MY WORK
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I am an emerging Australian artist who works in the fields of abstract art and abstract comics, which combines the conventions of traditional comics with abstract painting and drawing to achieve works on canvas and paper using a range of formats, scales, techniques and media, including comics books.
RESUME
Qualifications
Doctor of Creative Arts
University of Sunshine Coast, Australia.
Masters of Arts - Human Relations
University of Nottingham UK.
Bachelor of Education
QUT, Australia.
HIGHLIGHTS 2020-2013
2020
Group Exhibition: Constructing landscape: urban visions, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra.
Group Exhibition: Abstract Artifice #2, Blackcat Gallery, Melbourne.
Group Exhibition: Dynamic Duo #2, Brick Lane Gallery, London. Postponed.
Exhibition booth: Abstract Artifice 1, International Art Fair, Barcelona Maritime Museum. Postponed.
Group Exhibition: A Changing Landscape and the Female i, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York.
Solo Exhibition: Abstract Comics #4, Dogwood Crossing Regional Gallery, Miles.
2019
Publication: My 16 page abstract comics What Would Paul Klee Say? published in Sequentials Issue 3, Florida, USA.
Group Exhibition: Abstract Artifice, Brick Lane Gallery, London.
Publication: My chapter and my images in the international textbook. Abstract Comics: Comics and Abstraction, Aarnoud Rommens (ed).
Invited Artist Participant: Creative Product Development Participant, Sunshine Coast Council, weekend workshop with Abi Crompton, CEO of Third Drawer Down and Creative Alliance Queensland, The Refinery, Maroochydore.
Group Exhibition: Women’s Work, USC Gallery, Sippy Downs.
Solo Lecture/Workshop: Abstract Art and Abstract Comics, Regional Art Teachers Association.
Solo Exhibition: Abstract Comics #3, Pacific Gallery.
2018
Finalist: Kenilworth Art Prize – 2nd prize acrylic painting, Kenilworth Art Society
Finalist: Lethbridge 10,000 small-scale art award, Lethbridge Gallery online.
Solo Exhibition: Abstract Comics #2, Maroochydore Library Artspace.
Group Exhibition: Exchange, King George Sq., Lightboxes, BCC.
Group Exhibition: Squeeze, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre.
Group Exhibition: Connect 3, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre.
Invited Participant: Not of this Earth: The Smithson exhibition - zine, artist and comic book event. University of Queensland Art Museum.
2017
Finalist: Lyn McCrea Drawing Prize, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosaville.
Finalist: Obi Art Prize,Maleny Community Centre, Maleny,
Finalist: Local Art Local Content Caloundra Regional Gallery,
Solo Exhibition: Abstract Comics #1, 88-Gallery, Redcliffe.
2016
Invited Participant: Pecha Kucha and pop-up exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery.
Group Exhibition: OH! There It is! Axis Gallery, Maroochydore.
Group Exhibition: Squeeze, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre.
Published Abstract Comics: What Will Paul Klee Say? Self-published on Blurb.
2015
Conference Paper: Abstract Artists Book, ABBE Conference, QCA, Brisbane.
Residency: Margaret Ellen Turner Scholarship, Old Ambulance Gallery, Nambour.
Group Exhibition: Part of the Process, Old Ambulance Gallery, Nambour.
Group Exhibition: Squeeze, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosaville.
Group Exhibition: Lamkin Lane pop-up Paisley Park, Caloundra.
Solo Exhibition: The Drift of Impure Thoughts, USC Gallery, Sippy Downs.
2014-2013
Conference Papers: Abstract Comics and Abstract Art, 4th World Congress of the International Society for Education through Art, MCG, Melbourne.
Published Abstract Comics: The Drift of Impure Thoughts, Self-published on Blurb.
Published journal article: Abstract Sequential Art, The Journal of Abstract Graphic Novels and Comics. Vol 5. Issue 1.
Group Exhibition: Squeeze, Cooroy Butter Factory Arts Centre.
CONTACT ME
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