EDUCATION

1974–75 Diploma, Julian Ashton Art School

1992 Graduate Diploma of Art, Institute of Arts, Australian National University

1993–95 Master of Fine Arts, (class 1 Honours) C.O.F.A. University of N.S.W.

2010 P.H.D. University of Newcastle, N.S.W.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1978 - 2010

1983 N.S.W. Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition,Blaxland Galleries, Sydney

The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

1984 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

1987 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

1989 “Intimate Drawing” a survey of contemporary Australian drawing Coventry Gallery, Sydney

1990 Amnesty International Art Exhibition, Painters Gallery, Sydney (Selected by Edmund Capon, Art Gallery of N.S.W.)

Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

Collaborative project involving a number of students from the Julian Ashton Art School.

1992 Group Show, The Drawing Centre, Wooster St, New York

1993 P.G.93 Exhibition, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University

1996 Redlands, Westpac Art Prize (Highly Commanded)

Wynne Prize, A.G.N.S.W.

1998 Sculpture Symposium, Sydney Park (first prize)

Sculpture by the Sea. Bondi Pavilion.

1999 Wynne prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

2003 The State of Art: Peace. Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Touring N.S.W. regional galleries

2007 The Hazlehurst Drawing Prize (people's choice winner)

2008 The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize. (people's choice winner).

The Waterford Natural History award. South Australian Museum

2010 eighty tales from the vault, 1930-1010 Manly art gallery and Museum

2011 The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize

The Gallipoli Art Prize

Plein-air Art Prize. N.S.W. Parliament Building

The Salon De-Refuses. SH. Irvine Gallery. Sydney.

Frances Keevil Gallery, Double Bay

Hawkesbury Prize exhibition

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1978 - 2010

1978 “Nature Watch”, an exhibition of relief sculpture, AdelaideContemporary Art Society of South Australia,

1980 Low relief sculpture, Contemporary Art Society of South Australia

1985 Installations and mono-prints. Arundal Gallery, Sussex, England

1986 N.S.W. House Gallery, London, U.K.

1987 “Quotes from Manning Clarke and other works”, Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney

1988 “A Shared Cup and Other Works”. Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney. Curator, Julie Mayer

1990 “The Tabula Cebetes” series. Painters Gallery, Sydney. Curator, Robyn Grosvenor.

1991 Greenpeace Australia, Balmain and Surry Hills foyers” The Martyrdom of the Innocence”

1992 Works from New York and Prague. Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney

1993 'The Greenpeace Series' Australian National University, Institute of the Arts Gallery

1994 'The Weather Glass' - An Environmental Installation, Access Contemporary Gallery, Sydney

1994 'The Adama Ground and Other Works'. A.B.C. Foyer Gallery, Ultimo, Sydney. Curator, Virginia Gordon.

1995 'The Tarra Wall Project' - A Model for a ceramic tiled mural in the 'Rocks', Access Contemporary Gallery, Sydney

1997 'The Ancestor Series' Installation exploring Australia's environmental history. Access Contemporary Gallery, Sydney

1997 'Australian Perspecta' The University of Technology Sydney.

'Strange Attractors, Secular Alters' An exploration of environmental processes. Curator, Tony Geddes.

1998 Victoria Park sculpture commission. Sculpture Symposium. South Sydney Council.

1999 'A Votive Thing' Access Contemporary Art Gallery

2000 'Secular Altars'- University of Technology, Sydney

2001 Centenary of Federation sculpture, Mosman, Sydney.

2002 'The plough and the song' paintings, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney

2003 'Sentient Matters' Paintings, Metro5 gallery, Melbourne.

2004 Small lessons in a non- linear World, Brenda May Gallery.

2006 The Tabula Cebetes, A story, Brenda May Gallery.

2007 'Lost Australian Botany and other Fictions' Brenda May Gallery

2007 'A Real Allegory' A Major Survey exhibition. Manly Regional Gallery. Opened by Terrence Maloon curator, A.G.N.S.W.

2009 Extract from the Archive. Brenda May Gallery, Sydney

2010 Stories from the Archive: A Palaeobotanical Narrative. A Major survey exhibition, Cessnock

Regional Art Gallery (Feb) opened by Tim Entwisle, Ex Director, Sydney Botanic Gardens.

2010 Brenda May Gallery (Sep)

PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS

1983 The Sydney Morning Herald, 17th October, Terrence Maloon

1983 S.M.H. October Gallery Commentary, Terrence Maloon

The Sydney Morning Herald, 4th and 4th February, Terrance Maloon

1985 “Galleries” August edition London, Lorrain Macguiness

London City Poster, July/August (including reproduction)

London Weekly Diary August edition, Patricia Still

1990 S.M. H. December, Peter Cochrane

A.B.C. Radio, “The World Today” Speaking on behalf of Amnesty International

Network 9 Television news

The Sydney Morning Herald, December, Peter Cochrane

1992 The Australian, March Review, Elwyn Lynn

1997 The Sydney Morning Herald, August, Bruce James

The Sydney Morning Herald, 23rd August, John McDonald

Art Monthly (oct ) Steven Giese, Bronwyn Watson

Australian Perspecta catalogue, Tony Geddes

1999 The Sydney Morning Herald, August 28th, Bruce James

2000 The Australian-Oct 28-29th. Mike Steketee

The Sydney Weekly Oct-31, Julie Huffer

The Sydney Morning Herald-

2001 The Sydney Morning Herald-3rd-Jan, Sharon Verghis

2003 The Sydney Morning Herald -21-22 June, John Huxley

2007 The Sydney Morning Herald- Oct review, John McDonald

2011 The Sydney Morning Herald- 21st April, John McDonald

The Melbourne Age, 20stst April

The Telegraph 25th April

A.B.C. Radio interview, Adam Fulton

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS/ACTIVITIES, TEACHING

– Study tour to the U.S.A., Holland and Czechoslovakia extending from January to August 1991 (sponsored by Qantas, Australia).

– Attended workshop at Donald Feldman Gallery, New York, on art within the community, taking an ecological perspective.

Chaired by Mel Chin.

– Participated in panel discussion “The White Cube”, the transcendence of art into everyday life with Mark Dion and Barbara Matilsky.

The John Gibson Gallery, Broadway, New York.

– Participated in a three day seminar at the Parsons School of Design (Environmental Design Department) N.Y. with Newton and

Helen Mayer Harrison, Rebecca Howland, Mierle Ukeles and others. Patricia C. Phillips, Chair (N.Y.).

COLLECTIONS

University of Technology, Sydney.

Australian National University, Canberra

University of N.S.W., Sydney

The Drawing Centre Collection, New York

The Sydney Morning Herald Collection, Sydney

Commonwealth Artbank. The Federal Government

Dobell Foundation

Manly Regional Art Gallery

Mosman Regional Gallery and museum

Manning River regional Gallery

The A.B.C.

A.M.P.

Baker & McKenzie

Private Collections, Australia, U.K., U.S.A.

AWARDS

1983 The Sydney Morning Herald Travelling Art Scholarship

The Dyason Bequest, Art Gallery of N.S.W.

1988 The Mosman Art Prize

1990 The Qantas Amnesty International Art Award

1997 Artist in residency, University of Technology. Sydney

1998 Sculpture Symposium (First Prize), South Sydney Council

2005 Pokolbin Drawing prize

2006 Art in the Rocks, first prize

2011 The Gallipoli Art Prize

– Attended seminar of “International Friends of Transformative Art” (I.F.T.A.). Director, David Floria in Sedona, Arizona discussing the

coordination of Environmental strategies for artists.

– Attended talks organised through the Prague Institute of the Arts initiated by Larry Kokinen, Director of Hungary's Regional Environmental

Centre, evaluating Eastern Europe's environmental legislation Praha, Czechoslovakia.

– Public lecture, University of Technology, Guthrie Theatre, “Science Friction and Nature” with Charles Birch, Emeritus Professor, University of

Sydney, ecologist and author of such books as “Liberating Life”, “On Purpose” and “Regaining Compassion” and Mark Diesendorf,

Director, Institute for sustainable Futures, UTS, Scientist and author.

– Artist in residency, University of Technology,1997.

– Part-time teaching and workshops at Julian Ashton Art School 1985-1992 Charles Stuart University, 1990-91.National Art School,

A.N.U. Canberra (1992), College of Fine Arts, U.N.S.W 1999-2003. University of Southern Queensland ,2002,

Secondary school workshops for talented students, C.O.F.A. (U.N.S.W.) 2004-06.

– Made twelve minute (short film), 'A Votive Thing' based on an exhibition of the same name.

– Invited to the Seattle short film festival U.S.A. and, Manilla, Phillipines, for above film.(Short film festival, Philippines).

– Sydney Park Sculpture Symposium, 1998.

– Sculpture for the Summer Flower Festival. Victoria Park. (South Sydney Council),1998

– Public sculpture for the Centenary of Federation in Spit Park, Mosman.

Funded by the Commonwealth Government & Mosman Council. 2001.

– Speaker, 2010 Annual conference, Botanic Gardens of N.S.W and New Zealand. Newcastle Botanic Gardens.

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