Born and resides in Melbourne.
2017 - 2020 DIY Fine Art Printing Service
2007 - 2020 Freelance Photographer - Portraits, Products, Pets, Advertising, Architecture, Landscapes
2010 - 2018 Teaching part-time, Photography & Photoshop at St Kilda Community Housing, and curating the groups annual exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 DeConstructed Photography The Laneway Artspace, St Kilda
2014 Rorschach Dreaming Gasworks, Albert Park
2013 Seasonal Rorschach 2 Carbon Black Gallery, Prahran
2012 Seasonal Rorschach Archetype Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 F_OCUS Counihan Gallery
Memento Magnet Gallery
2019 Songs Of Innocence Magnet Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Sydney Rd, Poles ApArt Project Sydney Rd, Brunswick
2016 Factivism Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
2015 CCP Salon Contemporary Centre for Photography, Fitzroy
Science Friction Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Urban Materiality Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2014 Speak Out Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Flora and Fauna Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2013 Current Tendencies, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Confluencias (Document) Museum of Freemasonry, Sydney
Time and Tide Toyota Head Office, Port Melbourne
Linden Postcards Linden Gallery, St Kilda
2012 Urban Creatures, Toyota Emerging Artists Exhibition Toyota Head Office, Port Melbourne
2011 All My Brothers Wives Platform Space, Majorca Building, Kodak Salon Contemporary Centre for Photography , Fitzroy
2010 RMIT Fine Art Photography Graduate Show 45 Downstairs Gallery, Melbourne
My Life, Your Death First Site Gallery RMIT, Melbourne
"The Memorial" Death Be Kind, Brunswick East
2008 Look Out Hogan Gallery, Collingwood
2007 On The Wall Cusp Gallery, Northcote
2006 Ampersand Cusp Gallery, Northcote
AWARDS
2021 Finalist - Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Art (Winner TBA May 2021) Barn Gallery, Montsalvat
2020 Finalist - Wyndham Art Award Wyndham Art Gallery
2019 Finalist - The Noel Counihan Commemorative Award Moreland Summer Show: Language &
Liberty
2018 Finalist - The Noel Counihan Commemorative Award Moreland Summer Show: Peace & The Pursuit of Happiness
Finalist - Hornsby Art Prize Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre
Finalist - Corangamarah Art Prize Red Rock Regional Art Gallery
Peoples Choice Award Recipient - Wyndham Art Award Wyndham Art Gallery
Finalist - Highly Commended- Contemporary Art Awards - (Document)
2017 Winner- Inaugural Noel Counihan Commemorative Award Moreland Summer Show: People, Protest, Power Finalist- Burrinja Climate Change Biennale Burrinja Gallery
2010 Winner - CEHL Education Award B.A Fine Art Photography
Finalist -Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize The Substation Art Centre
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Art Reveal Magazine No.50 pages 72-77
2017 DeConstructed Photography 2017, Limited Edition of 10
2014 The 'State of Art’ art book - ‘Photography and Digital’, BareHill Publishing
2013 Seasonal Rorschach 2012, self publication
2012 China Surface Magazine "Intra Generational Portraits" January edition
2011 Exposure
EDUCATION
2010 Bachelor of Fine Art Photography with Distinction RMIT
2007 Diploma of Multimedia Kangan Batman Tafe
2006 Certificate IV in Multimedia Kangan Batman Tafe
2000 Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics (Completed 1st & 2nd Year only) RMIT
1997 Certificate in Small Business Management Kangan Institute of Tafe
1995 Diploma of Arts in Ceramics (1st Year only) Northern Metropolitan College of Tafe
1992 Diploma of Applied Science in Animal Technology. Western Metropolitan College of Tafe
COLLECTIONS
Moreland City Council
Private Collections in Germany and Australia
Olivia Newton John Cancer Ward
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