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Education:
2024 Bachelor of Fine Art - with Distinction, Queensland College of Art & Design - Griffith University, South Bank, Queensland
2001 Bachelor of Speech Pathology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria
Prizes:
2024 Winner. Behlau Murakami Grant Contemporary Portraiture Art Prize. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2023 Third Prize: John Villiers Outback Art Prize. Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton, Queensland
2022 Highly Commended Award: Inaugural Behlau Murakami Grant Art Prize. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
Selected Finalist:
2024 Darling Portrait Prize. National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
2024 The Alice Prize / National Contemporary Australian Art Award. Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2023 Elaine Bermingham Watercolour Prize. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2023 Portia Geach Memorial Award. S.H Ervin Gallery, The Rocks, New South Wales
2023 Salon De Refuse - Brisbane Portrait Prize. Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
2023 Small Works Art Prize. Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
2022 Tacit Still Life Prize. Tacit Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria
2014 Out of the Box – live. Fernie, Canada
Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Eco:tone. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2020 Don’t Mention the C Word. Aparto 123 Brisbane, Queensland
2019 It Takes a Village. Cultivate Calm Studio, Brisbane, Queensland
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 Beyond. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2023 Humans of the Outback. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2023 Humans of the Outback. Winton, Queensland
2023 Reimagined Realism. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2023 Bound Pigment: Celebrating Paint. Tacit Gallery, Collingwood, Victoria
2022 Undergrowth Invitational Exhibition. Queensland College of Art & Design Gallery, South Bank, Queensland
2015 Behind the Scene Community Art Exhibition. Fernie, Canada
2007 Equine Fine Art Exhibition. Boyd Gallery, Narellan, New South Wales
Selected Public Work Collections:
2023 Humans of the Outback Series. Queensland Rail
2022 Temporal Gestures Public Art Mural. South Bank, Queensland
2015 Fernie Public Art Mural. Fernie, Canada
Awards:
2024 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2023 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2022 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2021 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2020 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
Philanthropic:
2023 The Tree Projects
2022 Micah Projects
2021 The Climate Council Australia
2021 Operation Smile Australia & International
2020 Don’t Mention the C Word Exhibition. Job Co.
2019 It Takes a Village Exhibition. Friends of HEAL
2018 Friends with Dignity. Dynamic Life Drawing
2016 WA Bushfire Appeal. Life Drawing
Community/Public Events:
2024 Fairytales Draw Along Dark Theatre. Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
2023 Drawing - Brisbane Portrait Prize, Powerhouse Museum, New Farm, Queensland
2023 Drawing Festival. Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art
2022 Art for Floods campaign
2016 Dynamic Life Drawing. Organiser & Host. Busselton Fringe Festival, Busselton, Western Australia
Collections:
Public Collections: Waltzing Matilda Gallery, Winton, Queensland. Private collections: Australia, Canada, United States, Austria and New Zealand.
Curatorial:
2015 Curatorial lead for the Behind the Scene Community Art Exhibition, Fernie, BC, Canada
Field/Residencies (2-14 days):
2023 Winton, Queensland
2022 Huon Valley, Tasmania
2021 Mount Tamborine, Queensland
2019 Oregon, USA
2019 Yulara, Northern Territory
2019 Mount Tamborine, Queensland
2019 Puhoi, New Zealand
2018 Mullumbimby, New South Wales
2015 Fernie, BC. Canada