| |  | 2007 | MFA, Monash University, Melbourne | | 1993 | Graduate Diploma in Education, Melbourne Institute of Education | | 1985 | Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Philip Institute of Technology | | 1980 | Diploma of Art & Design, Victoria College, Major in Ceramics | | 1976 | Tertiary Orientation Programme, Preliminary Art, Box Hill Technical College |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Vital Signs', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2008 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2005 | Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
| | 2002 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
| | 2000 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1998 | Beaver Galleries, Canberra
| | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
| | 1996 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1994 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1992 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Jam Factory, Adelaide
| | 1991 | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Halpern & Murphy’, organised by Shepparton Art Gallery, NGV and Regional Galleries
| | 1990 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1989 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1988 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1987 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1985 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1984 | Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1982 | Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1981 | Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2009 | 'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney, New South Wales
| | 'Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin University Art Gallery, VIC
| | 2008 | RMIT School of Art, Melbourne, Victoria
| | Sidney Myer International Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmania
| | 2007 | ‘Alice at Allport (10 days on the Island)’, State Library of Tasmania
| | 2006 | Yerring Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards, Victoria
| | 2003 | ‘HyperCrafting’, Monash University Faculty Gallery Caulfield, Melbourne
| | Herman’s Art Award, Melbourne & Sydney
| | 2001 | ‘Australian Ceramics’, Marianne Heller Gallery, Germany
| | Sybaris Gallery, Michigan, USA
| | SOFA exhibition, Chicago, USA
| | 2000 | SOFA exhibition, Chicago, USA
| | ‘The return of beauty’, Jam Factory, Adelaide
| | 'The return of beauty’, Óbject, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Contemporary Australian Crafts’, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Takaoaka City Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
| | Creative Australia Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
| | 1998 | Bathurst Regional Gallery Art Award, Victoria
| | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1997 | ‘Australian Ceramics’ Galerie Handwerk Munich, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden Germany
| | 50th International Ceramic Art Competition, Faenza, Italy
| | Savode Gallery, Brisbane
| | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1995 | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1994 | Colin and Cecily Rigg Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
| | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1993 | ‘A Bowl of Ones Own’, Ballarat Regional Gallery (from private collectors), Victoria
| | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1992 | Jam Factory Survey exhibition, Adelaide, SA
| | Chicago New Art Forums, USA (international exhibition)
| | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | 1991 | 'Aspects’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
| | Australia Day - Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
| | Australian Ceramics, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1990 | New Zealand Commonwealth Games Art Exhibition, Auckland City Art Gallery, NZ
| | 1988 | Australian Decorative Arts 1900 – 1985, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
| | 1995-97_‘Delinquent Angel: Australian Contemporary Ceramics’, Museum of International Ceramics in Faenze Italy; Itami Craft Centre Japan; Takashimaya Gallery, Singapore and Australian galleries
| | 1983-89_Australian Crafts Meat Market, Craft Centre, Melbourne |
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2005 City of Hobart Art Prize
Monash University Arts Faculty Scholarship, MFA
2004 Yering Sculpture Award and Exhibition – 2nd prize
2001 Grant - Visual Art & Craft board of the Australia Council
2000 Arts Victoria Grant
1997 Grant - Visual Art & Craft board of the Australia Council
1996 Australia Day – Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton
1995 Bathurst Regional Gallery Art Award
Grant - Visual Art & Craft board of the Australia Council
1993 Australia Day – Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton
1992 Diamond Valley Art Award
Australia Day – Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton
1989 Grant - Visual Art & Craft board of the Australia Council
1988 Bicentennial Women’s Award, Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne
1987 Bathurst Regional Gallery Art Award
1986 Grant to prepare for 1987 exhibitions; Crafts Board of The Australia Council
1983 Crafts Board, Australia Council Grant trip to Europe to research ceramics
1980 Ceramic Award of Excellence, Victoria College, Prahran CollectionsArt Bank
Art Gallery of Queensland
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Bathurst Art Gallery
Centre Gallery, Gold Coast
Diamond Valley Art Collection
Geelong Art Gallery
Hamilton Art Gallery
Manly Art Gallery
National Gallery of Victoria
Power House Museum, Sydney
Queensland University of Technology
Rockhampton Art Gallery
Shepparton Art Gallery
Victorian State Craft Collection
Private collections in Australia, Asia and USA
Commissions2003 Bronze Commissions “Reclaimed” and “Bud”
1997-03 Crown Casino, Melbourne – 13 sculptured vessels
1999 Bronze Sculpture ‘Spiral’ |
