curriculum vitae
Art Education:
1996 Masterclass in Portraiture (Jacob Collins) – New York
1995-1996 3 months Winter Course, Oil Painting (classical studies) – Ecole Albert de Fois, France
1994-1995 6 months Winter Course, Oil Painting (classical studies) – Ecole Albert de Fois, France
1993 Two week Oil Painting course – Academy of Realist Art, Seattle (scholarship)
1987-1989 Bachelor of Fine Art – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1986 TOP Art & Design, Brighton Technical College, Melbourne (dux of school)
Awards:
2002 – Vermont Studio Centre (U.S.A) Artist Grant for 2 Month Residency (deferred)
2001 – One Year Rimbun Dahan Malaysian Residency (Kasturi Foundation)
1989 – Klepners Annual Award – RMIT
1987 – Tool Traders Prize (Best First Year Student – RMIT G&S)
1986 – Dux of Brighton Technical School (TOP Art & Design)
Residencies:
2001-2002 One Year Rimbun Dahan Malaysian Residency
1998 Ten Week Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 - August Exhibition,Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria
2004 - October Exhibition,Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria
2000 – Silence, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1998 – Sensing the Mountain, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Group Exhibitions:
2005 - G’Day Australia – Galerie Taksu, Singapore
2005 - The Australians – 10 Years of the Rimbun Dahan Residency – Galerie Taksu, Malaysia
2005 - Chiaroscuro, Goya Galleries, Melbourne
2005 - 2nd Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Taksu, Jakarta
2005 - Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne (Goya Galleries)
2005 - Australian Artists Group exhibition, Australian Trade Commission and Galerie Taksu, Malaysia
2005 - January Exhibition, Galerie Taksu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2004 - Christmas Exhibition, Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria
2004 – Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize, Melbourne
2004 – Pieces of Eight, Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria
2003 – Opening Exhibition, Mad Gallery, Lancefield, Victoria
2003 - Opening Exhibition Galerie Taksu, Singapore
2003 - Opening Exhibition, Galerie Taksu, Jakarta
2002 - ArtSingapore 2002, (Galerie Taksu), Singapore
2002 - Works on Paper, Valentine Willy Fine Art, Kuala Lumpur
2002 – Breathing Space 2 person Malaysian Residency Exhibition, Malaysia
2001 – World Wildlife Fund Exhibition, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
2001 – Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2001 – Illuminated Leaves On-Line Exhibition, Malaysia
2000 – Group Exhibition, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1999 - Calm & Collected A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1999 - Treasure A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne
1999 – New Visions, Ancient Sight, A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melb.
1995 – Ecole Albert de Fois Winter Oil Painting Exhibition, France
1990 – Graduate Metal IV, Sydney
1989 – Mornington Peninsular Craft Event, Victoria
1989 – Gold & Silversmithing Degree Show, Melbourne
1987 – Selected Works – RMIT Fine Art Faculty Show
Publications:
2004 - Weekend Australian – Review – March 6-7, p. 19
2002 – Options: March 18, p. 18, Malaysia
2002 – Art Corridor – April-June, issue 6, Malaysia (pp32-35)
2002 – Sunday Star: 10.3,pp 1, 2, 3 Sunday Plus Supp., Malaysia
2002 – New Straits Times: 26.3, p. 3, Malaysia
1990 – Craft Arts International: July/September Issue
Collections:
Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur
Private collections, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore.