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Born Melbourne 1973

1999 - 2001 Master of Arts (Fine Art) by Research, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
1995 - 1998 Bachelor of Fine Art (painting), RMIT - 1st class honours

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Solo Exhibitions (selected)         

2009
'Figuration Overhaul" Jan Manton Art, Brisbane
'Simple Intervention', Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
'The Phrenologist's Deception', 24 Hr Art - NT Centre for Contemporary Art, Darwin, NT
'Simple Intervention', Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney

2008
'Gravity', Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2007
'Inverted World', Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane
'100,000 Lux', Sullivan Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney

2006
'Revelation', Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
'More is Less', Jan Manton Gallery, Brisbane

2005
'Solo', Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2004
'The Golden Mile', Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2003
'Songs from the Penumbra', Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2002
'Night and Day', Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
'Clone' Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne

2001
'Alpha/Omega' West Space Inc., Melbourne
'Protect me From what I Want', Mass Gallery, Melbourne

1999
Artbox Installation, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
'The Way it Is' , TCB art Inc., Melbourne

1998
'Periphery', First Site Gallery, Melbourne

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Group Exhibitions (selected)

2010
Present Tense, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Curated by Michael Desmond
The Basil Sellers Art Prize, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
The Shilo Project, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, curated by Chris McAuliffe
Imaging the Apple, Curated by Elizabeth Gower and John R Neeson, AC Institute (Direct Chapel), New York
Understory, Devonport Regional Gallery, curated by Troy Ruffels
The Outsider, Trocadero, Curated by Michael Brennan

2009
'Murray Darling Palimpsest', Mildura Arts Festival 2009, Wentworth Gaol Project, NSW. Curated by Kristian Haggblom
'Sir John Sulman Award', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
'Doug Moran National Portrait Prize', Sate Library of NSW, Sydney
'The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic
The Shilo Project, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, curated by Chris McAuliffe
The Skin Show, Shifted, Melbourne, Curated by Michael Brennan
'A Natural World', Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne, curated by Dianne Soumilas
'Now and Then', Campbelltown Art Gallery, Sydney NSW

2008
'Contemporary Australia: Optimism', Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
'Neo-Goth: Back in Black', curated by Alison Kubler, University of Queensland Art Museum, South Brisbane, Qld
'A Strange Façade', (Juan Ford, Hannah Bertram and Siri Hayes) at Gippsland Regional Art Gallery, Sale. curated by Claire Watson
'When You Think About Art', George Paton Gallery, Melbourne Vic
'The Space in Between', Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic, Curated by Tara Gilbee
'Eye to I', Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool Vic, curated by Geoff Wallis
Sullivan & Strumpf Group Show 2008, Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
'King's School Art Prize 2008'(invitational), King's School Sydney

2007
'The Far Side of the Moon', McLelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne, Curated by Robert Lindsay
'The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic
'City of Perth Art Award', Perth Town Hall, Perth W.A.
'University of Queensland National Artist's Self-Portrait Prize', University of Queensland Art Museum, South Brisbane, Qld
'Eye to I', Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat, Vic, curated by Geoff Wallis
'The Year in Art', S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Curated by Jane Watters
'The Redlands Westpac Art Prize', Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, Curated by Imants Tillers
'Apropos - Human Rights in Art', Bus 117, for the 2007 Human Rights and Film Festival, Melbourne, curated by Romy Sedman
'Sullivan & Strumpf Group Show', Sullivan & Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney
'A4 Art', Westspace, Melbourne
'Prometheus Art Prize', All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac Queensland
'The Space in Between', VCA Gallery, Melbourne, & Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic, Curated by Tara Gilbee
'Royal Rumble 2', Kings ARI, Melbourne, curated by Kings ARI board
'The Savage Club Painting Prize', The Melbourne Savage Club, Melbourne
'Behind You, Underground - RMIT Union Collection Retrospective', First Site, Melbourne

2006
'Overlap 2', curated by Jacopo Benci, British School at Rome, Italy
'Fisher's Ghost Art Award', Campbelltown Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
'The Sunshine Coast Art Prize', Caloundra Regional Gallery, Caloundra, Queensland
'Flaming Youth', Orange Regional Gallery, Curated by Alan Sisley
'A portable model of...', La Trobe Regional Gallery, curated by Tristian Koenig
'Where the Beep Hell are Ya', Kings Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne

2005
'The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic
'Salon des Refuses', National Trust S.H. Ervin gallery, The Observatory, Sydney
'The year in Art', National Trust S.H. Ervin gallery, The Observatory, Sydney, Curated by Jane Watters
'A portable model of...', La Trobe Regional Gallery, curated by Tristian Koenig
'This Urban World', Devonport Regional Gallery, curated by Troy Ruffels
'Selekta', Westspace, curated by board of Westspace
'ABN Amro Emerging Artists Prize', ABN Amro Offices, Sydney and Melbourne
'Australian Icons Framed', National Trust fundraiser, Hotel Sofitel Wentworth, Sydney
'Exposure', Trocadero Artspace, curated by Michael Brennan
'Why are you showing here?', Trocadero Artspace, curated by Keith Wong and Craig Cole

2004
'Satellite Cities and Tabloid Life', Monash University Gallery, curated by Charlotte Hallows
'2004 Fletcher Jones Art Prize', Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong Vic
'Address Book', Bus Gallery, Melbourne, Curated by Tristian Koenig and Lisa Sullivan
'Salon des Refuses', National Trust S.H. Ervin gallery, The Observatory, Sydney
'2004 Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair', Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
'ABN Amro Emerging Artists Prize', ABN Amro Offices, Sydney and Melbourne
'Australian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century', Manningham Art Gallery, Melbourne
'Australian Multiculturalism in the 21st Century', Immigration Museum, Melbourne
'Imaging the Apple', touring exhibition through Victoria, NSW, Queensland - metropolitan
and regional institutional galleries.(2003-2005) Curated by John R. Neeson

2003
'SBS/Federation Square Contemporary Art Prize' Federation Square, Melbourne
'Nth Art', Nth Art, London, UK, curated by David Ralph and Lorin Davies
'Melbourne X' Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra ACT, Curated by Gary Willis
'Melbourne X' Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney NSW, Curated by Gary Willis
'Glacier: Contemporary Painting', touring exhibition through Victoria, NSW, Queensland - metropolitan
and regional institutional galleries (2003-2004). Curated by Suzanne Davies
'Headspace', National Neuroscience Faculty, University of Melbourne, Curated by Kellyann Geurts
'The Arthur Guy memorial Painting Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic
'Posted', Curated by Anton Marin and Tristan Koenig, MOP Projects, Sydney NSW
'The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Vic
'Conrad Jupiters Art Prize', Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland
'The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship', Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney NSW
'Royal Rumble', Kings Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

2002
'Geelong Contemporary Art Prize', Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong Vic
'Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair', Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne

2001
'The Siemens Art Prize', RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne
'Melbourne x 8', Gallery 482, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
'Look See: Five Contemporary Painters', Curated by Sarah Bond and Natasha Bullock, Monash University Gallery, Clayton
'Glacier: Contemporary Painting' Curated by Suzanne Davies, RMIT Gallery, Storey Hall, Melbourne
'The Mediated Portrait/Image in Painting and Drawing', Curated by David Harley, Mass Gallery, Melbourne
'2001 Whyalla Art Prize', Whyalla, South Australia
'The Space in Between' Curated by Tara Gilbee, Platform, Melbourne
'Eat My Art', Curated by Michelle Ussher and Nick McHugh, TCB art Inc., Melbourne

2000
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland
Inaugural Exhibition, Dickerson-Scott, Melbourne
'...A Brush With Death', La Trobe Street Gallery, Melbourne

1999
'RMIT Fine Art at Yuan-Ze University', Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan
'Darebin-Latrobe Acquisitive Art Prize', Bundoora Park Homestead, Melbourne
Project One - collaboration with Kristian Haggblom, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
'Artzine', Spencer Street Gallery, Melbourne
'The New Collectables', First Site Gallery, Melbourne
'2 Years of Span', Span Galleries, Melbourne

1998
'RMIT Fine Art at the Hong Kong Arts Centre', Hong Kong
'The Victorian Campus Art Prize', George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
'RMIT Honours Graduate Show', 101 Collins Street Annex, Melbourne

1997
'Love Arm Live', performance with Japanese artist Ujino, Melbourne Fringe Festival
'Contingency', Span Galleries, Melbourne

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Awards

2010 - Australia Council New Work Grant
2006 - Fisher's Ghost Art Prize, winner Open Prize
2004 - Australia Council Studio Residency in Rome
2004 - Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize Winner
2004 - ABN Amro Emerging Artist Prize: People's Choice Award
2004 - Holding Redlich People's Choice Award, Salon des Refuses
2003 - Conrad Jupiters Contemporary Art Prize Winner
2002 - Australia Council New Work Grant
2001 - Whyalla Art Prize Winner
1998 - Victorian Campus Art Prize Winner (Award for Critical Merit)
1996 - RMIT Union Arts Grant Recipient

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Residencies

2010 - Bundanon Studio Residency, Nowra NSW
2010 - Art Vault Residency, Mildura VIC
2006 - Australia Council Studio Residency in Rome

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Commissions

Light Play, National Gallery of Victoria - Kid's Corner