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EDUCATION

2025 Postgraduate Fine Art, Curtin University, Perth WA

2017-2022 Fine Art/Visual Art, Curtin University, Perth WA

2009-2011 Advanced Diploma of Fine Art, Newcastle Art School, TAFE, Newcastle

1998 Bachelor of Arts, University of New England, Armidale


RESIDENCIES 

2022, 2023 Lighthouse Arts studio residencies Nobbys-Whibayganba Headland, Lighthouse Arts Newcastle. 

 

AWARDS  

2011 Ford Scholarship for outstanding aptitude in Fine Arts, Newcastle Art School, TAFE  

2010 Carol Duval Memorial Award for painting, Newcastle Art School, TAFE  

  

INSTALLATIONS

2011-2022 Big Day, mural print, Mattara Festival 50th Anniversary, Newcastle

2013 Lie of the land, Shopfront Gallery, Newcastle

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025  

Finalist - MAC Yapang Art Prize - Museum of Art and Culture, Booragul, Lake Macquarie

BAMM Regional Art Fair - Bank Art Museum Moree, Moree, NSW
Silver and Cold - Wester Gallery, Newcastle

Counteractions - March Forward, The Creator Incubator, Hamilton North

House of Stories II - Lighthouse Arts, Nobbys/Whibayganba, Newcastle


2024  

Semi-finalist - Newcastle Club Foundation Art Prize, Newcastle Art Space

Counteractions  - Count Her Actions - The Creator Incubator, Hamilton North

Elemental - Lighthouse Arts, Nobbys/Whibayganba headland, Newcastle

Semi-finalist - Lethbridge 20,000 Small Scale Art Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane 

Out for Summer - Onwards Gallery, Newcastle


2023 

Collect 23, - The Lockup, Newcastle,

2012 

Surface Seeking -  Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Booragul
Finalist - Sculpture on the Greens,, Central Coast Rotary, Kooindah Waters, Wyong
Finalist - Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle

2011  

Finalist - 40th Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, Muswellbrook

Finalist - Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize, Newcastle Art Space, Newcastle


GROUP EXHIBITIONS  


2025 

Summer Salon - Straitjacket Gallery, Broadmeadow NSW

TCI artists, The Creator Incubator, Hamilton North NSW

Naked Hum 25, Hudson St Hum, Hamilton, NSW

Cats, Dogs and Other Animals,  Newcastle Art Space, Islington


2024 

Atmosphere, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle

Cash, Carry, Claim , The Creator Incubator,  Hamilton North

Naked Hum 24, Hudson Street Hum, Hamilton

Patchwork 7, Finite Gallery @ The Creator Incubator, Hamilton North


2023 

Winter Solstice, Newcastle Art Space, NSW

Naked Hum - Hudson Street Hum, Hamilton

Patchwork 6 - Finite Gallery @ The Creator Incubator, Hamilton North

2015 Beginnings, Gallery 139, Hamilton, NSW

2013 Boxes, Newcastle Art Space, NSW

2012 Made in Newcastle, MK11, Podspace, Newcastle NSW,

Postcards, Newcastle Art Space, NSW
40+6, MK11, Clovelly, NSW

Open House, Podspace, Newcastle, NSW

2011 Constellations, Podspace, Newcastle, NSW

Plurality, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle Art School, NSW

Small Works Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

2010 Airborne, Studio 48, Newcastle, NSW
Secondary Colours, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle Art School, NSW

2009 The Big Morning Tea, Studio 48, Newcastle, NSW

Response to Landscape, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle Art School, NSW

2008 The 8 Go For Nature, Studio 48, Newcastle, NSW

2007 Different Strokes, Studio 48, Newcastle, NSW

2006 Contemporary Landscapes, Studio 48, Newcastle, NSW

 

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