Born:
1952 Chelsea, Victoria
EDUCATION
1994-95 Master of Arts (Research), Monash University, Victoria
1989-90 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts), Monash University,
Victoria
1987-89 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), G.I.A.E. Victoria
1971-74 Fine Arts, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Victoria
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
(includes tours, two person shows)
2007
Heartbreak Hotel & The Oyster Book of Lessons from the Memory
Room, Flinders Lane Gallery, Vic
2005 Enclosure. Flinders Lane Gallery. Vic
2003 Seven Deadly Sins in Sideshow Alley, Artist-book launch,
Flinders Lane Gallery
2002 Something Wicked This Way Comes, Flinders Lane Gallery,
Melbourne
2001 Two Printmakers from Australia, Davidson Galleries,
Seattle, USA
2001 Recent Works, Grahame Galleries + Editions, Brisbane,
Qld
2000 The Seven Deadly Sins in Sideshow Alley,
Lyre Bird Press book launch. Qld
1999 New Works on Paper, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney,
NSW
1999 Prints and Artists' Books, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Works on Paper, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Kingston,
ACT
1997 Sideshow Alley, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Sideshow Alley, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
1997 Recent Prints and Artists' Books, Grahame Galleries
+ Editions, Qld
1996 Cry Baby Cry, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Kingston,
ACT
1995 Recent Paintings, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1995-96 Prints, Toured Regional Galleries Queensland; Logan
City Gallery
Bundaberg City Art Gallery, Mackay City Library, Rockhampton
City Art
Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba and
Dalby Regional Gallery
1995 Watercolours, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, NSW
1994 Silk Pins, Australian Girls Own Gallery, Kingston,
ACT
1994 Works on Paper 1989-1994, The Robb Street Gallery,
Bairnsdale, Victoria
1993 Mamma's Games, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Drypoints, Watercolours and Artists Books, Grahame
Galleries + Editions, Brisbane, QLD
1992-94 Interior Din, toured regional galleries of Victoria;
Latrobe Regional Art Gallery,
Morwell; Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre; Hamilton Art
Gallery, Hamilton;
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura; Ararat Art Gallery, Ararat
1992 Works on Paper, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS
2001 Hawaii State Foundation, Art in Public Places, Acquisitive
Award
1999 Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award, Gladstone Regional
Gallery, Qld
1998 Silk Cut Award, Glen Eira Arts Centre, Caulfield, Victoria
1997 Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool
Art Gallery, Vic
1997 Award of Distinction, Best of Printmaking, Rockport
Publishing, USA
1997 Shell Art Prize, Works on Paper, Williamstown, Victoria
1996 The Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Fine Art Award
1996 Catalogue Cover for Artist's Book + Multiples Fair,
Brisbane
1996 University of Western Sydney National Print Media Acquisitive
Prize 1996
1995 Acknowledgement of Outstanding Achievement, Monash
University
1995 Sir John Sulman Prize, the Art Gallery of New South
Wales, Sydney
1995 Regional Galleries Association of Queensland Education
Resource Fund Grant
1994/97 Works on Paper Prize; Martin Hanson Memorial Art
Award,
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, Gladstone, Qld
1994 Melbourne Theatre Company Brochure Commission
1994 Bookmark for special edition BEWARE books by artists
catalogue to
accompany first Australian Artists' Book Fair, Brisbane,
Qld
1994 Monash Graduate Scholarship
1993 City of Richmond Art Award, City of Richmond, Vic.
1993 Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Acquisitive Award,
Community Printmakers, Murwillumbah, N.S.W
1993 Commissioned Member Print, Print Council of Australia
1993 Grahame Galleries + Editions Catalogue for International
Works on Paper Fair '93, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney N.S.W.
1992/95 Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
1992 Commissioned Patron Print, Monash University College,
Gippsland, Victoria.
1990-92 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Grafton Regional
Gallery, N.S.W.
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia; Art Gallery of South Australia;
Queensland Art Gallery; Art Gallery of NSW; ArtBank; BHP
Billiton Collection; State Library of Victoria; State Library
of Queensland; Mackay City Library; Queensland Print Council
of Australia; Monash Rare Books Collection; Hawaii - Art
in Public Places Works Collection; James Hardie Collection;
Canson Australia Pty Ltd Vic; Print Council of Australia
(Archives); Silk Cut Foundation Collection of Linocut Prints;
Whitehorse City Collection; City of Richmond, Vic; Logan
City Council, Queensland; Latrobe Regional Art Gallery,
Vic; Hamilton Art Gallery, Vic.; Mildura Arts Centre, Vic.;
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Vic.; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery,
Qld; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery; Toowoomba Regional Gallery;
Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Tweed River Regional
Art Gallery, NSW; Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Vic.;
University of Central Queensland, Qld; University of Southern
Queensland, Qld; University of Western Sydney Macarthur;
Toowoomba College of Tafe, Qld; Australian National University;
Centre for the Artists Book, Grahame Galleries + Editions,
Brisbane; Lyre Bird Press. Private collections in Australia,
Britain, USA, China, Japan, Portugal, Germany, France, Belgium,
Netherlands.
PUBLICATION
1999 The Seven Deadly Sins in Sideshow Alley. Lyre Bird
Press, Townsville
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Allen,
Lynne & McGibbon, Phyllis, The Best of Printmaking,
An International Collection, Quarry Books, Rockport
Publishing, USA, 1997
Bryant, Jill. Australian Visions, Hodder Education,
NSW, 1997. (cover)
Drury, Nevill. Images 2. Craftsman House, Sydney,
Australia. 1994
Drury, Nevill. Images 3. Craftsman House, Sydney,
Australia. 1998
Drury, Nevill. New Art Eight: Profiles in Contemporary
Australian Art, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia.
1993.
Grishin, Sasha, Australian Printmaking in the 1990's,
Artist Printmakers 1990-1995, Craftsman House, Sydney,
Australia. 1997
Grishin, Sasha. 'Art Review'. The Canberra Times.
1 October 1995
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1 July 1995.
Grishin, Sasha. 'A Seductive Innocence and Obsessiveness'.
The Canberra Times. 18 May 1996.
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27 February 1991.
Heathcote, Christopher. 'Art Review'. The Age. Melbourne.
29 October 1992.
Heathcote, Christopher. 'Art Review'. The Age. Melbourne.
25 March 1993.
Heathcote, Christopher. Magic Realism. Cat. Essay. Australian
Galleries. 1998.
Heng, Euan. Interior Din. Latrobe Valley Arts Centre,
Morwell. August 1992.
King Murdoch, Anna. 'An Outpouring of Imagery from the Wild
Landscapes'. The Age. 23 Nov 1995.
McCulloch, Alan and McCulloch, Susan. The Encyclopedia
of Australian Art. Craftsman House, Sydney. Australia.1993
Shingleton, Colin. Sideshow Alley. Craft Arts International.
Vol.42, 1998.
Shingleton, Colin. The Seven Deadly Sins in Sideshow
Alley. Lyre Bird Press. 1999.
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