Education:
2004 BA Hons Fine Arts Degree, VCA, Melbourne Vic
2002-2003 BA Fine Arts Degree, Curtin University, Perth WA
2001 Advanced Diploma, Fine Arts, Central TAFE, Perth WA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Sculpture at Bathers, Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA
2021 Midwest Art Prize, Geraldton, WA
Adelaide Parks Exhibition, Adelaide, SA
2020 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum. Adelaide, SA
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
2019 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Vic
Sculpture by the Sea - Inside, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
Midwest Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2018 Redlands Art Prize, Cleveland, Qld
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum. Adelaide, SA
Wollongong Sculpture Prize, Wollongong, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, WA (WINNER of Sculpture by the Sea Inside Award)
2017 Brisbane Art Award, Brisbane, Qld
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, SA
Outback Art, Broken Hill, NSW
Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA
Bathers Beach, (Esplanade Hotel), Fremantle, WA
2016 Not Fair, Melbourne, Vic
Bankwest Art Prize, Perth, WA
Alice Prize, Alice Springs, NT
Wollongong Sculpture Prize, Wollongong, NSW
2015 Outback Open Art Award, Broken Hill Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
Mid West Art Prize, 2015, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
Sculpture at Bathers, 2015, Perth, WA
Stations of the Cross 2015, Perth, WA
2014 'Flight of the Bumblebee’, video work: collaboration with Rose Draper, commissioned by, screened for The Australian Aeronautical Film Corpn
The Relevance of the Critical Medium, Intelligentsia Gallery, Beijing, China
Worth Its Weight In Gold, Moana Project Space, Perth, WA
Of Spears and Pruning Forks II, Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
Adelaide Festival, SA
Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA
2013 Fleurieu Art Prize 2013, Mclaren Vale, South Australia
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
Strand Ephemera, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, Qld
Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
2012 Mt Buller Sculpture Award, Mt Buller, Vic
University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award 2012, Sydney, NSW
Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize 2012, Sydney, NSW
2011 Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Qld
Fourth Biennial Australian Animal Exhibition, Griffiths University Brisbane, Qld
Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2010 Erotica National Art Prize, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane, Qld
Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2009 City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Perth, WA
Wyalla Art Prize, South Australia
Diagram, The Junction Gallery, Perth, WA
Regeneration and Resurrection, Ellenbrook Art Foundation WA
2008 Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring WA
Field Days II, Ballidu Art Centre & Ellenbrook Art Foundation WA
Lloyd & Liz Horne Collection, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA
2007 Country, Riseborough Gallery, Gingin WA
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA
Finalist for ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney NSW
ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Vic
2006 Finalist for ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney NSW
ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Vic
Allegory, Parody & Montage in the History of Australian Art & Politics, Ord Minnett Gallery, Melb Vic
Where the Bloody Hell Are You, Kings ARI, Melbourne Vic
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne Vic
Sculpture by the Sea (Cottesloe), Perth WA
2004 Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
GO.MA.@T.RZ.JS.SL, IASKA International Art Space, Kellerberrin WA
2003 Supermart, Breadbox Gallery, Perth WA
Tears for What Was Done, The National Review of Live Art, Perth WA
Terror Australis, with Lyndall Jones, Spectrum Gallery, Edith Cowan Uni, Perth WA
Austr-aliens, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
Aqua Nullis, Ballidu Contemporary Art Centre, Ballidu WA
2002 Boundless, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
Sculpture Survey, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 The Virtuous Peasant, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury, WA
2013 The Virtuous Peasant, Geraldton Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2012 Dreamers, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2011 The Inevitability of Laughter, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2010 Thirty Pieces, Hammer Gallery, Hammerstrasse, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Everybody knows..., Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2007 Fourth Generation: objects in a deluded landscape, Counterpoint, Melbourne Vic
Fourth Generation: objects in a deluded landscape, MOP Projects, Sydney NSW
Reflections of a disposable landscape, Riseborough Gallery, Gingin WA
2006 We agree completely, absolutely, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne Vic
2004 DELIcate pop-ecology 3, Ocular Lab Inc., Melbourne Vic
Awards:
2014 Artist Residency, Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
2013 Highly commended, Whyalla Art Prize
2009 Winner of Celebrating Joondalup Award, City of Joondalup Art Award, Perth, WA
2006 ArtsWA Grant, Perth WA
2003 Outstanding Student, Third Year Studio Programme, Curtin University, Perth WA
Vice Chancellor's Award, Fine Arts, Curtin University, Perth WA…
Dean’s Commendation, Faculty of Art and Design, Curtin University, Perth WA
2002 Outstanding Student, Second Year Studio Programme, Curtin University, Perth WA
Academic Excellence Award, Inaugural Curtin University Board of Examiners List
Commissions:
2014 'Flight of the Bumblebee’, video work: collaboration with Rose Draper, commissioned by, and screened for The Australian Aeronautical Film Corporation
2003 Curator, WA Contemporary Art Auction, Curtin University, Perth WA
2002 Assistant Installation Coordinator, Anthony Gormley's 'Inside Australia' Project, WA
Professional Experience:
2014 Established Here to There International Arts (HTT International Arts), Co-Founder, WA
2010 Lecturer, Curtin University, Perth WA
2008 Board Member, Artsource, Artist Foundation of WA, Perth WA
2006 Lecturer, Fine Arts, Midland TAFE, Perth WA
Bibliography:
2014 Intelligentsia Gallery, Smart Beijing, 12June, 2014
The Relevance of the Critical Medium, Art Link Art, 25 May 2014
Breaking Through Media Constraints. China Daily, May 2014
Hans Heysen Sculpture Biennale, The Conversation with Dr Christine Nicholls, Feb 2014
Hans Heysen Sculpture Biennale, World Sculpture News, (34 Spring Ed), May 2014
Worth Its Weight In Gold, Louise Morrison, Artlink, Aug 2014
2009 A tale of garlands and beasts, Ric Spencer, West Australian, 12 June, 2009
2008 Self-truth all in the execution, Stephanie Painter, West Australian, 22 October, 2008
ABN Amro backs young artists, Australian Financial Review
2007 Top 100: The Iconoclasts (Ashton Raggatt McDougall), Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 39, pg 28
Diversity has its place…, ‘Visual Arts’, West Australian, 7 Sept 2007
2006 Helen Lempriere Award, Robert Nelson, Age, 26 April, 2006
Insightful Works A Shore Thing, Ric Spencer, West Australian, 18 March, 2006
SXS Cottesloe, Judith McGrath, ArtseeninWA Website, March 2006
Inside Information: Sculpture, Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 17, March 2006, pg 18
Vacile Nebune, Averea (Romania), 10 March 2006
Beached, bleached, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), 10 March 2006
Sea Udders, San Francisco Gate (USA), 12 March 2006
Global reviews/articles for ‘Bleached Cows’ on websites including:
USA - http://www.flickr.com/photos/14922438@N00/page4/
Spain - fogonazos.blogspot.com
UK - uk.news.yahoo.com
Germany - starr.rz-online.de/news/tagesfoto
And in Australia:
Australian Architecture Review - www.aar.com.au/spons/sculpture
Government of Western Australia - www.mp.wa.gov.au
Allens Arthur Robinson - www.allens.com.au/spons/sculpture
2004 Shapes from the Land, Stephen Scourfield, West Australian 14 March 2004
2003 Confronting Views of Australia, Simon Blond, West Australian, 2 Aug 2003
Spotlight on Our Identity, Cara Sputore, Guardian Express, 4 Aug 2003
2002 Drawing Definitive Boundaries, Neville Weston, West Australian, 24 Aug 2002
Collections:
Rainer Bartels Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
ARM (Ashton Raggatt McDougall Architects), Melbourne Vic
Central TAFE Art Collection, Perth WA
Glick International Collection, Perth WA
Lloyd & Liz Horn Collection, Perth WA
Private Collections in Australiaongoongo
2004 BA Hons Fine Arts Degree, VCA, Melbourne Vic
2002-2003 BA Fine Arts Degree, Curtin University, Perth WA
2001 Advanced Diploma, Fine Arts, Central TAFE, Perth WA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA
Sculpture at Bathers, Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA
2021 Midwest Art Prize, Geraldton, WA
Adelaide Parks Exhibition, Adelaide, SA
2020 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum. Adelaide, SA
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
2019 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Vic
Sculpture by the Sea - Inside, Cottesloe, Perth, WA
Midwest Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2018 Redlands Art Prize, Cleveland, Qld
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, SA Museum. Adelaide, SA
Wollongong Sculpture Prize, Wollongong, NSW
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, Perth, WA (WINNER of Sculpture by the Sea Inside Award)
2017 Brisbane Art Award, Brisbane, Qld
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla, SA
Outback Art, Broken Hill, NSW
Bathers Beach, Fremantle, WA
Bathers Beach, (Esplanade Hotel), Fremantle, WA
2016 Not Fair, Melbourne, Vic
Bankwest Art Prize, Perth, WA
Alice Prize, Alice Springs, NT
Wollongong Sculpture Prize, Wollongong, NSW
2015 Outback Open Art Award, Broken Hill Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
Mid West Art Prize, 2015, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
Sculpture at Bathers, 2015, Perth, WA
Stations of the Cross 2015, Perth, WA
2014 'Flight of the Bumblebee’, video work: collaboration with Rose Draper, commissioned by, screened for The Australian Aeronautical Film Corpn
The Relevance of the Critical Medium, Intelligentsia Gallery, Beijing, China
Worth Its Weight In Gold, Moana Project Space, Perth, WA
Of Spears and Pruning Forks II, Spectrum Project Space, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
Adelaide Festival, SA
Heysen Sculpture Biennial, Adelaide, SA
2013 Fleurieu Art Prize 2013, Mclaren Vale, South Australia
Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
Strand Ephemera, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, Qld
Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
2012 Mt Buller Sculpture Award, Mt Buller, Vic
University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award 2012, Sydney, NSW
Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize 2012, Sydney, NSW
2011 Whyalla Art Prize, Whyalla Art Gallery, Whyalla, SA
Travelling Scholarship, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Qld
Fourth Biennial Australian Animal Exhibition, Griffiths University Brisbane, Qld
Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2010 Erotica National Art Prize, Artworkers Alliance, Brisbane, Qld
Director’s Cut, Blake Art Prize, Sydney, NSW
2009 City of Joondalup Invitation Art Award, Perth, WA
Wyalla Art Prize, South Australia
Diagram, The Junction Gallery, Perth, WA
Regeneration and Resurrection, Ellenbrook Art Foundation WA
2008 Mine Own Executioner, Mundaring Art Centre, Mundaring WA
Field Days II, Ballidu Art Centre & Ellenbrook Art Foundation WA
Lloyd & Liz Horne Collection, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA
2007 Country, Riseborough Gallery, Gingin WA
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury WA
Finalist for ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney NSW
ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Vic
2006 Finalist for ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Sydney NSW
ABN-AMRO Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne Vic
Allegory, Parody & Montage in the History of Australian Art & Politics, Ord Minnett Gallery, Melb Vic
Where the Bloody Hell Are You, Kings ARI, Melbourne Vic
Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Melbourne Vic
Sculpture by the Sea (Cottesloe), Perth WA
2004 Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
GO.MA.@T.RZ.JS.SL, IASKA International Art Space, Kellerberrin WA
2003 Supermart, Breadbox Gallery, Perth WA
Tears for What Was Done, The National Review of Live Art, Perth WA
Terror Australis, with Lyndall Jones, Spectrum Gallery, Edith Cowan Uni, Perth WA
Austr-aliens, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth WA
Aqua Nullis, Ballidu Contemporary Art Centre, Ballidu WA
2002 Boundless, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth WA
Sculpture Survey, Gomboc Gallery, Perth WA
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 The Virtuous Peasant, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Bunbury, WA
2013 The Virtuous Peasant, Geraldton Art Gallery, Geraldton, WA
2012 Dreamers, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2011 The Inevitability of Laughter, Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2010 Thirty Pieces, Hammer Gallery, Hammerstrasse, Basel, Switzerland
2009 Everybody knows..., Turner Galleries, Perth WA
2007 Fourth Generation: objects in a deluded landscape, Counterpoint, Melbourne Vic
Fourth Generation: objects in a deluded landscape, MOP Projects, Sydney NSW
Reflections of a disposable landscape, Riseborough Gallery, Gingin WA
2006 We agree completely, absolutely, Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne Vic
2004 DELIcate pop-ecology 3, Ocular Lab Inc., Melbourne Vic
Awards:
2014 Artist Residency, Redgate Gallery, Beijing, China
2013 Highly commended, Whyalla Art Prize
2009 Winner of Celebrating Joondalup Award, City of Joondalup Art Award, Perth, WA
2006 ArtsWA Grant, Perth WA
2003 Outstanding Student, Third Year Studio Programme, Curtin University, Perth WA
Vice Chancellor's Award, Fine Arts, Curtin University, Perth WA…
Dean’s Commendation, Faculty of Art and Design, Curtin University, Perth WA
2002 Outstanding Student, Second Year Studio Programme, Curtin University, Perth WA
Academic Excellence Award, Inaugural Curtin University Board of Examiners List
Commissions:
2014 'Flight of the Bumblebee’, video work: collaboration with Rose Draper, commissioned by, and screened for The Australian Aeronautical Film Corporation
2003 Curator, WA Contemporary Art Auction, Curtin University, Perth WA
2002 Assistant Installation Coordinator, Anthony Gormley's 'Inside Australia' Project, WA
Professional Experience:
2014 Established Here to There International Arts (HTT International Arts), Co-Founder, WA
2010 Lecturer, Curtin University, Perth WA
2008 Board Member, Artsource, Artist Foundation of WA, Perth WA
2006 Lecturer, Fine Arts, Midland TAFE, Perth WA
Bibliography:
2014 Intelligentsia Gallery, Smart Beijing, 12June, 2014
The Relevance of the Critical Medium, Art Link Art, 25 May 2014
Breaking Through Media Constraints. China Daily, May 2014
Hans Heysen Sculpture Biennale, The Conversation with Dr Christine Nicholls, Feb 2014
Hans Heysen Sculpture Biennale, World Sculpture News, (34 Spring Ed), May 2014
Worth Its Weight In Gold, Louise Morrison, Artlink, Aug 2014
2009 A tale of garlands and beasts, Ric Spencer, West Australian, 12 June, 2009
2008 Self-truth all in the execution, Stephanie Painter, West Australian, 22 October, 2008
ABN Amro backs young artists, Australian Financial Review
2007 Top 100: The Iconoclasts (Ashton Raggatt McDougall), Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 39, pg 28
Diversity has its place…, ‘Visual Arts’, West Australian, 7 Sept 2007
2006 Helen Lempriere Award, Robert Nelson, Age, 26 April, 2006
Insightful Works A Shore Thing, Ric Spencer, West Australian, 18 March, 2006
SXS Cottesloe, Judith McGrath, ArtseeninWA Website, March 2006
Inside Information: Sculpture, Age (Melbourne) Magazine, Issue # 17, March 2006, pg 18
Vacile Nebune, Averea (Romania), 10 March 2006
Beached, bleached, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), 10 March 2006
Sea Udders, San Francisco Gate (USA), 12 March 2006
Global reviews/articles for ‘Bleached Cows’ on websites including:
USA - http://www.flickr.com/photos/14922438@N00/page4/
Spain - fogonazos.blogspot.com
UK - uk.news.yahoo.com
Germany - starr.rz-online.de/news/tagesfoto
And in Australia:
Australian Architecture Review - www.aar.com.au/spons/sculpture
Government of Western Australia - www.mp.wa.gov.au
Allens Arthur Robinson - www.allens.com.au/spons/sculpture
2004 Shapes from the Land, Stephen Scourfield, West Australian 14 March 2004
2003 Confronting Views of Australia, Simon Blond, West Australian, 2 Aug 2003
Spotlight on Our Identity, Cara Sputore, Guardian Express, 4 Aug 2003
2002 Drawing Definitive Boundaries, Neville Weston, West Australian, 24 Aug 2002
Collections:
Rainer Bartels Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
ARM (Ashton Raggatt McDougall Architects), Melbourne Vic
Central TAFE Art Collection, Perth WA
Glick International Collection, Perth WA
Lloyd & Liz Horn Collection, Perth WA
Private Collections in Australiaongoongo