Exhibition and Project History

QUALIFICATIONS

 2009  Master of Contemporary Arts, University of Tasmania - specialisation Photo media (High Distinction) 
 2004  Certificate IV Visual Arts and Contemporary Craft, CQIT
 2011   Certificate IV Training and Assessment, CQIT

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS PERMANENT

2021   Dust & Sequins -  Perry Brothers installation, Blackall: Permanent projection 
2020   Belonging -  18  River Street, Mackay: Mural
2020   AScEnT -   Pioneer State High School, Mackay: 3 murals
2018   Sugar Bowl -  Sugar Bowl Skate Park, Mackay: 13 murals and basketball markings
2018   Tessellation - Facebook/Instagram mural Fifth Lane, Mackay City
2015   Shortlisted to concept design - Franklin Square, Hobart Tasmania with Tracey Johnson
2012   The Gathering and Presence - Jezzine Barracks/Kissing Point/Garabarra, Townsville    
2010   High Ground - 2D images Mackay Base Hospital Redevelopment

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS EPHEMERAL

2021  Memories and Moments, Old Blackall Hospital, Blackall
2021 Koi, Blackall Cultural Hall, Blackall
2021  Immerse, Barrier Reef Festival, Airlie Beach
2021 DBCT Illuminate, Blue Water Quay, Mackay
2021 CQ Rescue Silver Jubilee Installation, CQ Rescue Mackay
2020  DBCT ILLUMINATE - Mackay Festival of the Arts, Blue Water Quay
2019  RISE - William Jolly Bridge Projection, Brisbane
2019  Pledge to the Planet -  8 m long Whale Projection, Canelands Mackay
2019  CASA - Italian Festival, Wood Street, Mackay
2018  Mackay Letters - Bluewater Quay Mackay
2018  FALL - fig tree projection for RADF Showcase MECC precinct Mackay
2018  DBCT ILLUMINATE - Mackay Festival of the Arts, Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
2017  Elton John - Projections and light installation, Mackay City Centre
2017  Phytonomy - Yarrabilba Artwork Commission  CreativeMove, Brisbane 
2017  Timberfest - Art projections and installations
2017  DBCT ILLUMINATE Mackay Festival of the Arts, Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens
2017  Owl Eyes - Happy Daze & Mushroom Valley Projections with fibre artist Kris Martin 
2015  LXX - 70th Anniversary large-scale projections   Rockhampton Little Theatre
2015  On the Fringe: Belonging - Community Art Project  and projections Sarina Festival
2015  RISE - large-scale projection Pioneer Shire Building
2015  FlowMotion-ology - Boat Lantern projections 
2015  SWOOP– Lorikeet Projection,  Mackay UP Animating Spaces
2014  1900 - Hibernian Hall large-scale projection Animating Spaces, Roma
2014  River Sessions - Large-scale tree projection Mackay
2013  Memory Paths III, Video Installation, Greenmount Homestead Mackay
2012  Memory Paths, Video Installation, MECC Mackay
2012  Memory Paths I & IIVideo Installation, Artspace Mackay, River to Rock Pioneer Valley

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020  Constellations, Gympie Regional Art Gallery, Gympie
2018   Synesthesia, digital projection and installation for Ne:Roi Ballet MECC
2017   FALL, Water Screen Projection, Penny Royal, Launceston, Tasmania
2014   Far Away Here, Artspace Mackay, Queensland
2013   Reverse Polarity, Gúttó Gallery, Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
2011   Drift, Coalface Art Gallery, Moranbah, QLD
2011   Synergy, Ferns Gallery, CQIT Mackay, QLD
2010   Perspective (duo exhibition), Gargett Gallery and Studio, QLD
2010   Strata’s Edge, Seek Fine Art, Paddington, Sydney, NSW
2009   Strata’s Edge, Gallery 1/147 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, QLD
2009  Creation and Re-creation, Lagoons Gallery, Mackay, QLD  

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 (re)-action states of change, Jubilee Centre Mackay
2020  Sugartime, Jubilee Center Mackay
2019  Unlikely Encounters - Visible Threads Crossroad Arts facilitator and projection artist 
2018   An Unlikely Tour, Crossroad Arts facilitator, filmmaker and projection artist for
            the Homefield intergenerational project and the film Molly & Stew
2017   Afterimage,Onespace Gallery, Highgate Hill, Brisbane
2017   Refraction Fiji Greenhouse Exhibition, Mackay CQU Gallery
2016   EMERGENCE Art-Science collaboration Qld touring exhibition
2015   Planes of Reality - Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art
2014   DM ARI - Ryan Henshaw Gallery Window Space, Brisbane, QLD
2014   Animating Spaces - Roma, QLD
2014   Winter Night Festival - Melbourne, Vic
2013   Reverse Polarity & The Weight of Mountains - Skagaströnd, Iceland
2013   The Essential Character of Queensland - QRAA touring exhibition of QLD
2012   Breath and Vestiges: Bob Campbell - Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy Melbourne
2012   Breath - Screengrab New Media Awards, JCU Townsville
2012   Connection, Queensland Regional Arts Award, Flying Arts Touring Exhibition of QLD
2012   Looking Forward, Looking Back 150 years of Mackay, Artspace Mackay QLD
2012   Memory Paths I & II - Video Installation, Artspace Mackay, River to Rock
2011   Face Mash, New Media Art exhibition, Gordon White Library Mackay, QLD
2010   Nostalgia Video, Home Project, Digital Odyssey Mackay, QLD

RESIDENCIES

2020   Artist in Residence – Digital Nature Project, Sarina
2018    Artist In Residence, Grandmas Place Day Care Centre, Sarina
2017    Artist In Residence, Grandmas Place Day Care Centre, Sarina
2016    Kings Bridge Cottage Artist in Residence, Cataract Gorge,  Tasmania. December
2013    Nes Listamiðstöð artist residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland. November & December
2012    The Edge, Cultural Precinct, South Brisbane, Australia. February

FILMS and VIDEO

2021  Music Video for Tropical Sate of Mind
2021  Plastic Boutique documentary film
2020 Eungella - Creative recovery film 
2019  Music promo video for Vicky O’Keefe 
2018  Molly & Stew for the Crossroad Arts project An Unlikely Tour
2017  Documentation for Fiji Greenhouse Project
2017  REDFEST Promo Video, Redlands Spring Festival, Brisbane
2016  Wintermoon, 20th Anniversary Movie -Music Festival, Cameron’s Pocket, Australia
2016  BOY, music video for Will Anderson
2016  A River Runs Through It: Clarke Ranges Ecosystems and Threatened Species – Green Arts 
2014  Dottir, Iceland

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2016   Finalist: Lumen Art Prize (London)
2016   Finalist: Contemporary Art Awards (Australia)
2014   Finalist: Sunshine Coast Art Prize
2014   Australia Day Mackay: Arts and Culture Award
2013   Mackay RADF: New Work Nes Listamiðstöð Artist Residency, Iceland
2012   Winner: Queensland Regional Art Awards, Digital Art Award, QLD
2012   Finalist: Screengrab International New Media Art Awards
2012   Regional Arts Fund: Memory Paths I, II & III
2011   Finalist: Queensland Regional Art Awards 2012 Touring exhibition – Connection
2010   Mentorship with Craig Walsh, Digital Odyssey Project, Mackay, QLD
2009  Regional Arts Development Fund: Tasmanian Summer School, TAS
2009  Off the Wall: Sydney, NSW

PUBLISHED WRITING/MEDIA

2016  Daily Mercury - Capturing the wonder of science through art
2016  Real Time Arts – Australia’s critical guide to international contemporary arts
2014  Brisbane Art
2014  Sunshine Coast Art Prize
2014  Montage Graphix
2014  Brecknock Consulting
2012  Queensland Regional Art Awards
2012  Screengrab New Media Art Awards 2012
2014  ABC Tropical North radio interview, Artspace Mackay July 16 2014
2012  ABC Tropical North radio interview – Queensland Regional Art Awards, Oct 8
2012  Looking Forward, Looking Back 150 years of Mackay, Catalogue
2010  ABC Tropical North radio interview via phone from New York City, May 14 2010
2010  Australian Art Collector Issue # 51 January – March 2010
2010  art guide Australia, march/ april 2010

COLLECTIONS

Artspace, Mackay
Marcus Simpson – Head of Global Private Equity, QIC  Brisbane
Dhana Merrit – Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane
Anna Thurgood – Director, Artspace Mackay
Julieanne Gilbert – Mackay Member for Parliament
Halldór Ólafsson - Chairman of NES and Managing Director of BioPol, Iceland
Private Collections (national and international)

ASSOCIATIONS

2016 – present     Tutor Digital Media/Film, Central Queensland University Mackay
2010 – present     Flying Arts Alliance, Accredited Member and Tutor
2011 – 2019           Board Member: Artspace Mackay Art Advisory Committee
2013 – 2015           Mackay Creatives Management Committee
2009 – 2012          Board Member: RADF committee Mackay