CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION2002-2004 Master of Arts, Visual Arts (Distinction) ANU School of Art, Canberra
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2020 Submerged, Barometer Gallery, Paddington, NSW2019 The Hidden Sex, Craft ACT Canberra2016 Chromophilia, TImeless Textiles, Newcastle2015 Fertile Ground, Maitland Regional Art Gallery2014 Natural Wonders, Barometer Gallery Sydney2013 Natural Wonders, Narek Gallery, Tanja, NSW2012 Companion Planting, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Alchemic Transformations, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle2011 Creative Alchemy, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT Eyvindartunga Laugarvatn, Iceland Companion Planting, Jean Bellette Gallery, Hill End; Barometer Gallery, Sydney; Craft ACT Canberra2010 generate, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW2008 generate Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.2008 In Repeat, Cowra Regional Art Gallery2007 cryptomorph Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum, Bathurst, NSW2007 transgenesis Craft Victoria, Melbourne2005 art and the bryophyte Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.2004 microcosm, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra (as part of METIS:2004)2003 {b}iota Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW2002 territory, Planet, Surry Hills, Sydney2000 Australian Alchemy, Lesley Craze Gallery, London1999 d-composition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, and Craft ACT, Canberra,1995 Preserve, Blackwood Street Gallery. Melbourne
RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2023 Boundaries, Craft ACT, Canberra2022 Attune, Sturt Gallery Mittagong, NSW Connection Point, Canberra Museum and Gallery Finding Your Thread, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle2021 Second Look, Barometer Gallery, Paddington,& Tamworth Regional Gallery Drawn from the Garden, Sturt Gallery Mittagong, NSW2019 Further Evidence - The Art of Natural Dyes, Penland Gallery, North Carolina USA2018 Local Colour, UNSW Galleries, Sydney Cultivate, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong2017 Stitched Up, The Lock Up, Newcastle lluminARTe, and Pop Up Exhibition, Picton NSW2016 Here& There, Belconnen Art Centre, ACT2015 Migrations, National School of Art & Design, Dublin IlluminARTe, Architectural projections, Picton, NSW Quilt=Art, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery2014 Bespoke:Design for the People, Museum of Australian Democracy The Third Wave: Two Decades of the Hill End Artists in Residence Program, BRAG The Taste of Textiles Timeless Textiles, Newcastle Petite Textiles, Wangaratta Regional Art Gallery 2013 Inhabit : living in design, Craft ACT Intensity of Purpose, CMAG The Kitchen Table, M162012 Wonderland, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taiwan. Enlighten architectural projections with The Electric Canvas, Questacon and NLA2011 Natural Selection, M16 Gallery, Canberra Imitation of Life, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT2010 13th International Tapestry Triennial, Lodz, Poland Abstract Nature, Samstag Gallery, UniSA, Adelaide2009 Bravura: 21st century Australian Craft and Design, Art Gallery of South Australia ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, NSW Colours of the Land, Megalo Gallery, Canberra2008 Interior Exterior, Craft ACT2007 Domain 2007, Alinga Street Public Art Festival, Canberra Finalist, Yeering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Award, Yarra Glen, Victoria2006 Strange Attractors, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
SELECTED ARTS RESIDENCIES2023 King Island Artist Residency2022 Craft ACT: National Library of Australia +Namadgi2019 Mycophilia, Ayatana, Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada2019 Habitat Corridors, STARTS, Harden NSW2018 Cill Rialaig, Ireland2016 National Museum of Australia2015 GLINT: Canberra Glassworks and Megalo Print Studios2014 Playing Fields Studios, Canberra2013 Asialink Visual Arts Residency at Rimbun Dahan Malaysia 3 months2013 Bundanon Trust2011 Gullkistan Laugarvatni, Iceland2010 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW2009 Hill End, NSW (funded by Arts NSW)2008 Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW2004- 5 ANAT /Synapse New Media Artist in Residence, Australian National Botanic Gardens
SELECTED AWARDS 2019 Canberra Critics Circle Award2017 Commissioned Artist, IlluminARTe, Picton2016 Finalist, Hindmarsh Glass Prize, Canberra Glass Works2014 Commissioned Artist, Bespoke project, MOAD2012 Finalist, ‘Memorabilia’ Centenary 100 Project, Craft ACT Commissioned artist, Enlighten 2012, NLA & The Electric Canvas project2007, 2011 Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2009 Canberra Critics Circle Award2007 Semi-Finalist, International Science & Engineering Visualisation Challenge, USA CAPO Singapore Airlines Award1997 Winner, Gold Medal, International Textile Design Competition, Taegu, Korea.1996 Winner, City of Melbourne Award for Excellence & Innovation
COLLECTIONSNational Museum of Australia; National Gallery of Australia; National Gallery of Victoria; Powerhouse Museum; Art Gallery of South Australia; CMAG; Tamworth City Gallery; Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilberg, NDL; Sturt Gallery, Mittagong; CSIRO Discovery Centre; ANBG Canberra; Her Excellency Quentin Bryce; Megalo Access Arts Archive; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery; CSIRO Entomology, Gullkistan Iceland, Print Collective Australia;
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2020 Submerged, Barometer Gallery, Paddington, NSW2019 The Hidden Sex, Craft ACT Canberra2016 Chromophilia, TImeless Textiles, Newcastle2015 Fertile Ground, Maitland Regional Art Gallery2014 Natural Wonders, Barometer Gallery Sydney2013 Natural Wonders, Narek Gallery, Tanja, NSW2012 Companion Planting, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Alchemic Transformations, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle2011 Creative Alchemy, Belconnen Arts Centre, ACT Eyvindartunga Laugarvatn, Iceland Companion Planting, Jean Bellette Gallery, Hill End; Barometer Gallery, Sydney; Craft ACT Canberra2010 generate, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW2008 generate Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.2008 In Repeat, Cowra Regional Art Gallery2007 cryptomorph Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum, Bathurst, NSW2007 transgenesis Craft Victoria, Melbourne2005 art and the bryophyte Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.2004 microcosm, CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra (as part of METIS:2004)2003 {b}iota Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW2002 territory, Planet, Surry Hills, Sydney2000 Australian Alchemy, Lesley Craze Gallery, London1999 d-composition, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, and Craft ACT, Canberra,1995 Preserve, Blackwood Street Gallery. Melbourne
RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2023 Boundaries, Craft ACT, Canberra2022 Attune, Sturt Gallery Mittagong, NSW Connection Point, Canberra Museum and Gallery Finding Your Thread, Timeless Textiles, Newcastle2021 Second Look, Barometer Gallery, Paddington,& Tamworth Regional Gallery Drawn from the Garden, Sturt Gallery Mittagong, NSW2019 Further Evidence - The Art of Natural Dyes, Penland Gallery, North Carolina USA2018 Local Colour, UNSW Galleries, Sydney Cultivate, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong2017 Stitched Up, The Lock Up, Newcastle lluminARTe, and Pop Up Exhibition, Picton NSW2016 Here& There, Belconnen Art Centre, ACT2015 Migrations, National School of Art & Design, Dublin IlluminARTe, Architectural projections, Picton, NSW Quilt=Art, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery2014 Bespoke:Design for the People, Museum of Australian Democracy The Third Wave: Two Decades of the Hill End Artists in Residence Program, BRAG The Taste of Textiles Timeless Textiles, Newcastle Petite Textiles, Wangaratta Regional Art Gallery 2013 Inhabit : living in design, Craft ACT Intensity of Purpose, CMAG The Kitchen Table, M162012 Wonderland, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taiwan. Enlighten architectural projections with The Electric Canvas, Questacon and NLA2011 Natural Selection, M16 Gallery, Canberra Imitation of Life, Canberra Museum and Gallery, ACT2010 13th International Tapestry Triennial, Lodz, Poland Abstract Nature, Samstag Gallery, UniSA, Adelaide2009 Bravura: 21st century Australian Craft and Design, Art Gallery of South Australia ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery, NSW Colours of the Land, Megalo Gallery, Canberra2008 Interior Exterior, Craft ACT2007 Domain 2007, Alinga Street Public Art Festival, Canberra Finalist, Yeering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Award, Yarra Glen, Victoria2006 Strange Attractors, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
SELECTED ARTS RESIDENCIES2023 King Island Artist Residency2022 Craft ACT: National Library of Australia +Namadgi2019 Mycophilia, Ayatana, Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada2019 Habitat Corridors, STARTS, Harden NSW2018 Cill Rialaig, Ireland2016 National Museum of Australia2015 GLINT: Canberra Glassworks and Megalo Print Studios2014 Playing Fields Studios, Canberra2013 Asialink Visual Arts Residency at Rimbun Dahan Malaysia 3 months2013 Bundanon Trust2011 Gullkistan Laugarvatni, Iceland2010 Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW2009 Hill End, NSW (funded by Arts NSW)2008 Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW2004- 5 ANAT /Synapse New Media Artist in Residence, Australian National Botanic Gardens
SELECTED AWARDS 2019 Canberra Critics Circle Award2017 Commissioned Artist, IlluminARTe, Picton2016 Finalist, Hindmarsh Glass Prize, Canberra Glass Works2014 Commissioned Artist, Bespoke project, MOAD2012 Finalist, ‘Memorabilia’ Centenary 100 Project, Craft ACT Commissioned artist, Enlighten 2012, NLA & The Electric Canvas project2007, 2011 Finalist, Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2009 Canberra Critics Circle Award2007 Semi-Finalist, International Science & Engineering Visualisation Challenge, USA CAPO Singapore Airlines Award1997 Winner, Gold Medal, International Textile Design Competition, Taegu, Korea.1996 Winner, City of Melbourne Award for Excellence & Innovation
COLLECTIONSNational Museum of Australia; National Gallery of Australia; National Gallery of Victoria; Powerhouse Museum; Art Gallery of South Australia; CMAG; Tamworth City Gallery; Nederlands Textiel Museum, Tilberg, NDL; Sturt Gallery, Mittagong; CSIRO Discovery Centre; ANBG Canberra; Her Excellency Quentin Bryce; Megalo Access Arts Archive; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery; CSIRO Entomology, Gullkistan Iceland, Print Collective Australia;