1953 born Gilgandra, NSW Australia. Lives and works in Sydney.

Selected Visual Art Studies 1969 NSW Dept. Education Correspondence School [Fine Art] 1975 > 1971 Anatomy studies. Registered Nurse. Nurses & Midwives Board of N.S.W. 1977 + 1976 Certificate of Fine Art. National Art School Wollongong Technical College 1979 Philosophy of art & aesthetics studies. ( Bachelor of Arts ). University of Wollongong 1988 + 1987 Certificate in Production Design. ( postgraduate ). Australian Film, Television & Radio School. Sydney 1995 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. United Kingdom and Australia 1995 Bachelor of Visual Art & Design. ( RPL ). University of New England 1998 > 1996 Master of Letters in Visual Art & Design. University of New England 1999 Drawing studies. Julian Ashton Art School. Sydney 2005 Member of the Centre for Archaeological Research. Australian National University Canberra 2005 > 1999 PhD Contemporary Art. University Western Sydney Awards, Art Prizes, Residencies and Commissions 1984 Artist Residency ' School of Aboriginal Linguistics' Bachelor College Northern Territory University 1985 Artist Residency 'Richard Bird Studios for The Royal National Theatre & Covent Garden Theatres', London UK 1987 & 1988 Australian Film, Television & Radio School Visual Arts Scholarship 1991 The Blake Prize for Religious Art [National] – Runner Up & Highly Commended 1995 Artist Residency ' World Heritage Rainforest Dorrigo' NSW Parks & Wildlife 1995 & 1996 NAVA Visual Artist's Marketing Grant, NSW Ministry for the Arts & National Association for the Visual Arts 1996 Sulman Art Prize [National], Art Gallery NSW – Finalist 1998 & 1999 General Motors Holden Inaugural Patronage Grant to an Individual Australian for the Pursuit of Excellence 1998 Sulman Art Prize [National], Art Gallery NSW – Finalist 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Australian Postgraduate Award APA Scholarship for Contemporary Art [Painting], UWS SOCA & Australian Research Council 2000 Fleurieu Biennale Art Prize for Australian Landscape Painting [National] - Finalist 2002 Kedumba Drawing Award Art Prize [National] - Finalist 2003 Artist Residency 'Longridge Studio' VIC Parks & Wildlife - Melbourne 2003 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize [International] - Finalist 2003 > 2000 Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship and A.P.A. Extension Grant. ( painting: research and studio practice ). Australian Research Council and the University Western Sydney 2004 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize exhibited finalist. South Australian Museum. Adelaide 2004 Kedumba Drawing Award exhibited finalist. Kedumba Gallery. Wentworth Falls, N.S.W. 2004 Norvill Art Prize exhibited finalist. Murrurundi Arts Council 2005 World Year of Physics Art Prize exhibited finalist. Macquarie University. Sydney 2005 The Chrichton Award for Children's Book Illustration shortlist. Children's Book Council of Australia 2006 Artist in Residence. The Royal Botanic Gardens. Sydney 2006 The John Glover Prize for a Landscape Painting of Tasmania exhibited finalist. Tasmania 2006 The May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Creative Time Residency and Canberra Studio 2006 MGCLT Creative Time Residency Living Allowance Grant. Literature Board Australia Council 2007 New Work Grant. Developing Writers - Illustrator. Literature Board of the Australia Council 2007 Finalist Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize 2007 Selected National Touring Doug Moran Prize Selected Cross-disciplinary / collaborative Art Prizes and Awards 1988 AFI-Australian Film Institute Awards Prize Australia 1988 ATOM Awards Prize Australia 1989 Coup De Coeur Film Award. Cannes Film Fest. France 1989 12th International Henri Langlois Festival National Tour Award. France 1989 San Francisco Golden Gate Film Award Special Jury Prize. USA 1989 Winner The Illuminations Film Prize Australia 1989 ATOM Awards Prize Australia 1989 AFI-Australian Film Institute Awards Prize Australia Selected Solo Exhibitions 1992 World Heritage Rainforest Exhibition Space, Dorrigo NSW 1995 The Crawford Gallery, Sydney NSW 2001 Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery, Sydney NSW 2003 The Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney University NSW 2003 The Palm House Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens. Sydney NSW 2004 Manly Regional Art Gallery & Museum + Biennale of Sydney 2004 Satellite Program. Sydney NSW 2004 Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery. Sydney NSW 2005 Paintings for Children. The Nutcote Trust Museum. Sydney 2006 Glitter I. Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery. Sydney 2006 Glitter II. Moving Art Gallery. Brisbane 2007 Botanomancy I. Palm House Gallery. Royal Botanic Gardens. Sydney 2007 Botanomancy II. Red Box Gallery. Royal Botanic Gardens. Sydney Selected Touring Group Exhibitions 1988 Coup De Coeur Film Awards National Traveling Component Exhibition, London + regional UK 1988 Coup De Coeur Film Awards National Traveling Component Exhibition, Paris + regional France 1988 AFI Awards Short Series Australian National Touring Exhibition 1989 AFI Australian National Traveling Component Exhibition 1990 Cannes Film Festival National Traveling Component Exhibition, Budapest + regional Hungary 1992 The Blake Prize for Religious Art Invitational National Touring Exhibition - Regional Galleries Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Bathurst & Rockhampton 2000 NSW Dept. Education Invitational Touring Exhibition - Regional Galleries & Exhibition Spaces - Sydney. Newcastle. Canberra Recent Selected Group Exhibitions 1990 The Yellow House Retrospective Exhibition [guest artist], Art Gallery NSW 1990 Invitational Exhibition, Australian Museum of Childhood Juniper Hall. NSW 1991 The Blake Prize for Religious Art National Finalists Exhibition. Macquarie Galleries. Sydney 1993 S.H.Ervin Gallery Invitational Exhibition. Sydney NSW 1994 Penrith Regional Art Gallery + Lewer's Bequest Gallery, National Invitational Exhibition. Sydney NSW 1994 ACAF4. Australian Contemporary Art Fair + Crawford Gallery. International Invitational Exhibition. Melbourne VIC 1995 National Women's Art Exhibition + The Crawford Gallery. Australia 1996 Sulman National Art Prize Finalists Exhibition. Art Gallery NSW 1997 University New England Wright College Gallery Exhibition. Armidale NSW 1998 Sulman National Art Prize Finalists Exhibition. Art Gallery NSW 1999 Newcastle Regional Art Gallery Lovett Gallery Invitational Exhibition. NSW 2000 Fleurieu Biennale National Art Prize for Australian Landscape Painting Finalists Exhibition, Adelaide SA 2000 Canberra School of Music National Invitational Exhibition. Canberra ACT 2000 MCAF7. Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair + Michael Nagy Gallery International Invitational Exhibition VIC 2001 Postcards to NY International Exhibition. MACY Gallery. New York NY USA 2002 Kedumbah Drawing Award Invitational National Finalists Exhibition. Blue Mountains NSW 2003 The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize International Finalists Exhibition South Australian Museum . Adelaide SA 2003 BolognaFiere DOCET di Libri per Ragazzi International Exhibition. Bologna Italy 2003 Australian Artists Invitational National Exhibition, Barossa Regional Gallery. Tanunda SA 2004 BolognaFiere di Libri per Ragazzi International Exhibition. Bologna Italy 2004 FOH Art Auction for Nauru Refugees. Invitational Exhibition. Gallery 179. Sydney. NSW 2004 Kedumba Drawing Award Exhibition. ( invitational ). Kedumba Gallery. Wentworth Falls, N.S.W. 2004 Norvill Art Prize Exhibition. Murrurundi Arts Council Gallery. Murrurundi, N.S.W. 2004 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize Exhibition. South Australian Museum. Adelaide 2004 Melbourne Art Fair 2004 and Michael Nagy Fine Art Gallery. ( portfolio ). Melbourne 2005 Frankfurter Buchmesse International exhibition. ( portfolio ). Frankfurt, Germany 2005 Storytelling Cape II. Dromkeen Collection Art Gallery & Museum. Melbourne 2006 John Glover Prize for a Landscape Painting of Tasmania. Falls Park Pavilion. Tasmania 2006 Dromkeen Collection Art Gallery & Museum. Artist Studio and Exhibition. Darling Harbour. Sydney 2006 Selected Artists. Moving Canvas Art Gallery. Central Plaza One Exhibition Space. Brisbane 2006 BolognaFiera di Libri per Ragazzi International exhibition. ( portfolio ). Bologna, Italy 2006 < 2005 World Year of Physics Art Prize. Macquarie University Art Gallery. Sydney 2006 Archibald Prize Salon de Refusés: alternative Archibald & Wynne Prize selection. S.H. Ervin Gallery. Sydney 2006 Portia Geach Memorial Award. National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery. Sydney Earlier Selected Group Exhibitions 1975 Labasheeda Artists Collective + Ennis Fair Exhibition Spaces . County Clare Ireland 1975 Feltonfleet School Great Hall Exhibition Space. Surrey UK 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Little Pig Alley Gallery Invitational Exhibitions. Wollongong NSW 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Stairs Gallery Invitational Exhibitions. Wollongong NSW 1981 The Jan Neil Gallery Invitational Exhibition. Bendigo VIC 1982 Kakadu National Park- Bowali#1 Exhibition Spaces. NT 1982 The Jan Neil Gallery Invitational Exhibition. Melbourne VIC 1982, 1983, 1984 Northern Territory University Exhibition Spaces. Darwin NT 1983, 1984, 1985 Museums & Art Galleries of The Northern Territory Exhibition Spaces. Darwin NT 1985 The Royal National Theatre + Covent Garden Theatres Exhibition Spaces. London UK 1986 Darwin Performing Arts Centre Exhibition Spaces. NT 1988 San Francisco Golden Gate Film Festival Exhibition. USA 1989 Cannes Film Festival Exhibition. France 1989 12th International Henri Langlois Film Festival Exhibition. France Collections National: Art Gallery of New South Wales Research Library Artist Archives, Sydney. Mitchell Library collection, State Library of N.S.W. Sydney. NSW Department of Education & Training Archives, Sydney. Monash University Library collection, Melbourne. Dromkeen Collection Art Gallery & Museum, Melbourne. Australian Film Institute Research & Information Centre, Melbourne. Australian Film Institute Distribution Department collection, Melbourne. National Film & Video Lending collection, National Library Melbourne. Cinemedia Access collection, National Library Melbourne. National Archives of Australia Record Series in Custody collection, Canberra. Museums & Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Archival collection, Darwin. Darwin Theatre Company archives, Darwin. Darwin Performing Arts Centre archives, Darwin. Charles Darwin University Library Special collections, Darwin. Northern Territory Heritage Department Archival collection, Darwin. The Northern Australian collection, Darwin. Brown's Mart Theatre Company archives, Darwin. Northern Territory Government Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs archival collection, Darwin. Northern Territory Department of Arts & Museums Cultural Development Division collection, Darwin. International: Royal Thai Embassy diplomat collection, Bangkok, Thailand, Hungarian Television MTV Enterprises. Hungary. Canal Plus Television collection, Paris, France. Royal National Theatre Archival collection, London, U.K. British Theatre Library collection, London, U.K. BBCTV British Broadcasting Corporation collection, London, U.K. Commissions Ongoing commissions. 1975 – 2006. International Visual Arts Travel, Work and Study 2006 > Killabakh Nature Reserve, Mount Killabakh, Yarrat State Forest, Mount Goonook, Marsh State Forest, Old Bar Beach, Wingham, Comboyne, Kew. 2006 > 1999 > regular yearly artist camps in Far West N.S.W: Bourke, Black Soil Plains, Lightning Ridge, Moree, Warrumbungle Mountains, Walgett. 1991 > Bali, South East Asia. 1989 > Bali, Singapore, South East Asia, Thailand and Thai-Burma border country. 1987 > 1982 > live and exhibit Darwin N.T: Arnhem Land, Bathurst Island, Central Desert, Croker Island, English Company's Islands, Elcho Island, Gove Peninsula, Gulf of Carpentaria, Goulburn Islands, Jabiru, Katherine, Kakadu, Maningrida, Melville Island, Nhulunbuy, Port Essington, Top End, Yirrkala. 1987 > Alice Springs, Charleville, Channel Country, Darling Downs, Tennant Creek, The Olgas, MacDonnell Ranges, Mount Isa, Simpson Desert, Simpson's Gap, Uluru. 1986 > Tasmania: Blackman's Bay, Derwent River Estuary, Mount Nelson, Truganini Reserve, Taroona. 1985 > live and exhibit England. draw and paint Austria, Bali, France, Germany, Holland, Java, Morocco, Malaysia, New Zealand, North Africa, Portugal, Russia, Sumatra, Singapore, Spain, Sumatra, Tahiti. 1985 > return Australia: Broken Hill, Sturt Stony Desert. 1981 + 1980 > live and exhibit Bendigo. draw Ballarat. 1975 > live and exhibit England and Ireland. draw Fiji, Mexico, Panama, U.S.A., Wales