Studies
1987-1988 Postgraduate Diploma (Sculpture), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
1983-1985 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), West Australian Institute for Technology, Perth
Solo Exhibitions
2004 FOREVERYOURS, Project Room, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne Art Fair
Mädchen Club, Ocular Lab, Melbourne
NON-STOPP, (in collaboration with Cornelia Schmidt-Bleek), Project Space, RMIT
FOREVERYOURS, The Church Gallery, Perth
2003 immer dein, Breitengraser-room for contemporary sculpture, Berlin
Off-Cuts, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
FOREVERYOURS, Studio 106, Singapore
Heart-On, Project Space, RMIT (Part of the Art Program of the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival)
2002 The Love Artist, Breitengraser-room for contemporary sculpture, Berlin
Lustgarten, CAST, Hobart, Tasmania
2001 Outback Heat, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Germany
Heart-On, International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia (IASKA)
Lustgarten, Artspace, Sydney
Lustgarten, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2000 Lustgarten, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Lustgarten, Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden
foam-born, Breitengraser-room for contemporary sculpture, Berlin
1998 Laguna, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland
Amazon, Stripp, Melbourne (a collaborative project with Lisa Young)
1997 Phantom Valley, Stripp, Melbourne
1996 Liverpool, Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth
1964, William Mora Galleries, Melbourne
Loophole, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
1995 Two intoxicating eyes, Aakar Gallery, Bhopal, India
India, First Floor, Melbourne
1994 1001 Nights, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
Millionaire's Playground, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1993 Mirror Mirror, Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne
Works on Paper, Gallery Rhumbarallas, Melbourne
1991 Bottleneck, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Untitled, Ray Hughes Temporary Space, Melbourne
1989 Untitled, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1988 Untitled, Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2004 STASH, TENT, Rotterdam
Cut-Out, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Cutting Edges, GowLangsford Gallery, Sydney
The Spirit of Football, The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria
2003 Papercuts, Monash University, Melbourne
The future in every direction: Celebrating the Joan Clemenger Endowment for Contemporary Australian Art, The Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery of Victoria
2002 Frankfurt Art Fair (Gallery stand), Breitengraser - room for contemporary sculpture
Elvis Has Just Left the Building, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts - PICA, Perth and Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
New-D, Mass Gallery, Melbourne
Gulliver's Travels, CAST, Hobart, Monash University Art Museum, Melbourne, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney and Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Out of Site, John Curtin University Gallery, Perth, then touring
Oblique Shadows, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne
2001 National Sculpture Prize Exhibition, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2000 Satellit(Z2000), Berliner Pavillion, Berlin
Oblique Shadows, Sculpture Square, Singapore
Mengenbüro, Gallery Skuc, Lubliana, Slovenia
1999 Deacons, Graham & James / Arts 21 Award, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
Emblematic, Smith+Stoneley, Brisbane, Queensland
1998 Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
One Hour Photo, 1st Floor, Melbourne
Deacons, Graham & James / Arts 21 Award, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
1997 World Without End, St Patricks Cathedral, Melbourne
The Object in the Altered Landscape, Mildura Arts Festival, Australia
Clear Intentions, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
1996 Möet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, National Gallery of Victoria
Mrs Birds House, Private Residence, South Yarra, Melbourne
A Sculpture Walk in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
Brand New, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide
Alluring, Project Space, RMIT, Melbourne
1995 Blundstone Contemporary Art Award, Queen Victoria Museum and Gallery, Tasmania
1994 john doe, 200 Gertrude street, Melbourne
Reinventing the Grid, Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne
Aussemblage, Auckland Art Gallery, then touring New Zealand
1993 (un)authorised duplication, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Artworkz 5 Acquisitive Prize (highly commended), Gallery 101, Melbourne
Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show, Gasworks Park, Melbourne
1992 The Character in the Veil, Temple, Melbourne
Sensual Potential, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
Above the Lake, Below the Sky, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria
1991 Backward Glance, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
Thinking Allowed, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1990 Dis-location, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
Sense and Sensibility, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
1989 Sixteen artists, University Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Site of Execution, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1987 Meanings Material and Milieu, Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Among the Souvenirs, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1986 Young Contemporary Artists, Fremantle Art Gallery, WA
An Incongruous Marriage, Praxis, Fremantle, WA
Awards/Residencies
2004 Artist-in-Residence, The Church Gallery, Perth (affiliated with Edith Cowen University)
Arts Victoria International Export and Touring Fund (New Zealand exhibition)
2003 Asialink residency, La Salle-Sia College of the Arts, Singapore
2001 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Arts Victoria International Export and Touring Fund (German exhibitions)
Artist in Residence, International Art Space, Kellerberrin, Australia
1999/2000 Australia Council Fellowship, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1998 Artist-in-Residence, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
Besen Family Foundation Grant for funds to produce catalogue for the exhibition Bilkool
Australia-India Council (AIC) Grant for exhibition costs related to Bilkool
1997 Arts Victoria International Programs Grant, to travel to India to curate Bilkool, an exhibition of works-on-paper by young contemporary Indian Artists
1996 Queens College Tower Studio Residency, University of Melbourne
Arts Victoria Project Grant for Loophole, Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
1995 Asialink Artist-in-Residence, Bharat Bhavan Multi Arts Complex, Bhopal, India
Australia-India Council (AIC) Grant for catalogue production
1994 Artist-in-Residence, Curtin University, Perth, WA
1993-5 200 Gertrude Street Artists' Spaces Studio Residency, Melbourne
1992 Australia Council Studio Residency, Barcelona, Spain
Commissions
2003 Sculpture for concourse area of The Esplanade Arts Complex, Singapore
2001 Sculpture for stage production 'Carmen Miranda Revue Pavillon', director-Holgar Friedrich, Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
1994 Box Hill City Council Permanent Public Sculpture Commission, Melbourne
1993 Illustration, Melbourne Theatre Company Summer Program
Collections
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
South Melbourne City Council
Curtin University, Perth
Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of WA, Perth
John McBride Collection, Melbourne, Australia
Monash University Museum, Melbourne, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
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