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| Curriculum Vitae | |||
| BORN | 1967, Melbourne, Australia | ||
| EDUCATION | |||
| 2003 - 04 |
MFA Victorian College of the Arts. Major: Painting |
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| 1986 - 92 |
BA University of Melbourne. Majors: English & Fine Art |
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| 1988 - 91 |
B ed (Visual Arts) University of Melbourne Institute of Education. Major: Sculpture |
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| SOLO
EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 | My history of here, Light Factory Gallery, Eltham | ||
| 2010 | Gathering these things to remind me of home, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, Queensland |
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| 2009 | You seem so settled for one that doesn't belong West Space Gallery, Melbourne | ||
| 2007 | A dark archive Nillumbik Residency installation, Birrarung, Laughing Waters Rd, Eltham | ||
| 2006 | Of dappled things, adazzle and dim Span Galleries, Melbourne |
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| 2005 | Personal Space Spacement, Melbourne |
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| 2004 | Life Elsewhere: foreign bodies and social landscapes West Space, Melbourne |
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| 2003 | Porous Borders Pygmalion Studios, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus |
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| 2000 | The Politics of the Personal Dimensions Endowment of Art, Taipei |
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| In Which the Artist, From the Warmth of a Light Woollen Blanket, Contemplates the Mist Shrouded Mountains as a Metaphor for Love National Institute of the Arts Gallery, Taipei |
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| 1999 | An
ongoing conversation in a reclining position on matters deep & personal
Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1998 | soft
Stripp Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1997 | Easter
LaTrobe Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1995 |
arboreality
ether ohnetitel, Fitzroy |
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| SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 | Eltham Masterworks, Swipers Gully Vinyard, Kangaroo Ground; First prize West Space 2011, West Space Gallery, Melbourne Nillumbik Art Prize, Barn Gallery Montsalvat, Eltham; Highly commended |
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| 2010 | Nillumbik Art Prize, Barn Gallery Montsalvat, Eltham; Winner 2010 People's choice award | ||
| 2009 | Recent
Acquisitions 2009 (Nillumbik Shire Council), Eltham Library
Community Gallery Nillumbik Art Prize Barn Gallery Montsalvat, Eltham |
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| 2007-9 | <space in between> Margaret Lawrence Galleries, Melbourne, touring to regional galleries in Victoria | ||
| 2008 | A4
Art West Space
Gallery, Melbourne Nillumbik Art Prize, Barn Gallery Montsalvat, Eltham |
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| 2007 | A4 Art West Space Gallery, Melbourne | ||
| 2006 | Ecology Earth Art 21 Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan | ||
| 2005 | Paper
Chase Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne A Short ride in a fast machine: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 85-05 Melbourne ABN AMRO Art Award 367 Collins St, Melbourne Under One Roof Span Galleries, Melbourne Transition Margaret Lawrence Galleries, Melbourne Emerging Artists Span Galleries, Melbourne |
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| 2004 | UMPA
Art Prize George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship Award ANZ Cathedral Room, Melbourne |
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| 2003 | Australiens Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Western Australia PrintROOM clubs project, Melbourne |
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| 2002 | The Process video collaboration with Heri Dono and others, Asia Pacific Triennial new media workshop | ||
| 2001 | Best Practice Faculty of Art & Design Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield | ||
| 2000 | The Asia Pacific Festival of Traditional Arts National Institute of Arts, Taipei | ||
| 1999 | A4
Art West Space
Gallery, Footscray |
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| 1998 | Aitken, Aitken & Aitken Herringbone Gallery, Sydney | ||
| Institutional
Transit Lobby 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne Span Galleries, Melbourne La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1997 | Adjacent 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne | ||
| 1996 | Christmas
Show Latrobe Street Gallery Logos Arts Victoria Foyer, South Melbourne SWIM 2 Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne Chinese Whispers (Next Wave Festival), Chinese Museum, Melbourne |
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| 1995 | Demi
diurnal ether ohnetitel, Fitzroy Aesthetic Illusions Sherman Gallery (Goodhope), Sydney Bias Binding Access Gallery National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, touring to the Cowarr Contemporary Art Space, Gippsland Palais Lights projection project St Kilda Festival Writer's Week Miniature Exhibition #3 Galleriwan, Kuala Lumpur |
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| 1994 | Way
out West West Space,
Footscray 4th Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton Logos Arts Victoria South Melbourne Aesthetic Illusions Arts Victoria Foyer, South Melbourne |
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| 1993 | Christmas
Art Auction Ether Ohnetitel, Fitzroy VITAE: An Installation Publication # 7 RMIT Gallery, Melbourne |
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| 1992 | Learning (Next Wave Festival) Monash Studios, Collingwood | ||
| ARTS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION WORK | |||
| 2006 - present | Editor,
Australian Policy Online & Creative Economy
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| 2007 - 09 | Board
Member, West Space
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| 1994 - 06 | Visual
Arts Program Manager, Asialink |
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| 1995 | Curator, PACK STACK ROLL UNFOLD, a travelling exhibition, Stop 22, St Kilda | ||
| 1992 - 94 | Secretary/Assistant,
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art |
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| 1991 - 94 | Member
of The Women's Gallery, (Exhibitions Committee, Management C’tee) |
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| PRIZES & AWARDS | |||
| 2011 | First prize, Eltham Masterworks 2011 Highly Commended, Nillumbik Art Prize 2011 |
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| 2010 | People's Choice Award, Nillumbik Art Prize 2010 | ||
| 2007 | Laughing Waters Artist in Residence, Shire of Nillumbik, Victoria | ||
| 2003 | Arts Victoria International Programs Grant | ||
| 2000 | Australia Council Studio, National Institute of the Arts, Taipei | ||
| 1997 - 99 |
200 Gertrude Street Studio, Fitzroy |
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| 1996 | Arts Victoria Project Grant | ||
| 1996 | Next
Wave Festival Project Grant |
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| TRAVEL |
Australia,
Cyprus, France, Germany, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA, Vietnam |
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