobart

2007 Bachelor of Teaching, University of Tasmania

1999 Post Graduate Diploma of Design Digital Media - University of Western Sydney

1986 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art) Canberra School of Art

2026 Packaged Nature, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston

2025 Online Exhibition, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2024 Symbolic Constellations, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2023 Mexican Motion in Parallax Multiverses, Casa Lu Sur, Mexico City

2022 Diaspore, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2021 Some Kind Of Peace ,Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2020 The Rooftop Of Your Mind, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2018 Dark Flowers, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2017 The Wild River, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2015 Tangled Up In Blue, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

The Big Pink, The Little Gallery, Devonport Regional Gallery

2014 Trees, Frogmore Estate, Tasmania

2013 Where Cows Meet Swans, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2012 Works in Progress, King Island Cultural Centre

Figurative Landscapes. Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2011 Buzz, S.p.a.c.e. Gallery, Scotch Oakburn, Launceston

2007 Short Life, University Gallery, University of Tasmania Launceston

2003 Leichhardt, Hill on Hargrave Gallery, Sydney

2000 Books, Exhibition Space, Campsie Library, Sydney

1995 Paintings and Drawings, Pendulum Gallery, Sydney

1994 Little Birds, Glare Window Artspace, Sydney

1993 The Wash, First Draft West, Sydney

Country Myth, Ten Taylor Street, Sydney

1987 In the Shadows, Senchilds Gallery, Sydney

2025 Penthouse Pet of the Year, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston

2023 Gather Together – FORTHEARTCO. Salamanca Art Centre

One apiece Moonah Art Centre

Summer Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2021 Spring Members Exhibition Contemporary Art Tasmania

Another Day in Paradise Biennale Austria, Venice Italy

2020 Arts Projects@Gallery Seventy-One, nipaluna Hobart

Annual Artist Show Colville Gallery nipaluna Hobart

From Me to You Members Exhibition Contemporary Art Tasmania

Biennale Austria Art Salon, Vienna

2019 Members Exhibition, Contemporary Art Tasmania

Artists Portraits, Self Portraits, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Works on Paper, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2018 13th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Time Is II Salone dell’arte, Trieste, Italy

Hundred Shades of Pink, Ausstellungsraum, Vienna

Takayna, Tarkine in Motion, BBF, Long Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2017 12th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Celebration: Eskleigh Art Collection, QVMAG, Launceston

Blue bleu blau blu, Ausstellungsraum, Vienna

Stewarts Law RCA Secret, London

2016 11th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Stewarts Law RCA Secret, Dubai

2015 10th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Ten Years, King Island Cultural Centre

Stand Back, Moonah Art Centre, TAS

2014 9th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2013 8th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2012 7th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Out of the Blue, Curated by Peter Fay, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney

2011 6th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2010 5th Annual Artists Show, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2009 She-who discovers, Walker Street Gallery & Arts Centre, VIC

2007 Make>way, Emerging teacher artists, Poimena Gallery, Launceston

2005 Best in Show, A-Space on Cleveland, Sydney

2004 Doggy two @ A-SPACE on Cleveland, Sydney

2003 Sydney Art on Paper Fair, A-SPACE on Cleveland, Sydney

The Dog Show, A-SPACE on Cleveland, Sydney

Picturing Paradise, Fundraiser Exhibition, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2002 Condemned and Conserved, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney

2001 ANIMALmagic, SAM, Biological Sciences Museum, Macquarie University

Leichhardt artists at the Goodwin Gallery, Sydney

1996 Floressence: The flower in Australian Art 1920-1996, Ivan Dougherty Gallery UNSW

1994 Artist’s Don’t Believe in Sanity Clause, Legge Gallery, Sydney

1993 Tempest - stormy works, Legge Gallery, Sydney

The theme of place - a site, Foyer Gallery, UWS Macarthur, NSW

1992 Thissness, Legge Gallery, Sydney

1991 When Love Blooms, Legge Gallery, Sydney

2024 Finalist The Uranga Small Sculpture Prize NSW

2023 Regional Arts Fund Quick Response Grant

Casa Lu Sur Artist Residency, Mexico City

Commission – Machine Paintings, Westside Laundry, nipaluna Hobart

2021-25 Series of paintings, State Cinema, Hobart

2020 Finalist Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize Sydney

2019 Finalist The Lloyd Rees Art Prize Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

Finalist Flanagan Art Exhibition St Patrick’s College Ballarat VIC

Finalist Contemporary Watercolour Prize Wollongong Art Gallery NSW

2016 Quick Response Grant, Tasmanian Regional Arts

Kriti Artist Residency, Varanasi, India

Finalist Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helen’s, Tasmania

Finalist Geelong Contemporary, VIC

Finalist Food and Wine Art Prize, McLaren Vale, SA

Finalist The Percival Portrait Prize, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville

2015 Finalist The Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2014 Finalist Flanagan Art Exhibition, St Patrick’s College, Ballarat, VIC

Finalist Contemporary Watercolour Prize, Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW

2013 Finalist ANL Maritime Art Exhibition, Southbank, Melbourne

Finalist The Lloyd Rees Art Prize, Colville Gallery, nipaluna Hobart

2012 King Island Artist Residency Program, Arts Tasmania, Minister for the Arts

Finalist NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, Parliament House, Sydney

Artist Peer Representative Public Art, Arts Tasmania

2011 Finalist Paddington Art Prize, Menzies Art Brands Gallery, Kensington, Sydney

Finalist Lethbridge 10 000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane

2010 Winner Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, Tasmania

2009 Judges’ Commendation Prize Tasmanian Art Award, Eskleigh, TAS

Finalist Belle Arti-Chapman & Bailey Art Award, Melbourne

Commission, painted backdrop for the Mikado, Longford

2008 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney

2006 Finalist Material Girl, International Women’s Day Touring Exhibition, TAS

Finalist The John Glover Prize, Evandale TAS

2005 Finalist Meroogal Women’s Arts Prize, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery NSW

2004 Highly Commended Goulburn Art Award, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2003 Finalist Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Commission, Series of Paintings, Sell and Parker Metal Merchants, Sydney

2002 Finalist Jo Sonja’s Pack Saddle Prize, New England Regional Museum, Armidale

Finalist The 37th Open Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW

2001 Commission, Series of Paintings, Sell and Parker NSW

Finalist Salon des Refuse’s (Wynne prize) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Highly Commended Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1999 Commission, Digital Mural, UWS School of Design and Liverpool Council, Sydney

1998 Nepean Summer Research Award, Bread Research Institute of Australia, Sydney

Finalist Contemporary Realism, The King’s School Art Prize, Kings School, Sydney

1996 Finalist Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

Finalist UWS Macarthur National Printmedia Acquisitive, Casula Powerhouse, NSW

1995 Finalist Salon des refuse’s, (Wynne prize), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Finalist New South Wales Travelling Art Prize Exhibition, COFA Gallery, UNSW

Gunnery Studio’s Program, New South Wales Ministry for the Arts

1994 Finalist Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD

1993 Finalist Festival of Fisher’s Ghost, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, NSW

Pat Corrigan Artist Grant, National Association of the Visual Arts

1992 Finalist Logan Art Award, Kingston Butter Factory, QLD

1990 Finalist First Olsen Drawing Prize, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW

2025 Setouchi Triennale, Japan

2024 Art Now: Virtual Visits with Working Artists (OLLI), ULCA

2023 Casa Lu Sur Artist Residency, Mexico City

2026-17 Gallery Attendant MONA Museum of Old and New Art

2018 Bioblitz, Takayna Bob Brown Foundation

2016 Kriti Artist Residency, Varanasi, India

2016 International Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Kunshan, China

2015-14 Tutor, The Colour Circle, Hobart

2013 Oodnadatta and Flinders Ranges

2012 Artist Peer Representative, Public Art, Arts Tasmania

King Island Artist Residency Program, Arts Tasmania, Minister for the Arts

2010 Teacher, Tasmania Academy & Polytechnic Newstead College, Launceston

2009 Tutor, Adult Education, Launceston

2008 Head Teacher, Art Department, Devonport High School

2004 Tutor, Illawarra Institute of TAFE, Moss Vale Campus NSW

2003 -01 Reception, Artbank, Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts

2002 Ikuntji Women’s Art Centre, Central Australia

2001 South Vietnam and Cambodia

2000 Kelarriny, Warmun Art Centre, Kimberley WA

1997-95 Audio Visual Department, QANTAS Airways Ltd

1995 Gunnery Studio’s Program, New South Wales Ministry for the Arts

Campus Art Store, UNSW College of Fine Arts

1993 Assistant Art Department, Extremes of Sorrow – funded by the Australian Film Commission

1989 Southern Europe

1988 Tutor, Adut Education, Northern Beaches, Sydney

1979 Great Britain and Central Europe

Silvini, C 2016. Every picture tells a story, Townsville Bulletin. June 11

Jarvis, C. 2015. Exhibition has a South Australian flavour The Advocate July 18

Editor’s Picks 2013. Art guide (dispatches) Issue #17 January 22.

Selby, C. 2013. At one with nature, The Mercury Saturday Magazine February 2.

Machen, M. 2011. Beauty in the eye of the beeholder The Examiner, January 29.

Claridge, A. 2010. Painting passion blooms into award success

Allen, C. 2008. In Good Company. The Weekend Australian Review. November 1-2.

Thompson, M. 2003. Spotlight, The Sydney Morning Herald. February 21.

Unique suburban perspective 2003. Wentworth Courier February 19.

Judges’ report. 2001. The Portia Geach Catalogue. September 06.

Art that dares the imagination. 2000. The Torch. May 24.

Mendelssohn, J. 1995. Sydney Art: In Brief. The Australian. July 28.

McKean, B. 1994. Where the Eye Goes, Glare Review. Issue 42 .Aug-Oct.

The Mercury April 10.Jamrozik, W. 1987. No place for gums & bush shacks The Northern Herald October 01.

Eskleigh Foundation TAS

Liverpool City Council NSW

Logan City Council QLD

Sell and Parker NSW

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