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1977 - Born Sydney, Australia, Currently lives in Sydney
2001 - Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (class 1), University of New South Wales
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
The Village is Quiet, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2008
Men & Rocks, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2007
My Neighbour is a Painter, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Australia
2006
word.Words, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2004
Recent Works, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2002
New Works, Peter Fay at Home, Sydney, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Fully Booked, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2009
New Australian Art, Deloitte, Sydney
avoiding myth & message: Australian artists and the literary world, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
I Walk the Line: New Australian Drawing, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
the non-grand, an exploration of intimacy in contemporary art, Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, Australia.
2008
Seamless – Object & Image National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Who let the dogs out – the dog in contemporary Australian art Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, New South Wales
2007
Images of hands Art Wranglers, Canberra, Australia
Life is sweet: contemporary Australian watercolours, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, Australia
2006
Tomorrow, again, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2005
Imaging the Landscape, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2003
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Love Letter to China, Ivan Dougherty Gallery
The Art of Collecting Contemporary Art, a collection of new emerging artists selected by Peter Fay, Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
Group exhibition, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2002
Strange Futures, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
2001
Brett Whitely Travelling Art Award, Brett Whitely Studios, Sydney
Jenny Birt Painting Prize, College of Fine Arts (UNSW), Performance Space, Sydney
2000
Currents: Interpreting Leonardo’s Codex, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
AWARDS
2006 - Art Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2005 - Australian Postgraduate Award, University of New South Wales
2003 - AGNSW “Moya Dyring” Studio, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2002 - Ernst Mach Painting Residency, Pontiacq, South Western France
2000 - Viewers Choice Award, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
2000 - John Olsen Drawing Prize, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Chartwell Collection (Auckland City Art Gallery)
Wollongong University
Ergas Collection
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barkley, G. Catalogue essay in avoiding myth & message: Australian artists and the literary world, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2009, pp. 58 - 59
Borghino, Jose. Avoiding Myth and Message, Art and Australia, Vol 47, No.1, Spring 2009. p.159
Clement, T. Critics picks, Sydney Morning Herald (Metro), 29 October 2004, p.27
Craven, O. Word art, Artist Profile, Issue 7, 2009, p. 14
Creagh, S. Open Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum), 27-28 May, 2006, p. 16
Ed. Art & Events, Vogue Living, May/June 2009, p. 94
Harvey, N. Village gone quiet, Mindfood, October 2009, p. 121
Mendelssohn, J. Out there, Australian Art Collector Issue 34 Oct – Dec 2005
Mendelssohn, J. Fine art that comes from broad brush, The Australian Higher Education, Wednesday 18 October 2006, p. 27