Born Wisconsin, USA 1960. Educated in the UK. Permanent resident of Australia 1983.

Education

2010 Master of Fine Arts (By Research), Monash University
2001 Part-time lecturer (Visual Arts) NMIT, Melbourne
1998 Four month studio residency, Umbria, Italy
1997 New York Studio School Drawing Marathon, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide
1984 BA (Painting), Victoria College, Melbourne

Solo Exhibitions

2010 King St Gallery on William, Sydney
2010 Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2009 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2007 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2006 Eva Breuer Art Dealer@Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2005 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2004 contexere, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2002 A Thousand Words, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2000 The Hurlstone Paintings, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide
1999 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1998 Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1998 Centro Storico, Sofitel Hotel, Melbourne
1997 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1996 Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1996 The Bride, a collaboration with Mariana Hardwick
1995 Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1994 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1991 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
1990 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Holdsworth Contemporary Art Galleries, Sydney
1986 Holdsworth Contemporary Art Galleries, Sydney
1986 Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1986 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide

Group Exhibitions

2010 painthing (as one), Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
2010 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2010 ACGA @ Fed. Square, Melbourne
2009 City of Hobart Works on Paper Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2009 SQUARED, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
2009 Mt. Eyre Vineyards Art Prize, Rex-Livingstone Gallery, Sydney (Winner Viewers Choice)
2009 R & M McGivern Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery
2009 Some Recent Painting :The Director’s Cut, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Salon de Refusés National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2008 Convergence, a Monash University Research Cluster exhibition, Shifted, Melbourne
2007 Natura, 45 Downstairs, Melbourne
2006 Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney
2006 Tattersalls Club Art Prize, Brisbane
2006 Whiteout, Benalla Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
2006 Whiteout, Span Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Whiteout, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Banyule Works on Paper Art Prize, Melbourne
2005 Tattersalls Club Art Prize, Brisbane
2004 Precious Platters, fund-raising exhibition for The Jewish Museum of Australia,Sotheby’s, Melbourne
2003 Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney
2003 University of Anhui, The People’s Republic of China
2003 R.M. McGivern Art Prize, Melbourne
2003 Nillumbik Art Prize, Melbourne
2002 ASYLUM, Dante’s Upstairs Gallery, Melbourne
2002 Just Married!, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne
2002 We are Australian, Melbourne Immigration Museum, Melbourne
2000 The Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
1997 Exposure, Artists’ portraits of artists, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Australia Felix, Benalla, Melbourne
1996 A Taste in Art, in support of Community Aid Abroad, Sotheby’s, Melbourne
1996 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Victoria
1996 Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Queensland
1996 Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria
1996 Still Life, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1996 Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney
1995 Chelsea Arts Club, London
1995 Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria
1993 R.M. Ansett Award, City of Hamilton, Victoria
1993 Möet & Chandon Touring Exhibition
1992 Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery
1991 The Open Door, Sotheby’s, Melbourne
1990 Möet & Chandon Touring Exhibition
1990 University of Vermont, USA
1990 Alice *125, City Square, Melbourne
1988 Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Still Life in the 80’s, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1988 University of NSW Invitation Art Purchase Exhibition, Sydney
1988 A Horse Show, Heide Gallery, Melbourne
1987 A Drawing Exhibition, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1987 Paintings from The Leeuwin Estate, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1986 Oz Drawing Now, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney
1986 Heart and Spirit, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1985 Six Young Artists, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney

Curated Exhibitions

Whiteout, Benalla Regional Gallery, Maroondah Gallery, 2006; Span Gallery, Melbourne, 2005
Just Married!, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne 2002
The Exquisite Corpse, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo 2000
We are Australian, national touring exhibition, 2000 – 2002
Exposure, Linden Gallery, Melbourne 1998
Australia Felix, Benalla 1997, 1995
Alice *125, Melbourne 1990
Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne 1989
A Horse Show, Heide Gallery, Melbourne 1988
Oz Drawing Now, Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney 1986

Awards

Mt. Eyre Vineyards Prize, 2009 (winner Viewers’ Choice)
R.M. McGivern Prize, 2009
Art Gallery of NSW, Sulman Prize finalist 2006, 2003, 1996
Banyule Works on Paper Prize, finalist 2005
Tattersalls Club Art Prize, finalist 2005
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, finalist 2003
Nillumbik Prize, finalist 2003, winner 1988
R.M. McGivern Prize, finalist 2003
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, finalist 1997
Conrad Jupiters Prize, finalist 1997
Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition, finalist 1993, 1990
R.M. Ansett Award, winner, 1993
University of NSW Invitation Art Purchase Exhibition, 1988

Collections

Artbank, Arthur Anderson & Co., BHP Biliton, City of Hamilton Art Gallery, The Dobell Foundation, Holmes a Court Collection, The Leeuwin Estate, Melbourne Water, Macquarie University, Nillumbik Shire Collection.

References and media coverage

Natalie Walton, Daily Imprint, June 10, 2009
Jeff Makin, Gallery Snapshot, Herald Sun, Feb. 23 2009
Jeff Makin, ‘Critic’s Choice’,Herald Sun, July 31, 2006
Megan Backhouse,The Age,December 4, 2004
Robert Nelson,The Age,December 1, 2004
Jeff Makin, ‘Critic’s Choice’,Herald Sun, November 29 2004
Robert Nelson, The Age, Melbourne, August 2000
Juliet Peers, ‘Celebrating the The Exquisite Corpse’, Artlink, Vol.20.No 4
Adam Dutklewicz, The Advertiser, Arts, Adelaide, September 6, 1999
Giles Auty, The Weekend Australian, Arts, Sydney, March 20-21,1999
Catherine Lambert, Sunday Herald Sun, The Arts, January 17, 1999
Nevill Drury, IMAGES 3 Contemporary Australian Painting, pub. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1998
Sonia Heitlinger, A Taste in Art, In support of Community Aid Abroad, catalogue, Sotheby’s 1997
Ronald Millar, ‘ In search of the game’s top 10′, The Sunday Age, Melbourne, October 26, 1997
Roz Layton, Vogue Entertaining, Aug / Sep., pg. 34, 1997
Antonia Williams, Vogue Entertaining, pg 110-113, 1994
A. & S. McCulloch, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1994
Susan McCulloch, ‘Today Arts’, Herald Sun, 8 Oct., 1993
B. Watson, ‘Arts’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Feb., 1993
Judy Annear, The Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition catalogue, 1993
Robert Rooney, ‘Galleries’, The Weekend Australian, Sydney, Aug 31-Sep1, 1991
Frances Lindsay, The Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Moet & Chandon Art Foundation, 1990
Elwyn Lynn, ‘Art’, The Australian, Sydney, Feb 1993; Mar 2,1991; Nov 11,1986; Dec 7,1985.