Biography
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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. My work continues to explore the absurdity of being human, more recently focusing on 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 1990. I teach visual and conceptual development and I am currently the first year coordinator, Bachelor of Photography course.
Curriculum Vitae
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| Born |
Melbourne, Australia
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Education
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| 1995 - 1997 |
Master of Fine Art RMIT University Melbourne, Australia.
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| 1980 - 1983 |
Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts) Melbourne University, Australia. |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
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2018 |
ChiaroScuro, West End Art Space, Melbourne |
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2012
2011 |
Forevermore, Mailbox 141, Melbourne. Ode, Langford120, Melbourne. Best Before, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne. |
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| 2003 | Frozen, Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Forme, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Cutwork, works on paper, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Get Gorgeous, City Art Public Space Transport Shelters, Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | The Fourth Wall, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Paintings, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Animations, Devise Gallery, South Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Selected Group and Award Exhibitions
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2018 |
Edge, curated by Irene Barberis and Wilma Tabacco, Langford120, Melbourne |
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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 |
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2016 |
TXT, a collaborative project with Anat Cossen. Red Gallery, Melbourne |
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2015 |
Intersection. The Art of Motherhood, Red Gallery, Melbourne. |
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2014 |
Photo Compedium Australia, curated by Mary Meyer, Spot 81 Gallery Sydney. |
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2013 |
Re: The Body 2, Curated by Irene Barberis. Langford120, North Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012 |
Room: A Series of Schemes. Scheme Four - Bathroom/Laundry, Langford120 North Melbourne. Artecycle Art Prize, Incinerator Gallery Melbourne. |
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| 2009 |
Darebin La Trobe Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne. |
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| 2008 |
Fictions, Gippsland Centre for Art & Design presented by Monash University Museum of Art Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize The Substation Arts Centre, Newport. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 2004 | Seeing Red, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | ?Lost & Found, Immigration Museum Melbourne. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. |
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| 1999 |
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Victoria. |
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| 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. |
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| 1997 |
The Post Postcard Show, Linden Gallery St Kilda. Selected Works, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy. Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham Victoria. |
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| 1996 | Strata, RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 |
Summer Show 94, Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Fitzroy. Out West, West Space, Footscray.
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Grants
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2007 1998 1985 |
Moreland City Council Project Grant. Pat Corrigan Artists Grant. Craft Board of the Australia Council, Work Development Grant. |
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