CV
Qualifications
2017 Master of Art (With Excellence), University of NSW Art & Design
1995 Bachelor of Education, Western Sydney University
Arts Organisation Membership
2017-24 Modern Art Projects Blue Mountains (MAPBM) Committee
2017 Blue Mountains City of The Arts Trust Grants Committee
2015-23 Mountains Made, Blue Mountains Creative Industries Cluster
2009-14 ATLAS Arts Skye (Scotland) - Vice Chair, Educational Engagement, Trustee
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Field, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Field II, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney
2018 Chateau Orquevaux, Champagne, France
The Lost and Found, Platform Gallery, Katoomba
Near and Far, Braemar Gallery Springwood
2017 here/there, Kudos Gallery, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington
2014-23 Single Track Gallery, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Lumière – Mount Victoria’s Festival of the Moving Image (curator / artist)
2021 Diadikasia, Galerie pompom, curator - Nancy Constandelia
Blue Too, Wayout Gallery, Kandos, MAPBM, curator - Beata Geyer
2020 Blue, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, curator -Beata Geyer
Occupied, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, curator - Rilka Oakley
A Night at The Manor, Mt Victoria Manor immersive exhibition, Blue Mountains (co-curator)
2019 Mapping - MAPBM, Braemar Gallery, curator - Anthony Bond OAM
2018 Imperceptible Resistances, Everglades, curated by Lizzie Marshall
Galerie Diderot, Chateau Orquevaux, France (acquired 4 works)
2017 Drawing In The Expanded Field MAPBM 3x6 (Curator, Artist)
EDACC, Katoomba Falls Kiosk 3x6 Project, curator – J. Drinkall 2016
Ethereal, m2 Gallery - Art Month Sydney and Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum Now Festival
Awards
2023 Winner, 2D Artwork Award, Blue Mountains Artfest
2019 Winner, Photography Award, Blue Mountains Artfest
2017. Industry Award, The Annual, AD Space, UNSW Art & Design
Finalist, Chippendale New World Art Prize, Sydney
Highly Commended (Local Government Excellence Award), Nox Night Sculpture project, Randwick Eco Park, Sydney
Finalist, Greenway Art Prize, Inner West Council, Sydney
Finalist, National Campus Art Prize
2016. Finalist, Kudos Emerging Artists Award, UNSW Art & Design
Finalist, Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, UNSW Art & Design
Highly Commended, Jenny Birt Painting Prize, UNSW Art & Design
Grants
2021 Lumière - Blue Mountains City of the Arts Trust, AMaGA, Bendigo Bank, Australian Cultural Fund
2020. Myer Family Grant
2016 3 x ARC/UNSWAD: Ethereal exhibition / Vivid Ideas Symposium Sydney @ MCA / Postgraduate Masterclass - Painting, More Painting, ACCA, Vic
Curation
2021/22 Lumière: Mount Victoria’s Festival of the Moving Image
2020 A Night at the Manor (co-curator)
2018 Place, Chateau Orquevaux, France
2017 The Annual, UNSW Art & Design, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
Drawing in the Expanded Field, MAPBM Kiosk 3x6 Project
2016 White Cube Gallery Program, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
Air Pressure, Airspace, Sydney (curatorial team)
Nox Night Sculpture, Randwick Eco Park (curatorial team)
Residencies
2018 Chateau d’Orquevaux, France
2017 3x6 Kiosk Studios Residency, MAPBM, Katoomba
Platform Gallery Residency @ The Kiosk Studios, Katoomba
BigCi, Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives
Isle of Skye, Scotland, 3-month immersive research residency for here/there exhibition
2016 Gunyah, North Arm Cove, NSW
Art Teaching
2015-2018 Art Teacher, NSW Department of Education, & Art Est, Leichhardt
2009–2014 Head of Creative Learning, University of the Highlands & Islands / West Highland College, Isle of Skye, Scotland
2008 Lecturer, Master of Teaching - Creative Learning, WSU, Australia
2003-06 Lecturer, Creative Learning, Stevenson College, Edinburgh
1993-2003 Art Teacher, Australia, Edinburgh and London, UK
Professional Development / Arts Sector Engagement
2021. Health & Wellbeing in Arts & Cultural Management, Deakin University
NSW Creative Arts Curriculum K-10 Consultation, NAVA
2020 Revising NAVA’s Code of Practice – Commissioning, Funding
Creative Industries & Covid-19: Now & Next, NAVA
Writing Grant Proposals – Stephanie nova Milne - NAVA (accredited)
Darkroom Photography – TAFE NSW (accredited)
2019 Managing Team Creativity, The Creative Spark: Social Innovation, Western Sydney University
2018 Professional Dialogues - The Value of Artist Residencies, Chateau d’Orquevaux, France
Collections - Australia, USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, France