History |
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1954:
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Born Empangeni,
Zuzuland South Africa |
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1969:
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Completed Year 10, Westville
Girls High School |
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1972 - 1985:
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Film and Television make-up
artist. |
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1984:
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Australian Citizen |
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1984-1994:
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Decorative furniture art and
naive paintings |
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1994:
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Drawing Fundamentals at Lismore
College of TAFE, 1 year diploma |
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1995:
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B.A. Visual Arts at Southern
Cross Universtity |
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1994-1996
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Children's Art Teacher, casual,
Skylight Studios, Lismore |
Solo Exhibitions |
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2004:
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"Suburban Diety"
at Maree Mizon Art Gallery , Paddington |
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2003:
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"Box
Voyeur" at Maree Mizon Gallery, Paddington,
Sydney. |
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2002:
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"Self
Portrait @ 48", Lismore Regional Art Gallery |
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2001:
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Recent
Paintings, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney |
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2001:
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Recent
Paintings, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide |
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1999:
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"About
Face" - Ggreenhill Galleries Adelaide. |
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1999:
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"Mandela's
Africa", Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney. |
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1998:
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"Mandela's
Africa", Lismore Regional Art Gallery. |
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1997:
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"Lifeforms",
Connelly Residence, Roseville. |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2006: |
"Local Art" selected artists / Byron Bay Writers Festival, LRAG
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| 2006: |
Austrade International: (Austrade invited a number of Australian Visual artists to be part of the Austrade International Global Promotional CD)
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| 2006:
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Linneaus Exhibition : with Margaret Olley. Lismore Regional Art Gallery |
| 2006: |
"Relationships Australia", Lismore Regional Art Gallery |
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2005:
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Walkolm ManningArt Prize, Manning Regional Gallery
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2004:
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Lismore
City Art Prize, Lismore Regional Art Gallery. |
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2004:
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"Erotica
Erotica", Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide. |
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2004:
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Portia
Geach Art Prize, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney. |
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2004:
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The Cromwell
Art Prize, Sydney. |
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2004:
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2nd Annual
Winsome Art Fair (Installation Room 23) Lismore. |
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2003:
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Conrad
Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery. |
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2003:
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Lismore
City Art Prize, Lismore Regional Art Gallery. |
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2003:
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Portia
Geach Art Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. |
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2003:
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Country
Energy $35000 Landscape Art Award, NERAM. Armidale. |
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2002:
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Conrad
Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery. |
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2002:
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"Art
in Cameo" Exhibition, Lismore Regional Art Gallery. |
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2002:
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Investment
Seminar Exhib. (Michael Reid) Lismore Reg. Art Gallery. |
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2002:
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Portia
Geach Art Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. |
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2002:
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50th
Birthday Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide. |
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2002:
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Lismore
City Art Prize. |
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2002:
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Exhibition
of Form, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne. |
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2002:
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Opening
Show, April. Maree Mizon Gallery, Paddington, Sydney. |
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2001:
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"Selected
Artists Show" Christmas, Greenhill Galleries,
Adelaide. |
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2001:
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Lismore
City Art Prize. |
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2001:
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Konami
South Tweed Realist Landscape Award (Phillip Bacon
- Judge). |
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2000:
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Seventh
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne.
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney |
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2000:
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Portia
Geach Art Prize (2 works selected), S.H. Ervin Gallery,
Sydney. |
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2000:
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Lismore
City Art Prize. |
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1999:
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The ‘Reginald’
Prize, Barebones Artspace, Bangalow. |
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1999:
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Lismore
City Art Prize. |
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1998:
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Portia
Geach Art Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. |
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1998:
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Sixth
Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne.
Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney. |
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1998:
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"Selected
Artists Show" Christmas, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide. |
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1998:
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Tweed Valley Art Prize
– Selected (Giles Auty - Judge). |
Group Exhibitions |
| 2006: |
"Midget Show" Caddies Lismore, curated by Jimmy Willing |
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2004:
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"Revenge
of the Midgets" (miniatures), Caddies, Lismore. |
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2003:
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"Vegetative
Visions" (invited Artist) School of Plant Genetics.
S.C.U. Art Museum. |
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2003:
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"Erotica
Exotica", Queensland Society of Sculptors. |
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2002:
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Mandorla
Art Award, Fremantle, Western Australia. |
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1999:
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Tweed
Valley Art Prize. Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah. |
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1998:
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"Elvis
has left the building". Theme show. Barebones
Art Space. |
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1996:
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"Nudes".
Cornucopia Gallery, Newtown, Sydney. |
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1995:
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"Rainbow
Connection", Lismore regional Gallery. |
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1995:
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Southern Cross
Art Prize. |
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1994:
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"Raw
Talent" Exhibition, Lismore College of TAFE. |
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1991:
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Exhibition with
Linda Jackson. Nomad Gallery, Paddington. |
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1990:
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"Prelude
to Spring" Exhibition. Painted Moon Gallery,
Katoomba. |
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1989:
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Mt. Victoria
Art Exhibition, Mt. Victoria |
Awards |
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2003:
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Winner,
Lismore City Art Prize ("treasures" award) - Lismore
Regional Art Gallery. |
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2002:
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Highly commended
for painting - Lismore City Art Prize. Allison Kubler, judge. |
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2001:
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Walkom
Manning Art Prize - "Images of the Human
Body" - 2nd Prize for Painting. Manning Regional
Art Gallery, Ron Robertson Swann, judge. |
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2000:
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"Councillors
Choice" Award - Christmas Show, Lismore Regional
Art Gallery. |
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2000:
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Winner,
Portraiture Prize - "Southern Cross Art Prize". Peter
Denham, Judge - Queensland Art Gallery. |
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2000:
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Highly commended
for painting, Lismore City Art Prize. Dr. Deborah Hart, National
Gallery, Canberra. |
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1999:
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Honourable mention
for painting, Lismore City Art Prize
Professor Ian Howard. |
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1998:
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"Councillor's
Choice" Award. Lismore Regional Art Gallery, March. |
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1995:
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"Southern
Cross Art Prize", Highly commended for drawing. Dr.
Irene Amos |
Publications |
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2004:
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Sydney Top
Art and Food Bois De Chesne, p49. (Boise De Chesne Design)
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2004:
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COFA Magazine
(UNSW) Magazine, issue 10, p7 "Lip Service Is Not Enough"
by Kate Gardiner. |
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2002:
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Brisbane Courier
Mail - November 20 - Arts page - Conrad
Jupiter's Review, Heidi Maier. |
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2001:
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Craft/Art International
Magazine - July - Issue No 52, pages 45-47 |
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2000:
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Melbourne Art
Fair Catalogue |
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2000:
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The Koori Mail,
National – February |
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1999:
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The Sydney Weekly,
Mandela’s Africa – January. |
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1998:
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Sixth Australian
Contemporary Art Fair Catalogue.
Women Artist’s Diary 1999, 1 of 30 selected. |
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1994/2003:
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Various local,
Sydney & interstate newspaper articles. |
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1992/1993:
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Country Style,
Sydney – December, January |
Television / Broadcast
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2006:
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ABC Northern Rivers, Interview with the Judge, Bentley Art prize
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2003:
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"Public
Hangings" - Box Voyeur/Fran Tomlin (Episode
II 28 May 2003) Channel 31 Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, hosted
by Andrew Frost |
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2003:
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2RRR
"Arts & Tarts" with Margie Mason, 20 May at 10:30am. |
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2003:
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ABC News radio
"Artefacts" with Phil Kascalaudes, 21 May at 6:30pm. |
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2002:
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ABC Radio National
- "Archibald Entry", Arts Programme |
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2000:
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"60 Minutes"
- Channel 9, "The Trials of Irena Hatfield". |
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1998:
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ABC TV "Snap
Shot" - March
NBN-TV “Nightly News 6pm”, March
2NCR FM Interview, March
2NR ABC Radio National, Interview, March |
Invited Lectures
& Openings
2006:
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Invited Judge Fine Art, 22nd Bentley Art competition
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2003:
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Opened exhibition
of paintings for Albert "Digby" Moran, Waywood Gallery, Byron
Bay. |
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2002:
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"Figures
in the Art World". Artist talk for the Portia Geach Art
Prize, 20th October, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. |
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2002:
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Careers Expo, Lismore Regional Art Gallery (invited speaker).
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2000:
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"Artists
& Their Sitters" Artists talk for the Portia Geach
Art Prize,
15th October, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney. |
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1999:
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"Tributes"
- opened an exhibition of paintings by Lina Eve
Upstairs Gallery, Lismore - January. |
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1998:
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"An
Artist's Life", Ladies Probus Club, Byron Bay. |
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1998:
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Artist Talk,
"Mandela's Africa", Lismore Regional Art Gallery - March |
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1998:
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U3A, "An Artist's
Life"
Goonellabah RSL, Lismore - May |
Member of Lismore Regional Art Gallery.
Memeber of Tweed Regional Art Gallery.
Gold Coast City Art Gallery.
Art Galleries, Schubert, Gold Coast, QLD.