Biography
Education
2001 Doctor of Philosophy (Visual Art)
University of Ballarat (Federation University Australia)
1987 Graduate Diploma in Education
University of Ballarat (Federation University Australia)
1984 Diploma in Art
Philip Institute of Technology (RMIT)
Current Position
Senior Lecturer, Honours & Research Degrees Co-ordinator, Arts Academy,
Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University Australia
Solo/Major Exhibitions
2014 Upon Return (with Loris Button), Post Office Gallery, Federation University Australia, Ballarat
2013 Scala, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Scala,Gallery FAB, University of Missouri-St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
2010-11 Mrs Darwin's Garden, Art Gallery of Ballarat
2010 Mrs Darwin's Garden,24HR Art, Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art,Darwin
2008 Contained Worlds, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Amphora, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Gardenesque (with Louise Saxton), Maroondah Gallery Melbourne, Craft ACT,Canberra, Ararat Gallery
2004 Gardenesque (with Louise Saxton),Art Gallery of Ballarat, Benalla Art Gallery
2000 Stitch, Ararat Gallery, Victoria
1998 Text textile 2, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra
1998 Text textile, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Shal,Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Mantra, Helen Maxwell Galllery, Canberra
1994 Prayers and Mantras, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Recent Works, The Women's Gallery, Melbourne
Recent Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 National Works on Paper Award,(finalist)Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2013 Got the Message? - 50 Years of Political Posters, Art Gallery of Ballarat
Togart Contemporary Art Award 2013, Chan Contemporary Art Space, Darwin
2012 Fish in Australian Art, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
37th Alice Prize, (finalist) Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
2011 Territory Time, Chan Contemporary Art Space, Darwin
The Nature of Things, Charles Darwin University Art Gallery, Darwin
A Guiding Hand: Prints and Directors 1967-2011, Art Gallery of Ballarat
2010 36th Alice Prize,(finalist) Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs
Paul Guest Drawing Prize, (finalist)Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
2009 Flanagan Prize, (winner) St Patricks College, Ballarat
City of Hobart Art Prize, (finalist) Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
2008 Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Award, (finalist)Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill
Tallis Foundation 2008 National Works on Paper Award, (acquired finalist)Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
2007 City of Darebin/La Trobe University Acquisition Prize, (finalist) Bundoora Homestead
Banyule City Council Works on Paper Award, (acquired) City of Banyule Gallery
2006 A rose is a rose is a rose, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell
Collections
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Powerhouse Museum
State Library of Victoria
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Charles Darwin University Art Collection
Federation University Australia Art Collection
City of Maribrynong
City of Banyule
Warsaw Poster Museum, Warsaw, Poland
Lahti Poster Museum, Lahti, Finland
Artists' Central House, Moscow, Russia
Moravska Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic
Recent Residencies
cherrycake studios, George Town, Penang, Malaysia, July 2015
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, Sep/Oct 2013
La Macina di San Cresci, Greve, Tuscany, Italy, June/July 2012