EDUCATION
2000 Painting Certificate 1 North Coast Institute of TAFE NSW
1999 Drawing Fundamentals 2 with distinction North Coast Institute of TAFE
1985 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts NSW
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 monoseum Clunes NSW
2020 Pandora’s Box Art from the Margins Gallery Brisbane Q
2019 Coming Home Lismore Regional Gallery NSW
2018 Finding Home Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2016 Sanctuary Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2014 Parade Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2014 Animalia Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2013 Wild interiors Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah NSW
2012 Short and sweet Deann Muir Gallery Rockhampton Q and Northern Rivers Community Gallery Ballina NSW
2011 Wild interiors Redland Regional Gallery Q
2011 Telling tales Gympie Regional Gallery Q
2010 It is not common for hens to have pillows Grafton Regional Gallery NSW
2009 RED Barratt Galleries Alstonville NSW
2008 Pearls of wisdom Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah NSW
SELECTED FINALIST
2026 Paddington Art Prize Sydney NSW – Winner Anthea Polson Art Award
2026 Wollumbin Art Award Tweed Regional Gallery NSW
2025 KAAF Art Award Korean Cultural Centre Sydney NSW
2025 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award Campbelltown NSW
2025 Hawkesbury Art Prize Freeman’s Reach NSW
2020 JADA Grafton Regional Gallery NSW
2020 Finding home – Byron All Shorts 2020 Northern Rivers Short Film competition NSW
2019 Black Dogs Blue Butterflies Pine Rivers Art Gallery Strathpine Q and AFTM Brisbane Q
2018 Border Art Prize Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah NSW
2017 Animal fanfare Noosa Regional Gallery – Caloundra Regional Gallery – Bundaberg Regional Gallery
2016 Stanthorpe Art Prize Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Q
2015 Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize Lismore Regional Gallery NSW
2014 Kedumba Drawing Award Wentworth falls NSW
2014 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Sydney NSW
2012 JADA Grafton Regional Gallery NSW
2012 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing Sydney NSW
2012 Stanthorpe Art Festival Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Q
2011 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery Q
2010 Stanthorpe Art Festival Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Q
2010 Redland Art Awards Redland Regional Gallery Cleveland Q
2009 Prometheus Art Prize Merrimac Q
2009 Conceit, Corangamarah Art Prize Barongarook Vic
2009 JADA Grafton Regional Gallery NSW
2009 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery Q
2009 The Money Myth Exhibition Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
SELECTED AWARDS and PRIZES
2026 Paddington Art Prize – Mob – Anthea Polson Award
2025 Bentley Art Prize – Mimosa – First Prize -Drawing
2024 TURSA Art Prize – A Night in the Forest – First Prize- Open
2023 TURSA Art Prize – Banquet – First Prize – Country Life
2023 Bentley Art Prize – Winter’s Flower – Second Prize – Drawing
2022 TURSA Art Prize – Caught in a Breeze – First Prize – Country Life
2022 TURSA Art Prize – Welcome Swallow – First Prize – Wildlife
2022 Ocean Shores Art Expo – The Dance – Highly Commended – Drawing/Pastels/Printmaking
2019 Whian Whian Art Prize – Driftwood – First Prize – Works on Paper
2019 Ocean Shores Art Expo – Celebrating a moment (of Love) – First Prize – Drawing/Pastels/Printmaking
2019 Bentley Art Prize – Inspiration – First Prize – Contemporary
2018 TURSA Art Prize – Olive – First Prize – Portraiture
2018 Ocean Shores Art Expo – Golden Chain – Second Prize – Drawing/Pastels/Printmaking
2018 Golden Chain – Overall Winner – the Vale Award
2017 TURSA Art Prize – Heritage – Grand Champion – Overall Winner
2017 Bentley Art Prize – Nest – Second Prize – Drawing
2017 Village Creatives – Driftwood – Second Prize – People’s Choice
2015 Coraki Art Prize – Song – First Prize – Works on Paper
2015 Bentley Art Prize – Sanctuary – Second Prize – Drawing
GRANTS
Janet Holmes a Court Artists’ grant, NAVA
COLLECTION
works held in the collection of Grafton Regional Gallery N.S.W
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