biography

2024

2023

• invited exhibitor @ OpenField Contemporary Art Festival, Berry, NSW
• reach, an IAVA group exhibition @ Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
• finalist @ Sculpture in the Gardens, Wollongong, NSW
• finalist @ Sculpture in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW

2024

2023

• OpenField Contemporary Art Festival, Berry, NSW
• reach, IAVA group exhibition, Gallery Lane Cove, Lane Cove, Sydney, NSW
• Sculpture in the Gardens, Wollongong, NSW
• Sculpture in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW

2022

• veiling: grief and delight, exhibition/theatre/performance event & book launch, Cambewarra Hall, Cambewarra, NSW
• what the body knows but may have forgotten, Huskisson, NSW

2021

• ghost tree project, pubic engagement project concurrent with Sculpture in the Gardens, Wollongong, NSW

2020

• View from the Coast, an IAVA group exhibition, Bowral Regional Gallery, Bowral, NSW
• 2020 Chan • Art • Sculpture Exhibition, Nan Tien Art Gallery and Temple, Berkley, NSW

2019

• ephemeral (lessons in grief), solo exhibition, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW
• Wollombi Sculpture Festival, Wollombi, NSW
• reIMAGINE Sculpture Project, Shoalhaven, NSW
• Scissor Paper Rock, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW

2017

• Sea of Waste, Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Nowra, NSW

2016

• Op Art, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
• Western Sydney University Sculpture Awards and Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW
• Wollombi Sculpture Festival, Wollombi, NSW
• Lorne Sculpture Biennale | Small Sculpture, Lorne, VIC
• bridge, temporary street installation for Liverpool Council, Liverpool, NSW

2015

• SPREAD, solo exhibition, [MARS] Gallery, Windsor, VIC
• night with 25 sculptors, [MARS] Gallery Project, VIC
• 50 :: 50 the catalogue show, IAVA annual showcase, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
• Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi, NSW
• Cultural Centre Collector’s Edition, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW
• Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
• Sculpture Otherwise, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW

2014

• out of rain, solo exhibition, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
• [MARS] Gallery new space launch, [MARS] Gallery, Windsor, VIC
• Artists Emerge at the WTC, World Trade Centre, Melbourne – a [MARS] initiative, VIC
• Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi, NSW
• UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award, UWS Sculpture Exhibition and Awards, Campbeltown, NSW
• Sculpture 2014, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
• Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, VIC

2013

• zero&one, solo exhibition [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
• Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
• Acacia Place Art Installation Competition, Haven Display Unit, Abbotsford, VIC
• Sculpture by the Sea On Seven, David Jones Elizabeth Store, 7th floor gallery, Sydney, NSW
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Montalto Winery, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
• Sculpture 2013, Brenda May Gallery, Waterloo, NSW
• Small Sculpture Fair, McClelland Gallery, VIC
• Artisans Sculpture Walk, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, NSW
• being in the moment, Nan Tien Institute, Berkely, NSW
• 25 Artists @ the WTC, [MARS] Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
• IAVA showcase 2013, Project Contemporary Art space, Wollongong, NSW

2012

• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
• Maquette Show, [MARS] Gallery, Port Melbourne, VIC
• University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Campbelltown Campus, NSW
• Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
• descend, solo exhibition, The Hanging Space Gallery, Woonona, NSW

2011

• string theory, solo exhibition, [MARS] Gallery, Port Melbourne, VIC
• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
• Swell Sculpture Festival, Currumbin, QLD
• Lorne Sculpture, Lorne, VIC
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW
• 37, TAFE staff show, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
• Projecting Forward, Project Contemporary ArtSpace, Wollongong, NSW

2010

• pink room, solo exhibition, Number 10 Arts Precinct, Jamberoo, NSW
• Local:Current, group survey, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong NSW
• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
• Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards, Yarra Valley, VIC
• CURRENT Acquisitive Sculpture Biennial Awards, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, VIC
• PETITE: Miniature Textiles Exhibition, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, VIC
• GRID, solo exhibition,  Project Contemporary ArtSpace, Wollongong, NSW

2009

• SLICE, solo exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
• Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
• Random Order, two person show, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW

2008

• All Birds, solo exhibition, Foyer Gallery 313, Wollongong, NSW
• between : illawarra, two person show, TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
• 57th Blake Prize, Blake Society in partnership with National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW

2007

• Milestones, group exhibition Project Contemporary ArtSpace, Wollongong, NSW
• Only Abstract 07, group exhibition De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
• Calleen Art Award 07, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW

2006

• a presence of bird, solo exhibition De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
• Symbiosis, group exhibition, Old Kiama Fire Station, Kiama, NSW
• Opening Exhibition, group exhibition, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong, NSW

2005

• Cyphon, group exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW
• Heads Exhibition, University of Wollongong, Long Gallery, Wollongong, NSW

2004

• Getting Lost, solo exhibition of sculpture at Karoona Gallery, Wollongong West TAFE, Wollongong, NSW
• John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, VIC

see previous in art garments 1984-1994

2023

• Highly commended, Sculpture in the Valley, Kangaroo Valley, NSW: collecting tears
• Selected artist, Open Fields Contemporary Art Festival, Berry, NSW: inversion
• Shortlisted for the Victorian Railways Keon Park Station Sculpture: thinking in pathways 

2022

• Installation of public art work in Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre forecourt, Nowra, NSW: phases
• Shortlisted for the Victorian Railways Montmorency Station Sculpture: hidden messages

2021

• Artist in Residence, Bundanon, Illaroo, NSW:  not-doing … sensing
• Sculptor in Residence, Sculpture in the Gardens, Wollongong, NSW: ghost tree project

2019

• Powerhouse Museum / Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences agree to accept a donation
  by Sylvia and Maurice Pepper of one of my coat-hat ensembles made in 1988 (untitled)
• Winner of reIMAGINE Sculpture Project 2019, World Environment Day Expo, Shoalhaven, NSW: post tension(ing): a monument to yesterday’s comfort

2018

• Sale to collector in Woodstock, New York, USA: crosswind

2015

• Acquisition for University of Western Sydney, Kingswood Campus Library, NSW: resting place

2014

• Winner UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award, UWS Sculpture Exhibition and Awards, Campbelltown, NSW: reprieve
• Invited artist Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi, NSW: inclusion

2013

• Shortlisted Acacia Place Art Installation Competition, Abbotsford, VIC: canopy

2012

• Winner Scenic World Sculpture Acquisitive Prize, Katoomba, NSW: distant time
• Highly Commended University of Western Sydney (UWS) Sculpture Prize, NSW: facet
• Shortlisted for Hampton’s Eden project carpark entrance, Abbotsford, VIC

2011

• Special Mention for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW: cellular memory
• Special Mention for Lorne Sculpture Festival, Lorne, VIC: tumble

2009

• Commendation for Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra, NSW: echo

2008

• Artist in Residence on Lybov Orlova during its voyage to the Antarctic, March 2008

2005

• Ron Lambert Award, West Wollongong TAFE Advanced Diploma Fine Art student award
• Highly Commended Heads Exhibition University of Wollongong, Long Gallery, Gwynville, NSW: head series

1992

• Artist in residence at The Jakarta Art Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia – part of an Asialink program, funded by the Australia Indonesia Institute
• World Expo, Seville, Spain: harlequin

1991

• Supreme Designer Award Nelson International Wearable Art Awards, New Zealand: wool goddess
• Acquisition of art garment by Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW: lost in time

1989

• Acquisition of art garment by The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT: wearable totem II

2014

• University of Western Sydney: ‘resting place’ Kingswood Campus Library, NSW
• University of Western Sydney: ‘reprieve’ Campbelltown Campus Sculpture Park, NSW
• Melton City Council, Victoria: Rain Stories, Waves Leisure Centre Public Art Project, VIC

2012

• Hammond Collection (Sculpture at Scenic World), Katoomba NSW, ‘distant time’

2010

• Thirroul District Community Centre & Library, Public Art project: ‘connect’ wall work for Library interior

2009

• Thirroul District Community Centre & Library, Public Art project: 4 double sided street banners

PRE 1994

• Lynda Holmes Magician – performance costumes
• Timothy Hyde Magician – performance costumes
• Penny Amberg Cultural Counselor, Australian Embassy, Washington, U.S.A. – coat
• Rebel Penfold-Russel Film maker – coats and costumes
• Stephan Elliot Film director – coats and other clothing
• Sheridan Jobbins Film maker, writer – coats and costumes
• Andrew Denton Entertainer – waistcoats
• Jennifer Byrnes Journalist – shirts
• Tara Reeves rhythmic gymnast – performance costumes
• Australian National Gallery merchandising for the Dressed to Kill exhibition, National Gallery Canberra, 1993 – coats and hats
• World Expo, Seville, Spain 1992 merchandising for the Australian Pavilion – coat
• David Nuttal Oboist – Canberra Symphony Orchestra performance clothes for the world premier performance of Carl Vine’s Concerto for oboe and orchestra Monody
• Stephan Elliot film maker, writer, director Priscilla Queen of the Desert – clothing worn at world premiers of ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’
• Canberra Wind Soloists Canberra based wind quartet – performance costumes

1994

• The Art of Dressing, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

1993

• Fashion and all its Trappings, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
• The Decade Parade – Dressed to Kill exhibition, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
• Conducted workshops at the McGregor Summer School University of Southern Queensland, NSW
• Conducted workshops at the Fibre Forum Conference Mittagong, NSW
• Lecture at the Costume and Textile Society High School Program Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
• Invited as overseas judge at the International Wearable Art Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
• Opened shop in Strand Arcade, Sydney as outlet for self made art garments

1992

• Works in Cloth, solo exhibition, Eaglehawke Galleries, Sydney, NSW
• Art to Wear, solo exhibition, Salon des Arts, Melbourne, VIC
• Conducted Workshops at the Fibre Forum Conference, Mittagong
• Artist in residence at The Jakarta Art Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia (part of the Asialink program, funded by the Australia Indonesia Institute)

1991

• Lloyds of London, winner of the award for Daywear at The New England Wearable Wool Awards, Armidale, NSW
• Wool Goddess, winner of the Supreme Designer Award at the Nelson International Wearable Art Awards, Nelson, New Zealand
• Lost in Time acquired  by Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW
• Alchemy in Punch, Punch Gallery, Sydney, NSW
• Craft and New Artforms Expo 91, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW
• The Australian Craft Show, Sydney, NSW

1990

• Lost in Time, winner of the award for Evening Wear at The New England Wearable Wool Awards, Armidale, NSW
• The Moora Woolcraft Awards, Moora, WA
• The Australian Craft Show, Sydney, NSW
• The Tenth National Craft Acquisition Awards, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT

1989

• The Museum of Arts and Sciences, acquisition of art garment titled Wearable Totem II, Darwin, NT
• Museum of Arts and Sciences, The Ninth National Crafts Acquisition Awards, Darwin, NT
• solo exhibition, Friends of the Opera British High Commission, Canberra, ACT
• The Australian Craft Show, Sydney, NSW
• The Ninth National Crafts Acquisition Awards, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT

1988

• Second Skins, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
• The Australian Craft Show, Sydney, NSW

1986

• November Group Exhibition, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
• Sydney Pacesetters 86, Australian Craftworks Gallery

PRE 2002

• Jesus Christ Superstar – costumes. A Gosford Musical Society production
• Much Ado about Nothing – costumes. A Mad Cow production.
• They’re Playing Our Song – costumes. A Laycock Street Theatre Production
• Cosi – costumes. A Laycock Street Theatre Production

2022

2018/19

• Project Officer for Wollongong City Council’s City Centre Management – steering creative pilot projects into being

2014

• Publication of book ephemeral a gathering images of small ephemeral artworks together with poetry, written and made in wild places.

2013

• Member’s secretary Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts (IAVA)

2012

• President Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts (IAVA)

2011

• founding member and inaugural treasurer Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts (IAVA) 

2007

• Project coordinator Art Heritage and Place a Wollongong City Council Cultural Services project
• Management and development committee Cool Day Out a Wollongong Climate Action Network sustainability festival