G.W. Bot
1954Born Pakistan
1955Arrived in Australia

Solo Exhibitions

2010'A morphology of glyphs', Beaver Gallery, Canberra
2009'Fire Glyphs and Spirits', Artspace, Mackay
'Field of Glyphs', Hart Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008'Paddock Glyphs', Australian Galleries, Sydney
'Paddock Glyphs ', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2007'Glyphs’, Hart Gallery, London, United Kingdom
‘G.W. Bot - prints and sculptures’, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
‘Glyphs’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2005'Paths of being’, Chapman Gallery, Sydney
'Certainties and Uncertainties', Grahame Galleries and Editions, Brisbane
‘Figure in landcape’, Maunsell Wicks at Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
'An Australian Symphony', 5 + 5 Gallery, New York, Untied States of America
‘Morphic Fields’, Hart Gallery, London, United Kingdom
'Paths of being', Chapman Gallery, Canberra
‘Morphic fields and gardens’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2004'Earth and Sky’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'An island of life’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2003‘The Garden of Possibilities’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
‘Gardens’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
2002‘Suburban Gardens: arrivals and journeys’, Barry Stern, Sydney
‘The Body in Question’, Gadfly Gallery, Perth
2001‘Gardens: Rites of Passage’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Gardens: Rites of Passage’, Hart Gallery, London, United Kingdom
‘Gardens: Rites of Passage’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2000‘Mystic Language’, Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane
‘Bundanon Series’, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
‘Recent Relief Prints’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
‘Ancestral Landscapes’, Port Jackson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles, United States of America
1999‘Enclosures’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
‘Semiotics of the Australian Wilderness’, Bulle Gallery, Melbourne
‘Works on Paper’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘The Australian Wilderness and Garden: Language, calligraphy and semiotics’, Hart Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1998‘Paper Garden’, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1997‘The Lady and the Unicorn’, Hart Gallery, London, United Kingdom
‘Journeys of a Poet’, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
‘Sacred Gardens: drypoint and relief prints’, Hart Gallery, Nottingham, United Kingdom
1996‘The Lady and the Unicorn’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1995‘Journeys’, Australian Embassy, Paris, France
‘Journeys’, Australian Centre, Manila, Philippines
1994‘Journeys’, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
1993‘Crucifixion’, Criterion Gallery, Braidwood
1992‘Crucifixion’, Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, Dubbo
‘An Enclosed Space’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Gallery3, Canberra

Group Exhibitions

2010'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Art Loan Collection 2009/10’, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Swan Hill Award Print and Drawing Acquisitive Award, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
‘Joseph Banks: a regional response’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
‘Australian Trilogy: Dennis Nona, Abie Loy Kemarre, GW Bot’, Arts d’Australie, Paris, France
8eme Mondial de l’Estampe et de la Gravure Originale, Triennale de Chamalieres,
2009'A Sculpture by...', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Stock show’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
‘Salon des Refusés’, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
‘Surfacing’, inaugural exhibition, Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra
‘Stories of our making’, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
‘Stories of our making’, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
‘1: 100,000 Mapping the island’, IXL Atrium, Hobart
The International Print Triennial Krakow 2009, Poland
‘Art London’, Chelsea, United Kingdom
2008'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries Smith Street, Melbourne
Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Finalist Tallis Foundation 2008 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington (Acquired)
Finalist, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair (Beaver Galleries, Canberra)
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Silkcut Award for Linocut prints, Melbourne
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle
‘Retroactive’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
‘The other thing – a survey show’, Charles Darwin University, Darwin
2007'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Sydney
‘(Devilbend) 2007’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
Dobell Prize for Drawing 2007, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
‘The story of Australian Printmaking; 1801-2005’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
‘Small Pleasures’, Australian Galleries Painting & Sculpture, Melbourne
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Royal Academy’, Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
‘Site and soul III’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
‘Guanlan International Print Biennal’, Shenzhen, PR China
Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist’s book Award, Lismore
Lessons in History, vol 1, Grahame Galleries and Editions, Brisbane
Prints from the Studio of Hugh Stoneman, Stoneman Graphics Gallery, Penzance, United Kingdom
Hart Gallery Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey, United Kingdom
Artists books and multiples fair Brisbane, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane
‘Prints’, Wagga Wagga Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga
‘Gifted’, Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin
‘Marks and Motifs: Prints from the PCA Collection’, QUT National Touring Exhibition
‘From here to eternity: Contemporary tapestries from the Victiorian Tapestry Workshop National Touring Exhibition
Monalto Sculpture Prize, Victoria
2006'Glyphs', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Summer stock show’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne
‘50th Anniversary Exhibition’, 5th June, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Being at Bundanon’, curated by Niki Mortimer; travelling to Shoalhaven City Arts Centre, New South Wales; Mornington Peninsula Regional Art Gallery, Victoria; Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales; Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales; Albury Regional Gallery, New South Wales
R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne
Jacques Cadry Memorial Art Prize Exhibition, Byron Kennedy Hall, Fox Studios, Sydney
‘Footprints on the lake’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
‘Multiplicity: Small tapestries, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
International Print Triennial, Kracow, Poland
‘Kedumba Drawing Award 2006’, Wentworth Falls, (Acquired)
CMAG Touring Exhibition, Narra City Gallery, Japan
‘International Graphic Triennial’, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
Cadaques Mini Print Exhibition, Spain
2005‘Contemporary Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries Works on Paper, Melbourne
‘33’, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
‘Dobell Prize for Drawing’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Sulman Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Notes from the Natural World’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Site and soul II’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
‘Sculpture 2005’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
’25 x 25’, Celebrating 25 years of Printmaking 1980 – 2005, Megalo Access Arts, Canberra
‘Art Alumina Ltd Award’, Comalco Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards
‘Contrasts within the Charles Sturt University Art Collection’, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
‘Works on Paper 2005’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Fireworks: An incendiary exploration of Australian art’, Mackay Regional Gallery, (National touring exhibition)
‘National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition 2005’, Finalist, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2004‘Surface tension’, New York Society of Etchers, New York, United States of America (and national touring show, Australia)
‘Sculpture 2004’ Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
‘Contemporary Australian Prints from the collection’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Sacred Ground: Spirituality and the land in Australia’, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Canberra
‘Sulman Exhibition Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘33rd Alice Prize’, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
‘Bendigo Bank Art Prize’, Brisbane
‘Silk Cut Award’, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne (acquired)
‘Contemporary prints and drawings’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘The International Print Triennial’, touring to Municipal Museum in Lowicz, Poland; Cultural Centre ‘Castle’ Contemporary Art Gallery, ‘Profile’, Poznan, Poland; Horst Janssen Museum, Oldenberg, Germany
‘Le tapis Volant, Flying carpet’, Musée des beaux-arts de la Ville du Locle, Switzerland
2003‘By George’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Sulman Exhibition Prize’ Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Sydney Art on Paper Fair’, The 9th Biennial Art Fair, Sydney
‘The International Print Triennial Krakow 2003, Poland, touring to Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow; Palace of Art TPSP, Krakow; Contemporary Art Gerry, Opole, Poland
2002‘Royal Academy’, Summer Exhibition, London, United Kingdom
‘Shakehands’, Neusiedl am See, Austria
‘Shakehands’, Wittgensteinhaus, Vienna, Austria
‘Sulman Exhibition Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘2002 Silk Cut Award’, Melbourne
‘Print Australia’, North-West Print Council, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
‘Miniare Biennale Internationale d’estampes Miniture de Montréal, Canada
2001‘Island Postcards’, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart
‘3rd International Ex-Libris Exhibition’, Rijeka, Croatia
2000‘Weerewa Woodcuts One’, Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, Bungendore
‘Looking at a Different Aspect of Parliament House’, Parliament House, Canberra
‘The Art on Paper Fair’, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
‘5th Sapporo International Print Biennale’, Japan
‘10th Gielniak Graphic Competition’, Poland
‘Six Australian Artists’, Lane Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
‘5th Triennale Moniale de l’estampe petit format Chamalières 2000’, France
‘Mini Print International’, Cadaques, Spain (Acquired)
‘The 4th International Triennial of Graphics and Posters’, Kharkiv, Ukraine
‘Gold Coast City Art Gallery 2000 Art Prize’, Surfers Paradise
‘Silk Cut Print Award’ (acquired), national touring exhibition
1999‘Suddenly the Lake’, Canberra Museum and Gallery
‘Premio Internazionale Biella per L’incisione’, Italy
‘Second Skin’, RMIT, Melbourne
‘The Present Spirit’, Helen Maxwell Gallery/ Burgmann College, Australian National University, Canberra
‘We Are Australian’, The George Adam Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne and national tour
1998‘Gone to the Dogs’, Grahame Galleries and Editions, Brisbane
‘1998 Tyree-Tycan Art Prize’, Bowral
‘Thirty Years of Korean Contemporary Prints: A decade of Contemporary Australian Printmaking’, Metropolitan Museum of Seoul, Korea
‘Dogs’ Breakfast’, ANCA Gallery, Canberra
‘Picture Disk Exhibition’, Illawarra Institute of Technology’, Goulburn
‘Silk Cut Linoprint Collection’, Fremantle Arts Centre
‘Atelier Point et Marge’, Paris, France
‘1998 Silk Cut Award’, Melbourne
Artists’ Books and Multiples Fair, School of Arts, Brisbane
‘Recto Verso’, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery and Canberra School of Art
‘Joyce and the Nymph’, Couch House, The Rocks, Sydney
‘International Biennial of Graphic Art, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
‘Landscape’, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
‘29th Alice Art Price (acquired), Alice Springs
‘National Works on Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
1997‘Xylon 13: International triennial of artistic relief printing’, Switzerland and international touring exhibition
‘International Print Exhibition’, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, USA
‘International Print Triennial 1997’, Krakow
‘The 2nd International Print Triennial Colour in Graphic Art’, Toruń, Poland
‘Osaka Triennale 1997’, Japan
‘Artists’ Books’, Criterion Fine Art Gallery, Braidwood
‘V International Triennial Sztuki’, Majdank, Poland
‘Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award’, Warrnambool
‘The 3rd International Triennial of Graphics and Posters’, Kharkiv, Ukraine
‘CPM Print Award’, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah
1996‘Sixth National Print Prize’, Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
‘Silk Cut Print Award’, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
‘Works on Paper’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘University of Western Sydney National Print Media Exhibition’, Casula
Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
‘Premio Internazionale Biella per L’incisione’, Italy
‘Shell Fremantle Print Award’ Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
‘Xylon 13’, Winterthur, Switzerland
‘Blake Prize for Religious Art’, Sydney and national touring exhibition
‘Artists’ Books and Multiples Fair ‘96’, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
1995‘ANU Staff Amenities Fund Exhibition’, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
‘A Changing Landscape’, Nolan Gallery, Lanyon (ACT)
‘Western Australia Print Exchange Exhibition’, Studio One, Canberra
‘Lake Isle’, Goulburn Regional Gallery, National Touring Exhibition, Goulburn
‘AMCOR Paper Awards’, Invitation Exhibition Westpac Gallery, Victorian Cultural Centre, Melbourne, national touring exhibition
‘Borderlines’, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra
‘Second Canberra Art Fair’, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Print Triennial ’94 Consumenta ‘95’, Nuremberg, Germany
1994‘Open Art’, Berrima District Art Society, Bowral
‘International Exhibition of Graphic Art’, Kharkiv, Ukraine
‘Winter Solstice’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Print Show’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘International Print Triennial’, MTG 1994, Krakow, Poland
‘Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award’, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
‘The Print, the Press, the Artists and the Printer’, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Outback Print Prize’, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, NSW
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle Arts Centre
‘Biennial Prints Acquisitive Exhibition’, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington
‘Contemporary Australian Printmakers’, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
1993‘Blake Prize’, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘Best of the 1992 Blake Prize’, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Ten Years of Acquisitions: ANU Collection’, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
‘Saints and Sacred Places’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle
‘The Tree of Life’, Studio One Gallery, Canberra
‘First Canberra Art Fair’, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
1992‘Third International Women’s Day Exhibition’, Melbourne
‘Between the Covers’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
‘Raft Press Book Project’, National Library of Australia, Canberra
‘Addressing the Chair’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle and touring exhibition
1991‘Hard Pressed’, Jan Taylor Gallery, Sydney
‘Familiar Territory’, Canberra Festival, CAFC
‘Berrima District Art Society Print Award’, Berrima
‘Common Threads/A Fine Line’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
‘Quasions Mornington Gallery’, Mornington
‘Art for Life’, Studio One Gallery, Canberra
‘Fremantle Print Award’, Fremantle
‘A Tribute to Ronaldo Cameron’, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie
‘Canberra Souvenir’, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
‘Social Images’, Gorman House, Canberra
1990‘Fragments and Foundations’, aGog Gallery, Canberra
‘Contemporary Art’, Jan Jones Gallery, Bowral
‘Focus on the Landscape’, Studio One Gallery, Canberra
‘Social Images’, Gorman House, Canberra
‘Calvary Hospital Art Show’, Canberra
‘Artist Made’, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
‘Familiar Territory’, Canberra Festival, CAFC
‘Sun, Smoke and Steel’, Studio One National Touring Exhibition
1989‘Wild Art’, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
‘Edition 89’, Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra
1988‘Woden Library’, Canberra
‘10:1 Print Project’, National Touring Exhibition
1987The Blake Prize, Sydney
1986Kingston Art Space, Canberra
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2002_‘Shades of Pink’, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney2002_‘Shakehands’, Halbturn, Austria
2008‘Recent acquisitions’ Prints and Drawings Gallery, British Museum, London, United Kingdom

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A Changing Landscape, Nolan Gallery, Canberra 1995, pp. 18-19
AMCOR Paper Awards, Wespac Gallery, Melbourne, 1995, pp. 20-25
Arty Facts, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, January 1989
Australian Identities in Printmaking, The Australian Print Collection of the Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, 2000
Barron, Sonia; “Private Garden is Pure Visual Poetry”, Canberra Times, 7 July 2003
Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 24 August 1996
Barron, Sonia; Journeys, Paris/Manila 1995, p. 12
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Barron, Sonia; Canberra Times, 9 December 1989
Botros, Regina; “The Maker”, radio interview for The Deep End, ABC Radio National, 2006
Cinkul, Ljiljana; “Contemporary Graphic Art of the Far East and Australia”, Graficki kolektic, Belgrade, 1999
Cousins, Kerry-Anne; “G.W. Bot: Poet and Prophet”, Muse, Canberra, 1998/99, p. 8
Cousins, Kerry-Anne; Muse, July 1994
Cousins, Kerry-Anne; Muse, June 1992
D’Arcy-Hughes, Ann & Vernon-Morris, Hebe; The Printmaking Bible, Chronicle Books, USA, 2008, pp. 207-209
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Eagle, Mary & Middelmost, Tom; Landscape, Charles Sturt University Art Collection, Wagga Wagga, 1998
Elliott, Ralph; Canberra Times, 16 May 1992
Epstein, Emma; G.W. Bot ‘Garden of Possibilities’, Canberra Museum and Gallery, 2003
Germain, Max; A dictionary of women artists of Australia, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991
Germaine, Max; Artists and Galleries of Australia, 3rd Edition, 1990
Gilmour, Pat; “G.W Bot: Poetry of Line”, Art and Australia, 1998/2, pp. 518-21
Glyphs, catalogue to accompany Hart Gallery exhibition, London, including essay “Dialogue of Australglyphs” by Dr Sheridan Palmer
Gray, Anne; G.W Bot Gardens: Rites of Passage, Goanna Print, Canberra/London, 2001, p. 34
Gray, Anne; “Inner Outback”, Printmaking Today, London, 2000, pp. 10-11
Gray, Anne; “G.W.Bot — Enclosures” in G.W. Bot: The Australian Wilderness and Garden: Language, calligraphy and semiotics, Hart Gallery, London, 1999, p. 36
Grishin, Sasha; “G.W. Bot” in Grapheion: European review of modern prints, books and paper art, vol 15-16 3/4 2000, p. 74
Grishin, Sasha; Australian Printmaking in the 1990s: Artist printmakers 1990-1995, Craftsman House, Sydney 1997
Grishin, Sasha; Contemporary Australian Printmaking: An interpretative history, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994
“G.W. Bot’s Garden State”, Printmaking Today, London, Vol 12 no 3, 2003, p. 18
Hart, Deborah; The Lady and the Unicorn, Hart Gallery, London, 1997
Haynes, Peter; “Anima and essences: The art of G.W. Bot”, Craft Arts International, No 61, 2004, pp. 30-35
Haynes, Peter; G.W. Bot: Gardens, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra 2003
Herring, Julie (FRSA; curator); Art Loan Collections 2009/10, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom, pp. 8-9
Imprint, cover photo, Volume 41, No. 3, Spring 2006
Kidd, Courtney; “Still life that refuses to sit still”, Sydney Morning Herald, May 16, 2001
Klepac, Lou; G.W. Bot Morphic Fields, Hart Gallery, London, 2005
Lake Isle, Goulburn, 1995, exhibition catalogue
Lee, David; “G.W. Bot: Artist’s eye”, Art Review, London, November 1999, p. 47
Le tapis volant, Flying carpet, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, 2004
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Artist’s publications
A Black Book, Raft Press, Canberra 1992
A Red Book, Raft Press, Canberra 1992
Brolga: An Australian Journal About Dance, No 1, December 1994, cover design
Here we go Round the Mulberry Bush, vol 3, Raft Press, Canberra 1991
Journeys, March 1995
Joyce, R. (ed.); Social Images 1891-1991, Goanna Print, Canberra 1991, cover design
Mysteries, BB Press, Canberra 1997
Nugent, A. & Tully, B (ed.); Blast, no 15, 1991
Offerings, Finlay Press and BB Press, Yabber Yabber Publications, Goulburn 1997
The Field of Life, Goanna Print, Canberra 1992
The Spartans, text by L.F. Fitzhardinge, illustrations G.W. Bot, Thames and Hudson, London, 1980
To Walk Across a Field, Raft Press, Canberra 1992


Collections

Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
Artbank
Art and Craft Teachers Association of Victoria
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
Artspace, Mackay
Australian International School, Hong Kong
Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Brisbane City Gallery
Brisbane Grammar Art Collection
British Museum, London, United Kingdom
British Library, London, United Kingdom
Bundanon Collection
Burnie Regional Art Gallery
Camberwell Grammar Art Collection
Canberra School of Art, Art Collection
Canson Australia Pty Ltd
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Centre for the Artist Book Collection, Grahame Galleries and Editions
Charles Darwin University Art Collection, Darwin
Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga
City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga
City of Banyule, Melbourne
Deakin University Art Collection
Downlands College Art Collection, Queensland
Falmouth Gallery, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Fogg Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, United States of America
Geelong Grammar Art Collection
Genazzano College Art Collection
Gippsland Centre for Art and Technology

Gippsland Regional Gallery
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Goulburn Regional Gallery
Grafton Regional Gallery
Hailebury College
Hamilton Art Gallery
James Hardie Collection of Australian Fine Art
John Curtin Gallery
Kedumba Art Collection, Blue Mountains Grammar School
Kharkiv Art Gallery, Ukraine
Kooweerup Secondary College
Lublin Museum, Poland
Macquarie Bank Corporate Art Collection, Sydney
Magnani Papers Australia
Mildura Arts Centre
Mitchell Library, Sydney
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery Collection
Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School Art Collection
Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery
Presbyterian Ladies College Art Collection
Print Council of Australia, Inc
Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland College of the Arts, Brisbane
Queensland Institute of Technology
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Ronaldo Cameron Collection, Lake Macquarie Art Gallery
Silk Cut Foundation Collection
South Queensland Institute of TAFE
St Ursula’s College, Toowoomba
St Peter’s College, Brisbane
State Library of Queensland
State Library of Victoria
Sunraysia Institute of Tafe, Mildura
Sydney College of the Arts
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery
University of Canberra Art Collection
University of Technology of Sydney Art Collection
University of Western Sydney Art Collection
University of Wollongong Art Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Warrnambool Regional Art Gallery
Westminster School
Private Collections in Australia, Europe, Asia and the United States of America

Commissions

INCLUDES AWARDS

2010                Calvary Hospital, Canberra (‘Tree of life’)
2009                Tweed River Art Gallery’s Anniversary Print Collection Exhibition, Murwillumbah
2008                ‘La Gravure Originale’, Commissioned Member Print, Paris
                       ‘The Lake’, sculptural installation, Goulburn Regional Gallery, Goulburn
2007                Tweed Shire council award (Acquisitive), CPM National Print Awards
                       Print Council of Australia Commissioned Member Print
2006                National Critics Selection: ‘50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector’
                       Artist in Residence, Sculpture Workshop, ANU School of Art
2005                National Critics selection: ‘50 Most Collectable Artists, Australian Art Collector’
                       Alumina Ltd. Award, section 2, works on paper, Comalco Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards (judged by Tony Elwood, Dep. Dir. NGV)
2004                Print Council of Australia Commissioned Member Print 
                       The Canberra Times Artist of the Year 
                       Silk Cut Award, Acquisition
2003                Artist in Residence, University of Wollongong, NSW
2001                Residency Kultervereingung Nördliches Burgenland, Neusidl Am See, Austria
2000                CAPO Fellow
                       Silk Cut Award, Acquisition
                       Mini Print International, Cadaqués, Spain, Acquisition
1999                ACT Cultural Council Development Grant
                       Artist-in-residence, Arthur Boyd’s Gift to the Nation, Bundanon
                       Print Council of Australia Member’s Print Commission
1998                National Gallery of Australia ‘New Worlds from Old’ commissioned portfolio
                       Studio One, Canberra (Awarded)
                       1998 Tyree-Tycan Print Prize, Bowral (judged by Hendrik Kolenberg, curator of Prints, Drawings and Watercolours, AGNSW) 
                       Illawarra Acquisitive Print Award (Awarded)
                       29th Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs, Acquisition (judged by Alan Dodge, Dir. Art Gallery of Western Australian)
1997                Three commissioned drypoints, Hugh Stone Graphics, Cornwall/Hart Gallery, London
1996                Artist-in-residence, Arthur Boyd’s Gift to the Nation, Bundanon
                       Acquisitive Award, Tweed Regional Art Gallery
                       Acquisitive Award, University of Western Sydney, Permanent Art Collection
                       ACT Cultural Council Development Grant
                       Print Council of Australia Member’s Print Commission
1995                ACT Cultural Council Development Grant
                       Environmental Artists in Schools Scheme
1994                Berrima District Art Society, Print Section, Commended
                       Canberra Critics Awards, Visual Arts
                       CAPO Grant
                       Zaokhochuval’na Prize, 2nd International Exhibition of Graphic Art and Posters, 4th Block, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1992                CAPO Grant
                       Canberra Critics Award, Visual Arts