FORMAL EDUCATION
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 Adele Outteridge – Studio West End, Brisbane, Australia
2013 Mentorship under Susan Mills – Centre for Book Arts, New York, USA
2011 Diploma of Visual Art (Distinctions) – TAFE QLD North, Cairns, Australia
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 Pre/Ab – sense, KickArts 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
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
2019 Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
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);
Mentor, REACH Flame Project (January-March)
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 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 Queensland Regional Art Awards 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
2017 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 Queensland 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 the greater Cairns region
2011 Curator – SUB–150, c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns;
Project Coordinator – The Bag: Object of Obsession ARTbag (edition of 100)
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 Adele Outteridge – Studio West End, Brisbane, Australia
2013 Mentorship under Susan Mills – Centre for Book Arts, New York, USA
2011 Diploma of Visual Art (Distinctions) – TAFE QLD North, Cairns, Australia
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 Pre/Ab – sense, KickArts 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
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
2019 Permanent Part-time Teacher, Visual Arts TAFE North, Cairns Campus (January-December)
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);
Mentor, REACH Flame Project (January-March)
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 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 Queensland Regional Art Awards 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
2017 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 Queensland 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 the greater Cairns region
2011 Curator – SUB–150, c1907 Contemporary Artspace, Cairns;
Project Coordinator – The Bag: Object of Obsession ARTbag (edition of 100)