FORMAL EDUCATION
2020 Master of Arts, Visual Arts - University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia (Undertaking)
2018 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (High Distinctions) – Curtin University, Perth, Australia
2016 Mentorship under Theo Tremblay – Editions Tremblay, Cairns, Australia
2015 Certificate IV of Training and Assessment – First Choice Training, Brisbane, Australia
Mentorship under Silvi Glattauer – Baldessin Press, St Andrews, Australia
Mentorship under Adele Outteridge – Studio West End, Brisbane, Australia
2013 Tutorage under Susan Mills – Centre for Book Arts, New York, USA
2011 Diploma of Visual Art (Distinctions) – TAFE QLD North, Cairns, Australia
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Object Project, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns (Upcoming)
2018 The Space Between Words, Gallery Y, Cairns
2016 Mind the GAP, Flying Monkey Gallery, Cairns
Underbelly: Dog Tails, the Artroom@Vivo, Palm Cove
Canines of Cairns, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2015 One dog is one, two, few, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2014 Letters to my Father, Cairns Art Gallery
Three dogs are one, two, many, the Artroom@Vivo, Palm Cove
2013 And a Chair as Well, As You Like It Gallery, Cairns
Studies for the Mattress Account, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2012 The Dog Show, c1907 Contemporary, Cairns
NEST, c1907 Contemporary, Cairns
SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Blistering, The Art Room, Palm Cove (Upcoming)
2016 Her Letters: Shifting Perspectives in the Global Age of Anxiety, ShopHouse 5 (Chan Hampe Gallery), Singapore
2013 Group of 5, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Simmer - Contemporary Far North QLD, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Intention to Exit, Cairns Art Gallery
ARTS-RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2020 Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
Art for All, Workshop Facilitator, Inkmasters Print Workshop, Cairns (Upcoming)
Mentor, REACH Flame Project (January-March)
2019 Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
Boxed Books 1-day Workshop, Atherton Art Society, Atherton (August)
Facilitator for Peninsular Art Educators Association Re-Fuel 1-day Workshop (May)
St Andrews College, Redlynch (May)
Boxed Books 1-day Workshop, St Andrews College, Redlynch (April)
Bookbinding for Artists 1-day Workshop, Inkmasters Print Studio, Cairns (February)
Mentor, REACH Flame Project (January-March)
2018 Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (February-December)
Miniature Boxed Book 1-day Workshop, Inkmasters Print Studio, Cairns (November)
Exhibition Coordinator - Inkmasters 2018 Print Exhibition & Awards (January-August)
Bound and Boxed 3-day Workshop, Cairns Art Society ArtEscape, Cairns (June)
Cairns Art Gallery Children’s Enrichment Program Workshops (February-March)
2017 Marks of Cairns Project for Cairns Regional Council Festival (August-September)
Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
2016 Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (February-June)
Cairns Art Gallery Children’s Enrichment Program (February–November)
Exhibition Coordinator - Inkmasters 2016 Print Exhibition & Awards (January-August)
2015 Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (February 2015-December 2015)
Printed Pets Children's Workshop, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns (July)
Book Arts Workshops, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns (June)
White Line Printmaking Workshop, Cairns Art Gallery (June)
Book Arts Workshop, Mareeba (June)
Earth Pigments Artist Book Studio Workshop, Cairns (May)
Life Drawing Workshop, Redlynch State College, Cairns (May)
White Line Printmaking Studio Workshop, Cairns (April)
Book Arts Workshop, Baldessin Press Studio, St Andrews VIC (March)
Book Arts Workshop, Cairns Art Gallery, (March)
Book Arts Workshop, Kuranda (February)
2014 Project Coordinator Inkmasters Biennial Inkfest (January-October)
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2019 Co-winner Flying Arts Alliance QRAA Art for Life $10,000 Prize
RADF Grant $8,800 Connective Object Project
2018 Trinity Bay High School Artist-in-Residence - Senior Art Camp, Chillagoe (February-March)
2016 Flying Arts Alliance and Blackall Cultural Association Artist-in-residence, Blackall QLD (October)
Winner Innisfail Biennial $2,000 Open Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Artist Book Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Print Award
REACH RAID Camp Artist-in-residence (March)
Jugglers Artspace Residency, Brisbane (January)
2015 Winner Flying Arts Alliance QRAA Wayne Kratzmann $10,000 Acquisitive Award
RADF Grant $9,500 Canines of Cairns Print Project
Baldessin Press Studio Residency, St Andrews Victoria (March)
RAF $1,000 Quick Response Grant
2014 Australia Council for the Arts $10,000 ArtStart Grant
RADF Grant $7,800 SUB-0 (Knock Knock ARI)
2013 RAF $1,500 Quick Response Grant
Winner Blunt Edge Mixed Media Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Mixed Media Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Artist Book Award
Finalist Books Beyond Words - Revolution, East Gippsland Art Gallery
Finalist 2013 Libris Awards, Mackay Artspace
2012 ARI Grant, Arts Queensland $15,000 Beyond the Frame Project (Knock Knock ARI)
CURATORIAL/COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS
2020 Curator – Ignition - TAFE Emerging Artists, Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns (Upcoming)
Curator – 20/20 Women, Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns (February-April)
2019 Curator – Sharing the Passion, Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns
2017 Facilitator – Marks of Cairns Project for Cairns Regional Council Festival (August-September)
2016 Curator – Arcade, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns (Co-curated with Louisa Ennis-Thomas)
Guest Speaker – Official Launch QLD Regional Art Awards, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane
Presenter – Pecha Kucha 20x20 Vol 17, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2015 Curator – 4by4 Book Artists, Cairns Art Gallery
Delegate - Artist Books Brisbane Event, Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, Griffith University, Brisbane
Presenter – Pecha Kucha 20x20 Vol 14, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2014 Curator – SUB-0, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
Curator – Women in the Arts: Booked, KickArts Contemporary, Cairns
Participant – Artist Forum with Dr Lesley Morgan, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
Guest Speaker - Verge 2014 End-of-Year Tertiary Group Exhibition, Cairns Art Gallery
2013 Curator – Women in the Arts: States of Play, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2012 Curator –SUB–150, c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns
Curator – A Common Thread - a Collaborative Artists’ Book Travelling Display, various locations in Cairns region
2011 Curator – SUB–150, c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns
Project Coordinator – The Bag: Object of Obsession ARTbag (edition of 100)
2020 Master of Arts, Visual Arts - University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia (Undertaking)
2018 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art (High Distinctions) – Curtin University, Perth, Australia
2016 Mentorship under Theo Tremblay – Editions Tremblay, Cairns, Australia
2015 Certificate IV of Training and Assessment – First Choice Training, Brisbane, Australia
Mentorship under Silvi Glattauer – Baldessin Press, St Andrews, Australia
Mentorship under Adele Outteridge – Studio West End, Brisbane, Australia
2013 Tutorage under Susan Mills – Centre for Book Arts, New York, USA
2011 Diploma of Visual Art (Distinctions) – TAFE QLD North, Cairns, Australia
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Object Project, NorthSite Contemporary Arts, Cairns (Upcoming)
2018 The Space Between Words, Gallery Y, Cairns
2016 Mind the GAP, Flying Monkey Gallery, Cairns
Underbelly: Dog Tails, the Artroom@Vivo, Palm Cove
Canines of Cairns, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2015 One dog is one, two, few, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2014 Letters to my Father, Cairns Art Gallery
Three dogs are one, two, many, the Artroom@Vivo, Palm Cove
2013 And a Chair as Well, As You Like It Gallery, Cairns
Studies for the Mattress Account, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2012 The Dog Show, c1907 Contemporary, Cairns
NEST, c1907 Contemporary, Cairns
SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Blistering, The Art Room, Palm Cove (Upcoming)
2016 Her Letters: Shifting Perspectives in the Global Age of Anxiety, ShopHouse 5 (Chan Hampe Gallery), Singapore
2013 Group of 5, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
Simmer - Contemporary Far North QLD, 69 Smith Street Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Intention to Exit, Cairns Art Gallery
ARTS-RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2020 Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
Art for All, Workshop Facilitator, Inkmasters Print Workshop, Cairns (Upcoming)
Mentor, REACH Flame Project (January-March)
2019 Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
Boxed Books 1-day Workshop, Atherton Art Society, Atherton (August)
Facilitator for Peninsular Art Educators Association Re-Fuel 1-day Workshop (May)
St Andrews College, Redlynch (May)
Boxed Books 1-day Workshop, St Andrews College, Redlynch (April)
Bookbinding for Artists 1-day Workshop, Inkmasters Print Studio, Cairns (February)
Mentor, REACH Flame Project (January-March)
2018 Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (February-December)
Miniature Boxed Book 1-day Workshop, Inkmasters Print Studio, Cairns (November)
Exhibition Coordinator - Inkmasters 2018 Print Exhibition & Awards (January-August)
Bound and Boxed 3-day Workshop, Cairns Art Society ArtEscape, Cairns (June)
Cairns Art Gallery Children’s Enrichment Program Workshops (February-March)
2017 Marks of Cairns Project for Cairns Regional Council Festival (August-September)
Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
2016 Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (February-June)
Cairns Art Gallery Children’s Enrichment Program (February–November)
Exhibition Coordinator - Inkmasters 2016 Print Exhibition & Awards (January-August)
2015 Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (February 2015-December 2015)
Printed Pets Children's Workshop, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns (July)
Book Arts Workshops, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns (June)
White Line Printmaking Workshop, Cairns Art Gallery (June)
Book Arts Workshop, Mareeba (June)
Earth Pigments Artist Book Studio Workshop, Cairns (May)
Life Drawing Workshop, Redlynch State College, Cairns (May)
White Line Printmaking Studio Workshop, Cairns (April)
Book Arts Workshop, Baldessin Press Studio, St Andrews VIC (March)
Book Arts Workshop, Cairns Art Gallery, (March)
Book Arts Workshop, Kuranda (February)
2014 Project Coordinator Inkmasters Biennial Inkfest (January-October)
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2019 Co-winner Flying Arts Alliance QRAA Art for Life $10,000 Prize
RADF Grant $8,800 Connective Object Project
2018 Trinity Bay High School Artist-in-Residence - Senior Art Camp, Chillagoe (February-March)
2016 Flying Arts Alliance and Blackall Cultural Association Artist-in-residence, Blackall QLD (October)
Winner Innisfail Biennial $2,000 Open Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Artist Book Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Print Award
REACH RAID Camp Artist-in-residence (March)
Jugglers Artspace Residency, Brisbane (January)
2015 Winner Flying Arts Alliance QRAA Wayne Kratzmann $10,000 Acquisitive Award
RADF Grant $9,500 Canines of Cairns Print Project
Baldessin Press Studio Residency, St Andrews Victoria (March)
RAF $1,000 Quick Response Grant
2014 Australia Council for the Arts $10,000 ArtStart Grant
RADF Grant $7,800 SUB-0 (Knock Knock ARI)
2013 RAF $1,500 Quick Response Grant
Winner Blunt Edge Mixed Media Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Mixed Media Award
Winner Innisfail Biennial Artist Book Award
Finalist Books Beyond Words - Revolution, East Gippsland Art Gallery
Finalist 2013 Libris Awards, Mackay Artspace
2012 ARI Grant, Arts Queensland $15,000 Beyond the Frame Project (Knock Knock ARI)
CURATORIAL/COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS
2020 Curator – Ignition - TAFE Emerging Artists, Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns (Upcoming)
Curator – 20/20 Women, Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns (February-April)
2019 Curator – Sharing the Passion, Banggu Minjaany Art Gallery, Cairns
2017 Facilitator – Marks of Cairns Project for Cairns Regional Council Festival (August-September)
2016 Curator – Arcade, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns (Co-curated with Louisa Ennis-Thomas)
Guest Speaker – Official Launch QLD Regional Art Awards, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane
Presenter – Pecha Kucha 20x20 Vol 17, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2015 Curator – 4by4 Book Artists, Cairns Art Gallery
Delegate - Artist Books Brisbane Event, Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, Griffith University, Brisbane
Presenter – Pecha Kucha 20x20 Vol 14, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
2014 Curator – SUB-0, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
Curator – Women in the Arts: Booked, KickArts Contemporary, Cairns
Participant – Artist Forum with Dr Lesley Morgan, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
Guest Speaker - Verge 2014 End-of-Year Tertiary Group Exhibition, Cairns Art Gallery
2013 Curator – Women in the Arts: States of Play, Canopy Art Centre, Cairns
2012 Curator –SUB–150, c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns
Curator – A Common Thread - a Collaborative Artists’ Book Travelling Display, various locations in Cairns region
2011 Curator – SUB–150, c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns
Project Coordinator – The Bag: Object of Obsession ARTbag (edition of 100)