| | | 1979-81 | Bachelor of Art (Fine Arts, Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne | | 1984 | Graduate Diploma, University of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1996-99 | Ph.D, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC | | 1999-02 | Lecturer, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC | | 2000-10 | Lecturer in drawing and painting, Monash University, Melbourne | | 2002-04 | Lecturer in practice and theory, Australian Cathlic University | | 2010-Present | Subject Leader in drawing, National Art School, Sydney |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2012 | 'The Soft Space of Illusion: Watercolours', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2009 | 'Thirst', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2008 | Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 2007 | Span, Melbourne
| | 2005 | Span, Melbourne
| | Post Office Gallery, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 2003 | Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 2000 | Linden Art Gallery and Centre, Melbourne
| | Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 1999 | Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1998 | Gallery A, Ballarat University, Ballarat, VIC
| | 1997 | Dianne Tanzer Gallery + projects, Melbourne
| | Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | 1996 | Dianne Tanzer Gallery + projects, Melbourne
| | 1995 | Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | Dianne Tanzer Gallery + projects, Melbourne
| | 1993 | The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1990 | The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1989 | The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | ‘large exhibition of small works’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 2009 | ‘Temporal Shift’, Frankston Arts Centre, Melbourne
| | 2008 | ‘Prospect and Refuge: Small Landscapes by Five Painters’, Touring: Horsham Regional Art Gallery, VIC; LaTrobe Visual Arts Centre, VIC
| | ‘Muse’, Touring: Mildura Regional Art Gallery, VIC; Benalla Art Gallery, VIC
| | 2007 | ‘Eye to Eye’, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | ‘Dusk to Dawn’, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award (Winner), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Tattersalls Club, Brisbane
| | 2006 | ‘Plus’, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 2005 | Dominique Segan Drawing Prize, Castlemaine Festival, Castlemaine, VIC
| | Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
| | 2004 | Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
| | 2003 | ‘Self Portraits’, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 2002 | Doug Moran Portrait Prize, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2001 | Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2000 | Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
| | ‘Hatched’, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award (Highly Commended), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1999 | ‘Exposure -Artists Portraits of Artists’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award (Highly Commended), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Linden Post Card Show’ (Urban attitude prize), Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
| | 1998 | ‘National Works on Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, VIC
| | Geelong Acquisitive Print Award, Geelong Gallery, Geelong, VIC
| | ‘Making Waves’, Dianne Tanzer Gallery + projects, Melbourne
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘Paper Works’, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | 1996 | Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Fine Art Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD
| | The Alice Prize, Alice Springs, NT
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Linden Post Card Show’, Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
| | ‘Out of the Frame’, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
| | 1995 | ‘Moet et Chandon’, National Touring Exhibition, Australia
| | Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1994 | Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | Bett Gallery, Hobart
| | Dianne Tanzer Gallery + projects, Melbourne
| | Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1993 | Riddoch Gallery, Mt Gambier, SA
| | Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
| | Melbourne Miniature Festival, No Vacancy, Gold St., 200 Gertrude St, Melbourne
| | 1992 | Artworks 4, 101 Collins St., Melbourne
| | Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | 1991 | ‘Erotic/Exotic’, Inner Circle Gallery, Sydney
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1990 | The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
| | Williamstown Festival Award, Williamstown Festival, Melbourne
| | Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC
| | Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, Melbourne
| | Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
| | 1983 | Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
| | 1982 | Blake Prize (Joint Winner), Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
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BibliographyClabburn, Anna; 'Exposure: Artist's Portraits of Artists', Victoria University Gallery and Linden Gallery, Melbourne, 1999 Neeson, John; Imaging the Apple, Catalogue for Touring Exhibition, Australia Future Perfect: The 1998 ACUADS Conference, R.M.I.T. University, Melbourne, 1998 Smith, K and Wise, Kit; Drawing 2003, Monash University, Melbourne, 2003 Stratford, Noela; 'Plus', Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC, 2006 Timms, Peter; Nancy Cato, (Ed.) Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Moet & Chandon Australian Art Foundation, 1995 Wallis, Geoff; Eye to I, Art Gallery of Ballarat, VIC, 2007
Awards2007 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Winner), S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney Deans Award for Teaching, Monash University, Melbourne St.Vincent’s Hospital Artist in Residency, Sydney 2000 Portia Geach Memorial Award (Highly Commended), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 1999 'Linden Postcard Show (Urban Attitude Prize)', Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne University of Ballarat Publications Award, University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC Portia Geach Memorial Award (Highly Commended), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney 1995 University of Ballarat Scholarship, University of Ballarat, VIC 1992-93 Australia Council for the Arts Project Grant, Australian Council for the Arts, Sydney 1983 Australia Council for the Arts Project Grant, Australian Council for the Arts, Sydney 1982 Blake Prize (Joint Winner), Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
CollectionsArt Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC Australian Catholic University, Sydney Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, VIC Monash University, Melbourne St. Vincents Hospital, Sydney Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, VIC University of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne Williamstown Council, Melbourne |