Biography

1984 Born Brisbane, Australia. Lives Brisbane, Australia

 

Education

2007 Bachelor of Fine Art, First Class Honours, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2004 Bachelor of Fine Art Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2003 Semester study at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, United States of America

 

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Deterior Blindside Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2010 Left Behind Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2008 Interiors Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Dwelling Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 Together in Harmony, The Korea Foundation Cultural Centre, Seoul, Korea
Our Place, touring regional Queensland including The State Library of Queensland, Mundubbera Regional Gallery, Tablelands Regional Gallery, Grassland Regional Gallery, Mt Isa Civic Centre
Winning Works, Pine Rivers Art Gallery
People and Places, Heiser Gallery Brisbane
2010 Gaze: people, relationships and place, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
Weapons of Mass Consumption, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, Melbourne
The Melbourne Art Fair under the aegis of Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Something or other, Old Space ARI, Brisbane
The Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe QLD
The Churchie Emerging Art Awards, QCA Gallery
Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland
2009 <1m, Flipbook gallery, Brisbane
World’s Best Practice, Old Space ARI, Brisbane
12+ Queensland Artists, Heiser Gallery, Brisbane
Launch – Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship, Metro Arts, Brisbane
2008 15 Artists, Redcliffe Regional Art Gallery
Launch - Clayton Utz Travelling Scholarship, Metro Arts, Brisbane
16th Annual Pine Rivers Art Award, Pine Rivers Shire Art Gallery
The Churchie National Emerging Art competition, Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane
2007 Christmas Show, Heiser Gallery. December 2007
Thiess Art Prize 2007, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art
The Churchie National Emerging Art competition, Churchie Anglican Grammar School, East Brisbane
15th Annual Pine Rivers Art Award, Pine Rivers festival, Pine Rivers Community Centre
2006 Here we come, College Gallery, Queensland College of Art
2005 Landscape/Figuration, The Arts Factory, South Brisbane

 

Grants & Awards

2010 1st Prize Redland Art Awards, Queensland Regional Art Awards Young Artist Prize
Career Development Grant, Arts Queensland
2009 Young Artist Mentoring Program, Youth Arts Queensland - mentor Anne Wallace
2008 Runner-up 2D Category, 16th Annual Pine Rivers Art Awards
2007 University Medal for academic excellence over 4 years of study
Honours Thesis Prize, Art Theory, Queensland College of Art
First Prize 2D Category, 15th Annual Pine Rivers Art Awards
Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2004 Highly Commended Prize, The Thiess Art Prize, Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2003 Philip Bacon Galleries Prize for Excellence in Drawing, A scholarship sponsored by Philip Bacon Galleries, valued at $5000, to study at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, United States of America.
2002 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence

 

Collections

The University of Queensland
Southern Downs Regional Art Collection, Stanthorpe
Gadens Lawyers
Redcliffe City Gallery
Pine Rivers Shire Gallery

 

Bibliography

Ronnie Girdham 'Still life rebellion' Sunday Mail EVENTS page 16 05/09/2010

Suzanna Clarke 'The stuff of art' Courier Mail ETC page 2 04/09/2010

Australian Art Collector 50 OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST COLLECTABLE ARTISTS 2009 page 195 January-March 2009 Issue 47

Lizzie Corser 'Upclose' Brisbane News INSIDER page 5 June 25 - 1 July 2008 Issue 691

Vanessa Croll 'Around the galleries - Silky beginnings' The Courier Mail TODAY Features Page 39 23/06/08

Heidi Mayer 'Creative Pairing' The Courier Mail TODAY Features Page 30, 2/12/04