Melbourne borne mixed media artist whose work has included painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, digital image making, animation and warm glass slumping and fusing.
I see myself as a storyteller whose work reflects upon a life lived and navigated by the human compass of emotion and experience. The narrative is sometimes literal, though often symbolic and sometimes a mere phantasm, always aimed to engage my audience through a sense of recognition of those things that are familiar and which arc back to our shared human experience combined with the unique and intriguing individual perspective of the storyteller.
I have always been enchanted by the figments that appeared in the illustrated story books I was given as a child. My work current splinters into two main arenas, one is the whimsical creation of faery – creatures who seem to form and reveal themselves as I twist and shape the materials in my workshop. The other is the exploration of the narrative of “Self” which I ponder and continually revisit, through my ever changing reflection on my own 'stories of self' depicted through "The Traveler".
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Education / Arts Training
Master Visual Arts 2015 Federation University, Vic. Aust. Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Comp. Mediated Art & Multi Media 1998-2001 Victoria University, Vic. Aust. Cert. IV - Training and Assessment (TAE40110) 2014 SW TAFE - Warrnambool, Vic. Aust. Cert. IV - Training and Assessment (TAA40104) 2009 Ascent TAFE - Melbourne, Vic. Aust. Cert IV - Small Business Management (BSB4041) 2008 Australian Business Development Center, Warrnambool Vic. Aust. Professional Development / Experience Community Arts Development Officer Warrnambool City Council 2021 Specialist Kindergarten Art Teacher - ESL Environment Wuxi & Hangzhou, China 2017-2019 Corangamite Arts Inc. - President /Secretary 2014/15, 2015/16 Set Design and Decoration - "The Addams Family Musical" 2015 Camperdown Theater Company Inc. Guest Judge - Mortlake Arts 2016 Guest Judge - Camperdown College VCE Arts Prize 2014 Guest Judge - Warrnambool Art Show (Rotary) 2014 Guest Judge - Warrnambool and Dist. Art Society Annual Awards 2014 Master Class - "small castings big intentions" with David Reekie 2014 Set Design and Decoration - "Joseph" 2014 Camperdown Theater Company Inc. Set Concept and Design - "Hairspray" 2013 Camperdown Theater Company Inc. F-Project Inc. - Vice President 2011/12 SW TAFE - Session Teacher - Arts Department 2009-2013 Workshop Instructor - Sand and Fire - Fused Glass/Various 2007 onward Silver Smithing and Silver Casting workshops CAE Melb. 2006 Glass Flame work and Bead Making with Pauline Delaney 2005 Guest Artist - Heart Beat Festival - Melton Vic. 2002 Life Sculpture and bronze casting with Matcham Skipper 1993/4/5 Awards / Grants / Residencies Visiting Artist - Camperdown College - Small Project 2015 Visiting Artist - St Patrick's School Camperdown - Major Project 2014 "Artist in Schools" Grant Recipient - Port Fairy Consolidated School 2013 Department of Education and Early Development and Arts Vic Partnership Visiting Artist - Port Fairy Consolidated School - Small Project(s) 2010/11/12/13 MtSF Emerging Artist Program - Solo Exhibition Recipient 2012 Mission to Sea Farers & Wold Trade Center Emerging Artist Program Visiting Artist - St Patrick's School Port Fairy - Major Project 2010 Selected Collections / Commissions Victoria University Collection - St Albans Campus Vic Aust. 2000 (Seated Nude, - Oil on Canvas, 1998) BAE Systems Australia - Abbotsford Facility - Corporate Mural 2001 (Muse of Flight - Acrylic on prepared wall) Powercore - Great South Coast Regional Business Awards 2008 (10 + 1 awards in slumped and fused glass) Event Organiser / Curator for Exhibitions "Cart Load of Art" 2015/16 Corangamite Arts Inc. Members Exhibition and Sale - Court House Camperdown "Insert Angel Here" 2014/15 Installation - 6 Artists, 10 Locations - Camperdown Vic "Inspired by Burns Art Prize" 2015 Corangamite Arts Inc. Initiative - Court House Camperdown Vic. "Sport Meets Art" 2014 Corangamite Arts Inc. Initiative - Court House Camperdown Vic. "Essence of Environment" 2013 Artist in Schools Project - Group Exhibition of Artworks in Glass |
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions "Flight of Fancy" 2014 Sand and Fire Studio Gallery "The Ocean Said to me..." 2012 Mission to Seafarers Vic - WTC, Docklands Melb. "Inspired by Sea" 2011 Sand and Fire Studio Gallery "Digital Heart" 2002 Blue Stone Cottage - Willows Hist. Cntr Melton Vic. "IM" 2001 Steps Gallery, Carlton Vic. Juried Exhibitions "South West Int' Women's Day Prize" 2016 "Mage" 2013 Mansfield Art Glass Exposition (Finalist ) "She who seeks the truth" 2002 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic "She who must be obeyed" 2001 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic Selected Group Exhibitions "Insert Angel Here" Installation 2014/15 10 locations around Camperdown Vic "Animalia" 2013 Camperdown Court House Vic "BSG" - Small Works Prize 2012 Brunswick Street Gallery, Melb. Vic "Explorations 09" 2009 Gaffa Gallery, Syd. NSW & Gillford Lane Gallery Fitz. Vic "Linden Post Card Show" 2002 Linden Gallery, St.Kilda, Vic "Nikon Summer Salon" 2001 Center for Contemporary Photography, Melb. Vic "On Exit Frame" - VU Graduating Exhibition 2000 Gabriel Gallery, Footscray, Vic "Summer Salon" 1999 Centre for Contemporary Photography Melb. Vic NEW AND CURRENT WORK My new and current work is being developed and exclusively displayed at the Hidden Gardens of Halcyon Bounty |