Born 1951

Bachelor of Art; School of Art, Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education 1977-1980,
Currently completing Masters degree at Sydney College of the Arts

Collections

Australian National Gallery Canberra        Aichi Prefecture Design Centre. Japan.

Victorian National Gallery.                     Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

Art Gallery of Western Australia              Art Gallery of South Australia.

Queen Victoria Museum Launceston.       Snowy Mountains Authority Cooma

Quensland Art Gallery                           Newcastle Regional Art Gallery

Bathurst Regional Gallery.                     Gold Coast Regional Art gallery

Queensland Institute of Technology        Shepparton Regional Gallery Victoria.

Orange Regional Gallery                         Museum and Art Gallery, NorthernTerritory           

Power House Museum Sydney                Darling Downs Institute Queensland.

University of New South Wales.              Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery  

Commissions

2005 Sculptures for M.L.C. school Sydney

2001 Sculpture for Joshua Berger Oxford Street Paddington Sydney. ( 6 metres Tall, metal ).

Ceramic Murals for Sheraton Hotel Arlington Virginia U.S.A.

Ceramic Murals for Darling Harbour Sydney.

Ceramic Murals for Vatulele Resort Fiji.

Exhibitions

2006        SOFA (Sculptural objects functional art) Chicago  Nov

2006       “Creatures of Consequence” Cudgegong Gallery Gulgong. March

2005       “Chilli”  Cudegong  Gallery  Gulgong.  June.

2005        Trace  COFA Exhibition/Performance Space  May .

2005        Plant People Soul Flowers, Beaver galleries Canberra                                                         
2004        Singular Visions.  Cowra Art Gallery.  ( with Mandy Martin, Denese Oates, and Jenny Sages).

2004        Plant People, Soul Flowers. Sir Herman Black Gallery,Sydney University-Verge Arts Festival.        

2004        Metempsychosis. The Foyer Gallery. Sydney College of the Arts.

2004        The Hollow and the Whole. Contemporary Ceramics. Delmar Gallery Sydney.

2003        Ceramics, the Australian and New Zealand Context. Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery.

2003        The Christmas Show. The Ceramic Art Gallery, Glenmore Rd  Paddington Sydney

2002        Odd Couples-Transitional Creatures.  Solo Show Beaver Galleries Canberra,                 

2001        International Ceramics Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham England

               Australian Dreamscapes Bartley Drey Gallery, London

2000        Australian Ceramics Marrianne Heller Gallery, Heidelberg

               Townsville ceramic award

               Cerebration Manly Art Gallery, Sydney.

               Di Jackson Gallery Melbourne

               Messages.  Beaver Gallery. Canberra

               Figures from a cheerful life Marrianne Heller Gallery Heidelberg

               Best in Sydney- shows in the Olympics guest lounges

1999        Solo show at the Centre for Contemporary Crafts Customs House, Sydney

1998        Sculptural Objects and Functional Art (S.O.F.A), Chicago

               Barry Stern Gallery, Paddington, Sydney

1997        Kutani International Invitation, Kutani, Japan

              Quadrivium Gallery, Sydney- With furniture from SOFA Chicago 1996

              Barry Stern Galleries, Paddington, Sydney

1996        Free the Breast Despard Gallery, Hobart

              SOFA Chicago USA/ Despard Gallery

1995        Delinquent Angel: Australian Historical, Aboriginal and Contemporary Ceramics

              Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Frenze, Italy

              SOFA Miama, Florida

1994        Chicago International New Art Forms Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago

1993        Chicago International New Art Forms Exhibition, Navy Pier, Chicago

               Modern Hybrids, Despard Gallery, Hobart

               The Family Show Despard Gallery, Hobart

               Artist in Residence, Lakeside Studio, Chicago USA

               CINAFE Chicago USA/Despard Gallery

1992        Gallery L Hamburg, Germany

               Macqaurie Galleries, Sydney

1991        Macqaurie Galleries, Sydney

1990        Tao Gallery, Tokyo Japan

               Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

1989        Perth International Crafts Triennial, Art Gallery of Western Australia

              Contemporary Australian Ceramics, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, California

              Christine Abraham’s Gallery, Melbourne

1988        Macquarie Galleries, Sydney (solo exhibition)

              Women 88 Awards, Hilton International, Melbourne

              Stuart Delvin Award Exhibition, Meat Market Centre, Melbourne

1986/7     Macquarie Galleries (solo exhibition)

1986        First National Ceramic Award

1985        Australian Crafts 1985, Meat Market, Melbourne

              The Patterned Edge, Crafts Council Centre Gallery, Sydney

              Clay & Fibre, Orange Regional Art Gallery

              Clay Statements, Darling Downs College of Advanced Education

              Just for Show, Shepparton Art Gallery & regional galleries in Victoria and New South Wales

              Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne (solo exhibition)

            Burnie Art Gallery, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery

              Celebration, Collaborative Mural & Sculpture with Robyn Gordon, Macquarie Galleries

1982/4     Various Arts & Crafts Society of Victoria shows including Award Exhibition 1982, 83, 84

1984        Image and Surface, Crafts Council Centre Gallery, Sydney

              Australian Crafts 1984, Meat Market Centre, Melbourne

1983        Mayfair Ceramic Award Exhibition

               Crafts Council Centre Gallery, Sydney

               Indulgences, Crafts Council Centre Gallery, Sydney

               Australian Crafts 1983, Meat Market Centre, Melbourne

1982        Artists-Ceramics, Wollongong Art Gallery

               Australian Crafts 1982, Meat Market Centre, Melbourne

1981        New Directions in Australian Ceramics, Distelfink gallery, Melbourne

               Blackfriars Gallery, Sydney (solo exhibition)

               Mayfair Ceramic Award Exhibition

               Meat Market Centre, Melbourne