C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
1964 Born Johannesburg South Africa, currently lives and works in Sydney
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2018 MFA National Art School
2013 MArt Painting by Course Work, UNSW Art & Design
1985 Diploma in Graphic Design, Technical College Witwatersrand, South Africa
1982 High School Certificate, Johannesburg School of Art Ballet Music and Drama
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 Remnants, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2020 Light Interplay, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
RESIDENCIES
2022 Bundanon Artist in Residency
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION HISTORY
2022 Sydney Contemporary, 'In pursuit of the artists hand', Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2021 (Re)arrangements, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery
2021 Sydney Contemporary Online, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2020 Conversations & Collaborations, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2020 Group Exhibition, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2019 Emanate, New England Regional Art Museum
2019 1919, Galerie pompom Sydney
2019 Opening Exhibition: Group Show, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2019 Sydney Contemporary, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert
2018 Postgraduate Exhibition, National Art School
2017 Pen/Line+Paint, 220 Creative Space Gallery
2017 Interplay, Library Stairwell Gallery NAS
2016 Made/Arranged, Saint Cloche
2016 The Other Art Fair
2016 Artist in Residence Moriah College
2013 Cofa – Annual Exhibition
COMPETITION HISTORY
2023 Finalist - Fisher Ghost Award
2022 Finalist - Fisher Ghost Art Award
2022 Finalist - Mosman Art Prize
2020 Finalist - Blacktown City Art Prize
2020 Finalist - Mosman Art Prize
2018 Finalist - Waverley Art Prize
2016 Finalist - Waverley Art Prize
2015 Finalist - Mosman Art Prize
2015 Finalist - Waverley Art Prize
2012 Windsor & Newton Art Prize, Masters by Course Work, COFA Gallery
2012 Finalist - Blacktown City Art Prize
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2019-2021 Workshop facilitator, Live Love Learn
2019 Artist in Residence, Trinity Grammar
2016 Artist in Residence, Moriah College
2014 - 2016 Conduct Private Art Workshops for adults.
2006 – 2016 Director & Convener of “Artbeat”, a bi-Annual Art Competition and Exhibition at Moriah College Queens Park, offering a $5000 Eva Breuer Memorial Art Prize. Implemented an Artist in Residence program in 2006.
2005 – 2014 Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yani, an annual Aboriginal Art Exhibition held at Shalom College, UNSW. A percentage of profits from the Art Exhibition used to fund Residential Scholarships for Aboriginal Medical Students.
2008 ‘Kesher Gamarada’, a twinning Program between Moriah College and Yuendumu. This program offered students the chance to engage with Aboriginal communities and facilitated a cultural dialogue through art and education. Barbara Weir was the Artist in Residence.
2003 Curated Art Exhibition at Mary Place Paddington. NSW Friends of Bezalel supports local Sydney artists and musicians in raising funds to provide scholarships for students to attend the Bezalel Art School in Israel. Patron: Dr Gene Sherman.
2002 – 2003 Initiated ArtAbout, an “Artist’s Market” at Fox Studios (Entertainment Quarter), an outdoor art exhibition of emerging artists displaying their work for sale direct to the public.
ADVERTISING & GRAPHIC DESIGN EXPERIENCE
1985 – 1999 Worked in Advertising and design as freelance and full time employment in some of the following agencies: DMB&B Advertising, Mojo MDA, BBDO Advertising Agency. Director of Graphic Design Studio in Rose Bay: Hey D Design Pty Ltd.
AWARDS
2010 JCA Volunteer Award, for services to Indigenous Art and Health.