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
2017 Finalist for 2018 Create NSW, Fellowship Emerging, Art Space, Sydney
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
2017 Relics, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery in association ACP (Australian Centre For Photography), curated by Casuarina Bird
2016 Rites of Passage: The Lost art of Being Human WATT Space Gallery
2015 Traveller, Standard Practice Space, curated by Jessie English, A Bowery Residency, New York
2013 Primal Crown, 7000 Padauk, curated by Nathalie Johnston, Myanmar, (Burma)
2012 Primal Crown, BFA Honours exhibition Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2012 RE’IM, Watt Space Gallery, curated by David Wills, Newcastle
2012 Hood Winked, curated by Lisa Who, Curve Gallery, Newcastle
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 C’mon step on my Lego “CONTINGENCY” Curated by Lotte Rose Kjær Skau & Daniel Grossman, LungA studios, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland
2018 1818 Project, Curated by Sarah Johnson, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
2018 Weaving Stories, curated by Art Space Realm, Maroondah, Melbourne
2018 Gift @ First Wink, Curated by Emily Parsons Lord & Maeve Parker, Top Floor at Wellington, Sydney
2017 2018 Create NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Curated by Talia Linz, Art Space, Sydney
2016 Its Timely, Curated by Gary Carsley, The Lock Up Gallery, Newcastle
2016 Home, Auckland Festival of Photography, Curated by Simone Douglas, Silo Park Wynyard, NZ
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
2011 3:5 Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle
2011 WAM, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2009 Directors Choice Tighes Hill TAFE, Newcastle
PUBLICATIONS
2016 The Newcastle Herald Review
2015 A Bowery Residency Promo
2015 Paper Mag Photographer
2015 Sep Interview, Web
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) 2013 April 24 PICA interview (web2013 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/ IINTERNSHIPS
2018 Internship with photographer Jessie English, Brooklyn, NYC
2018 LungA School, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2016 Lunga School, Seydisfiordur, Iceland
COMMISSIONS
2018 1818 Project, Newcastle Regional Gallery, curated by Sarah Johnson
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
Industry Experience
2015 Photographer, Paper Mag Online, Photo article, MYRKUR, New York
2015 lighting Assistant, Remedial Media, New York, Quidad Campaign
2015 Simone Douglas Artist Assistant, Parsons The New School, New York
2012 Studio Demonstrator, Photo media School of Creative Arts, University of Newcastle
