Biography
| Education | |
| 2006-2009 | Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University |
| 1994-1999 | Visual Arts, Box Hill Institute of TAFE |
| 1993 | Certificate of Art & Design, Fremantle TAFE |
| 1975-1977 | Bachelor of Arts, History & Politics, Melbourne University |
| Employment History | |
| 1999-2010 | Art Tutor and Administration Assistant, Box Hill Community Arts Centre |
| 2009 | Office Coordinator, Ceramics Victoria Incorporated |
| 2001-2009 | Art Tutor, Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre |
| 2003-2007 | Artist, Artist-in-Schools Program, City of Whitehorse |
| Residencies | |
| 2016-2017 | Artist-in-Residence St Vincent's Hospital Caritas Christi Hospice |
| 2016 | Arte Studio Ginestrelle Italy |
| 2014 | Artist in Residency, Vallauris, France |
| 2010 | Artist in Residence, Galeri Art Point, Penang,Malaysia |
| 1999-2000 | Artist in Residence, Box Hill Community Arts Centre |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
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2017 2017 2015 2014 2013 2011 2011 2000 |
Landscapes, St Vincent's Gallery St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Upon Reflection, Tacit Gallery Melbourne Complementary, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn Display Hutches, City Library, Melbourne After Rain, Louey & Lane Gallery, Glen Huntly Melbourne Penang and Back, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne Modern World, The Glass Gallery, Northcote Town Hall, Northcote, Melbourne Box Hill and Beyond, Box Hill Community Arts Centre |
| Recent Group Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | Residency, St Vincent's Hospital Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2018 | Poetry of Place, Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn |
| 2018 | Women in the Whitehorse Art Collection, Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill |
| 2017 | 90 x 90: 90 Artworks from 90 years of collecting, Whitehorse Artspace |
| 2016 | Artestudio Ginestrelle, Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, UNESCO, Italy |
| 2016 | Legacy of the Impressionts, Whitehorse Art Space, Melbourne |
| 2015 | Finalist, Manly Library Artist Book Award 2015, Sydney |
| 2014 | Exposition, Artist in Residency Program, Vallauris, France |
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2014
2013
2012
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Her Presence in Colours XI, Mongolian National Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Prints 25, Art Space, City of Whitehorse Vessel, Ceramics Victoria, Herring Island Just Because.... Ceramics Victoria Members' Exhibition, Melbourne 'A Book in a Bag.....' exhibition, 69 Smith Street, Collingwood Clayworkers Exhibition, Bulleen Art & Garden, Melbourne Acquisitive Ceramic Award, Decal Award, Award winner, Whitehorse Art Space. 'the printed image', Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Sydney Finalist 'Libris' Artist Book Award, Mackay Artspace, Queensland Dozen, A group exhibition of ceramics and prints, Open Drawer, Camberwell A New Direction, International Women Artists Exhibition,Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam New Ceramics, Subject Matter Art Space, Hawthorn Breaking the Drought, Ceramics Victoria, Herring Island Summer Arts Festival. You are here, Stockroom, Kyenton, Victoria Sculptural & Artist Books, 69 Smith Street, Collingwood Books.....beyond words, Merit Award, East Gippsland Art Gallery Transferring the Image, Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown, Sydney Ephemeral by Nature - Lasting by Design, Whitehorse Art Space, Box Hill, Melbourne |
| 2011 | Northern Exposure 2011, The Street is the Gallery, Northcote, Melbourne |
| Wish You Were Here, Ceramics Exhibition, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Melbourne | |
| Wall Space, 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne | |
| Finalist, Manly Library Artist Book Award 2011, Manly, Sydney | |
| 2010 | Atlas, Artist Books, Artisan Book Shop, Fitzroy |
| Snip, Slice, Saw, Hand Held Gallery, Melbourne | |
| The Valda Quick Biennial Paper Arts Exhibition, Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne | |
| The Secret Life of the City , 69 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne | |
| Oasis, Ceramics Victoria, Herring Island Summer Arts Festival | |
| 2009 | Between the Lines, Artist Books, Artisan Book Shop, Fitzroy |
| Eclat-Xpressive Ceramics, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne | |
| Finalist '.....Home...', Box Hill Community Arts Centre | |
| 9 x 5, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Melbourne | |
| Linden Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2008 | Seventy Four Steps, B.A. Fine Art Painting Graduate Exhibition, RMIT |
| Botanica, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Dream of Peace, International Women Artists Association, Beijing National Gallery, China | |
| 2006 | Life of Colours, International Women Artists' Association, Daegu, Korea |
| 2005 | Her Light in Colours, International Women Artists'Association, Manningham Gallery, Melbourne |
| Finalist, She Who Belongs, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Melbourne | |
| Finalist, Operation Art, Meat Market Gallery, North Melbourne | |
| The Sixth Sense, Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Box Hill, Melbourne | |
| Publications | |
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2016 2015 2014 2012
2011 |
International Contemporary Art Guide 2016, Artestudio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Looking Down Under, Milan, 2015 Her Presence in Colours X1, International Women Artists' Exhibition, Mongolia, 2014 Catalogue, A New Direction, International Women Artists' Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum, Vietnam 2012 Books Beyond Words, East Gippsland Art Gallery, 2011
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| 2008 | International Women's Artist Exhibition Catalogue, Dream of Peace, Beijing |
| 2006 | Catalogue, Life of Colours, Daegu Culture & Arts Centre, Korea |
| 2005 | Catalogue, Operation Art,, Curator Dr Megan Evans, Australian Nursing Federation, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Catalolgue, Close to the Heart, Manningham Gallery, Pheobe Publishing, Melbourne |
| Collections & Awards: | |
| 2015 | Luciano Benetton Collection, Looking Down Under, Milan, Italy |
| 2014 | Artist in Residence Collection, Vallauris, France |
| 2013 | The Ken West Award, Alcove Art Shop, Melbourne. |
| 2013 | Acquisitive Ceramic Award, Decal Exhibition, award winner |
| 2011 | Manly Library Artist Book Collection, Sydney |
| 2011 | City of Whitehorse Art Collection, Box Hill, Melbourne |
| 2011 | Merit Award, Books....beyond words, East Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria |
| 2000 | Box Hill Community Arts Centre, Melbourne |