CV

Born Sydney 1961

Lives in Northern NSW, Australia

Individual Exhibitions

2020        Between Boredom and Confusion, Factory 49, Sydney
2019        Comprendre Pas, Factory 49 Paris
                Nothing To Say Here, Five Walls, Melbourne
2017        Coramba Wall, Me Healthy Living Store, Coramba

2015        Wall Work, Factory 49, Sydney

                Corner Suite, Factory 49, Sydney

2014        Round About, Factory 49, Sydney

2013        Colours of Imperfection, Symi Gallery, Symi, Greece

                Only Just Begun, Factory 49, Sydney

2012        Pieces, Factory 49 Office Space, Sydney

                Simple Enough, Factory 49, Sydney

                Circle Square, Outside Wall Work, Aurora Biscuit Factory

2011        One and the Same, Factory 49, Sydney

2010        Room Cubed, Factory 49, Sydney

                Stripes, Office Project Space, Factory 49

2009        Coloured Squares Arranged by Chance, Factory 49

2008        Implementing Imprecision, Factory 49, Sydney

2007        Precise Imperfection, Factory 49, Sydney

 Outside Wall Work, Space Blue Space, Factory 49

2006        Building Blocks, Factory 49, Sydney

2005        Cohesion, Constructions, The Cross Art Projects, Sydney

2003        Square One, Front Room, Sydney

2000        Untitled Arrangements, Gallery 4A, Sydney

1999        Casting, Vault Contemporary Exhibition Space, Bundaberg

1997        Black & White,   CBD Gallery, Sydney

1996        By Arrangement, CBD Gallery, Sydney

1995        Prop III, ARTHOTLINE Project, Clovelly Headland, Sydney

                Same Again, CBD Gallery, Sydney

1994        Force of Habit, Pendulum, Sydney

                Same Paintings, CBD Gallery, Sydney

1993        Prop II, ARTHOTLINE Project, North Western Freeway, Sydney

                Props, ARTHOTLINE Project, Dawes Point Park, Sydney

1991        1:10, First Draft WEST Sydney

                The Grammar of Ornament, First Draft WEST Sydney

1990        Certain Work, Foyer Gallery, Macarthur Institute, University of Western Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2024        Earth, Articulate project space, Sydney

                Agency Artists Exhibition, 80:20 Artists Agency, Sydney

                Factory 49 A Tribute, Articulate project space, Sydney

2023        Annual Group Exhibition, 80:20 Artists Agency, Sydney

                A4 Draw, Grafton Regional Galley, Grafton

2021        Group Sculpture, Factory 49, Sydney

2020        Articulate Turns 10, Articulate project space, Sydney
2019        Salon Realites Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France 
              Coterie to Coterie - RNOP, The Stores Building, Parramatta

                New Modern RNOP - The Road Paintings, Five Walls, Melbourne
                Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney
                Committee Past and Present, Factory 49, Sydney
2018        Articulate Eight, Articulate, Sydney
              Salon Realites Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France 

                AbstractionTwentyEighteen, Langford 120, Melbourne
                The Exquisite Palette Show 2018, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne
                Group Small Sculpture Show, Factory 49, Sydney
2017        Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney
                Salom Realited Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France 

               Black Box, Faux Mouvement Centre d'Art Contemporain, Metz, France 

2016        Salon Realites Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France 

              Sculptures at Killalea, Shellharbour

                Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney

2015        Have Your Say, Articulate, Sydney

               Directors Show, Factory 49, Sydney

               Carrement 2, Factory 49, Sydney

               Salon Realites Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France

               Bad Spelling "Affiliated Text", Cross Art Books, Sydney

                Colour on the Concrete, UTS Gallery, Sydney
                Carrement, Espace Christiane Peugeot, Paris
                Eight + One, the Shop Gallery, Glebe, Sydney
                Feral 4, Articulate Projectspace, Sydney

2014        Paper @ Factory 49, Factory 49, Sydney
                Salon Realites Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France

                Eclectic, The Bayside Gallery, Melbourne

                On the Ground, Contemporary Painting, Fire Station Gallery,Dubbo

                Grid Line Pattern, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney

2013        Salon Realites Nouvelles, Parc de Floral, Paris, France

                Collection 4, Articulate, Sydney

                Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney

                Factory 49@Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne

                Cementa_13, Kandos

                The Directors Show, Factory 49, Sydney

2012        Scope Miami 2012, Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, USA

 Factory 49 @ The Rocks, George St, Sydney

 Group Print Show, Factory 49, Sydney

 Directors Show, Factory 49, Sydney

 Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney

2011         circle/square, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

            Clean, Index, Sydney

                 Spatial Intervals, Office Project Space, Factory 49, Sydney

                 Small Works for a Large Universe, Index, Sydney

                 Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney

                 Poste Concret, ParisCONCRET, Paris, France

                 Intersections, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney

                 Diverse Technieken, Galerie Bij De Boeken, Ulft, The Netherlands

2010         Index#01, Index, Sydney

           CarriageARTworks, Carriageworks, Sydney

                 Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

                 Structural Spaces, Office Project Space, Factory 49, Sydney

                 Annual Group Show, Factory 49, Sydney

                 Emergency, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney

                 Decorating Loos, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney

2009                The Colour of Space, Level 17, Melbourne

                 Expansive Minimal, Bellstreet Project Space, Vienna, Austria

                 CarriageARTworks, Carriageworks, Sydney

                 Pour Faire Simple, ParisCONCRET, Paris

2008         Making & Breaking Pattern: New Work, Newcastle Uni Gallery, Newcastle

2007         Making & Breaking Pattern, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart

2006         Fabrication: Five Contemporary Artists Who Work with Pattern, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

2005        6kms from CBD, SNO Showroom/Factory 11, Marrickville, Sydney

                Small Offerings, The Cross Arts Projects, Sydney

2004        Conceptual Crochet, The Cross Art Projects, Sydney

Paralipsis, MoP Gallery, Sydney

                14, Song Company Project, Sydney Town Hall

2003        The Final Show, Front Room, Sydney

2001        Blue Lotus, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

2000        he Blue Lotus Section, Joe’s, Sydney

1999        Masters Exhibition, SCA Gallery, Sydney

                Art as Art: Collective 99, Newspace Gallery, Sydney

                We Are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Vic Arts Centre, travelled nationally                                        until 2003

1998        Initial, 132 Gallery, Sydney

                Horticulture, South gallery, Sydney

                Co-Existence, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney

1997        Looking at Seeing & Dreaming, First Floor Gallery, Melbourne

                Pin, South gallery, Sydney

                Art Exchange, 151 Regent Street Gallery, Sydney

                Ornamentalism, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

1996        How Much Do You Love Me, 151 Regent St Gallery, Sydney

                firstdraft Ten Years Anniversary Exhibition, firstdraft, Sydney

                Open, 151 Regent Street Gallery, Sydney

                Return to Sender, Rozelle Campus Gallery, Sydney College of the Arts 

                Floressence, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

                Looking at Seeing & Dreaming, Sherman Galleries, Sydney

1995        extura, Particle Gallery, Sydney

                ArtHotLine 0055 29334, Performance Space, Sydney

1994        No Absolutes, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

                Static, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne

                Intermission, Panorama, Melbourne

1993        Via Crucis Australis, Sydney Metropolitan Opera and ArtHotLine Project, Museum  of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1992        One Day Show, ArtHotLine Project Launch, Bond Store, Sydney

                Signals, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

                Fact: A.I.P.no.6, Ars Multiplicata, Sydney

                Memos, Mori Gallery, Sydney

                Work by Hany Armanious, Maria Cruz, Kate Mackay, Bill Seeto, Black, Sydney

                Lineage, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

                SupermART, Blaxland Gallery, Melbourne

1991        First Draft 1985-1991, First Draft WEST, Sydney

                Microcosm, Garry Anderson Gallery, Sydney

                Volume I, Limited edition artist’s pages curated by V.Butron & J.Shanks

                Body Without Organs, First Draft WEST, Sydney

1990        Sites Unseen, CCAS Annex, Canberra

                Vache, AGLASSOFWATER Project, Site, Brisbane

                No, AGLASSOFWATER Project, Milburn and Arte, Brisbane

 In Full Sunlight, AGLASSOFWATER Gallery, Brisbane;10 000 feet, Melbourne;  First Draft WEST, Sydney

1989        Shapelessness, W.I.N.D.O.W., Sydney

                Victory Over the Sun, First Draft, Sydney

                Six of One & Half a Dozen of the Other, First Draft, Sydney

Education, Awards & Experience

2006-2020 Committee Member Factory 49, Marrickville, Sydney and Factory49 Paris

2015         Finalist Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award

2011        Finalist Blacktown Art Award    

2010        Finalist Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Open Section

           Finalist Marrickville Contemporary Art Award

           Finalist Libris Awards: Australian Artists’ Book Prize

2009        Winner Liverpool City Art Prize (Sculpture)

           Finalist Blacktown Art Award (Sculpture)

                Finalist Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

2008        Finalist Libris Awards: Australian Artists’ Book Prize

                Winner Blacktown Art Award (Painting)

                Finalist Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

2007        Finalist Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

2005        Finalist Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award

1996-99  Master of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts

1992-95  Member of the ARTHOTLINE Project

1990-91  Co-director of 'First Draft WEST', Annandale, Sydney; an artist managed exhibition space

1988       Graduate Diploma (Visual Arts) Sydney College of the Arts

1987       Awarded Sydney College of the Arts Council Scholarship

1985-87  Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) Sydney College of the Arts

Publications

2011       circle/square, exhibition catalogue, The Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

2007       Making & Breaking Pattern, catalogue essay by Dr.J.Duquemin, Carnegie Gallery, Hobart

2006       Extreme Pattern, catalogue essay by Dr.J.Duquemin, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney

2005       Cohesion, catalogue essay by Christopher Dean, Cross Arts Projects, Sydney

               Conceptual Crochet/Conceptual Beauty: the Revitalization of Craft and Aesthetics in Australian Contemporary Art, Jacqueline Millner, Eyeline Issue #57, Winter 2005

               Conceptual Crochet, review by J.Stevens, Object, May 2005

2004       Between the Concept & the Crochet, catalogue essay by Christopher Dean, Cross Art Projects, Sydney

 1997      Ornamentalism, catalogue edited by Andrew McNamara, IMA & Power Publications, Brisbane

1996       Floressence, catalogue by Felicity Fenner, COFA, The University of New South Wales

                Looking at Seeing and Dreaming, catalogue essay by Richard Dunn

1995       ARTHOTLINE 0055 29334 1992-1995, Limited edition catalogue of ARTHOTLINE events, edited by Mark Titmarsh

1994       Static, Catalogue edited by Ben Curnow

1992       Lineage, catalogue essay by Justin Trendall

               Memos: 6 Writers-6 Artists, catalogue edited by Andrew McNamara

1989      Six of One & Half a Dozen of the Other, catalogue essay by John Young