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Residencies
2024 Artist Residency - Oatlands, Tasmania.
2023 Artist Residencies - Dartington; OVADA, Oxford; Outlandia, Scotland & CAST, Cornwall.
2022 Artist Residency - Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland.
2022 Artist Residency - Cove Park, Scotland, UK.
2022 Artist Residency - Island Darkroom, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
2021 Artist Residency - BigCi, Bilpin NSW.
2019 Artist Residency - Nes, Skagaströnd, Iceland.
2019 Papermaking residency - Curtain Springs, Northern Territory.
2018 Artist Residency - Field Notes - La Filature du Pont de Fer, Lasalle, France.
Conferences
2023 IAPMA congress - (presenter) Paper Alive: Dresden, Germany
2019 Paper Art Event - (presenter) De Middelste Molen, Loenen & CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
2018 IAPMA congress - (presenter) Paper: Conscience & Consciousness, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Featured in Publications
2023 Satire, Defamation and Fakery - Dumfries & Galloway Life magazine, October 2023 edition.
2022 Featured artist - Collage Your Life, Melanie Mowinski, Storey Publications, Massachusetts.
2022 Featured artist (talk & review) - The Deckle Edge, Papermakers of Victoria , Vol. 34 N0. 3., Spring 2022.
Awards
2022 Stone Stories - Create NSW, NSW Artists' Grant.
2021 The 44 - Highly Commended, Ocean Shores Art Expo, Ocean Shores, NSW.
2018 Field Notes (Notes de Terrain) - Create NSW, NSW Artists' Grant administered by NAVA.
2018 SILT - c.a.s.e. inc. Arts Grant, Mullumbimby, NSW.
2017 Soundscapes: Water, Birdsong, Paper - Selected Artist, International Biennial Paper Fibre Art, Taiwan.
2017 The first sound is water - H. Mention, 6th NBC MESHTECH Screen Print Biennial, Tokyo.
2017 BK: Book - Acquired, Manly Artist Book Collection. Manly, NSW.
2015 I Was Here - NAVA Eckersley’s Prize, Australian Artist Grant.
2014 Minnesota Spring (dreaming of home) - Highly Commended, Ocean Shores Art Expo, Ocean Shores, NSW.
2013 Integral & Differential IV - 2nd prize Works on Paper, Byron Arts Classic, Byron Bay, NSW.
Academic Qualifications
2024 Arts+Place, Masters program, Dartington Arts School, Devon, UK.
2016 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours) Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
2012 Bachelor of Visual Arts Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
2009 Diploma of Visual Arts North Coast TAFE, Murwillumbah & GO TAFE, Wangaratta, VIC.
1981 Graduate Diploma Librarianship Melbourne State College, Melbourne, VIC.
1978 Bachelor of Arts Deakin University, Geelong, VIC.
Curatorial
2017 Posts from the Big Flood - Murwillumbah Art Trail, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2013 A Book About Death Australia - Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Ice Stories: Dispatches from the Arctic, Art Post Uki , Uki, NSW.
2023 Paper, The Centre, Scenic Rim, Beaudesert, QLD.
2020 Fire & Ice, The Field ARI, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2019 Deluge, M-Arts, Murwillumbah, NSW, & Southern Cross University Library Gallery, Lismore, NSW.
2016 I Was Here, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW.
2015 Travel Boards, The Channon Gallery, The Channon, NSW.
2011 Stitched in Time, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW.
2010 refuge(e), Community Printmakers Murwillumbah, NSW.
Group & Selected Exhibitions
2024 Gift Wrapped, The Centre, Beaudesert, Queensland.
2024 Four Elements, Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation (online exhibition).
2024 Rebloom, IAPMA Paper Art Biennale, Burg zu Hagen, Germany.
2024 Stitched Up, Gympie Regional Gallery, Queensland.
2024 Fifty Squared, Brunswick Street Gallery , Melbourne, Victoria.
2023 Satire, Defamation and Fakery, Merz gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland.
2022 Adrift, winter artists in residence, Island Darkroom, Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
2022 Occupy, (joint exhibition) Small Works Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2021 Transfiguration, Biennial International Paper Fibre Art: NTCRI, Caotun, Taiwan.
2021 Feasts on Paper, Shanghai International Paper Art Exhibition: Shanghai, China.
2021 By George!, Foundation for Hellenic Studies, Adelaide, South Australia.
2021 The Garden of Loss and Triumph, Artaviso, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2021 Occupy, (joint exhibition) Northern Rivers Community Gallery, Ballina, NSW.
2021 Origins & Destinations, IAPMA 35th anniversary exhibition, Maker’s Space Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania.
2021 Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
2021 Home show, Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach, NSW.
2020 Pause, Old Auction House, Kyneton, Victoria.
2020 Letters for Future, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2020 CoVideo collaborative film exhibition, The Field, Murwillumbah.
2020 c.a.s.e. postcard exhibition, (virtual) Mullumbimby.
2020 1.5 degrees (climate change) Forty Five Downstairs gallery, Melbourne.
2019 A Book About Death: The Last Waltz. East Islip, NY USA.
2019 Feasts on Paper: 2nd Shanghai International Paper Art Exhibition: Shanghai, China.
2019 7th NBC MESHTECH Screen Print Biennial: Tokyo, Japan.
2019 The In-Between Exhibition: Papermakers & Artists Queensland, Caboolture, QLD., Australia.
2018 Responsive Paper, IAPMA exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2017 Feasts on Paper, 1st Shanghai International Paper Art Exhibition: Shanghai, China.
2017 Eco Sublime, International Biennial Paper Fibre Art: NTCRI, Caotun, Taiwan.
2017 Caring for Country Scenic Rim Gallery, Beaudesert, QLD.
2017 6th NBC MESHTECH Screen Print Biennial: Tokyo, Japan.
2017 Luminous Within Artist book exhibition, Burnie, TAS.
2017 9th Amateras International Paper Art Sofia, Bulgaria.
2017 16th Lessedra World Art Print Annual Mini Print Awards, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2017 Woven Heritage Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
2017 Biblio-Art Blarneys Books & Art, Port Fairy, VIC.
2017 Museum of Lost Public Notices George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne, VIC.
2017 Bookmarks XV Infiltrating the Library System, UWE, Bristol, UK.
2016 Transit Southern Cross University Graduate Exhibition, Lismore, NSW.
2016 Absence and Presence Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, printmakers, Exeter, UK.
2015 Artist Book Brisbane Event Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD.
2015 Personal Histories International Artist Book exhibition, UNSW, Canberra, ACT.
2014 The Nexus of Art & Craft in Papermaking IAPMA Members Art Exhibition, Fabriano, Italy.
2014 Paper on Skin Burnie Wearable Paper Art, Burnie, Tasmania.
2014 A Book About Death Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, Wales, GB.
2013 Echoes: Australian South Seas Islander 150 SEQ, Beaudesert, QLD.
2013 Books Beyond Words, Revolution East Gippsland Artist Book Award, VIC.
2013 Manly Artist Book Award 2013 Manly, NSW., Australia.
2013 Stellar (artist books) Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA.
2013 Press & Release Artist Books, Phoenix Brighton, UK.
2013 Al-Mutanabbi Starts Here Project Artist book project, USA & UK.
2013 Impact 8 Artist book exhibit, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
2013 Perpetual Possibilities The Channon Gallery, NSW.
2012 8thMoscow International Artist’s Book Fair Moscow, USSR.
2012 Lessons in History Vol. II – Democracy Artist book exhibition, Graeme Galleries, Brisbane, QLD.
2012 POSTAL PINACOTHECA! Mail art USA & Australia, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA.
2012 Bound Artist Book Collective, Leeds, UK.
2012 Student International Small Print Show Cairo, Egypt.
2011 A Book About Death Postcard exhibition Quetzalcoatl Gallery, Seattle USA.