| |  | 1972 | Born Kaniva, Victoria | | | | | 1989-91 | Advanced Certificate of Art and Design, Wimmera Community College of TAFE, Ballarat, VIC | | 1995 | Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting)Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2009 | 'The Doom', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2004 | 'Physiognomy' Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2001 | Smyrnios Gallery Australia, Melbourne
| | 1999 | Span Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1992 | J Space, Contemporary Art Centre, Melbourne |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 2010 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2007 | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Summer Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | The Inaugural Peter Brock Art Award (Winner), Salon de Montsalvat, Melbourne
| | 2005 | ‘ABN AMRO 2005 Emerging Artist Award’, ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney
| | 2004 | ‘Portraits and Other Works’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2003 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Metro 5 Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
| | 2002 | Conrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
| | 2001 | The 50th Blake Prize, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Evolution’, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
| | 2000 | Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
| | ‘A Passage of Time’, Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, VIC
| | 1999 | ‘Two Years of Span Galleries’, Span Galleries, MelbourneConrad Jupiter Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
| | Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
| | 1995 | Re-Entombed Galleries, Armidale, NSW |
BibliographyAuty, Giles; “Everyone’s a winner”, The Australian, November 27-28 1999, Review pg. 23 Hallett, Bryce; “French impression now part of artists picture”, Sydney Morning Herald, 6 Sep 2000, pg. 6 James, Bruce; “Marcus Wills: Familiar strange”, Australian Art Collector, Apr 2000, pg. 128 Makin, Jeff; “Youthful triumph”, Sun Herald, Feb 10 2003, pg. 72 Sexton, Jennifer; “Seeking a broader picture...” , The Australian, Sep 8 2000, pg. 2 Somerville, Jane; “Figuratively Speaking”, Look Magazine (AGNSW Society), June 2006, pg 54
Awards| 2006 | Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | | The Inaugural Peter Brock Art Award (Winner), Salon de Montsalvat, Melbourne | | 1999 | Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship/ Residency, Sydney | | | Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France |
CollectionsBallarat University, Ballarat, VIC Gold Coast City Art Gallery Private Collections Selected ReviewsSurreal portrait wins Archibald | The Sydney Morning Herald | 24 Mar 2006
Flirting with greatness | Wimmera Mail Times | 23 Mar 2006
New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005
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