Curriculum Vitae

"My images are my creative DNA, my fingerprint, a portrait of how my mind and soul sees the world around us and its connectedness."

My background and training as a visual artist came from not only "a good art school education" but the greatest teacher of all - Life! I grew up in North Queensland, which is both coastal and tropical; a precious and unique place where the rainforests literally meets the sea. It provided me with a rich tapestry of geographical as well as social exposure, and gave me a foundation as a young adult discovering my place in the world.

I originally majored in painting and drawing, but I have always had an interest in all art forms and expanded my canvas (literally and metaphorically) to beyond this medium. Since then, traveling to Europe, Asia and across Australia has enriched my outlook of the world and people around me. It was from here that I found my platform for a visual language.

Through my art work and designs, images rich in layers and textures, I explore all that is intrinsically human and in particular feminine. I think the quote "the present is just a moment passed" sums up our fragile existence and offers an insight into the world of what my art work explores.

My Art has always investigated issues of the psyche and how we portray and protect ourselves through layering and masking our true inner self as a means of adapting and protecting our wellbeing in the world and environment around us. As well as this, how we make our mark on an ever-changing and transient world, through our habits of memento; a vehicle of grasping time, place and proof of our existence, methods of remembering and establishing our collective heritage. Being an avid collector myself, I enjoy researching to discover the origins of objects and their history and then applying this knowledge to contextualise my own work.

My influences are first and foremost everything I see, feel and experience, but I've always had a great love of the Decorative Arts and Crafts; the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period; the great 20th Century Artists; and I also have a great admiration for the artists of the Renaissance period where images of mythology and flora are in abundance.


Selected Group Exhibitions


February 2010 Romantic by Nature - Art Exhibition and Fashion Parade - Paris Design Living, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

January 2010 Photography 11A – Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne.

January 2010 Still Life, Real Life – Pine Rivers Regional Gallery, Strathpine, Queensland

December 2010 Paper Cuts II - PigmentGALLERY, Swanston St, Melbourne.

December 2010 Small Works – Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne.

November 2010 “Size Matters”. The Swich Contemporary Art Space, Ipswich.

August 2010 Brisbane Square Library - BrisStyle Inc. Brisbane, Queensland.

July 2010 Finalist – LAUNCH Clayton Utz Art Award 2010

June 2010 Sanctuary Cove Festival Art Exhibition, Queensland.

May 2010 Immanuel Arts Festival 20-23 May 2010.


Awards
July 2010 Finalist – LAUNCH Clayton Utz Art Award 2010 (Image: What the Sea Wants the Sea Shall Have)
May 2010 Award Winner - Best Photograph - Digital Manipulation - Immanuel Arts Festival 20-23 May 2010 (Image: Vintage Rosa Bloom I)


Education

Bachelor of Fine Art - Queensland College of Art, Brisbane

Diploma of Fine Arts - Townsville College of TAFE, Townsville