Resume
Education
2017 PhD., Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney University
2005 Graduate Diploma in Adult Education
1999-2000 Bodhi Zendo Buddhist Centre. India
1993-95 Master of Fine Art, Rutgers University, New Jersey USA
1991 Master of Art (coursework), NSW College of Fine Arts, UNSW
1989-90 Bachelor of Arts(Visual Arts),Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
1986-88 Art Certificate, & Higher Art Certificate, The National Art School
(East Sydney Technical College)
Solo Exhibitions
2017 PhD. Examination Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts
2016 Work on Process, McGlade Gallery Sydney
2014 The Forest, BackStage, Conny Dietzschold Gallery
2010 New Sculpture on Death, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
2007 Photographs, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
2005 Gallery 4A, Sydney, “Zero”
2005 Gold on the Back of Buddha (Tit tong lang phra), Bathurst Regional Gallery
2004 Magic Buddha Show, Conny Dietzschold/Multiple Box, Waterloo
2003 Therefore in Emptiness… Gallery 4A Sydney
2001 Notes on Practice, Block Gallery, Chippendale
1999 Idyll, Lizard Lounge Artspace, Darlinghurst.
1998 First Draft Gallery, Surry Hills -Evidence
1998 Bayswater Fitness Gym, Sydney -Haiku
1997 February, Lizard Lounge Artspace, Darlinghurst.
1996 Police Car Tango exhibition at First Draft Gallery,
Performance work, videos and photo-based prints
1996 Gallery 483, Glebe St, Glebe.
1995 Masters of Fine Art Thesis Show. Walters Gallery, Rutgers Uni.
1993 Gallery 483, 483 Crown St., Surry Hills.
Prizes
2004 Campbelltown Contemporary Art Award (Fishers Ghost)
2001 Blake Prize for Religious Art
Group Exhibitions
2018 Stations of the Cross, Northmead CAPAHS
2015 Slow Burn, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield NSW
2015 Buddhism and Art, Nan Tien Institute, Unanderra NSW
2014 New Materialism SCA Gallery
2014 The Second Forest, in New Contemporaries, SCA
2014 Stations of the Cross, Northmead CAPAS
2014 Redfern Biennale, Damian Minton Gallery Redfern.
2011 Muswellbrook Photographic Award
2010 14 Sculptors, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Chiang Mai University, , Thailand
2010 Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield, NSW
2010 Blacktown Sculpture Award
2010 Buddhist Expo, Masonic Conference Centre, Sydney
2010 Stations of the Cross, St Ives Uniting Church, Sydney
2009 Shelf Life, Delmar Gallery, Ashfield, NSW
2009 Stations of the Cross, St Ives Uniting Church, Sydney
2009 Blacktown Art Award
2007 Smile of the Buddha, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra
2007 “Reboot”, Christchurch City Gallery, NZ
2006 It’s a New Day, Artspace NSW
2006 Blake Prize Finalists Exhibition, NAS Gallery and Touring
2005 Blake Prize Finalists Exhibition, Sir Herman Black Gallery
2005 The Art of Flowers, Government House, Sydney.
2005 Woollahra Small Sculpture Finalists’ Exhibition
2005 Buddha in Suburbia, Liverpool Regional Gallery
2005 National Sculpture Award, National Gallery of Australia
2005 Archibald Photo Portrait Prize, AGNSW
2004 Fisher’s Ghost Contemporary Art Award
2004 Woollahra Small Sculpture Finalists’ Exhibition
2004 The Sacred Feminine, Shapiro, Woollahra
2003 Fisher’s Ghost Finalists Exhibition, Campbelltown City
2003 Blake Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, Herman Black Gallery
2003 Woollahra Small Sculpture Finalists’ Exhibition
2003 Sculpture By the Sea, Sydney. Puja for Safe Passage
2003 The Art of Flowers, Government House, Syd.
2003 The Easter Show, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2003 Boxes, at Multiple Box, Sydney
2003 Archibald Photo Portrait Prize, AGNSW
2003 Hung, Drawn and Quartered, Tin Sheds, Sydney
2002 Blake Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, Casula Powerhouse
2002 Sculpture in The City, Martin Place, Sydney
2002 Multiple Box Group Show, Danks St., Sydney
2001-2 Blake Prize Finalists Exhibition, S. H. Irvin Gallery + Tour
2001 Kings School Prize, Finalists Exhibition, Parramatta
2001 Histories in the Making, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Paddington
2000 Blake Prize Finalists Exhibition, S. H. Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2000 Gallery 4A December Group Show, Sydney
1999 30/30 Queer Vision, MGSA Gallery, New Jersey
1999 ACON Photography Prize, Lizard Lounge Artspace
1998 Blake Prize Finalists Exhibition, IBM Gallery, Sydney and interstate.
1998 Raw Nerve Gallery Acquisitive Prize Exhibition, Erskinville
1998 Artists Against Racism, Hogarth Gallery, Paddington
1998 The Oscar Wilde Reading Group at Raw Nerve, Eskineville
1997 Beyond Queer, Raw Nerve, Erskineville
1997 What is Love, Toast II Gallery, Surry Hills
1997 Queer Crossings, Ivan Dougherty Gallery Paddington.
1996 Raw Nerve, Inaugural show at Raw Nerve Gallery, Erskineville
1995 The Postcard Show Sculpture Center, New York
1994 Queerography, curated by Andy Davey. Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery,
1993 Barry Stern Galleries at 12 Mary Pl. Paddington. 1993
1993 USA National Graduate Drawing Show. University of Wisconsin.
1992 Whores with a Hard-on,. Syme Dodson Gallery, Surry Hills.
1992 NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Finalists exhibition. Works Gallery
1992 Selenium Gallery, Redfern. "Drawing on Words", collaborative drawing show with Vicki Ryan.
1991 This Side Up/Der Kant Boven, Gerritt Rietveld Acadamie, Amsterdam.
1991 One to One" Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington.
1991 National Post Graduate Show, Perth Institute for Contemporary Art.
1991 Beauty and Beast. Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney.
1991 NSW Travelling Art Scholarship Finalists exhibition. Works Gallery, UNSW
1990 Pink Summers, AFI, Paddington. Exhibitor and Curator. SGLMGA.
1989 Imaging Aids Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Linden Gallery, Melbourne.
1988 Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Mardi Gras Festival Group show
1988 Towers of Torture Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney.
1987 Hogarth Gallery, Sydney. SGLMG Festival group show, curated by David McDiarmid
Employment
2008-10 Judge, Clancy Prize for Religious Art
2008 Judge, Blake Prize for Religious Art
2008 Judge, World Youth Day Art Prize, Dioceses of Bathurst
2007-18 Gallery Coordinator and Lecturer in Photography & Studio Theory, Australian Catholic University
2005-6 Lecturer, Meadowbank TAFE
2003-4 Lecturer in Photography & Studio Theory, Australian Catholic University
2001-3 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, NSW University, Photomedia Dept.
Cultural Productions, Meadowbank and Hornsby TAFE
2000-2004 Lecturer, Photomedia Dept. UNSW & Northern Sydney TAFE
2000 Volunteer Photographer, CORSAK Dalit Relief Project, Tamil Nadu,India
1999 Lecturer, Photography Dept, University of Newcastle.
1997-2000 Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, NSW University, Photomedia Dept.
Photography Dept. Seaforth and Hornsby TAFE Art History and Visual Comm. KVB Institute of Visual Communication
1998 Photographer and Photo Editor, Silks Racing Magazine
1994-1995 House Photographer and Studio Manager, The Soho Photographer Inc. Wooster St., N.Y. N.Y.
1993-95 Lecturer, Undergraduate Dept. Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University New Jersey USA
Commissions and Grants
2010 DFAT Artists Residency, Chiang Mai , Thailand
2006 World Buddhist Council Headquarters, Kobe, Japan
2005 The Art of Flowers, Government House, Sydney
2003 The Art of Flowers, Government House, Sydney
1999 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Arts Festival
Curator, The Gym/Culture Project
1998 NAVA/ NSW Ministry of the Arts Marketing Grant
Oscar Wilde Reading Group
1997 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Arts Festival
Oscar Wilde Reading Group
1997 Mary’s Place Mural, South Sydney Council/Anti-Violence Project
1996 NSW Ministry for the Arts, Marketing Grant
1996 Pat Corrigan Artist’s Award, NAVA/Australia Council
1993-94 Graduate Scholarship, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mason Gross School of Fine Arts
1992 Pat Corrigan Artist's Grant, National Association for the Visual Arts/ Australia Council.
Published Articles and Images
Blue, August, 2004
Belle, August 2003
Australian Art Collector, April – June 2002
Photofile 55, November, 1998 (Portfolio Section)
Burn Magazine, (Burn Lens) June 1993
Capital Q Newspaper, April, May and July 1992.
Art and Text. No.38 January 1991.
Out Magazine, Vols 1 & 2.1990 & '91.
"Imaging AIDS" ACCA Melbourne 1989.
Professional Activities.
Curator, The Gym/Culture Project
Founding Member of the Oscar Wilde Reading Group
Founding co-convenor, Gay and Lesbian Arts Association.
Member, Mardi Gras Festival Visual Arts committee, 1989-91.
Member, National Association for the Visual Arts.
Member, Australian Artists Against Racism
Member, Asian Australian Artists Association
Reviews
Peter Hill, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald 6/12/03
Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald Review, 11/02/2003
Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald Review, 19/05/2002
mcauley.acu.edu.au/theology/Issue2/issue2.htm
Erin O’Dwyer, Brisbane Courier Mail, 11/03/02
Bruce James, Sydney Morning Herald Review, 6/03/2002
Marcus O’Donnell, Sydney Star Observer, 06/12/01
Catholic Weekly, 09/12/01
Jennifer Sexton, The Australian, 30/11/01
Sharon Vergis, Sydney Morning Herald 30/11/01
Marcus O’Donnell, Sydney Star Observer, 23/08/01
Bruce James, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald 09/12/2000
Bruce James, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald 20/02/99
Bruce James, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald 09/01/99
Jacqueline Milner, Realtime, April 1998
Bruce James, Galleries Column, Sydney Morning Herald 25/10/96
Moore Hardy, Mori -Review, Sydney Star Observer April 11 1996
Liz Ashburn, Gaytime in Sydney Artlink 43 Vol 14 No. 3
Shan Short, Scream in Terror Photofile June 1994
David Phillips, What’s so queer here? Eyeline, 26 Summer 1994
Deborah Clarke, Lost in Queer Street Art Monthly Australia April 1994
Michael Moore, Queerography Art and Text . July 1993
Christopher Heathcote, "Summer Famine" Art Monthly. March 1989.
Stephen Kirby,"AIDS awareness through art". The Melbourne Herald. 16/01/89.
Elizabeth Cross"Fear, Despair captured in art works" The Age 01/02/89
Collections
Marsdens Law Firm
John Kaldor
Jim and Mary Barr Collection, NZ
