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EDUCATION  
2017                                     Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies, University of Queensland               
2006                                     Part completed Graduate Diploma in Education, Queensland University of Technology
1998                                     Graduate Diploma in Painting, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
1996                                     Bachelor in Fine Art (major-Illustration) Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
1993                                     Cert in Art and Design, TAFE Morningside

PRIZES
2025                                    Winner, Textile Prize, Qld Regional Art Awards 2025
2021                                     Highly commended, Ipswich Art Award                                                                                                                                                 
2019                                     Winner, Susan Cory Contemporary Prize, Somerset Art Award
2017                                      Highly commended, Clayton Utz Art Award 
                                              Drawing 2nd prize, Ipswich Art Awards 
                                              Acquisition Prize Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich Art Awards
2016                                      Highly Commended, Ipswich Art Awards
                                              Acquisition Prize Ipswich Art Gallery, Ipswich Art Awards
2014                                      Winner, The Wayne Kratzmaan Award, The Queensland Regional
                                               Art Awards through Flying Arts
2012                                      Highly Commended, Ipswich Art Awards
                         
COLLECTIONS 
The Ipswich Art Gallery
 The Wayne Kratzmaan Collection

PUBLISHED 
2020   In Focus: Ipswich Visual Artists 2010-2019 Smith G. Old Government and Ipswich City  council 2020.
2014  “Museum Inspires Artist”  Owen C. CAMD Council of Australian Museum  Directors
2014   “Exquisite Corpse Masterpiece takes out prestigious award.”Owen.C. The Courier Mail
2014     Arts Queensland Blog-  "Art + Science: the value of  interdisciplinary partnership
http://artsengage.initiatives.qld.gov.au/aq-blog/5124-art-science-the-value-of-interdisciplinary-partnerships\

FUNDED PROJECTS  
2025                                   Regional Arts Development funded project exhibition" Exquisite Corpse"
2013                                   Regional Arts Development funded project “Endangered”

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
2025                                  Exquisite Corpse Ipswich Community Gallery, Ipswich
2017                                  Consumed, The Crows Nest Regional Gallery, Qld
2014                                  Endangered, The Ipswich Community Gallery, Ipswich   
2012                                  Drawing Fetish, The Swich Contemporary Art Space
                                              I.D. , The Old Courthouse Gallery, Ipswich
                                             Re-Boot, Off the Kerb Gallery, Melbourne 
2011                                 Permanent: tattoos and identity, The Old Courthouse Gallery Ipswich

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025.                               Queensland Regional Art Awards Brisbane Quarter, Brisbane
2024                                50 Squared Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2021                                Ignite, Visual Projection as part of Ipswich Festival
2020                                Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz, Brisbane
2019                                Clayton Utz Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane
                                        Somerset Art Awards, Somerset Qld
                                        Adorned Narratives, Redlands Art Gallery
2018                                Ipswich Artists:  from the collection Ipswich Art Gallery
2017                                Clayton Utz Art Award, Clayton Utz Brisbane
                                        Curios? at the Qld Museum and Science Centre Brisbane for World                     
                                         Science Festival 
2016                                Cream of the Crop Touring Exhibition, Queensland Regional Art                     
                                         Awards, Various locations, Qld
                                         Ipswich Art Awards, St Paul’s church Hall Ipswich
2015                                 Vital Signs Touring Exhibition, Queensland Regional Art Awards,                   
                                          various locations, Qld
                                         People/Place, Ipswich Community Gallery curated by the Ipswich 
                                          Art Gallery
                                          Ipswich Art Awards, St Paul’s Church Hall Ipswich
2014                                  Ipswich Art Awards, St Paul’s Church Hall Ipswich
                                          Art Science Exhibition, the Eco Science Precinct, Brisbane
2013                                  Technotopia, Solerno Gallery with the Cache Collective, Sydney
                                          The Ipswich Art Awards, St Paul’s Church Hall Ipswich
                                          Once Upon a Time, Art and Design Precinct, Brisbane
                                          Stimulate the Senses, the Community Gallery, Ipswich
                                          Home-grown 2013, curated by the Ipswich Art Gallery,  Ipswich
2012                                  Ipswich Art Award, St Paul’s Church Hall Ipswich
                                           Infused II, the Swich Contemporary Art Space Ipswich
                                           The Sunshine Coast Art Prize 2D, Caloundra Regional Gallery
                                           Size Matters 2  the Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich         
2011                                   Size Matters, The Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich                       
                                           Resistance is Futile, the Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich
                                           One, The Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich
                                           Infused, The Swich Contemporary Art Space Ipswich
                                           Ipswich Art Awards, St Paul’s Church Hall Ipswich Queensland


RESIDENCIES
2010 till 2023              The Old Courthouse Cultural Association Artist in Residence,                         
                                              Historic Courthouse, Ipswich
March 2015                 Jugglers Art Space Fortitude Valley,  Queensland
September 2015         Gunyah Residency, Port Stevens, NSW