1952 Born 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)
2009 Dream Boats, Flinders Lane Gallery, Vic
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
1995-96 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, NS
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
Gippsland Art Gallery
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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Drury, Nevill. Images 3. Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia. 1998
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Grishin, Sasha, Australian Printmaking in the 1990's, Artist Printmakers 1990-1995, Craftsman House, Sydney, Australia. 1997
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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
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