EDUCATION

2006

Bachelor of Education, Charles Sturt University

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1993

Bachelor Arts/Visual Arts, Newcastle University

         

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EXHIBITIONS AND ART SELECTIONS

 

2024

CEMENTA Inc 2024, Kandos - Curated artfestival, September

ROSBY GALLERY - Mudgee, November

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2023 

While The World Waits - Curated group show, ArtsOutWest, travelling NSW for 18 months ​

A Lot of Little Nothings - Western Plains Cultural Centre Dubbo, solo show,  HOMEGROUND program

Unearthed -  Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra ACT - group show  

Little Nothings - Cowra Regional Art Gallery - solo show   

MYCOLOGY - fine arts fungi  - with Mid Lachlan Landcare, Rosnay Vineyard, Canowindra - group show 

Manly Art Gallery & Museum - WINNER - Northern Beaches Environmental Art Design Award ceramics/small sculpture

Here/Now - Orange Regional Gallery - group show

Plasticus Organicus - Belconnen Arts Centre Canberra, ACT - solo show 

Uberlastung - M16 Gallery, Canberra - collaboration with Freya Jobbins

Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre  - FINALIST - The Hornsby Art Prize 

Campbelltown Arts Centre - FINALIST - Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, Contemporary section

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2022

While The World Waits - curated group show, ArtsOutWest, travelling NSW for 18 months

TRACES exhibition group show - Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT 

Here/Now - Orange Regional Gallery

The Breadtag Project multi-platform art/ environmental  project (ongoing since 2018)

The Suburban Review - cover of issue #28 Leaven 

 

2021

Cementa Spirit of 21 - selected as part of OPEN MIKE short video/films

Inscribe/Orana Arts  - selected as illustrator for anthology book - collaboration with Helena Pastor

3D/Installation art, Waste To Art -WINNER - @OutbackArtsCentre, Coonamble NSW

Here/Now - Orange Regional Gallery

Reduce, Reuse - Curated group show Pepper St Gallery, Adelaide - part of Fringe Festival Adelaide, South Australia 

Lachlan Valley Biennial Art Exhibition, Cowra Art Gallery, Highly Commended (drawing/ painting)

 

2020 

Polychromatic solo show - Cowra Japanese Garden & Cultural Centre 

INSIDElifeINSIDE  solo show - Grenfell Art Gallery

Collected curated exhibition - Lake Macquarie Council Galleries & Libraries

 

2019 

8 X 10 curated group show - Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW 

Endangered curated group show - Spiral Gallery, Bega South Coast NSW 

Lachlan Valley Biennial Art Exhibition - Cowra Art Gallery,  Highly Commended (miniatures)

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2018

TRACES exhibition Group show - Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT 

Works On Paper Curated group show  - Corner Store Gallery, Orange NSW 

Whimsy and Wonder Solo show - Cowra Japanese Garden & Cultural Centre 

The Sketchbook Project Participant in project - based in Brooklyn, New York USA

The Breadtag Project - multi-platform environmental project begins

 

2017

Invincible  -(Artists With and Without Disability) Curated Group Exhibition  - ArtShed, Bathurst ( ArtsOutWest ) 

Between Here and There  - solo photography exhibition  -  Cowra Japanese Gardens & Cultural Centre 

Domestica Botanica - solo show - Grenfell Art Gallery 

 

2016 

After Dark - selected for Contemporary Australian Photography slideshow, curated by Hamish Ta’me  - Cowra Art Gallery 

Women In Focus - 111 women Community art /photographic installation, collaboration with Cowra Council for International Women's Day  - pop up gallery Kendal St Cowra and The Mill Gallery 

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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES

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• REGIONAL ARTS AUSTRALIA - selected to be participant at ARTLANDS September  2023, Canberra

• CEMENTA/ KANDOS  recipient of Artist Residency, November 2023 

• ORANA ARTS - Grant recipient for ArtistResidency, a collaboration with Freya Jobbins

• FRANKIE MAGAZINE - WINNER  - Good Stuff Awards - People's Choice & Craft categories December 2022

• ORANA ARTS/ CORRIDOR PROJECT Artist Residency, September 2022

• LIGHTHOUSE ARTS / Hunter Writers Group - Artist Residency, Newcastle, 2022

• PUBLISHED- photography/co-creator 'Tag Art' Children's book, Firefly Educational Publishers 2022

• AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM AND RESEARCH ASSOC. ( ACARA) - collaboration to create lesson plans/ educational resources with breadtags

• ORANA ARTS - 2021, recipient of Studio Grant for arts practice

• REGIONAL ARTS AUSTRALIA - 2021, grant recipient to attend ARTLANDS, Tasmania

• ORANA ARTS and Mudgee Art House - 2021,  recipient of Studio Co!lab print collaboration

• CORRIDOR PROJECT AIR + PDLab  -  2020, Artist Residency

• ARTSOUTWEST - selected as contributor to Art book for distribution to heath services

• AMBASSADOR for Micador Art products - 2018 - ongoing , featured artwork on packaging, content creation, tutorials etc 

• WINNER NATIONAL ONLINE CREATIVES/blogging for KIDSPOT#VOICES OF 2015, Home and Wellbeing

• Social media content creator : Creatively Squared, Scotch Aus/NZ FordAustralia, Kidspot, Country Culture, Fat Mum Slim, amongst others

• Founder of The Collage Club, international collage group on Facebook (900+ members) 

• Creative workshop host ( 2015 -present ) throughout NSW