About Me

I am a painter living between Melbourne (Naarm) and the Bass Coast on Bunurong land. Over the years, my practice has evolved to focus on the Australian landscape. I am interested in capturing the mood of a place and exploring the boundaries between landscape and abstraction.

EDUCATION

  • 2021 Studio Exhibition Project, LaTrobe College of Art and Design, Melbourne
  • 2011 Master of Art Therapy, Latrobe University, Melbourne
  • 2007 Post Graduate Diploma in Animateuring (Performance Creation), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
  • 1998-2002 Bachelor of Creative Arts- Fine Arts, University of Wollongong, NSW

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025 Banksia River Land: Exploring Yallock-Bulluk Marine and Coastal Park, Cook Street Gallery Blackroom, Flinders, VIC
  • 2023 My Skin, This Paper. I am Lost Without You, Meeniyan Art Gallery, VIC
  • 2017 Being Me(n), Tacit Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2016 The Violent Sea and Me, The Insomniac, St Heliers St. Gallery Melbourne
  • 2011 The Girl Who Rode Imaginary Horses (or) The Mute Swan, Synergy Gallery, Melbourne
  • 2009 Truth Booth, Darwin Fringe festival: NT

AWARDS

  • 2024 Mornington Peninsula Contemporary Art Prize : Finalist
  • 2025 Waverly Art School 9 x 5 Landscape Art Prize: Finalist

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025 ACB Selects, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
  • 2024 Off the Kerb Summer Salon, Melbourne
  • 2024 Straitjacket Summer Salon, Newcastle
  • 2024 Beyond the Secret Garden, On Clarence, Loch
  • 2023 Secret Garden, On Clarence, Loch
  • 2021 She Made Me Do It, LaTrobe College of Art and Design, Melbourne
  • 2019 Portrait, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
  • 1997 Art Express, Art Gallery of NSW

RESIDENCIES

  • 2025 The Corridor Project TCPAiR- Lachlan River NSW, solo residency (8 nights)
  • 2025 River Drive Motel- Tarwin VIC (3 nights)

(Portrait photography by Karli Michelle Commercial)