1962 Born Sydney, Australia 1989 Bachelor of Visual Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW.
1993 Lecturer/Tutor Visual Arts, University of Western Sydney.
1997 Masters in Design, University of Western Sydney, Nepean.
2000-05 Ceramicist exhibited:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Object Gallery, Sydney. Orson and Blake (Sydney), Koksela (Sydney), Spence & Lyda (Sydney), Husk (Melbourne), Empire (Perth).
1991
Africa e Arancia, Spazio D'Ars, Milan Italy
1992
New South Wales Travelling Scholarship, Works Gallery, Sydney
1994
Jeans for Genes, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1995
No Holds Barred, Airspace, Sydney
New Work, Olsen Carr Gallery, Sydney
1997
The Collector, First Draft, Sydney, curated by Elvis Richardson Fibro Australian Perspecta 97, Casula Powerhouse Regional Gallery
1999
Cars & Culture, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2001
Interiors, Object Gallery, Sydney
2006
Drawcard 06, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2007
Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney
2008
Drawcard 08, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2009
Drawcard 09, National Art School Gallery, Sydney
2010
Garage Art Show, Beach Road Hotel, Sydney, curated by Steve Gorrow
MCM Art Show, MCM House, Waterloo, Sydney
Art Sydney 10, Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney
2012
Deus Gallery, Kemang, Jakarta, Indonesia
2013
Inaugural Show, Butchers Hook, Paddington, Sydney
2014
Christmas Show, Butchers Hook, Paddington, Sydney
2019
The Gallery, Perigean, Queensland
Selected Individual Exhibitions:
1991
Neue Arbeit Pomodoro, Karlsruhe, Germany
1993
The Fringe Dwellers, Galerie Ute Groehbuehl, Karlsruhe, Germany
1994
Club Classics Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
1995
Golden Summer, Mary Place Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
1995
Ker Plunk, First Draft, Sydney
1998
B Grade History, Casula Powerhouse Regional Gallery, Sydney
2003
Numbskulls, Salon Hildenbrandt, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007
5 Summer Stories, James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney
2010
End of Summer, Sheahan Galleries, Wollongong, NSW
2011
Detritus, Deus Ex Machina, Canggu, Bali
2014
Please, no photos, Butchers Hook, Paddington, Sydney
2019
Recent Work, Project Gallery 90, Paddington, Sydney
2019
Winter Show, Bexon Gallery, Noosa Heads, QLD
2020
Heatwave, Van Rensburg Gallery, Milton, NSW
1994
Fishers Ghost Art Prize, Campbelltown City Regional Gallery, NSW
1996
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Regional Gallery, Victoria
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
1999
Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
2001
Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
2006
Willoughby Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre, NSW
2008
Fleurieu Biennale, Tintara Gallery, South Australia
Eutick Memorial Still Life Painting Prize, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, NSW
2009
Flanagan Art Prize, St. Patricks College, Ballarat, Victoria
2010
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
2012
Moran Prize (short listed) Sydney, NSW
Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
2013
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
2016
Fluerieu Wine and Food Art Prize, Red Poles Gallery, South Australia
Paddington Art Prize, Woollarah, Sydney.
2018
City of Albany Art Prize, Albany Town Hall, Albany, WA
2020
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize, Bega Regional Gallery, N.S.W.
Clayton Utz Painting Prize, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Sydney Powerhouse Museum, University of Western Sydney, Bannister Hotel Group
Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, U.K., U.S.
Grazie Chiesa, Studio Dars Contemporanea, Jan/Feb. 1992,
Milan: Guido Dalla Colma Esotici e Erotici, Artecultura, March 1992,
Milan: Franz Littman Mitchell English Australischer Maler, Klappe Auf, July 1993,
Karlsruhe Tess Horwitz Inc, First Draft Publications, pp 100-101, December, 1996
Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Catalogue, illustrated, QLD 1997
Australian Perspecta 97 Catalogue, AGNSW, Sydney, 1997
Bruce James, Re-cycled Baskets, SMH, 29th May,
1997 Benjamin Gennochio, In Deference to Suburban Dreaming, BRW, Sept. 1st, 1997
Sebastien Smee, The Fine Art of Drinking, SMH, Oct. 10th, 1997
Bronwyn Watson, Art in the Littoral Zone illustrated, Art Monthly, October, 1997
Eric Riddler, Economy, Durability, Permanence, Art Monthly, Nov. 1997
Charles Pickett, Costa Brava, Garage Door, Powerline magazine #49, illustrated, 1998
Charles Pickett, Cars & Culture, Our Driving Passions, Powerhouse Publishing, illustrated, 1999
Babette Hayes, Work in Progress, H&G Magazine, April 2000
Elisabetta di Mariam, Stilo Libero, Elle D©cor Italia, pp 144-149, June 2000
Chris Pearson, An English Accent, Australian Interiors, pp 40-41, May 2001
Saska Greville, Pacific Heights, Elle Deco UK, pp 122-131 May 2001
Guy Allenby, Making Room, SMH, July 14-15, 2001 10,
Things Object, Craft + Design + Culture, The Interiors Issue #2, 2001
Chris Pearson, Shack Attack, Australian Interiors, pp 54-63, April/May 2002
Anna Flanders, Kaleidoscope, Australian Interiors pp 70-79 August/September 2003
Angelika Taschen, Sydney Style, Taschen Books, Germany, pp 18,19, 32, 108-115, 152, 168, 2004.
Antonella 2005 Claire Bingham, Far and Wild, Daily Telegraph p30 September 10, 2005
Erik Jager, Strandhuis in Sydney VT Wonen, Holland, pp108-119 August 2006
Tami Christiansen, On the Beach Vogue Living, pp112-117, May/June 2006
Kate de Brito, The Next Generationâ Notebook, pp 196 198 November 2007
Shannon Fricke, A Sense of Style pp 7, 24,98. Murdoch Press, 2008.
Amanda Mahoney, Tide and Time Inside Out, pp 126 -134. Nov/Dec.
Amanda Mahoney, East Meets West Sunday Life pp 35,36 2010.
Kaye Johnston, End of Summer ArtsRush, July 2nd , 2010.
Bruce Channon, 'Deus Art' ALB, pp 54 - 60 May 2011.
Carol Schwarzman, Redlands Art Awards Review, November 2012.
Ali Griffiths, Sand Castle, Home Beautiful, page 68 Jan, 2013.
Charles Duthie, Art in Art, Sydney Standard, April 2013.
Anne-Maree Sargeant ‘Art Right Now’ Belle Magazine page 60 June/July 2013
Ali Griffiths, Sand Castle Home Beautiful, page 68 Jan, 2013.
Charles Duthie Art in Art Sydney Standard, April 2013.
Anne-Maree Sargeant Art Right Now Belle Magazine page 60 June/July 2013.
Sheridan Coleman, Albany Art Prize Catalogue, p 13 (illustrated), 2018.
Karen Pakula, Recent Work Catalogue (illustrated), 2019.