ME
A BRIEF WORD
I’ve always maintained a belief in the importance of the integration of institutional education with practical workplace experience. As such, I’ve pursued a balance between my activities as an educator, an administrator, and a practicing artist endeavoring to see life as an experience to be undertaken with energy and a sense of adventure. This is why I’ve chosen a lifestyle that allows me to interact flexibly within a variety of cultural and social settings.
EXHIBITION HISTORY
PRACTICE of ART & EMPLOYMENT
2010
Smart Artz Gallery, East Melbourne.
Melbourne Art Show,
Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne.
2009
Moving Galleries and Creative Spaces
WIYIM posters on Melbourne Metro
Transit carriages.
Smart Artz Gallery, East Melbourne.
2004 to 2008
Span Galleries (solo), Melbourne.
Contemporary Sculpture Association,
Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2 group, 2 solo exhibitions.
Collingwood, Melbourne.
2003
Herons Gallery (group), Castlemaine.
2002
Private commission work.
2001
Span Galleries (solo), Melbourne.
2000
Span Galleries, (solo), Melbourne.
Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne.
1998 to 1999
Span Galleries (solo), Melbourne.
1997
1. Melbourne International Festival.
2. Dairing Gallery (solo), Richmond.
3. Linden Gallery (group), St. Kilda.
4. Roar Galleries (solo), Fitzroy
5. Moomba Festival Float, Melbourne.
6. Tintern GGS (group), Ringwood East.
1996
Australian Contemporary Art Fair,
Melbourne.
Tintern GGS (group), Ringwood East.
Roar Galleries (solo), Fitzroy.
1995
Roar Galleries (solo), Fitzroy.
Foy and Gibson Gallery (group),
Collingwood.
Spencer Street Station (group),
Melbourne.
Caulfield Grammar Art Show (group),
Wheelers Hill.
Grand Central Gallery (solo), Melbourne.
National Sculpture Forum (group),
Canberra.
1994
Australian Contemporary Art Fair,
Melbourne.
Caulfield Grammar Art Show (group),
Wheelers Hill.
Cultural Development Gallery, (group)
Southbank.
Caulfield Arts Complex (group), Caulfield.
1993
Castillia Galleries (group), Selby.
Melbourne University (group), Melbourne.
Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne.
Roar Galleries (group), Fitzroy.
Arts Victoria Gallery (group),
South Melbourne.
Tintern GGS (group), Ringwood East.
No Vacancy Gallery (solo), Melbourne.
World Trade and Conference Centre
(2 person show), Melbourne.
1991
Friends of the Earth Gallery
(2 person show), Fitzroy.
Doncaster Art Gallery
(2 person show), Doncaster.
1976
UN Conference on Human Settlement
(group photo), Montreal.
1975
Melbourne Town Hall (group photo),
Melbourne.
1973
Museum Negara (group jewellery),
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
RECOGNITIONS
1995
WHO'S WHO of Australian Visual Artists.
1982
WHO'S WHO in the Commonwealth.
1976
UN Certificate of Photographic Achievement.
Australian Photographic Society Award.
IN-BETWEEN TIMES 🙄
Qualified driving instructor, Melbourne.
School Bus Driver, Hobart.
Door to door wine salesman, Tullamarine.
Consumer research data collector, Malvern.
Deputy Director, Newcastle Gallery, N.S.W.
2024 - present
Video Production
Slam Poetry
2018 - present
3D Printing
Slam Poetry
2006 - present
Model and maquette fabrication
Slam Poetry
1990 - 2005
Full-time commissions.
1990 to 1992
Co-editor: Mask Magazine
(Education Journal),
Victorian Association of Drama in Education, Clifton Hill,
Victoria, Australia.
Lecturer (sessional):
Arts Education Methodology, Language, Literacy and Arts Education Department, Melbourne University,
Melbourne, Australia.
1990 to 1994
Teacher Year 12 VCE Art:
Northern Metropolitan TAFE,
University High Adult Evening School campus, Parkville,
Melbourne, Australia.
1982 to 1990
Chairperson:
Visual and Performing Arts Faculty, Whitefriars College, Donvale, Victoria, Australia.
1980 to 1981
Director:
N.S.W. Regional Art Gallery at Broken Hill,
New South Wales.
Deputy chairperson (elected post):
Regional Galleries Association of
N.S.W.
Regional Galleries Association of N.S.W.,
Sydney, N.S.W.,Australia.
1979 to 1980
Education Officer:
Council of Adult Education
The Arts Train
(travelling rural workshops),
Weekend Workshops,
Summer Metropolitan Arts programs,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1978 to 1979
Sabbatical - Literature and History
Bruny Island, Tasmania.
1977 to 1978
Teacher:
Tusbab Provincial High School,
Madang, Papua New Guinea.
Artifacts collector:
Ramu River region of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
1974 to 1976
Head of Department:
Media Studies,
Huntingdale Technical School, Oakleigh South, Victoria, Australia.
1972 to 1973
Lecturer:
Jewellery/Silversmithing and Photography, Fine and Applied Arts Faculty,
Institiut Teknoloji Mara,
Shah Alam, Malaysia.
1968 to 1972
Bachelor of Arts and teaching certification:
Kean University
(formerly Newark State College),
Union, New Jersey, United States.
MEDIA REFERENCES
2005
TOP ART and FOOD: ART and EATERY
GUIDE, Melbourne,
by Carole Bois de Chesne.
Carole Bois de Chesne Design Pty. Ltd.
2000
WARRANDYTE ARTISTS
Video Production by Ann Keil-Taggart
1998
GETAWAY (July), GTV9,
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Science
Centre, Salamanca Place, Hobart,
Tasmania
1996
CONTEMPORARY ART SLIDE EDUCATION
RESOURCE by Sandra Ristway
1995
MELBOURNE - OUR CITY OUR CULTURE
by Julia Church, Hyland House.
1993
An Intrinsic Fantasy, Video by Don Hawkins,
Midnight Productions