My ideas often spring from the things I notice during my daily walks and commutes - things like the weeds beside the footpath, the reflective facades of skyscrapers, or the stray thoughts that cross my mind. My dreams are also a source for my ideas. These dreams, often lucid, range from the amusing to the outright bizarre, sometimes reflecting my current life situations, and other times devoid of any apparent logic. ​Such imagery has led me to express them through a variety of mediums, including painting, drawing, linocuts, etchings, and more recently, three-dimensional art. ​I think of my work as an ongoing story of my life and I am eager to discover the stories that viewers see within my work.​
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Education
2023 - 2024
Meadowbank TAFE - Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts
2016 - current​
Meadowbank TAFE - Open Studio - Printmaking
1996 - 2000
Julian Ashton Art School
Exhibitions
2024
TAFE students' show at Downing Centre Law Courts window, Liverpool Street, Sydney - Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
'Time Management' - Advanced Diploma Graduation Exhibition - See Street Gallery, Meadowbank TAFE
SWAP | Sustainable Waste 2 Art Prize - City of Ryde (Finalist). - See Street Gallery Meadowbank TAFE
Sydney Contemporary - as part of Open Bite Printmakers - Carriageworks, Eveleigh
'Lasting Impressions' - Meadowbank TAFE Printmaking Open Studio & Adv. Diploma Students' show - Balmain Watch House
'Beyond the Brush' TAFE NSW - NSW Parliament House Fountain Courtyard
PROCESS(ED) - Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
'Urbanus' - Open Bit Printmakers exhibition - New England Regional Art Museum
TAFE Students' show at Downing Centre Law Courts window, Liverpool Street, Sydney - Jan 2024
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2023
'Urbanus' - Open Bite Printmakers exhibition - The Concourse, Chatswood
Hunters Hill Art Exhibition 2023 (Finalist)
'Wasted Opportunities' - Two person show - Willoughby Incinerator
Packsaddle Selling Exhibition - NERAM
'Prints4Ukraine" - exhibition at CBD Gallery - Sydney
2022
'Roll Over' - Open Studio Printamkers Group exhibition - The Balmain Watch House
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize (Finalist)
2021
Portia Geach Memorial Award 2021 (Finalist)
InkMasters Cairns - International Print Exhibition 2021 (Finalist)
2020
Archibald Portrait Prize 2020 (Finalist)
Art Prizes
Archibald Portrait Prize (Finalist) - 2020
Blacktown City Art Prize (Finalist) - 2017
Hornsby Art Prize (Finalist) - 2019
Hunters Hill Art Prize (Finalist) - 2018, 2019, 2023
InkMasters Cairns (Finalist) - 2018, 2021
Mosman Art Prize (Finalist) - 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018
Portia Geach Memorial Prize (Finalist) - 2001, 2004, 2005, 2021
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize (Finalist) - 2022
SWAP | Sustainable Waste 2 Art Prize (Finalist) - 2024
Waverley Art Prize (Finalist) - 2019