Artist CV
BACKGROUND
Brisbane based emerging artist with a practice focusing on collage and abstract acrylic works.
EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art and Eats Exhibition - group exhibition in The Gap for The Gap Creative
2025 Et Al Gallery and Studio Sandgate - group exhibition
2024 Paradise Gloss Next Edition - group exhibition at the Side Gallery
2024 Group exhibition with three other Brisbane collage artists - Collage Encounters: Our world in layers at Richard Randall Gallery Toowong
2024 Ipswich Art Exhibition
2024 Solo Exhibition from 7-27 June with Land Street Gallery Toowong
2024 Royal Queensland Art Society ‘Hidden Gems’ Exhibition
2023 Side Gallery ‘Echo’ Small Works Exhibition
2023 Inverell Art Exhibition
2023 The Central Highlands Regional Council Annual Art Awards
2023 Aspire Gallery 'Solstice’ Exhibition
2023 ‘As you Like It’ exhibition by The Gap Creative
2023 Pepperbox Gallery ‘A Year in Colour exhibition’
2023, 2022 and 2021 Tower Art Show
2021 Ipswich Art Show
2022 Aspect Art Show
2021 and 2020 Aspire Gallery Foot Square Exhibition
2021 Aspire Petite Pieces Exhibition
AWARDS
2023 Highly Commended Central Highlands Regional Council Annual Art Awards for Purple Haze 2
2023 ‘Packing Room Prize’ at the ‘As you Like it’ Exhibition by The Gap Creative
2019 Commended - Pastel Society of Australia - Annual Art Awards
EDUCATION AND ART TRAINING
Self taught artist with completion of several short courses over many years.
2023 - Acrylic - Bienarte Brisbane - Anita West
Four week course - one morning a week
Acrylic painting practice.
2022 Acrylic - Mcgregor Art School - Chris Postle
One week course - colour mixing with acrylic, composition , using pallet knife
2021 - Pastel and acrylic on canvas - Tricia Reust
Weekend course - composition and balance in art, collage techniques
2019 - Pastels - Karol Oakley
Weekend course - using pastel medium to Create landscapes, focal point, composition and colour relationships
2018 - Pastels - Tricia Taylor
Weekend Art course - hue, tone, temperature and intensity , creating seascapes with pastel, colour mixing and blending.
2017 Pastels - Karol Oakley
October - weekend Art course - composition, tone and using pastels to layer colour, using pastels to create art.
2017 Colour pencils - Jan Lawnkins
April - weekend short course, using pencils to create art pieces, color and tone, creating texture , light, form and shadows
MEMBERSHIPS
Pastel society of Australia- 2019 - 2022
The Gap Creative Inc - 2021 - 2025