Education
2013 Arc & Mig Gas welding, South West Institute Tech.
2013 Welding for Artists. South West Institute Tech.
2011 Adv Dip Visual Art and Craft (sculpture) Central Inst. Tech. Perth.
2007 5 day site specific sculptural workshop with Francois Davin Northam
2004 Disability awareness training. DADAA
2003 Community Cultural Planning. LGAGOVA606A CANWA
2001 Post Graduate Certificate, Indigenous Australian Studies, Curtin University.
2000 Bachelor of Arts (Vis Arts) Honours. Edith Cowan University.
1988 Diploma Art Studies, TAFE
Employment History
2022/24 Studio Artist
4 week Community Art Project / residency, Esperance.
2021 Remembrance workshops with LiveDieWell Cooperative. X 5
2020 Studio artist.
2019 Reveal workshops tutor. Fremantle Arts Centre.
2019 Noongar Sculpture workshop. Bunbury Regional Arts Galleries.
2018 Studio Artist.
2018 Resilience and Recovery sculpture workshop. Yarloop.
2017 Arts Adviser. Womanmade.com project as Arts Advisor to participants.
2017 Visual Arts Lecturer. ECU Bunbury Campus
2017 Judge. Kalgoorlie Art Prize.
2016 Visual Arts Lecturer. ECU Bunbury Campus
2016 Research assistant. ECU Yarloop recovery research.
2016 Arts Adviser. Womanmade.com project as Arts Advisor to participants.
2015 Visual Arts Lecturer. ECU Bunbury Campus
2014 Judge – Iluka Visions 2014 Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.
2014 Public Art Commission, Bridgetown
2014 Presenter: Sculpture Forum Sculpture with a conscience Rockingham
2014 Visual Arts Lecturer. ECU Bunbury Campus
2014 Children's workshops Sculpture by the Sea. Cottesloe
Awards
2024 Mandorla Artist in Residence Award
2024 Regional Arts WA Artist of the Month
2020 Regional Arts WA (2 year) Fellowship Award
2016 South West Art Now. Bunbury City Acquisition Award
2014 People's Choice Award South Western Times Survey
2013 Melville Sculpture Walk Major award
2011 West Australian Environmental Art Award (Major award)
2007 Mullalyup Muster Award
2006 Art Geo Busselton. Seriously Funny Award (Major prize)
2005 City of Wanneroo Art Awards 2005. Mixed Media Award
2004 Mundaring Shire Acquisitive Award
2001 City of Perth Art Award, Commendation Award
2001 South West Survey, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
2001 Major prize winner, Edith Cowan University Award
2000 South West Survey Exhibition, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries Worsley Alumina Award for Excellence
1988 Dux Painting, Forrestfield TAFE
Collections
2024 Janet Holmes à Court Collection
2024 Bunbury Regional Art Galleries
2022 Janet Holmes à Court Collection
2019 Janet Holmes à Court Collection
2018 Janet Holmes à Court Collection
2016 City of Bunbury
2014 City of Bunbury
2013 City of Melville
2011 Central Institute of Technology
2008 Lloyd and Liz Horn Collection
2008 Olsen Collection
2004 Mundaring Shire Council Collection
2002 Worsley Alumina Board Room Collection
2002 Centre for Indigenous Studies - Curtin University
1999 Omagh Tragedy Collection - Library Board Ireland
Solo exhibitions
2018 Bunbury Regional Arts Galleries.
2013 Heathcote Museum and Art Gallery Perth
2008 Lake Grace Art space
2007 Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame Kalgoorlie
2005 Fremantle Arts Centre
2004 bread box gallery. Perth
2002 Gallows Gallery Perth
Major Group Exhibitions
2024 'another way' Rockingham Art Centre.
2024 Mandorla Award, Holmes à Court Gallery and St John of God various locations
2024 Minawarra Award, Armadale.
2024 South West Art Now, Bunbury Regional Galleries.
2024 'another way' Holmes à Court No 10 Gallery, Perth
2023 Open Boarders. John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth.
2023 Emergences. Holmes à Court Vasse Felix Gallery. As part of Open Boarders
2021 Dwelling Rituals, Holmes à Court Vasse Felix Gallery. IOCT
2021 Bunbury Biennale. Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.
2020 Fibre, Holmes à Court Gallery, West Perth.
2020 Sculpture@bathers, Kidogo Gallery Fremantle.
2020 South Western Times Survey, Bunbury Art Galleries.
2019 Bunbury Biennale. Bunbury Art Galleries.
2019 Alternative Archive, Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup.
2019 Wildflower State, Midland Junction Art Centre.
2018/19 The Spaces Between Us, Bourn Vincent Gallery, Limerick University, Ireland.
2018 Stations of the Cross, Wesley Centre Perth
2018 South West Art Now, Bunbury Regional Art Galleries.
2017 Sculpture@bathers, Bather's Beach Fremantle.
2017 Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Arts Galleries.
2017 The Space Between Us, Bunbury Regional Arts Galleries
2016 The Mechanics of Fluids. Central Gallery Perth.
2016 South West Art Now, Bunbury Regional Arts Galleries.
2016 Mundaring Invitational Acquisitive Award, Mundaring Arts Centre
2015 Bunbury Biennale. Bunbury Regional Arts Galleries
2015 Sculpture@Bathers, Kidogo Gallery Fremantle
Publications
- 2024 Artist of the Month. Regional Arts WA including Radio interview 'another way' catalogue
- 2019 ECO-ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL WORK. Just(ice) Arts, in practice: processes and collaborations.
- 2019 and 2018 ABC Radio National interview. Hub on Arts.
- 2018 Are We There Yet? Catalogue.
- 2016 20 years Sculpture by the Sea
- 2016 closet circus A Survey of Lloyd and Liz Horne Collection
- 2010 SURVEY 2010 ART IN THE SOUTH WEST D. Bromfield and P. Tandy