curriculum vitae
solo exhibitions
2022 A stitch in time…, Revival Art & Design Gallery, Albion, Queensland, 16–27 March
2020 Drawn by a Whisper, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, Queensland, 2–8 March
2018 Envisage – unseen rhythms, Logan Art Gallery, Logan, Queensland, 15 June–21 July
2013 Connections, Tania’s Arthouse, Cleveland, Queensland, 20 August–24 September
2013 Evolving Landscapes, life seeks order, Logan Art Gallery, 5 April–11 May
2009 Transition, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane, Queensland, 9–31 October
2007 Inside Out, Doggett Street Studio, 12 October–3 November
public art and collaborations
2023 Park and play, concept design Logan Gardens, Logan City Council, Queensland
2022 Flourish, shortlisted concept design Logan Hospital Ward 2Q facade, Metro South Health, Queensland
2021 Bunya Pine–ancient pathways, concept design Meadowbrook, Logan City Council, Queensland
2020 Our Way of Life, shortlisted concept design Logan Hospital Car Park Facade, Metro South Health, Queensland
2020 What was once… is now & A dream from yesterday, concept designs Racecourse Road, Artfully for Brisbane City Council, Queensland
2020 Pods & pentagons, concept design Springwood Carpet Project, Logan City Council
2020 Treasured Gems, Artwork design for Bestowed clothing, Sustainable Fashion, Brisbane, Queensland
2019 Shake your tail feather, sculpture for Wineglass Drive Precinct, Logan City Council
2017 Hide and Seek, 9 sculptures for Yarrabilba, Creative Move for Lendlease Communities, Queensland
2014 Don’t fence me in, concept design Slacks Creek Catchment, Logan City Council
selected workshops conducted
2023 3.5hr Layered histories, Year 11 students, Cavendish Road State High School, 11 October
2023 2hr Fragile vessels, Adults, Logan Mental Health Group, Metro South Health, 4 October
2023 2hr Collagraphs–Treasure from trash, QATACON Perspectives, 15 July
2023 2hr Paper boat leaf rubbings, Logan Mental Health Group, Metro South Health, 12 July
2023 4hr Treasure from trash, Adults, Logan Art Gallery, 1 July
2023 2hr Message in a box, Children, Logan Art Gallery, 5 July
2023 4hr Fragile vessels, Adults, Logan Art Gallery, 23 June
2022 4hr Treasure from trash, Adults, Logan Art Gallery, 5 October
2022 2x2hr Shape shifting: the magic of printmaking, Children, Logan Art Gallery, 9 September
2022 2.5hr Linocut–hand burnishing, PD Marsden State High School art teachers, Logan, Queensland, 18 August
2022 4.5hr Stencil Swap, Adults, Logan Art Gallery PopUp, 1 June
2022 3.5hr Stencil Transfer, Year 10 students Woodridge State High School, Logan Art Gallery PopUp, 20 May
2020 3hr Rhythms in relief, Adults, Redland Art Gallery, 16 February
2019 5hr Rhythms in relief, Adults, Logan Art Gallery, 27 August
2019 3.5hr Print Party, Adults, Artist Studio, Logan, Queensland, 10 workshops 19 February–30 July
2018 3hr Making marks–monotypes, stencils, drypoint, collagraph, combo printing, Adults, Impress Printmakers Studio, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August, 5 September
2018 2-day workshop, 10hr Illuminated paper sculptures, Adults, Logan Art Gallery, 11, 12 July
2018 2hr Beyond the object, Drawing, Logan Mental Health Group, Logan Art Gallery, 13 July
2018 4hr Layering the landscape, stencil workshop, Adults Logan Art Gallery, 4 July
2018 2hr Rubbings, Logan Mental Health Group, Logan Art Gallery, 29 June
2018 2hr Rubbings, My Horizons, Logan Art Gallery, 20 June
selected group exhibitions
2023 Summer Soirée, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 30 November-21 December
2023 Fifty 50, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 14–29 October
2023 The art of Nature, Digital exhibition light projection Slack Creek, Logan City Council, 21 September–1 November
2023 Paper, Sydney Contemporary, Firestation Print Studio, Carriageworks, 7–10 September
2023 The Art of Nature, digital exhibition light projection, City of Logan, Slacks Creek 21 September–ongoing
2023 Connections, Open House Melbourne Exhibition, Firestation Print Studio, 12 July–12 August
2023 Walk gently, joint show with Gillian Richards, Logan Art Gallery, 14 June–22 July
2023 Affordable Art Fair Sydney, Revival Art & Design Gallery, Royal Randwick, 15–18 June
2023 Treasure Garden, Migaloo Press Artists Collective, Richard Randall Art Studio, Toowong, 9–14 June
2023 Interwoven, City of West Torrens Auditorium Gallery, 1–29 June 2023, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 26 September–23 October 2022
2023 The One, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 1-12 March
2023 3 Dimensions, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 15–26 February
2022 Summer Soiree, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 24 November–24 December
2022 Interwoven, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 26 September–23 October
2022 Undercurrent Print Crawl in West End businesses, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 August–24 September followed by exhibition at Sure Studio Space, 30 September–2 October
2022 Escape, FPS members exhibition, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, 20 July–6 August
2022 Altered States, curated for Migaloo Press, Logan Art Gallery PopUp, Logan, Queensland, 6 May–11 June, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, 23 June–16 July
2022 EcoWomen 1, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 8–31 March
2021 Summer Soiree, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 8–24 December
2021 Table 21, Finite Art Space, Brisbane, Queensland, 28 September–3 October
2021 Finalist, Australian Monoprint Prize, Firestation Print Studio, 22 July–11 September
2021 Finalist, InkMasters Print Exhibition 2021, InkMasters, Cairns, Queensland, 25 June–25 July
2021 Sanctuary, with Donna Malone, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 4–16 May
2021 Impressions 14, Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, 13 December 2020–31 January
2020 EcoWomen 1, Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, Maleny, Queensland, 8–12 March
2019 Winter landscape group show, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 19–30 June
2019 Finalist, Moreton Bay Art Awards, Strathpine Community Centre, Strathpine, Queensland, 17–26 May
2019 Skyring Architects window display, Brisbane, Queensland, 24 April–27 June
2018 Systems, curated by Melissa Fletcher, Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane, Queensland, 4–14 December
2018 Finalist, BAM Art Prize, Thomgallery, Byron Bay, New South Wales, 9–30 November
2018 Impress at Sydney Contemporary Paper 2018, Sydney, New South Wales, 13–16 September
2017 Onespace Afterimage Editions Collection, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, 6–22 December
commissions & residencies
2016 10 works on paper commissioned by IAM and Lendlease for Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Queensland
2016 Artist in Residence, Megalo Print Studio & Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 18–31 January
2013 Artist in Residence, Tania’s Arthouse, 20 August–24 September
selected grants and awards
2022 Walk Gently, $8000 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), Logan City Council
2020 Treasured Gems, $500 BEMAC Creative Booster Pack, Regional Arts Services Networks (RASN)
2015 Envisage–unseen rhythms, $7993 Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), Logan City Council
2015 Envisage–unseen rhythms, $19993 Arts Ignite–Queensland Arts Showcase Program, Arts Queensland
collections
Sunshine Coast Art Collection, Queensland
Print council of Australia Archive, Victoria
Logan Art Collection, Queensland
Mater Hospital Pregnancy Assessment Centre, Queensland
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Queensland
Megalo Print Studio, Australian Capital Territory
Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland
Southbank Institute of TAFE, Queensland
Various Private Collections
selected studies
2022–2023 Mentorship with Dr. David Jones, Corvine Art Studio, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 August–22 March
2022–2023 Mentorship with Dr. Louise Mayhew, online, 18 August–10 February
2023 Cyanotype photograms with artist Emma Garner, Logan Art Gallery, 3 March
2022 Vinyl Art for Footpaths Workshop with Simon Degroot, Moreton Bay Regional Council, Queensland, 6 August
2022 Artist Essential Program, Dr. Louise Mayhew, Flying Arts Alliance INC, Brisbane, Queensland, 30 April–1 May
2021 The Artists Business Lounge Success System with Amanda van Gils, one year online
2019 Workshop True Grit with artist Bronwyn Rees, Studio West End, Queensland, 5–6 October
2016 Mentorship with public artist Daniel Templeman for Yarrabilba public art, 15–21 December
2016 Mentorship with artist G.W.Bot, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 18–31 January
2014 A Lifetime of Linos with artist G.W.Bot, Logan Art Gallery, 21 June
2013 Image Weaving with artist Sarah Amos, Firestation Print Studio, 10–12 August
2011 Introductory Printmaking with Jay Dee Dearness, Brisbane Institute of Art, 9 February–22 June
2002 Course in Public Art, The Bremer Institute of TAFE, Queensland, March–June
1998–1999 Diploma of Visual Arts (Fine Arts), Southbank Institute of TAFE, Queensland
1997 Certificate III in Arts (Visual Arts), Drawing, The Brisbane Institute of TAFE
bibliography
2022, Our Logan online, Building skills and connection through art mentoring
2021, Our Logan, Vol 93 Feb-March 2021, p.23
2019, Our Logan, Vol 81 August 2019, p.28
G.W.Bot, 2018, Envisage – unseen rhythms catalogue introduction
Dearness, Jay Dee. 2018, Envisage – unseen rhythms catalogue essay
artist talks, panel discussions
2023 Artist talk & panel discussion, community workshop, Public Art Course QCA, Griffith University, 1 August
2023 Panel discussion Lane event: mentorships, Logan Art Gallery, 8 July
2022 Panel discussion Public Art for Assorted Grains Inc, Logan, Queensland, 21 July
2021 Sanctuary, In Conversation with Louise Wruck, Revival Art & Design Gallery, 15 May
2020 Floor talk, Drawn by a whisper, Redland Art Gallery, 9 February
2018 Floor talk, Envisage–unseen rhythms, Logan Art Gallery, 15 June
professional memberships
National Association for the Visual Arts – Premium Plus Membership
Flying Arts Alliance
Print Council of Australia
Migaloo Press Artists Collective
Firestation Print Studio
Assorted Grains