I am a contemporary multi-disciplinary visual artist based within the Royal National Park, Australia.
I have engaged in solo and group exhibitions; artist in residencies programs, community cultural development projects, collaborating with artists and community and am a well-regarded arts educator.
My practice focuses on the environment as a catalyst to exploring our interconnectedness with nature and the impacts these have on our social conscience. Using unorthodox materials and a range of processes including painting, drawing, printmaking, collage, installation, sculpture and ephemeral art, I explore and review the concept of ‘landscape’ as we face ongoing and future environmental challenges.
Nature shows us resilience, yet understanding the existence of nature’s fragility, time seems limited. My work looks at the way we see our native flora and fauna and in the preserving of our fragile eco system we are witness to the ever changing notion of how the Australian landscape is viewed.
Awards / Scholarships
2018
Finalist Splash McClelland Contemporary Watercolour Award, McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery Langwarrin Victoria
Finalist Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney
Finalist Hidden 2018 Sculpture Prize, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney
2017
Finalist Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award , Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane Qld.
Finalist Hidden2017 Sculpture Prize, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney
2010
Winner, Local Government Cultural Awards, Movement in Space Art Project, Accessible Arts, Kogarah Council, St George School
2005
Finalist Albury Art Prize – Works on Paper, Albury Regional Gallery, Albury
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019-2020
Nature to Nurture, Solo Exhibition, Art in the Library, Bundeena
2016
Rarities, solo exhibition, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
Art for the Birds, solo exhibition Art Arena Gallery, Wollongong
2007
Bearing Marks, Solo Exhibition, Newview Gallery, Sydney
2003
Umwelt, Recent Paintings HR Gallop Gallery – Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
2000
optic network, Installation, Riverina Theatre Company, Wagga Wagga
common ground, Installation Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
Pneumatophores, Installation, HR Gallop Gallery – Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Art in Action, Bundeena/Maianbar Art Trail 20th Anniversary Show, Bundeena
2019
Articulate turns 9 Group Show, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt Sydney
Bundeena Broads, Moran Gallery Sylvania Heights Sydney
Wild and Free, Ardency Group Show Yowie Bay Sydney
2018
Royal to Royal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Into the Light, Ardency Group Show Yowie Bay Sydney
2017
Small works Large Impact, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre Sydney
2016
Here and Now, Kogarah Library and Cultural Centre, Kogarah
2015
Feather and Leaf, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle
Bimblebox 153 Birds, Impress Printmakers Studio and Gallery, Wooloowin, (travelling)
2014
The Art Trail Exhibition, China Construction Bank, Melbourne
Un-four-seen, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange
Common Ground Different Visions, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney
2012
Group Exhibition, Parliament House, Sydney
2011
Feature Artist, Art in the Park Festival, Bundeena
2010
Royal National Park Exhibition, Audley Weir, Royal National Park
2009
Small Works Group Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Bridging the Gap, Installation, Art of Living Festival, Bundeena
Art Trail Group Exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney
2008
Salon De Refuse, Tap Gallery- Darlinghurst, Sydney
2007
Out and Back Travelling Exhibition, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney and 2828 Gulargambone
Art Trail Group Exhibition, Royal Art Society, Lavender Bay, Sydney
2005
Labyrinth Exhibition, Hazlehurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sydney
2004
Art Trail Exhibition – Balmain Watch House Gallery, Balmain
Residencies & Development
2018
Festival of Death and Dying, Installation and Workshops, Drill Hall Sydney
Common Fate, Artist in Residence, Installation and Performance, Articulate Project Space Leichhardt Sydney
2014
Artist in Residence, Stuart Town Printmaking Studio
2011
Artist in Residence, Stuart Town Printmaking Studio
2010
Artist in Residence, Stuart Town Printmaking Studio
2009
Unity through Diversity Mural, Women’s Community Arts Project, St George Migrant Centre Rockdale
2007
Artist in Residence, Gulargambone Central School, North West NSW
Collections
Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga Campus
Riverina Theatre Company Wagga Wagga
Private Collections in Australia and overseas.
Projects
2009
Community Artist, Art of Living, Bridging the Gap, Bundeena
2007
Community Arts Project Coordinator, Rockdale Women’s Migrant Centre, Sydney
2004 –Current
Arts Tutor/ Educator, St George and Sutherland Community College
2004-2018
Artists Initiative, Bundeena Maianbar Art Trail Member
2003
Arts Coordinator/Collaboration, Leisure Company and Booranga Writers Centre Wagga Wagga
2000 – 2003
Community Mural Co-ordinator/Artist, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
- Kooringal Public School
- South Wagga Public School
- Riverina Anglican College
Museum of the Riverina, Willans Hill Special School
Wagga Wagga City Council and Riverina Institute of TAFE, Bangayarra Walkway Mural Project
2002
Design Development – Land, Art, People Project, Community Meeting Ground – Tumut Shire Council
2001
Community Artist – Kids Earth Workshops, Adelong, Tumut, Cootamundra and Stockinbingal
2000-2001
Community Arts Project Co-ordinator, Ziegler Ave Park Project (ZAPP) – Wagga Wagga City Council
Community Coordinator / Artist, Barellan NSW
- Stage One – Design Workshops
- Stage Two – Artist in Residence
1998-2000
Exhibitions Curator, Eastern Riverina Arts Program (ERAP) Community Gallery – 80 Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga
- Wuundeela Yarrundang – Aboriginal Women Artists Exhibition
- ERAP Community Gallery – 80 Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga
- Intergration – Carnivale, Regional Community Exhibition
- Winnanghana – Exhibition Aboriginal Artists from Junee Correction Centre and Community
- Carnivale Inter-Cultural Exhibition
Studies
1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
1992
Certificate in Painting, TAFE, Riverina Institute, Wagga Wagga
1991
Certificate in Ceramics Studio, TAFE, Riverina Institute, Wagga Wagga
1989
Certificate in Ceramics Foundation TAFE, Riverina Institute, Wagga Wagga
2003
Certificate IV Workplace Assessment Trainer, TAFE, Riverina Institute, Wagga Wagga