| |  Solo Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Urban Sanctuary', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2008 | 'Recent Paintings and Gouaches' , Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2007 | 'Multitude and Solitude', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | ‘Five cities’, Muka Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
| | 2005 | ‘Master’s Examination Exhibition’, Artists studio, Melbourne
| | 2004 | ’Crossings’, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth.
| | ‘In the frame’, BMGART, Adelaide
| | 2003 | ‘A walk into town’, Stonington Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
| | 2001 | ‘Recent work’, Mira Fine Art, Melbourne
| | 1999 | ‘Works on Paper’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1998 | ‘New Lifestyle’, BMGART, Adelaide
| | ‘It is a nice space’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1997 | ‘The Apartment Dwellers’, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1996 | ‘A View from My Window’, BMGART, Adelaide
| | 1995 | ‘Trouble in the 90s’, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1994 | ‘The Inner City’, Recent Gouaches, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Rovereto, Italy
| | 1992 | ‘Recent Work’, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1991 | ‘Recent Works’, Irving Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Selected Works 1986-1991’, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art, Swan Hill
| | 1990 | ‘Works on Paper’, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1989 | ‘Paintings and Works on Paper’, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1986 | ‘Paintings and Gouaches’, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1984 | ‘Recent Paintings’, Realities Gallery, Melbourne | | 2010_‘Urban sanctuary’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne2006_‘Five cities’, Muka Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | The ritual of dining in middle class suburbia’ Joseph Drapell Gallery,
| | University of Toronto, Canada
| | 2009 | -2010‘Summer Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | ‘Highlights from the Deakin Collection’, Lascelles Exhibition Gallery, Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, Deakin University, Waterfront Campus
| | 2007 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | ‘One Square Foot’, Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne
| | ‘Toxic Dump Show’, Gallery 25, Mildura
| | ‘The Sea’, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Works on Paper 1’, Gallery 25, Mildura
| | ‘New Prints’, Lancaster Studio Gallery, Brooklyn
| | ‘Site’, Highlights from the Deakin University Collection, Warrnambool Art Gallery
| | 2004 | ‘Between a rock and a hard place’, Lancaster Studio Gallery, Brooklyn
| | ‘Blacker than Black’, Gallery New Quay, Melbourne
| | ‘Recent Acquisitions’, Deakin University Art Collection
| | Stonington Museum of Art, Deakin University
| | 2003 | ‘The Shell’, Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, Western Australia
| | ‘Works on Paper’, Brett Ballard Gallery, Sydney
| | Finalist ‘Dobell Prize for Drawing’, Art Gallery of New South Wales
| | ‘Geelong Print Prize’, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
| | 2002 | ‘POST 1970s’, from the permanent collection, Swan Hill Regional Gallery
| | 2001 | ‘Kunst for born og unge’, Horsens Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
| | ‘Muka’, International exhibition of Youth prints made at the Muka Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand, travelling Europe in 2001, 2002
| | ‘Rena Ellen Jones memorial print award 2001’, Warrnambool Art Gallery
| | 2000 | ‘Selected Works by Gallery Artists’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Interpretation’, Muka Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
| | ‘Thinking Aloud’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘Affordable Treasures’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1999 | ‘Exchanging Places’, Ray Hughes Gallery in residence at the George Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘We are Australian’, The George Adams Gallery, Melbourne (in association with the Melbourne International Festival)
| | 1998 | ‘Geelong Contemporary Art Prize’, Geelong Art Gallery (by selection)
| | ‘National Works on Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington
| | ‘Selected Works by Invited Artists’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Works on Paper and Original Fine Art Prints’, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Inkpots to Internet-Nucleus to Diversity’, Former Student Art Exhibition, The Phyllis Palmer Gallery, Latrobe University, Bendigo
| | 1997 | ‘Summer Show’, BMG Art, Adelaide
| | ‘Preview 1997’, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Highlights from the Collection’, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill
| | ‘Visy Board Art Prize’, “The Orangery”, Richmond Grove Winery, Tanunda, South Australia
| | ‘Nillumbik Art Award Exhibition’, The Nillumbik Shire Council, Eltham
| | ‘Muka International Youth Print Exhibition’, Gallery 101, Melbourne
| | ‘Figures from Life’, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
| | 1996 | The Art of Collecting 2’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
| | ACAF5 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | 1995 | ’Youth Prints’, Auckland Museum; travelled throughout New Zealand
| | ‘Recent Lithographs and Commissioned Youth Prints’, Muka Studios, Auckland
| | 1994 | ‘ACAF4 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | ‘Selections from the Collection’, Museum of Modern Art, Heide, Melbourne
| | ‘Castlemaine Drawing Prize’, Castlemaine Art Gallery
| | 1992 | ‘Miniatures: Small Works by Selected Gallery Artists’, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Selected Works from the Margaret Stewart Endowment’, National Gallery of Victoria
| | 1991 | ‘National Swan Hill Print & Drawing Show’, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art, Swan Hill
| | ‘Raising the Furies: Elements of Disquiet in Figurative Painting 1985 – 1990’, toured Regional Galleries - Wodonga, Wangaratta, Benalla and Shepparton (curated by Stephen Cox)
| | ‘Eighth Ansett Hamilton Art Award’, City of Hamilton Art Gallery (Acquired)
| | ‘Australian Drawing – Contemporary’, John Buckley Fine Art, Melbourne
| | ‘Australian Water Colours and Gouaches’, John Buckley Fine Art, Melbourne
| | ‘ACAF2 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair’, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
| | 1990 | ‘The City: A Very Different Place’, Museum of Modern Art, Heide, Melbourne
| | 1989 | ‘Popular Front, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art’, Melbourne
| | ‘Swan Hill Print and Drawing Show, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of ‘Contemporary Art’, Swan Hill (Acquired)
| | ‘Heidelberg and Heritage - Two Visions of Australians 100 Years Apart’, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
| | ‘Freestyle Australian Art 1960s – Now’, National Gallery of Victoria
| | 1988 | ‘Exquisite Corpse’, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
| | ‘Selected Finalists: Faber Castell Drawing Award’, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘A Horse Show: The Horse in Contemporary Australian Art’, Museum of Modern Art, Heide, Melbourne
| | 1987 | ‘Selected Contemporary Drawings’, Museum of Modern Art, Heide, Melbourne
| | 1985 | ‘Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship’, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne (Received Honourable Mention)
| | 1980 | ‘The Paris Prize’, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne
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CollectionsAccenture, Melbourne American Consulate, Florence, Italy Artbank, Sydney Australian Alliance Insurance, Victoria Banyule City Council, Victoria Caulfield Grammar, City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria City of Maribyrnong, Victoria Deakin University Art Collection, Victoria E.R. White Club Collection, Trinity College, Melbourne University, Victoria Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Collection, Victoria Kangan Batman TAFE, Victoria Latrobe University Collection, Victoria Melbourne Convention Centre, Victoria Monash Medical Centre, Victoria Monash University Collection, Victoria Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria; Museum of Victoria National Gallery of Victoria Northern Territory University Philips Fox Collection Santos Mining Collection, South Australia Smorgon Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, New South Wales Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria Victorian College of the Arts Victorian Racing Club, Flemington, Victoria
CommissionsIncluding residencies
| 2003 | Artist in Residence, Caulfield Grammar, Wheelers Hill campus
| 1997
| Poster, Burnewang Food and Wine Festival | 1994
| Melbourne Theatre Company, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
| | 1994 | Artists in Schools Program, Preston Special Development School | | 1994 | Youth Prints, Muka Studios, Auckland, New Zealand | | 1993 | Artist in Residence, St Jeans Baptiste College, New York, USA | | 1993 | Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award | | 1992 | Commissioned to paint a tram, Ministry for the Arts, Transporting Arts Programme sponsored by Vic Health | | 1991 | Commissioned to design image for the Melbourne Theatre Company’s Money and Friends, written by David Williamson
| | 1989 | Victorian Racing Club, New Pavilion, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne |
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