| | | 1988-1990 | Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, La Trobe UCNV, VIC | | 1992 | Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, University of Tasmania, Hobart | | 1993-1995 | MFA, University of Tasmania, Hobart |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2012 | 'Wallflower - The Event', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2011 | 'Mirror, rorriM, Palimpsest #8', Rio Vista, Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, VIC
| | 2010 | 'Penumbra', Gallery 25, Mildura, VIC
| | 2009 | 'Moon Shadow', Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2008 | 'Heart Song', Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
| | 2006 | 'Transient Light', Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2005 | 'Transit' Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2004 | 'Seam', Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Philadelphia, USA
| | 2003 | 'The Dialogue of Difference', Tina Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2002 | 'Pulse', Tina Smyrnios, Melbourne
| | 1999 | 'Swoon', Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1998 | 'String of Pearls', Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1996 | 'Paradise Lost', Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1995 | 'In the Garden of Eve', Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 'Under the Canopy of Eve', Master's Submission, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | ‘Freak of Nature’, Switchback Gallery, Monash University Gippsland, VIC
| | ‘Fair and Square’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW
| | 2010 | ‘JADA Drawing Award’, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, Grafton, NSW
| | ‘The Catalano Collection’, Art Gallery Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | ‘Filomena Coppola, Janet Dawson and Merrick Fry’, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
| | 2009 | ‘Banyule Works on Paper Award’, Banyule City Council, Melbourne
| | ‘40 x 40 x 40’, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘…a thousand words’, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
| | ‘On Paper’, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Don’t Stand on the Grass’, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
| | 2008 | ‘City of Hobart Art Prize’, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
| | 2007 | ‘Banyule Works on Paper Award’, Banyule City Council, Melbourne
| | 2006 | ‘Robert Jacks Drawing Award’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
| | ‘Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive’, Swan Hill Art Gallery, Swan Hill, VIC
| | ‘Melbourne 06’, Dickerson Gallery at the Melbourne Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | ‘The Printmakers Gallery’, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, TAS
| | 2005 | ‘Robert Jacks Drawing Award’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
| | ‘Hutchins Art Prize’, Long Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Banyule Works on Paper Award’, Banyule City Council, Melbourne
| | ‘Recent Acquisitions’, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
| | ‘Movimento Rapido’, Dickerson Gallery at Steps Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2004 | ‘Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award’, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill, VIC
| | ‘Even’, Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura, VIC
| | ‘Group Exhibition’, Glen Eira Arts Complex, Melbourne
| | 2003 | ‘The Book Show’, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Distant Noises’, Print Council of Australia, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘The Print Council of Australia’s Member Print 2003’, touring nationally
| | 2002 | ‘Bendigo Drawing Prize’, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
| | ‘Hutchins Art Prize’, Long Gallery, Hobart
| | 2001 | ‘Stitches’, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
| | ‘Hutchins Art Prize’, Long Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Group Show’, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
| | ‘Food in Art’, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS
| | 2000 | ‘Melbourne Art Fair’, Exhibitions Buildings, Melbourne
| | 1999 | ‘Milles bon Baisers’, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
| | ‘Rosamond’, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Hutchins Art Prize’, Hutchins School, Hobart
| | 1998 | ‘1998 National Works on Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Mornington, VIC
| | ‘Hutchins Art Prize’, Long Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Inkpots to Internet’, La Trobe University Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
| | 1997 | ‘In Praise of Make-Up’, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart and touring
| | ‘The 1997 Collectors Print Folio’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | ‘Contemporary Tasmania Art’, Dick Bett Gallery at Caulfield Art Complex, Melbourne
| | 1996 | ‘Mornington Peninsula Print Award’, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Mornington, VIC
| | ‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle, WA
| | ‘University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Printmedia Acquisitive’, Casula Powerhouse, Casula, NSW
| | ‘Poets and Painters’, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1995 | ‘Hobart Art Prize’, Carnegie Gallery, Town Hall, Hobart
| | ‘Blundstone Art Prize’, QVMAG, Launceston, TAS, touring Victoria and New South Wales
| | ‘Partners in Print’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
| | 1994 | ‘Canson Student Print Award’, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane; COFA Gallery, Sydney; Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
| | ‘Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format’, Musee d’Art Contemporain, France
| | 1993 | ‘The Conversation of Humanity’, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne & touring with PCA
| | 2007 _‘Hutchins Art Prize’, Long Gallery, Hobart
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CollectionsArtbank, Sydney Banyule City Council, Melbourne Canson Australia, Melbourne City of Hobart, Hobart Devenloport Art Gallery, Davenport, Tas Mildura Arts Centre Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Mornington, VIC Print Council of Australia, Melbourne Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane The Hutchins School, Hobart Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW |
