I began playing with sculpture and painting and have always been a little obsessed with the absurd. I collect human hair and old blow flies. In 1996 after completing a Master of Fine Art at RMIT University, I began using photography and mixed media. To this day, my work continues to explore notions of loss and desire.

My other passion is teaching. I have lectured at Swinburne University, the ACU Melbourne and have been lecturing at Photography Studies College, Melbourne since 1991. I teach visual and conceptual development and I am currently the first year coordinator, Bachelor of Photography course.

Represented by West End Art Space, Melbourne.

Curriculum Vitae

Born

Education

1995 - 1997

Melbourne, Australia

Master of Fine Art

RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.

1980 - 1983

Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts)

Melbourne University, Australia.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018

ChiaroScuro, West End Art Space, Melbourne

2012

2011

2003

Forevermore, Mailbox 141, Melbourne.

Ode, Langford120, Melbourne.

Best Before, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.

Frozen, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.

Selected Group and Award Exhibitions

2019

Here, Not Now, with Emidio Puglielli at Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne.

Poetic Symbol, West End Art Space, Melbourne

2018

Edge, curated by Irene Barberis and Wilma Tabacco, Langford120, Melbourne

2017

Scheme 5: Garden, a collaborative project with Wilma Tabacco, Liliana Barbieri, Susan Knight and Trevor Mein. Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne

All Teeth and Swagger Red Gallery, Melbourne

2016

TXT, a collaborative project with Anat Cossen. Red Gallery, Melbourne

2015

Intersection. The Art of Motherhood, Red Gallery, Melbourne.

2014

Photo Compedium Australia, curated by Mary Meyer, Spot 81 Gallery Sydney.

2013

2012

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Four - Bathroom/Laundry, Langford120 North Melbourne.

Artecycle Art Prize, Incinerator Gallery Melbourne.

2009

Darebin La Trobe Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne.

2008

Fictions, Gippsland Centre for Art & Design presented by Monash University Museum of Art

Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize

The Substation Arts Centre, Newport.

2007

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Two – Kitchen, Linden Gallery, St Kilda.

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Three – Living Room, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick.

2005

Parallax, Maroondah Gallery, Ringwood.

Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme One – Bedroom, Fortyfivedownstairs Melbourne.

Morning Glory, Pain and Death: Politics, Aesthetics and Legalities Conference, ANU, Canberra. Collaboration with Dr Lynn Savery.

2000

A Matter of Distance, Linden Gallery St Kilda.

Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria.

The Hutchins Art Award, for works on paper, Tasmania.

1999

National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Victoria.

1998

Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair,Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne.

DecorArt Linden Gallery St Kilda.

Making Waves, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy.

Overview, Linden Gallery St Kilda.

1997

The Post Postcard Show, Linden Gallery St Kilda.

Selected Works, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy.          

Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Victoria.

1994

Summer Show 94, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy.

Out West,  West Space, Footscray.

Grants

2016

2007

1998           

1985           

City of Yarra, Arts Grant

Moreland City Council Project Grant.

Pat Corrigan Artists Grant.

Craft Board of the Australia Council, Work Development Grant.