Born

Melbourne 1959

Education

2001

Master of Arts Degree, Deakin University, current

1982

Post-graduate Diploma in Art, Victorian College of the Arts

1980

Diploma in Painting, Victorian College of the Arts

Fine Art studies, Bendigo College of Advanced Education

2004

In the frame, BMGART, Adelaide

2003

A walk into town, Stonington Museum of Art, Deakin University

Recent work, Mira Fine Art, Melbourne

Works on Paper, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

1998

1998 New Lifestyle, BMGART, Adelaide

Selected Works 1986-1991, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art, Swan Hill

1990

Works on Paper, Realities Gallery, Melbourne

1989

Paintings and Works on Paper, Realities Gallery, Melbourne

1986

Paintings and Gouaches, Realities Gallery, Melbourne

1984

Recent Paintings, Realities Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Group Exhibitions

2001

Kunst for born og unge,  Horsens Museum of Modern art, Denmark. Muka. International exhibition of Youth prints made at the Muka                               

Workshop, Auckland New Zealand.travelling around European Galleries in 2001 to 2002

2000

Selected Works by Gallery Artists, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

Interpretation, Muka Gallery, Auckland New Zealand.

Thinking aloud, (a drawing show) Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney.

Affordable Treasures, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne.

1999

Staff Show, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

Fiction Factory, Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne

Exchanging Places, Ray Hughes Gallery in residence at the George Gallery, Melbourne

We are Australian,The George Adams Gallery in association with the Melbourne International Festival

1998

Inkpots to Internet-Nucleus to Diversity,Former Student  Art Exhibition, The Phyllis Palmer Gallery, LaTrobe University, Bendigo

National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington

Selected Works by Invited Artists, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

Works on Paper and Original Fine Art Prints, Bulle          Galleries, Melbourne

Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery ( by selection)

1997

Summer Show, BMG Art, Adelaide

Preview 1997, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

Highlights from the Collection, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Swan Hill

The Autumn Show, Latrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

Visy Board Art Prize, “The Orangery”, Richmond Grove Winery, Tanunda,  S.A.

Nillumbik Art Award Exhibition, The Nillumbik Shire Council, Eltham, Vic.

1997 Muka International Youth Print Exhibition, Gallery 101, Melbourne

Figures from Life, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1996

The Art of Collecting 2, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

ACAF5 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Gallery Artists, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne.

1995

Youth Prints, travelling throughout New Zealand. Beginning at the Auckland Museum

Save Albert Park 9 x 5 Invitation Exhibition, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne

Recent Lithographs and Commissioned Youth Prints, Muka Studios, Auckland, NZ

1994

Recent Gouaches, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Roverto, Italy

ACAF4 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

Who's Who, Who's Hot, Kirkcaldy Davies Galleries, Melbourne, Curated by Carol Pollack

Selections from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art At Heide, Melbourne

Castlemaine Drawing Prize, Castlemaine Art Gallery

Works by Gallery Artists, Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

1992

Miniatures: Small Works by Selected Gallery Artists, Realities Gallery, Melbourne

Selected Works from the Margaret Stewart Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria

1991

National Swan Hill Print & Drawing Show, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art, Swan Hill

1990-91

Raising the Furies: Elements of Disquiet in Figurative Painting 1985 - 1990,

Curated by Steven Cox, touring Regional Galleries - Wodonga, Wangaratta, Benalla and Shepparton

Eighth Ansett Hamilton Art Award, City of Hamilton Art Gallery (Acquired)

Australian Drawing - Contemporary, John Buckley Fine Art, Melbourne

Australian Water Colours and Gouaches, John Buckley Fine Art, Melbourne

ACAF2 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

1990

The City: A Very Different Place, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne

1989

Popular Front, Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Melbourne

Swan Hill Print and Drawing Show, Swan Hill Regional Gallery of Contemporary Art,

Swan Hill (Acquired)

Heidelberg and Heritage - Two Visions of Australians 100 Years Apart, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

Freestyle Australian Art 1960s - Now, National Gallery of Victoria

Private View 3, A tribute to the Melbourne Cup, DDB Needham Gretz Galleries

1988

Exquisite Corpse, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

Selected Finalists: Faber Castell Drawing Award, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney

A Horse Show:The Horse in Contemporary Australian Art, Museum of Modern Art at Heide

1987

Selected Contemporary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne

1985

Keith and Elizabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne  (Received Honourable Mention)

1980

The Paris Prize, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne

Awards

Painting from the Melbourne Exhibition centre selected to be reproduced for their 2003 Christmas card

Invited to participate in the Visy Board Art Prize

Esso Commission for young artists

Grant for the Victorian Health Promotion to work on a Theatre Arts Project

Broadford Prize (shared)

Artist Development Grant - Victorian Ministry for the Arts

Visual Arts Board Travel Grant to Europe

Sir Russell Drysdale Memorial Prize for drawing

Commissions and Residencies

1997

Burnewang Food and Wine Festival Poster

1994

Commissioned to design image for the MTC play 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll' written by Ray Lawler

Youth Prints, Muka Studios, Auckland, New Zealand

1993

Artist in Residence, St Jeans Baptiste College, New York, USA

Diamond Valley Invitation Art Award 

1992

Commissioned to paint a tram, Ministry for the Arts, Transporting Arts Programme sponsored by Vic Health

1991

Commissioned to design image for the MTC play 'Money and Friends' written by David Williamson

1989

Victorian Racing Club, New Pavilion, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

Public and Corporate Collections

Accenture;
American Consulate, Florence, Italy;
Artbank, Sydney;
Australian Alliance Insurance, Victoria;
Banyule City Council, Victoria; ;
Caulfield Grammar,
City of Hamilton Art Gallery, Victoria;
Deakin University Art Collection, Victoria;
E.R. White Club Collection, Trinity College, Melbourne University, Victoria;
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Collection, Victoria;
Kangan Batman TAFE, Victoria;
Latrobe University Collection, Victoria;
Marcelle Seroussi Collection, Paris;
Melbourne convention centre
Monash Medical Centre, Victoria;
Monash University Collection, Victoria;
Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Victoria; Museum of Victoria;
National Gallery of Victoria;
Northern Territory University;
Philips Fox Collection;
Preston Special Developmental School, Victoria;
Robert Saxon Collection, South Australia;
Santos Mining Collection, South Australia;
Smorgon Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, New South Wales;
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria;
Victorian College of the Arts;
Victorian Racing Club, Flemington, Victoria;

Staff reporter ,reproduced, back cover, inside,The Shell Fremantle print Award, Fremantle, Catalogue