Biography 1
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
1955 Born Canberra, ACT
1975 Preliminary Visual Arts, Prahran Technical College, Melbourne VIC
1976 Visual Art, Seven Hills College of Art, Brisbane QLD
1977-79 Dip Art(Painting) Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney NSW
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1981 Art Directors gallery, Nth Sydney, NCSW
1991 Access Gallery, Sydney NSW
1992 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
1993 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide SA
Byron Shire Regional Gallery Inc, Byron Bay NSW
Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
1995 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
1996 Access Contemporary Art Gallery,Sydney NSW
1997 Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT
1998 Access Contemporary Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
1999 Lake Russel Gallery, Emerald Beach NSW
2000 Access Contemporary Art Gallery , Sydney NSW
2001 Lake Russell Gallery, Emerald Beach NSW
2004 Lake Russell Gallery, Emerald Beach NSW
2006 Lake Russell Gallery, Emerald Beach NSW
2008 Harrison Galleries, Sydney NSW
2009 Harrison Galleries, Sydney NSW
2011 Lake Russell Gallery, Emerald Beach NSW
2014 Platypus gallery Casino, NSW
SELECTED MIXED EXHIBITIONS
1979 PCA, Travelling, Student, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney NSW
1980 Arts Council Gallery, Canberra.
1981 Photography, Gallery Street, Sydney
1984 Zurich Land Regional Show, Zurich, Switzerland
Sandra Muller-Hill Gallery, Horgen Switzerland
1986 Gemeinde Haus, Horgen, Switzerland.
1989,01 Southern Cross Arts Festival, Ballina NSW
1990 The Intimate Eye, Mullumbimby Art Gallery, Mullumbimby NSW
Art Of Byron Bay, Collins Street , Melbourne VIC
1990,96 Trinity Art Show, Lismore, NSW.
1991,92 Logan City Art Awards, Qld.
1992 Alice Prize, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
1993. Prime Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallerry, Newcastle NSW
1995 Portia Geach, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney NSW
It’s About Time, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney NSW
1996 Mosman Art Prize, Sydney NSW
1998 National Maritime Museum,Sydney NSW
1999-2000 The Romance of Coastal Shipping, a travelling exhibition to Manning,Stanthorpe,Hastings,Tweed and Bega Regional Galleries
2001 NSW Waterways Authority, Sydney.
2002 Relatively Speaking, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide SA
Qld Maritime Museum, Brisbane Qld
2011-2015 Mackay Harrison Gallery, Ballina NSW
SELECTED AWARDS/PRIZES
1989 H.Commended, Easter Art Classic, Byron Bay NSW
1990 Acquired North Coast Art Show, Byron Bay,NSW
1991 2nd Prize, Open Section, Southern Cross Arts Festival, Ballina NSW
H.Commended, Tweed Valley Art Prize,Tweed Regional Gallery NSW
Acquired, Logan City Art Award, QLD
1992 Acquired, Southern Cross Arts Festival, Ballina NSW
1993 Doug and Margot Anthony 25th Anniversary Prize, Tweed Valley Art Prize, NSW
The Epicentre Prize, Nth Coast Art Show, Byron Bay NSW.
1993'4 Acquired, Tweed Valley Art Prize, Tweed regional Gallery, NSW
1994, 98, 02 Acquired, Stanthorpe Heritage Arts Festival, Stanthorpe
1994 Major Award, Tweed Valley Art Prize, NSW
H.Commended, Southern Cross Arts Festival QLD
1995 Acquired, Trinity Art Award, Lismore NSW
1996 2nd Prize, Easter Art Classic, Byron Bay NSW
H.Commended, Southern Cross Arts Festival, Ballina NSW
1997 1st Prize Contemporary, Coffs Harbour Harbour Arts and Crafts, NSW
1st Prize Marine, H.Commended/Open & Painting, Southern Cross Arts Festival Ballina NSW
1998 1st/ Traditional, H.C.Contemporary, Coffs Harbour City Arts and Crafts, Coffs Harbour NSW
1999 2nd Mixed Media, Easter Arts Classic, Byron Bay NSW
HC Traditional and 1st prize Contemporary Chroma Prize for oils, Coffs Harbour City Arts and Crafts Exhibition NS
2000 1st Marine, 2nd Painting, Southern Cross Art Competion, Ballina NSW
2001 Highly Commended, NSW Waterways, Sydney
Highly Commended Border Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Award of Excelleence, Trinity Arts & Crafts QLD
Painting Prize, Southern Croaa Art Competion, Ballina NSW
Byron Wetlands Painting Prize, Byron Bay NSW
2002 2nd Prize Painting Border Art Prize, Tweed River Regional Gallery
2005 Finalist, Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting NSW
2006 Finalist and Employees Choice, Country Energy Art Prize, Golbourne NSW
2007 1st prize, Painting, Coraki Art Show, Coraki NSW
2008 1st prize Casino RSM Club acquisition, Bentley Art Show, Bentley NSW
2009 1st Prize Open section, Bentley Art Show NSW
3rd Pize Challenge No.37 Australian Artist magazine
Finalist, Country Energy Art Prize, Lismore NSW
2014 1st Prize, Coraki Australia Day Art Prize, Coraki NSW
Ist Prize People and Places Coraki Art Show NSW
2015 Peoples' Choice, Bron Arts Classic, Byron Bay NSW
Meat Packers Prize, Casino Beef Week, Casino NSW
PUBLISHED/REPRODUCED-SELECTED
1979 Reproduced, Melbourne College of Printing and Graphic Arts, Print Council of Australia
1991 Article, Art for Art’s Sake, Today’s People, SMH Sydney NSW, January 24th by James Cockington.
Jan 2 Weekend Australian, Elwyn Lynn,
Feb 2 Article, Australian Artist Magazine No.86, Aug
Women Artists of Australia, Max Germaine, Craftsman House.
1993 New Art Eight, Nevill Drury, Craftsman House
Contemporary Australian Women Artists Poster Book, Nevill Drury, Craftsman House.
Article, Spoiled Chariots in the Sun Annabel Frost, Australian CountryStyle, Dec
1994 Images 2, Nevill Drury, Craftsman House.
Imagine, SBS Television
1995 Article’ Who Magazine, Alison Pearl, Feb 13
Best of Australian Country Style , Annabel Frost, Country Style Magazine.
Beyond Black and White, Stuart Owen Fox
Who’s Who of Australian Women Artists DW Thorpe (in association with NAVA).
1996 Women Artists Diary, Jackii Christians, Dunlop
1998 Images 3, Nevill Drury, Craftsmans House
Canberra Times, Sasha Grishin, Sept.
Reproduced, Country Style, Sept
1999 Reproduced, Insight Guide Australia APA
2006 Country Energy Christmas Card
2008 Homesickness, Nationalism in Australian Visual Culture by Traudi Allen
2009 Australian Artist Magazine
REPRESENTED
Logan City Council Collection; Tweed River Regional Art Gallery Collection; Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Qld; private and corporate collections Australia, Switzerland, UK, USA.