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Studies

1994 - 1996

Queensland College of Art (Griffith University)

Bachelor of Visual Arts, Double Major in Printmaking

Solo Exhibitions

2007

Heart of Glass, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne

ĒGOÏSTE, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, March

2006

This Charming Man, 24HRArt Northern Territory Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, May

2005

The Look of Love, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2004

Clever Tricks, Grafton Regional Gallery

Blue Blood, Schubert Contemporary, Marina Mirage, Gold Coast

2003

Everything I Wanted, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

The Loved One, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2002

New money, Art Galleries Schubert, Marina Mirage, Gold Coast

Old money, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2001

Spring/Summer, Mori Gallery, Sydney

1999

La Luna Di Miele, Art Galleries Schubert, Marina Mirage, Gold Coast

Catalogue, Smith + Stoneley Gallery, Newstead

Forthcoming

2008

There goes a Narwhal, Gertrude Street Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne (with Nell)

Group Exhibitions

2007

New Nature, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand

Human, Housprojects, New York

Kedumba Drawing Prize (winner), Kedumba Gallery

Bloodlines, Art and the Horse, Hawkesbury Regional Art Gallery

Pants Down, Surprise!in-Transit Gallery, Portside Wharf, Portside, Brisbane

Sculpture and the figure, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney

15 Years of Urban Art Projects, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane

2006

Kedumba Drawing Prize (Finalist), Kedumba Gallery

Animals as Allegory, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane

New Objectivity, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne

The Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and touring regional Australia

Colonial To Contemporary QCA Dell Gallery, Brisbane

SOLD: The Gold Coast Real Estate Dream, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast

2005

Robert Jacks Drawing Prize (Winner), Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

Uncanny (the unnaturally strange)..., Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand

Idiosyncrasy: Painting and Photography, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane

Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and touring regional Australia

Object/Subject, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

2004

Susan Norrie and Michael Zavros, Mori Gallery, Sydney

Archibald Prize (Finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and touring regional Australia

Autofetish, Newcastle Region Gallery, Newcastle

By Male Order, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga

Please Be Seated, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga

FIAC, Paris, Galleria Nicola Fornello

Artissima, Turin, Galleria Nicola Fornello

2003

Quiet Collision: Current Practice/Australian Style, Associazione ViaFarini, Milan

Robert Jacks Drawing Prize (Finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

Brett Whiteley Travelling Arts Scholarship (Finalist), Brett Whiteley Studio

Love Letter to China, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney

Mori Gallery, Group Exhibition July: Robert Pulie, Cherry Hood, Toni Warburton, Mori Gallery, Sydney

Heat, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa

Mori Gallery, Group Exhibition May: Susan Norrie, Julie Fragar, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2002

Brett Whiteley Travelling Arts Scholarship (Finalist), Brett Whiteley Studio

Redlands Westpac Art Prize, by invitation, Mosman Art Gallery

A4 Refugee Project, Metro Arts, Brisbane

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (Winner), Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton

Robert Jacks Drawing Prize (Finalist), Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

Mori Gallery, Group Exhibition March: Simon Blau, Aaron Seeto, David Jolly, Mori Gallery, Sydney

City of Hobart Works on Paper Award (Finalist), Hobart City Gallery, Hobart

The Courier Mail Art Award (Winner), Queensland

Carnival Arts, Mooloolaba Art Prize (Winner), Mooloolaba, Queensland

2001

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award (Finalist), Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales

The Courier Mail Art Award (Winner –Figurative), Queensland

Technotots Art Auction, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2000

Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Sharper, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford

Sebastian: Contemporary Realist Painting, A Gold Coast City Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (Finalist, acquired), Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton

Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Award (Finalist), Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba

Conrad Jupiters Art Award (Finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast

National Works on Paper (Finalist), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria

Kings School Art Prize (Finalist), Kings School Parramatta, Sydney

Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award (Finalist), Lane Cove Room, Sydney

Noosa Art Prize (Food Art and the Body), Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

Art Angels, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast

Swan Hill Drawing Prize (Finalist), Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria

GENESIS, Bond University Gallery, Gold Coast

Great Australian Painters of the 21st Century, Modus Gallery, Brisbane

The Pandanus Suite, Pandanus Gallery, Currumbin

1999

Conrad Jupiters Art Award (Finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery

The End, Smith + Stoneley Gallery, Newstead

Heartland, Smith + Stoneley Gallery, Newstead

Princess Alexandra Hospital Exhibition, Smith + Stoneley gallery together with Autralian Galleries

Living Colour, Pandanus Art, Currumbin Beach, Queensland

1998

Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award (Finalist), Sydney

Conrad Jupiters Art Award (Finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast

Friends of the Buttery Acquisition Art Prize, Bangalow, New South Wales

1997

Fascination Street, Milburn Gallery, Brisbane

Common Practice, Noumea, New Caledonia

Logan City Art Prize (Finalist), Logan City Art Gallery, Queensland

Gold Coast Jupiters Art (Finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast

1996

Artistcare Drawing Prize, QCA Gallery, Brisbane

Raw, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

PRINT, Doggett Street Studios, Brisbane

Awards and Grants

2007

Kedumba Drawing Award Winner, Kedumba Gallery, Wentworth Falls

2005

Robert Jacks Drawing Prize Winner, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

2004

MCA Primavera/Collex Acquisitive Award Winner

Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, Barcelona Residency (Jan - Mar 2006)

2003

The Gunnery Studios, Sydney, NSW Ministry for the Arts (Feb – May 2004)

Arts Queensland Development Grant (Everything I Wanted - Institute of Modern art)

2002

Power Institute, University of Sydney, Cite Internationale des Arts, Residency Paris

Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award, Winner

Carnival Arts, Mooloolaba Art Prize, Winner – painting

The Courier Mail Art Award, Overall Winner

2001

Australia Council Visual Arts/Craft Fund, Milan Residency

The Courier Mail Art Award: Figurative, Brisbane

2000

Peoples Choice Award, Kings School Art Prize, Kings School, Parramatta

Highly Commended, Noosa Art Prize (Food Art and the Body)

1997

Best Emerging Artist, St Alban’s Festival, Gold Coast

1991

Ministerial Award, Energies, Gold Coast City Art Gallery

Residencies

1999

Redcliffe State High School, Redcliffe, February, Artist in residence - Painting

All Saints Anglican School, Gold Coast, February, Artist in residence - Painting & Printmaking

1997

The Southport School, Gold Coast, October

Artist in residence - Printmaking Workshop

Professional Appointments

2005

Sessional Lecturer, Queensland College of Art, Gold Coast Campus

2002

Mentor, Youth Arts Mentoring Program, Youth Arts Queensland

Lecturer part-time – Painting, Queensland College of Art, Gold Coast Campus

Publications

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

Awesome! Australian Art for Contemporary Kids, Edited by Laura Murray Cree, Craftsman House

Collections

Artbank

ABN AMRO, Sydney

Collex

Gold Coast City Art Gallery

Grafton Regional Gallery

Griffith University

Kedumba Gallery

National Portrait Gallery

TMAG (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)

Queensland Newspapers

Private collections

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Anderson, Peter, Looking for art amongst the rubbish, Ex. Review, The Courier Mail, Saturday, May 29, 1999

Anderson, Peter, Double Trouble, Courier mail august 31, 2000

Anderson, Judy, Quest for Perfection, Paradise Magazine, Weekend Bulletin, Dec 24, 2005

Angeloro, Dominique, Oh my Godzilla, The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday Jan 7, 2005

Armstrong, Claire, Primavera 2000: The Belinda Jackson Exhibition of Young Artists, Ex Review, Eyeline, No 43, Spring 2000

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