Education
1994 - 1996 Queensland College of Art, (GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY) Bachelor of Visual Arts, Double Major in Printmaking
Awards career
Awards/Grants 2012 The Bulgari Art Award (winner) Art Gallery of New South Wales 2010 The Doug Moran Prize (winner) State Library of New South Wales and touring 2009 The Doug Moran Prize (runner up), Sydney 2007 Kedumba Drawing Prize (Winner) Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls 2005 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize (winner), Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo 2004 MCA Primavera/Collex Acquisitive Award (winner) 2003 Arts Queensland Development Grant (Everything I wanted - Institute of Modern art) 2002 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, (winner) Residencies 2014 Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, Greene St, New York Residency (Oct – Jan 2015) 2012 The Bulgari Art Award , Residency, Italy 2010 Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, Barcelona Residency (Jan - Mar 2006) 2004 Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, Barcelona Residency (Jan - Mar 2006) 2003 The Gunnery Studios, Sydney, NSW Ministry for the Arts (Feb – May 2004) 2002 Power Institute, University of Sydney, Cite Internationale des Arts, Residency Paris 2001 Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, Milan Residency Professional appointments 2014 Appointed to the board of the National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA) 2007 Appointed to Board of Visual Arts, Australia Council 2005 Sessional Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Gold Coast Campus 2002 Mentor, Youth Arts Mentoring Program, Youth Arts Queensland 2000 Lecturer part-time – Painting, Queensland College of Art, Gold Coast Campus Publications 2008 The Artist’s Lunch, Murdoch Books 2004 How to buy and Sell Art, Michael Reid, Allen & Unwin 2003 Cover art for The Best Australian Poetry 2003, Edited by Martin Duwell UQP Queensland Snapshots: A guide to Australia Council support for the arts in Queensland 2002 Creative Queensland: The Queensland Government Cultural Policy 2001 Awesome! Australian Art for Contemporary Kids, Ed. by Laura Murray Cree, Craftsman House, 2002