EDUCATION
2016 –2018 PhD candidate University of Sydney
2007 Master of Fine Art, Sculpture (Research), College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1997 Master of Art, Sculpture (Coursework), College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1988 Diploma of Fine Art, Sculpture, Claremont School of Art, Perth
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Precarious, M Contemporary, Woollarah, Sydney
2016 Unravel, AirSpace Projects, Marrickville, Sydney
2012 Traces, Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, Sydney
2006 Life Boat / Thuyen Cuu Roi, Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi, Vietnam
2002 Telling Stories, Wentworth Falls School of Art, Blue Mountains, NSW
1998 Linger, Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, Western Australia
1997
Swarm, mAudespAce, Sydney
1995 Dream of Black Dogs, aGOG, Canberra
1995 Recent Work, mAudespAce, Sydney
1992 Vision and Dreaming, Tamworth City Gallery, NSW
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Hidden: Rookwood Cemetary Sculpture Walk, Sydney
2019 Heroine: Celebration and Protest in Women’s Art, M Contemporary, Sydney
2018 In Translation, Verge Gallery, University of Sydney
2018 Nothing is Static, Sydney College of the Arts Galleries
2016 Diaspora-Making Machines, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
2015 Harbour Sculpture, Sydney
2014 Sculpture at Sawmillers, Sydney
2012
Blake Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2012 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2012 Hidden: Rookwood Cemetary Sculpture Walk, Sydney
2012 Paper Now, Incinerator Art Space, Willoughby, Sydney
2011 Insitu, Sculpture Exhibition, Mosman, Sydney
2011 Hidden: Rookwood Cemetary Sculpture Walk, Sydney
2010 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Presbyterian Ladies College, Sydney
2009 Nam Bang!, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney
2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Victoria
2007 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2007 Phoenix Prize Exhibition, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra
2006 Di Vat / Reliquary, Exhibition at SNAP! Gallery, Fairfield, Sydney
2005 Blake Prize Exhibition, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney
2003 Sculpture By The Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2003 Decoding (Sub) Cultures – Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
2002 Microscape, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2001 Sculpture Exhibition, Multiple Box, Danks Street, Sydney
2001 Article, Woolloomooloo Wharf, Sydney
2001 Sculpture By the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
2000 Sculpture By the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
1999 siTed ’99, Charles Darwin Walk, Wentworth Falls, NSW
1999 On the Tiles, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney
1998 – 1999 The Monaro GTS (Great Touring Show), touring Northern Territory, South Australia & Queensland.
1998 – 1999
Ways of Being, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, touring N.S.W. & Queensland Regional Galleries
1998 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Sydney
1998 Switch, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney
PUBLIC ART
2015 Public Art, Glenwood Community Hub, Blacktown City Council, Sydney
2015 Migration Public Art Project, Wollongong City Council, NSW
2013 Auburn Town Center Public Art (shortlisted artist), Auburn, Sydney
2012 Change Markers Art Project, Bonnyrigg, Sydney
2011 Community Art Project, Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan, NSW
2008 – 2010
Artist Planner, Blacktown Village Green, Blacktown City Council, Sydney
2008 Public Art Planner, Bankstown CBD, Bankstown City Council, Sydney
2008 Windsor Cultural Mapping Project, Hawkesbury City Council, Sydney
2006 Public Sculpture, Fourth International Sculpture Symposium, Hue Vietnam
2004 Public Art (shortlisted artist), Parramatta Heritage Centre, Sydney
2002 – 2003
Public Art Commission, Carrington Place, Blue Mountains City Council, NSW
1998 Public Sculpture Commission (design stage only), Leichhardt Council, Sydney
AWARDS
2014 Emerging Artist’s Award, Sculpture at Sawmillers
2008 Popular Choice Award, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award
2000 COFA Alumni Acquisitive Prize
2000 Honorable Mention, Sculpture By the Sea
1999 First Prize, Katoomba Art Street Prize, Blue Mountains City Council, NSW
GRANTS
2009 Marketing Grant, NAVA/NSW Ministry for the Arts
2006 Australia Council Festivals Australia Regional Residencies (co-recipient)
2004 Research grant for field trip to Vietnam funded by COFA, UNSW
2001 Marketing Grant, NAVA/NSW Ministry for the Arts (co-recipient)
1995 Marketing Grant, NAVA/NSW Ministry for the Arts
RESIDENCIES
2018
Gunyah Creative Residency, NSW
2017 Arteles International Residency, Finland
2014 Blacktown Studio Residency, Sydney
2011 Fraser Studio Residency, Sydney
2010 The Paper Mill Residency, Sydney
2006 Artist Residency, Hue, Vietnam
1998 Fremantle Studio Residency, WA, courtesy NSW Ministry for the Arts
1997 – 1998
Studio Residency, courtesy Blackwattle Studios, Sydney
1996 Studio Residency, The Ultimo Project, courtesy COFA, UNSW
FINE ARTS TEACHING
2006 – 2018
Lecturer in Sculpture, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
2001 – 2012
Part-time teacher in Fine Arts, Nepean Art & Design Centre, TAFE NSW
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019 Heartbreaking art among the gravestones, Elizabeth Fortescue – The Sunday Telegraph
2017 Precarious, catalogue essay by Paul Howard – M Contemporary
2015 OZ Arts Magazine, Issue 5 Winter, (cover and feature story)
2015 The Art Life, New Work Friday #181 http://theartlife.com.au
2012 Wind in the wings, Elizabeth Fortescue – The Daily Telegraph
2012 Traces, catalogue essay by Elin Howe – Incinerator Artspace (Exhibition Catalogue)
2009 Library a fitting destination for Sculpture, Diana Streak – The Canberra Times – 2009
2009 Nam Bang! Lucy R. Lippard – Art Asia Pacific, Issue 66
2009 Nam Bang! curated by Boitran Huynh-Beattie – Casula Powerhouse (Exhibition Catalogue)
2009 Nam Bang! Eliza Garnesy, Artlink Vol 29 no 2
2008 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award (Exhibition Catalogue)
2003 De-Coding (Sub) Cultures, Adnan Begic – Blacktown Arts Centre (Exhibition Catalogue)
1998 Ways of Being, Jennifer Hardy – Ivan Dougherty Gallery (Exhibition Catalogue)
1995 Feminist, Yet Strong and Accessible, Sasha Grishin – The Canberra Times
1995 Seeing through the bickering between Craft and Art, Felicity Fenner – Sydney Morning Herald
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Australia
artsACT, Australia
University of Sydney
College of Fine Arts, UNSW
Seidler Collection