"Cut across the barren burnt out farmland patches of man’s landscape assimilation are ever present. We are all immersed in our daily lives so from this perspective the assimilation is less noticeable however when observed from above it presents as formidable biotic patterning." - Julian Newman - Australian Artist
Exhibitions / Experience / Awards / Education
2016, Aug - Group show ‘Co.lab’ at Bendigo Library, Bendigo
2016, Jan - Tart Ari ‘Summer Fling’, group show at Dudley House Bendigo
2015, Aug - Cartel paste up project – Chancery Lane Bendigo
2015, Aug - Group show ‘Co.lab’ at Bendigo Library, Bendigo
2015, Aug - Group show ‘Forget me Not’ at View|Point: Handmade Gallery
2015, Apr - Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition
2014, Sep - Group show ‘Small Works’ at View|Point: Handmade Gallery
2014, Aug - Group show ‘Co.lab’ View|Point: Handmade Gallery, Bendigo
2014, Jul - Mid year folio presentation exhibition (honours). La Trobe University studio exhibition space
2014, Apr - Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition
2013, Sep - Group show ‘Small Works’ at View|Point: Handmade Gallery
2013, Aug - Group show ‘Co.lab’ View|Point: Handmade Gallery, Bendigo
2013, Apr - Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition
2013, Feb - Group show 'Forget Me Not' at View|Point Gallery, Feb - Mar
2013, Feb - Bendarts group exhibition titled 'Place' at Dudley House, View Street Bendigo
2013, Feb - Selected for Arts in the Streets 2013 with 5 pieces on display at The Good Loaf, Bendigo
2012, Nov - Group show 'Got Art' at View|Point Gallery, Bendigo, November - December
2012, Sep - Group show ‘Time’ at View|Point Gallery, Bendigo
2012, Aug - Group show ‘Co.lab’ at View|Point Gallery, Bendigo
2012, Apr - Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition
2012, Feb - Selected for the 'Art in the Streets' exhibition in Bendigo for February 2012 - includes 10 new prints hung at MyCafe in Myer Bendigo from 6 Feb – 30 May
2011, Nov - 'Species' Group Exhibition for Bend Arts at Allans Walk Art Space, Bendigo, Nov - Dec
2011, Sep - 'In The Beginning' Group Exhibition at View|Point: Handmade Gallery, Bendigo
2011, Sep - Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat
2011, Apr - Rotary Easter Art Exhibitions, Bendigo & Halls Gap
2011, Jan - Group Exhibition ‘ORBIT’ at Space 22, Ballarat
2010, Nov - Featured in the Maryborough Regional Gallery Community Exhibition, Nov - Dec
2001, May - Design selected as Victorian poster for NAIDOC Week
1998, Oct - City of West Torrens Young Artists Exhibition, Adelaide
1994, Sep - Flinders Ranges and Beyond Exhibition, University of Ballarat
1998 - 1993 - Numerous Apex and Rotary Club Exhibitions
Employment - Disability support worker with CreateAbility drama group, 2016.
Art Group - Member of Bendarts – Bendigo Artists Network
Publication - Work published in the ‘About My Brain’ online newsletter - Jan 2011
Design - Designed poster for Limestone Carvings Exhibition, University of Ballarat, SMB Campus, 2000
Cartooning - Two cartoons published in Wild magazine - Winter 1999 and Autumn 2000 issues
Illustration - Illustrations published in SMB Professional Writing Annual Anthology, Ballarat, November 1999
Illustration - Illustrations published in 'The A to Z of speaking with confidence', July 2001
Illustration - Paintings and Illustrations for 10 issues of ‘The Write Art’ magazine, Adelaide, 1997 - 1998
Illustration - Illustrations published in Ratuforia magazine, Ballarat, 1997
Performance - Severins concert backdrop, Melbourne, 1996
Performance Venue - Painted wall mural at Nicholson's Hotel, Carlton, 1996
Performance - Painted large canvases for the ‘Flesh’ Performance, Melbourne Fringe Festival, 1995
Art Group - Member of FAD Essential Arts, Melbourne, 1995
Organisation - Involved in organisation committee for live music festival Zacabindy, Buninyong, 1994
Organisation - Organised Flinders Ranges and Beyond Exhibition, University of Ballarat, 1994
Art Group - Involved in Ballarat Arts Umbrella, 1993
Highly Commended Award - Received Highly Commended Award for “Rock Garden”, Grampians Easter Art Exhibition – Halls Gap, 2011
Frank Pinkerton Arts Award - Received the Frank Pinkerton Arts Award, University of Ballarat, SMB Campus, 2002
Award for Excellence - Received the Award for Excellence for Studies, Graphic Design in 2001, University of Ballarat, SMB Campus, 2002
Finalist - Finalist in the Melbourne Fringe Festival Poster Design Competition, April 2001
Brian McLennan Scholarship - Winner of the inaugural Brian McLennan Scholarship, University of Ballarat, SMB Campus, 2001
Special Arts Award - Won Ballarat Rotary Club Special Arts Award, 1988
Graphic Design - Diploma of Arts (Graphic Arts) - University of Ballarat, SMB Campus - 2000-2001
Fine Art Degree - Bachelor of Visual Arts (Painting Major) - University of Ballarat - 1992-1995