BACKGROUND

Brisbane based emerging artist with a practice focusing on collage and abstract acrylic works.

EXHIBITIONS

2025

Aspects Art Exhibition, Goondiwindi, NSW

Et Al Gallery, Sandgate - Little by Little exhibition

The Churn Room - Cut and Paste exhibition, Dayboro Qld

FACETS Art Exhibition, Toowoomba Qld

West End Artspace Melbourne - Cut and Composed - finalist in selected group collage show

Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne - Fifty Squared Art Prize

Gap Creative Art and Eats exhibition, Brisbane

Gap Creative Winter Solstice exhibition, Brisbane

Recovered Futures Art Exhibition, Brisbane

2024

Paradise Gloss Next Edition - group exhibition at the Side Gallery, Red Hill, Brisbane

Group exhibition with three other Brisbane collage artists - Collage Encounters: Our World in Layers at Richard Randall Gallery Toowong, Brisbane

Brookfield Show Art Prize, Brisbane

Ipswich Art Exhibition - group exhibition

Solo Exhibition from 7-27 June with Land Street Gallery Toowong, Brisbane

2024 Royal Queensland Art Society Hidden Gems Exhibition, Brisbane

2023

2023 Side Gallery Echo Small Works Exhibition, Brisbane

2023 Inverell Art Exhibition, NSW

2023 The Central Highlands Regional Council Annual Art Awards, Emerald Qld

2023 Aspire Gallery Solstice Exhibition, Brisbane

2023 As you Like It art exhibition by The Gap Creative, Brisbane

2023 Pepperbox Gallery A Year in Colour exhibition, NSW

2023, 2022 and 2021 Tower Art Show - Ashgrove, Qld

2022 Aspects Art Show Goondiwindi, Qld

2021 Ipswich Art Show, Qld

2021 and 2020 Aspire Gallery Foot Square Exhibition, Brisbane

2021 Aspire Petite Pieces Exhibition, Brisbane.

AWARDS

2025 Finalist - Cut and Composed West End Art Space Melbourne

2025 Finalist - FACETS Art Prize, Toowoomba Qld

2023 Highly Commended - Central Highlands Regional Council Art Awards, Emerald

2023 ‘Packing Room Prize’ - 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