EDUCATION
2016-19 | Doctor of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane QLD
2015 | Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane QLD
2009-10 | Bachelor of Visual Arts, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW
2008 | Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE NSW, Lismore
2005-07 | Diploma of Fine Arts, TAFE NSW, Lismore
2005 | Certificate II in Museum Practice, TAFE NSW, Coffs Harbour
2004 | Certificate II Visual Arts (3d), TAFE NSW, Lismore
1995-97 | Bachelor of Indigenous Studies, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW
1987 | Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), St Annes College, Warrnambool VIC
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024| The Importance of Unassuming Things, Northern Rivers Community Gallery (NRCG), Ballina NSW
2021 | Ecological Antidote, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby NSW
2019 | What was a banksia before it was a banksia?, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney NSW
2019 | Where to from here? POP Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD
2018 | Regeneration Through Collaboration, Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane QLD
2018 | A Consumer’s Guide to Unobtainable Happiness, Redland Art Gallery (Capalaba), Redland QLD
2018 | A Consumer’s Guide to Unobtainable Happiness, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Hervey Bay QLD
2017 | searching for dialogue – an artist residency, Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane QLD
2017 | searching for dialogue, Watch This Space, Mparntwe (Alice Springs) NT
2016 | A Consumer’s Guide to Unobtainable Happiness, The Project Space, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby NSW
2008 | when i grow up i want to be beautiful, Space Gallery, TAFE NSW, Lismore NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Mighty Small, Cascade Art Concept, Brisbane QLD
2024 | Shelf Life, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland QLD
2020 | Form and Function, STABLE, Brisbane QLD
2019 | 25 Years, 25 Artists, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW
2019 | She Sees, She Feels, She Makes, Live at the Centre, Beaudesert QLD
2019 | She Sees, She Feels, She Makes, Crows Nest Regional Gallery, Crows Nest QLD
2019 | Morphosis, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane QLD
2018 | She Sees, She Feels, She Makes, Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane QLD
2018 | Moment and Method, Festival House, Fortitude Valley QLD
2017 | Empathy Toward Plants, Project Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane QLD
2017 | You, Me and a Cup of Tea, Bundaberg Regional Galleries, Bundaberg QLD
2015 | Everything is Connected, The Hold Artspace, West End, Brisbane QLD
2010 | Transit, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW
2007 | Tandem 10, TAFE NSW, Lismore NSW
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2015 | The Breakfast Club Diaries, Gallery WM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 | The Breakfast Club Diaries, The Regional Museum, Jarocin, Poland
2014 | The Breakfast Club Diaries, CRZ Krzywy Komin (The Crooked Chimney), Wroclaw, Poland
2014 | The Breakfast Club Diaries, Lewy Profile Asnyka, Kalisz, Poland
2014 | The Breakfast Club Diaries, Kalisz Theatre, Kalisz, Poland
2012 | The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London, with Retrospect Galleries NSW
2011 | The Affordable Art Fair Singapore, with Retrospect Galleries NSW/QLD
AWARDS
2021 | Still: National Still Art Award (finalist), Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery NSW
2021 | Milburn Art Prize (finalist), Brisbane Institute of Art QLD
2020 | Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (finalist), Sydney NSW
2018 | Clayton Utz Art Award (finalist), Brisbane QLD
2016 | Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (finalist), Sydney NSW
2015 | Contemporary Art Awards (finalist), Brisbane QLD
2014 | Stanthorpe Art Festival (finalist), Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Stanthorpe QLD
2014 | Milburn Art Prize (highly commended), Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane QLD
2013 | Gold Coast Art Prize (finalist), Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast QLD
2012 | Portia Geach Memorial Award (finalist), S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW
2012 | Lethbridge 10000 Small-Scale Art Award (finalist), Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2012 | Sunshine Coast Art Prize (finalist), Caloundra Regional Gallery, Sunshine Coast QLD
2012 | Paul Guest Prize (finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo VIC
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2018 | Bilpin international ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi), Bilpin NSW
2017 | Watch This Space, Mparntwe (Alice Springs) NT
CONFERENCES
2019 | EcoArts Australis 3rd National Conference, University of Wollongong NSW
2018 | Narratives of Climate Change Symposium, University of Newcastle NSW
SCHOLARSHIPS
2016-19 | Griffith University Postgraduate Research Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
2020 | Form & Function, catalogue essay by Dr Susan Ostling
2019 | Rethinking the Relationship with Nature in Contemporary Australia: Salvaged Materials, Colonial History, and Cross-Cultural Narratives, Arts, Education and Law, Griffith University QLD