Curriculum Vitae
Recent Exhibitions & Projects
Literature Inspired Works on Paper, ARANA Hills Library, Moreton Bay Region, April 2024
Magandjin Creatives for Palestine, The First Gathering, Proceeds from sales donated to support refugees arriving from Gaza and Deception Bay Aboriginal communities, Vacant Assembly, West End, Queensland, 1-2 March 2024
‘Heartlands of Brisbane Coming of River Storm’, Green Square Close, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 23 June 2023
In View of the Mountain - selected works’, Arana Hills Library, Moreton Bay Region, 1 - 30 April 2023
In View of the Mountain, Gallery One and Martrika, Gallery Two, (solo shows) Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery, 29 April to 26 May 2022
Dillabah Gardens Exhibition, Building community connection and cultural awareness through art and creativity, hosted by Q Shelter and curated by Goreng Kabi man, Uncle Gerard Bargo, Spring Hill, Queensland 26-27 November 2021
All the Bees are (not) Dying, Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery, Kingaroy, Queensland, with Peter Breen, Dominique Chen, Samuel Chen, Paola Milani, Darryl Rogers (Soma Lumia) and Belinda Sinclair, 7 - 28 May 2021
Black Summer Art Rescue, (solo project raising money for Australian wildlife affected by the Black Summer bushfires, November 2019 to March 2020
Heartlands of Brisbane, Cupo, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 22-23 November 2019. Awarded Community Art Award by Hon. Grace Grace MP
Remnants Art Show, Bib’n’Brace Collective, Teneriffe, Queensland. With Jon Weber, Belinda Sinclair, Dan Denton and Kit Mason, 4-6 May 2018
Matrika: Literature Inspired Works on Paper, (solo exhibition), Logical Unsanity Books & Miscellaneous Phantasmagoria, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 28-29 October 2017
Marie Ellis OAM Drawing Prize, Finalist, Jugglers Art Space, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, August 2017
Moreton Bay Region Art Prize, Finalist, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Queensland, May 2017
Drawn to Silence 2, Drawing Performance, Jugglers Art Space, Fortitude Valley, Queensland,May 2017 with Peter Breen, Joel Glazebrook (Edith Thomas Fury), Sha Sarwari, Lucky Lucks and Marissa Lindquist
Status Unknown, Jugglers Art Space, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, March 2017,
Drawing Breath, (solo exhibition), Jugglers Art Space, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, September 2016
Various exhibitions, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Lismore, Brisbane, 1993 - 2002
Workshops
Charcoal Drawing Techniques, 1913 Council Chambers, Kingaroy, 28 May 2022
Collections
2021 Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery
2017 Artis Pura
Various private collections 1994 to 2024
Awards/Grants/Recognition
November 2021, Dillabah Gardens Exhibition Award by Councillor Vicki Howard, Central Ward, Brisbane City Council
2021 Received funding for Creative Development under the Regional Arts Development Fund (Continue Creating). The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Moreton Bay Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
2021 Shine Bright: Shining a Spotlight on Regional Queensland Creativity - one of six recipients for ‘All the Bees are Not Dying’
2019 Awarded the HeARTlands of Brisbane Community Art Award by Hon Grace Grace MP at HeARTlands of Brisbane
2017 Finalist: Moreton Bay Region Art Prize
2017 Finalist: Marie Ellis Prize for Drawing
2016 ‘Brand ambassador’ representing Australia in Around the World with Nitram Charcoal
Reviews
2016 Drawing a Medium, a Process, a Symbol by Amanda Brachio
Memberships
Member, Creative Samford 2021
Member, Macleay Island Arts Complex 2018-19
Education
Bachelor of Arts, First class Honours (Philosophy), University of Queensland, 1998
Visual Arts (Drawing and Painting), Byron Bay School of Arts, 1992 - 98
Regional Arts Services Network (RASN) mentoring program 2021
Classical Dance, Lismore City Ballet, NSW 1994-96