CV
Education
Current PhD Candidate, Waters of Relations, University of Tasmania
2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts (First Class Honours), University of Tasmania
2016 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, TasTAFE
1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Tasmania
Awards, Scholarships and Prizes
2025 University of Tasmania Roll of Excellence, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)
2025 Jim Bacon Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts
1995 Dean's Roll of Excellence (for academic achievement in 1994)
Academic and Professional Appointments
2026-Present Painting Tutor, School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania
2016-2024 Interior Design Teacher, TasTAFE
Award and Prize Exhibitions
2025 Kinimathatakinta Art Prize, Finalist, Tasmania
2024 Kinimathatakinta Art Prize, Packing Room Award, Tasmania
2020 Tidal.20, Finalist, Tasmania
2020 Women's Art Prize Tasmania, Finalist
2018 Bay of Fires Art Prize, Finalist, Tasmania
2018 Glover Prize, Finalist, Tasmania
2017 Bay of Fires Art Prize, Finalist, Tasmania
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Estuary, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston
2025 Earth to Sky: Ritual for the Free, Georgetown Watch House, Contemporary Kinimathatakinta, Georgetown
2025 Hidden Icon, Polish Club Ashfield, Sydney
2024 Feeling Kerala, Madeline Gordon Gallery, Launceston
2022 Spirit of Abstraction, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
2014 Colour Fields: Inner Vision, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
2013 Local Colour Theory: Summer, Sawtooth ARI, Launceston
Selected Curated Group Exhibitions
2026 University of Tasmania Honours Exhibition, recipient of the Madeline Gordon Gallery Award
2025 Rise, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG), Launceston
2023 Emerge: Eleventh Edition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2023 A Thread Through Time, COMA Gallery, Sydney. Curated by Renata Brak
2021 The Life I Have Not Lived but Can Remember, Ōtaki Library, New Zealand. Curated by Renee Gerlich
2017 Too Much Truth, Thistle Hall, Wellington, New Zealand. Curated by Renee Gerlich
2016 Tarkine in Motion, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
Curatorial Projects
2020 Destruction/Creation: Art and Practice, Poimena Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Curated exhibition showcasing artists whose practices engage processes of erasure, transformation, and reassemblage.
Residencies
2022 Artist's Cottage Residency, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tasmania
2015-16 Kings Bridge Cottage Residency, Launceston, Tasmania
Collections
2005 Infinity (Linoprint), acquired by the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Collection through the support of the Launceston Art Foundation, Launceston, Tasmania
Publications and Media
2026 Survey of Graduates in 2025, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 65, No. 2, July 2026
2026 Obscure Luminosity, feature article on the artist's practice by Tamsen Brewster, Island Magazine, Issue 178
Professional Development
2026 Geometry in Watercolour, workshop design and facilitation, Junction Arts Festival, Launceston
2024 Drawing Out the Spirit: Ibn Arabi and the Art of the Unseen, online course with Dr Ali Hussain (PhD in Mysticism, Lecturer, University of Michigan)
2023 On Critical Curating, workshop and lecture with Prof. Dorothee Richter, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India
Conferences and Research Activities
2026 Collecta 2026, Interdisciplinary Research Student Conference, University of Tasmania
2022-23 Professional development visit, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India; attended workshops, artist talks
Invited Presentations and Guest Lectures
2023 Guest presentation, Government College of Fine Arts, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Academic Service
2026 BFA Review Panel Member, School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania