CV
Born 5.5.1987
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2016 Master of Philosophy (Fine Art) The University of Newcastle, Australia including one year exchange at & Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York City
2012 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honors) Class 1 University of Newcastle
2011 Bachelor of Fine Art (Distinction) University of Newcastle
2008 Advanced Diploma Newcastle Art School TAFE, Newcastle
2005 Higher School Certificate, Mount View High School, Cessnock
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2015 Margaret Olley Memorial Scholarship
2014 APA University Scholarship
2013 Nick Waterlow OAM Highly Commended Award
2013 Finalist for the Macquarie Group Emerging artist
2013 Winner of the $35,000 Doctor Harold Schenberg Scholarship and the National Tertiary Art Prize, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth Western Australia
2013 Finalist in “Hatched” the National Tertiary Art Prize, PICA
2012 University of Newcastle Student Art Prize
2012 The Jennie Thomas Travelling Art Scholarship, University of Newcastle
2008 Emerging Artist, Art Scrawl, Hunter valley
2007 Finalist Carol Duval Memorial Award for Painting
2005 Awarded Excellence in art Mount View High school
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Rites of Passage: The Lost art of Being Human WATT Space Gallery
2015 Traveller, Standard Practice Space, A Bowery Residency, New York
2013 Primal Crown, 7000 Padauk, Myanmar, (Burma)
2012 Primal Crown, BFA Honours exhibition Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2012 RE’IM, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2012 Hood Winked, Curve Gallery, Newcastle
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Home, Curated by Simone Douglas, Auckland Festival of Photography, Silo Park Wynyard, NZ
2016 Its Timely, Curated by Gary Carsley, The Lock Up Gallery, Newcastle
2015 Scraping, Digging, Unearthing, 25 East Gallery, New York2015 25 WATT, WATT Space Gallery, Newcastle
2015 Ash Island and its Transformations, The Lock Up Gallery, Newcastle
2014 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist, Sydney
2013 Hatched, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
2013 Alterations, Curve Gallery, Newcastle
2013 Popped, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle
2012 Kindred, UON Annual student art prize, Watt Space, Newcastle
2012 Curve Collection, Curve Gallery, Newcastle
2012 Art Collectors Choice, Newcastle University Gallery, Newcastle
2012 Click Space, Newcastle University, Newcastle
2012 WAM, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2011 3:5 Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2011 WAM, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2011 Collaborative, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2009 Animals, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle
2009 Directors Choice Tighes Hill TAFE, Newcastle
2008 Discipline Pod Space, Newcastle
2008 Departure, POD Space, Newcastle
2008 Graduation exhibition, Front Room Gallery Newcastle
2007 The Green Corridor, Front Room Gallery, Newcastle
CURATING
2012 WAM, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
PUBLICATIONS
2016 The Newcastle Herald Review
2015 Sep Interview( Web) http://vimeo.com/107437725
2013 Dec 30 The Maitland Mercury
2013 September Real Time 116 (Aug/Sept issue) Cover and article
2013 January 1 Cultural Developments Featured Artists, (web) http://culturaldevelopmentconsulting.com/2012/12/31/7066/
2013 April 24 PICA interview (web) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-gGP6efo0s
2013 April 22 The Australian
2013 April Art Collectors
2013 April 22 The West Australian
2013 April 23 The University of Sydney (Web)
2013 April 23 The University of Western Australia (Web)
2013 June 7 Myanmar art Revolution Blog
2012 March 3 The Newcastle Harold
2012 June 6 Maitland Mercury (Elixir Lifestyle)
RESIDENCIES
2016 LungA School, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
COMMISSIONS
2016 Its Timely, Curated by Gary Carsley, The Lock Up Gallery, Newcastle
2015 Paper Mag, Magazine, Photo article, MYRKUR, New York
2014 Ash Island and its Transformations, The Scott Sisters 150-year anniversary, The Lock Up Gallery, Newcastle.
2012 Commissioned Portrait of the Dean Of Law, University of Newcastle
COLLECTIONS
The Macquarie Group Collection, University of Newcastle Art Collection
Curve Gallery, Private Collections in New York, Newcastle, Sydney and Perth
EMPLOYMENT
2015 Artist Assistant, Parsons The New School, New York
2012 Studio Demonstrator, Photo media School of Creative Arts, University of Newcastle
