Education
2016 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons 1st class), Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
2002 Advanced Diploma of Ceramics,Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE,Cooroy, QLD, Australia
1998 Graduate Certificate of TESOL,University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
1989 Master of Arts, Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
1988 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Individual exhibitions
2020 Fragmented Cohesion, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, Australia
2010 Recent paintings and sculptures, Hanasho Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Selected works from Borrowed View, Hanasho Gallery Brisbane, Australia
2007 Borrowed View, Doggett St Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Swimming in Identity,art space niji, Kyoto, Japan
Selected group exhibitions
2024, Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk, Brunswick Heads, NSw , Australia
2024 Season of Renewal, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2024 Wonderlust, M-arts Prescint, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2023 Sculpture on the Edge, Flaxton, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
2023 Sculpture in the Goal, Trial Bay Goal, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia
2023 Women of the Tweed, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2023 Harvest, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2023 A Place in the Sun, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2022 Sculpture Distilled, Husk Distillery, Tumbulgum, NSW, Australia
2022 Habit, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2022 Charis, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2021 Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk, Brunswick Heads, NSW, Australia
2021 Roam, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2021 The Great Outdoors, Mist Galley, Cabarita Beach, NSW, Australia
2020 The Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2018 Shaping Earth, M-Art Precinct, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2018 Byron Art Magazine Art Prize, Thom Gallery, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
2018 Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk, Brunswick Heads, NSW, Australia
2018 The Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2018 Easily Distracted, The Murwillumbah Art Trail, NSW, Australia
2017 30x30 Art Prize, Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia
2017 Transcapes, The Murwillumbah Art Trail, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2016 Botanicus, The Murwillumbah Art Trail, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2016 The Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2015 Contact/All is Fanasty, Escape Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2015 Arts Northern Rivers Pop Up Gallery, Plunge, Maclean, NSW, Australia
2014 Transit, Graduate Exhibition, Southern Cross University,Lismore, Australia.
2014 Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach, QLD,Australia
2013 A Book about Death, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2013 A Women's HeART, Robina Community Art Gallery, Robina, QLD, Australia
2013 Byron Bay Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
2012 Go Figure, Robyn Bauer Gallery, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
2012 Byron Bay Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
2011 The Matchbox Show (Up in Smoke), Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD, Australia
2011 The Women's Project, 19Karen Gallery, Mermaid Beach, QLD, Australia
2010 Mixed Artist Show, Hanasho Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Belli Arti-Chapman and Bailey Art Award, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Seat of the Soul, Scenic Rim Regional Gallery, Beaudesert,QLD, Australia
2009 Mixed Artist Show,Hanasho Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2009 The 2009 Artworkers Award, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Trevisian International Art:Traces of Memory,Estence Castle, Ferrara, Italy
2008 Christmas Show,Hanasho Gallery,Brisbane, Australia
2008 Conceit'08,Corangamarah Art Prize, Colac, Victoria, Australia
2005The phatspace bus project,The Red Brick Gallery,Arts Aporia,Osaka,Japan
2004 Art Lingo-The Void,Sunshine Coast College Gallery, Noosa, QLD, Australia
2003 Books of Imagination, Noosa Regional Gallery Noosa, QLD, Australia
2003 Caloundra Art Show, Caloundra, QLD, Australia
2002 Graduate Students Exhibition of QLD and NSW, Fusions Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2002 Off Centre,Graduate Exhibition for Advanced Diploma (Ceramics),Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE, Cooroy, QLD, Australia
Curatorial
2022 Curator, Sculpture Distilled, Outdoor Sculpture exhibition at Husk Distillery, Tumbulgum, NSW, Australia
2019 Curator, 25 Years 25 Artists, Southern Cross University, Lismore and Gold Coast campuses, Australia
2017 Curator, The Murwillumbah Art Trail: Past, Present, Future, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2017 Curator, Murwillumbah Experimental Film Shorts, The Murwillumbah Art Trail, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2016 Curator, The Murwillumbah Art Trail: Art Seedings, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia 2016 Curator,
Murwillumbah Experimental FilmShorts, The Murwillumbah Art Trail, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia
2015 Curator and instigator of the Murwillumbah Art Trail 2015: Sustainable Artfluences. An exhibition of contemporary art
that showcases both established and emerging artists of the Tweed Valley and surrounds. Currently an annual exhibition.
Scholarships
2015 The Rebecca Coyle Memorial Scholarship in the Creative Arts, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia
Awards
2021 Winner of the People’s Choice Award, Brunswick Nature Sculpture Walk, Brunswick Heads, NSW, Australia
2016 Highly Commended in the Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, Australia
2016 Southern Cross University Unilife award for Community Engagement for the Murwillumbah Art Trail project
Grants
2022 Flash Marketing Campaign NSW, Regional Arts NSW for Sculpture Distilled.
2016 Quick Response Grant, from Regional Arts NSW to attend the RANSW Artlands Conference, Dubbo in October 2016.
2015 Country Arts Support Programme (CASP) Grant from NSW Regional Arts for the Murwillumbah Art Trail 2015:Sustainable Artfluences.
Artist-in-Residencies
2019 October-November Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, PR China.
Professional Memberships
National Association of Visual Arts