Living and working on Bunuba Country at Fitzroy Crossing in the far north of Western Australia. Full time Art Coordinator for Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency. wwww.mangkaja.com. Supporting Mangakaja artists from five indigenous language groups with artwork production, promotions and sales. Managing studio operations, external gallery liaison and exhibitions.
DOB 11/9/1974
EDUCATION 1999 BFA in Painting, National Art School, Sydney NSW Australia.
SOLO SHOWS
2016 "Rained" Theresa Byrnes Gallery 616 E 9 St, New York City.
2015 "As Far as the Eye can See" Brown's Siding Store and Cafe Artspace, Medlow Bath NSW.
2012 "The Distance from Here" Everglades Historic House and Garden, Leura NSW.
2011 "Australian Landscapes" International Art Studio, Valjevo, Serbia.
2007 Sept "Far Horizon" Addison Rd Gallery, Addison Rd Centre, Marrickville, Sydney.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
"Jury Art Prize" Courthouse Gallery, Port Hedland, WA. 2021
"Kimberley Art Prize" Derby international Airport Derby, WA. 2020
"Shinju Art Prize" Civic Theatre, Broome, WA.
2020
April "There is a Rapture by the Lonely Shore" Cannery Art Space, Esperance, WA. 2020
Jan "Transient Artist in Residence Pop-up Show" Cannery Art Space Esperance
2018 "Port Hedland Art Award- Courthouse Gallery Port Hedland WA"
2014 "The Phoenix- Reinvention of City and Self @SUFFER, 616 E 9 St, New York City.
2014 " Weereewa- Interpretations" Bungendore Woodworks Gallery, Bungendore NSW.
2013 "One Night Stand: A Series of One Night Shows" at the Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern NSW.
2013 "Objectified" Sheffer Gallery, Darlington, Sydney NSW.
2012 "Resonance- Everything Touches Everything- Six Australian Female Artists in Serbia" International Art Studio, Valjevo, Serbia.
2011 "Google Me this Library" Space Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne Vic.
2011 "MOST- (Marrickville Open Studio Trail)" As part of Art Month Sydney, ESS. Studios, Petersham, Sydney NSW.
2009 'Roomies at the House- Boarding House Artists and Their Mentors' Fountain Court Gallery, Parliament of NSW, Macquarie St, Sydney NSW.
PRIZES AND AWARD EXHIBITIONS
2014 Rick Amor Drawing Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of Ballarat Vic.
2012 Alice Bale Art Award- Landscape Painting Finalist, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Melbourne Vic.
2012 James Kiri Watercolour Prize-Wollongong Regional Gallery, Wollongong NSW.
2008/07 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, Inner West, Sydney NSW. 2005/04/03 Art on The Rocks-Public Painting and exhibition, The Rocks, Sydney NSW.
2005/04/02 Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship Finalist Exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney NSW.
1999 Jeffery Smart Travelling Life Drawing Prize- National Art School, Sydney and New York.
INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIONS
Serbia National Art Collection- 3 works
-Private International collections London and New York
Art Residencies:
2021 Jan Fremantle Art Centre AIR comprising of studio based experimentation and mixed media development with work based on plein sketches of around Fitzroy Crossing Valley and Central Australia drawings. 2020 January Cannery Arts, Esperance: AIR focusing on plein air paintings with pop up exhibition Transience and public workshop
2016 Theresa Byrnes Gallery (TBG), East Village New York City Rained Exhibition of Paintings, Photos and Drawings of Central Australia alongside Large drawing installation developed over two weeks onsite.
2014 Suffer (TBG) East Village, New York City Phoenix : plein air paintings and mixed media drawings collaboration with Theresa Byrnes in response to City environment
2012 International Art Studio Radovan Trnavac Mica, Valjevo Serbia, Resonance 5 Female Australian contemporary artists group show and residency
2011 International Art Studio Radovan Trnavac Mica Valjevo Serbia Australian Landscapes -Solo exhibition paintings of Arid region Australia and onsite painting installation and art colony Crne Gore.
