academic
masters of fine art
newcastle university

bachelor of fine art [honours]
newcastle university

bachelor of fine art
newcastle university

diploma in graphic design design centre | hunter institute of technology | newcastle

workplace trainer & assessor certification

advanced diploma in fine arts
hunter street campus | hunter institute of technology | newcastle

diploma in fine arts
national art school | sydney institute of technology | darlinghurst


exhibitions

light & earth [with neal booth] | cooks hill galleries | newcastle
5th international artist’s book triennial | Leipzig, Germany + Vilnius, Lithuania

soft | podspace gallery | newcastle
mote(if) | honours exhibition | newcastle university gallery | newcastle
press-it | watt space gallery | newcastle
open can show [co-curator] | shopfront gallery | newcastle
state of the arts 2008 aquisitive show | watt space gallery| newcastle
celebrating 34 years of business | cooks hill gallery | newcastle
places of utopia | the utopian library project luoghi dell’utopia festival | italy
the brian & rhoma cummins awards exhibition| newcastle university gallery | newcastle
make do open show | watt space gallery | newcastle
reading leaves [solo] | newcastle art space | newcastle
abstraction 08 | cooks hill galleries | newcastle
tricycle [co-curator] | watt space gallery | newcastle

domestic mythology [solo] | watt space gallery | newcastle
five can’t draw | watt space gallery | newcastle
annual emerging artist prize | newcastle art space | newcastle
chinese whispers [solo] | watt space gallery | newcastle
make it public! open show | watt space gallery | newcastle
annual student acquisitive art prize | watt space gallery | newcastle
endgame | field contemporary art space | newcastle
farrow wyatt maitland art prize exhibition | maitland

field & eckersley’s contemporary art prize exhibition | field gallery | newcastle
projections of guilt | mail art exhibition | brighton uk
farmyard animal challenge | group exhibition | field contemporary art space | newcastle
skirted ladies | mail art exhibition | belgium

cinema challenge | group exhibition | field contemporary art space | newcastle

pub culture | group exhibition | maitland regional art gallery
maitland show | online digital exhibition | www.caelli.com

red | flora | online digital exhibition | www.caelli.com

citizen gates | collaborative short film/digital animation with donald brooker & sharon mee

blue static white noise | group exhibition | watt space gallery | newcastle

2000DC an ideal future graduating exhibition | design centre HIT | newcastle
realities tafe NSW arts and design prize exhibition | sydney and regional touring
inscribe women in art and education | watt space gallery | newcastle

red raw graduating exhibition | design centre HIT | newcastle
sculpture at the baths community exhibition | newcastle ocean baths
(X)hibition | the central gallery HIT | newcastle | with kate gilligan & shahrzad groenhout
queen for a day | watt space galleries | newcastle

maitland tertiary student art prize exhibition | maitland city art gallery
ADFA 98 advanced diploma graduate show | HIT | newcastle
reg russom memorial drawing prize exhibition | newcastle region art gallery
III third year prints | HIT | newcastle
disposal collaboration with yvette sullivan| watt space galleries | newcastle

prints graduating printmakers exhibition | cell block | national art school | darlinghurst

creative and performing arts week exhibition | maitland grossmann high school

drawing from life exhibition | berkshire college | uk
art express | art gallery of new south wales | sydney


awards + prizes since 2000

2009 winner | australian postgraduate award masters scholarship

2008 winner | newcastle university provisional honours scholarship
winner | newcastle university deputy vice chancellor honours scholarship
winner painting section | brian & rhoma cummins award
winner ‘best use of recycled material’ | ‘make do’ watt space open art prize
winner | newcastle university vice chancellor honours scholarship

2007 winner section D | farrow wyatt maitland art prize
highly commended section A & B | farrow wyatt maitland art prize
finalist | newcastle art space annual emerging artist prize

2000 finalist | tafe nsw arts & design prize


press + reviews + catalogues

‘an artful year’ | newcastle herald | jill stowell | 03 01 2009
‘above and beyond’ | newcastle herald | jill stowell | 08 11 2008
‘for the honour of fine art | the star | ‘around the galleries’ | 05 11 2008
‘drawing inspiration to paint the picture’ | the post | megan cunneen| 07 07 2008
‘elementary my dear art lover’ | newcastle herald | frances thompson | 05 07 2008
‘emerging talent’ | newcastle herald weekender | jill stowell | 24 05 2008
‘natural selection’ | newcastle herald weekender | jill stowell | 19 04 2008
‘dressed to the canines’ | newcastle herald weekender | anita beaumont | 16 02 2008
‘telarah artist takes centre stage...’ | maitland mercury | emma swain | 12 02 2008
‘attention seekers’ | newcastle herald weekender | jill stowell | 05 01 2008
‘lessons from life’s marrow’ | newcastle herald weekender | anita beaumont | 20 10 2007
‘eccentric offerings’ | newcastle herald weekender | jill stowell | 29 09 2007
‘creativity by the book’ | newcastle herald weekender | jill stowell | 28 07 2007
‘inscribe: women in art and education’ | catalogue essay | kris williamson | 2000

memberships + positions held

newcastle art space (assistant director), shopfront gallery curatorial team, NAVA, NCAC
NAVA, NCAC
newcastle printmakers workshop


collections + commissions

the university of newcastle conservatorium, the lock-up,
private collections and commissions in australia, nz, netherlands, uk and canada