CV
Independent artist, arts manager, curator and writer
Born: Melbourne, Australia
Lived: Papua New Guinea and Melbourne
Education
Master of Fine Art (by Research) 2008, Monash University
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours 2002, Monash University
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2001, Monash University
Residencies
2024 Residency: GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
2013 Residency: Museum fur Naturekunde, Berlin, Germany
Selected Exhibition History
2024 Forthcoming: The Collection solo, Five Walls, Footscray
2023 CCP Hahnemühle Summer Salon 2023, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), Fitzroy
2022 2021 ILFORD CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), Fitzroy
2021 The Nillumbik Prize finalist exhibition, Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham
2019 The Strong Women Project solo, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat
2017 The Entomology Collection solo, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat
2015 The New Museum solo, Seventh, Fitzroy
2015 The Magpie Museum collaboration, Trocadero ArtSpaces, Footscray
2015 Bird/Object solo, Northcote Gallery, Northcote
2014 Epitaph: Bird Specimens and the Culture of Collecting solo, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
2012 The Birds of the Museum fur Naturkunde solo, Trocadero ArtSpaces, Footscray
2011 Fail Harder group exhibition, KINGS ARI, Melbourne
2010 Kings x Kings group exhibition, KINGS ARI, Melbourne
2010 Fox and Owl installation, Northern Exposure Festival
2010 Off to Never Never Land solo, 27 Gipps Street Gallery, Richmond
2009 Metadata and the Semantic Gap solo, Trocadero ArtSpaces, Footscray
2009 Cat and Bird: The European Collection solo, Seventh, Fitzroy
2009 On Colour Theory, group exhibition, KINGS ARI, Melbourne
2009 Taxidermied La Specola Lions installation Northern Exposure Festival
2008 Thylacine installation Northern Exposure Festival
2008 The Second Opinion solo, Monash University, Caulfield
2006 The Examination solo, Trocadero ArtSpaces, Footscray
2006 2006 Kodak Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP), Fitzroy
2006 Symptomatic #1 solo, Intrude Gallery, Fitzroy
2003 Repetition group exhibition, Redbox Gallery, Collingwood
2002 Dining Alone group exhibition, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne
2002 Stir group exhibition, Gammaspace, Melbourne
2001 Price Check on Fresh Produce graduate exhibition, Monash University
Grants
2013 Arts Victoria Arts Development Grant: Research and Development of a series of new works based on the collections of European and Australian natural history collections
Board Memberships
2016/18 CAVES Inc Board member
2014/17 Liquid Architecture Sound Inc Board member
2010/2011 KINGS Artist Run Initiative Board member
Selected Professional Creative Engagements
2015/24 Arts Development Consultant
2009/14 General Manager, Liquid Architecture Festival of Sound Arts
2009/12 Project Manager Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2007/08 Event Producer, Liquid Architecture Festival of Sound Arts
2006 Curator, Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
2006 Project Assistant, Venice Architecture Biennale proposal w/ Andrew McKenzie
2004/06 Gallery Manager, Faculty Gallery, Monash University
2003/04 Assistant Gallery Manager, Faculty Gallery, Monash University
2003 Assistant Producer, Public Hangings Art Documentary, Series #3, C31