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EDUCATION  

2020 Creative Non-fiction Writing with Dr Sian Prior short course, RMIT University, Australia

2016 Certificate 4 in Training and Assessment, North Regional TAFE, Australia

2015 Art Business Basics, National Association for the Visual Arts, Australia

2011 Diploma in Photography (first year), Photographic Studies College, Melbourne, Australia

2008 Graduate Diploma in Secondary Teaching, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

2005 Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Arts (Hons), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University, Australia

2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Whanganui Quay School of the Arts, New Zealand

2002 Diploma in Visual Arts, Wellington Institute of Technology, New Zealand

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Backtrack, Marawar-ak | From the West: Contemporary Art from Western Australia, Fremantle Art Centre, Perth

2019 Ochre & Light, Fox Galleries, Melbourne

2018 Ochre & Light, Perth Centre for Photography at Janet Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth

2014 Set This House In Order, Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne

2014 Real State, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2013 Set This House In Order, 30 Upstairs, Wellington, New Zealand

2013 Set This House In Order, Perth Centre for Photography 

2012 Like A Thief In The Night, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2010 The Monitor, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth, New Zealand

2009 Project Window, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Alchemy, Not Fair, Australia’s original independent ArtFair, Melbourne

2023 KANANGOOR/Shimmer, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, Perth

2023 Noir, Wallace Art Gallery and Architectural Studio Perth

2022 Baldessin Press, The Legacy, Australian Galleries, Melbourne

2021 Here Now 21, There Is, Northbridge, Perth

2020 Women in Photography, Lay of the Land, Informality Gallery, UK

2019 Baldessin Studio, Montsalvat, Victoria

2019 Ochre and Light, Fox Galleries, Melbourne

2019 Party of Special Things, Fox Galleries, Melbourne

2018 Safe Keeping, PS Art Space Perth

2018 Not Standing Still, Blue Oyster, Dunedin, New Zealand

2018 New Dawn, Group Show, Fox Galleries, Melbourne

2017 Trace Elements, Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery, West Australia

2017 Clip Award, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Australia

2017 Inflorescence, Studio Hovea, Perth

2017 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

2015 CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

2014 Degrees of Remembrance, Quay Gallery, Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua, New Zealand

2012 Wallace Art Awards, Pah Homestead and Pataka Museum, New Zealand

2012 This Must Be The Place, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand

2010 Open Studios, Lyall Bay Studio, Wellington, New Zealand

2007 Residency Exhibitions, Wardlow, Melbourne

2006 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne

2005 Final Product, Expressions Art Centre, Wellington, New Zealand

2004 Drawing Show, Gallery Dalgleish, Whanganui, New Zealand

2004 Creatures and Creations, Gallery Dalgleish, Whanganui, New Zealand

COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS

2021 Everyday Wyndham, Camera Story collaboration with Boab Health Service, Wyndham, East Kimberley, Australia

2018 Light On Country, Camera Story workshop with Derby District High School, Windjana Gorge, West Kimberley, Australia

2013 My Face Our Place, Mowanjum Art and Culture Centre, Derby West Kimberley, Australia

2012 - 2018 Audiovisual community training and recording projects, Dolord Mindi, Mowanjum Collection and Media Space, Derby West Kimberley, Australia

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2022 Percent for Art, Derby District High School new build, Department of Finance in collaboration with Bateman Architects, Australia

2021 Kimberley Female Photographers, Instagram: Women in Photography Australia New Zealand

2019 - 2021 Mowanjum Museum, Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre, Kimberley, Australia

COLLECTIONS

• Artbank Collection

• Athenaeum Club, VCA Art Collection, Melbourne

• Janet Holmes a Court Collection

• Shire of Broome Collection

• Shire of Derby West Kimberley

• University of Western Australia

AWARDS

2021 Shinju Matsuri Acquisitive Art Award, Overall Award - Shire of Broome, West Australia

2018 Kimberley Art Prize, Overall Award, West Australia

2017 Deakin University Photographic Award, CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

2016 Kimberley Photography Awards, Best Portrait, West Australia

2015 Shinju Matsuri Art Awards, Broome, Overall Award - Shire of Broome Acquisitive Prize, West Australia

2014 Kimberley Photographic Award, Overall Award and Best Black and White Photo, West Australia

2013 CCP Salon, Best Inkjet Print, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

2013 American Aperture Awards, Best Still Life Award in entered category, USA

2011 Highly Commended Award, Picture This, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

2005 Athenaeum Club Visual Art Award, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne

2004 Media Award, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui, New Zealand

AWARDS - SELECTED FINALIST/NOMINATIONS

2017 Australian Print Commission

2016 Nominated for the Prix Pictet - Space

2012 21st Wallace Art Awards, selected for Finalists Traveling Exhibition, New Zealand

2006 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize at Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne

GRANTS

2024 Quick Response Grant, Fremantle Art Centre International Exchange Program, Regional Arts WA

2022 Project Grant, Remembering Bungarun, Regional Arts Australia

2018 Quick Response Grant, Country Arts WA

2018 National Digital Forum Scholarship, Te Papa, New Zealand

2017 Creative Development, Culture and the Arts WA, Safe Keeping production and exhibition

2017 Quick Response Grant, Country Arts WA

2016 Projects Grant, Country Arts WA

2016 Creative Development, Department of Culture and the Arts, West Australia

2014 Quick Response Grant, Country Arts WA

2013 Artflight, Department Culture of the Arts, West Australia

RESIDENCIES / MENTORSHIPS

2024 Fremantle Art Centre International Exchange Program, 2.5 months, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

2024 Caselberg Trust's Creative Connections Residency, 3 months, Dunedin, New Zealand

2022 Curatorial Considerations, Perth Centre for Photography, online

2022 Megalo Print Studio and Gallery, 1 month, Canberra

2021 - 2022 Regional Assembly, Regional Arts Australia, online

2021 Incubate, Perth Centre for Photography, online

2018 Fremantle Art Centre, Jan/Feb, Perth, West Australia

2017 Baldessin Press, 5 weeks, St Andrews, Victoria

2017 Fremantle Art Centre, Jan/Feb 5 weeks, Perth, West Australia

2016 Basil Hall Editions, 2 weeks, Braidwood, Australia

2007 Wardlow Art Residency, 6 months, Melbourne, Australia

PUBLICATIONS / REVIEWS / INTERVIEWS

2023 Art Almanac cover, June edition promoting KANANGOOR/Shimmer at Lawrence Wilson Gallery

2022 Regional Assembly Podcast with Cristian Tablazon, Regional Arts Australia

2021 Imprint Magazine, Safe Keeping, Australia

2018 Art Collector, exhibition preview

2017 Un Projects, Treading Lightly, with Alana Hunt, Australia

2017 Fremantle Art Centre, Artist in Residence

2015 Queensland Centre for Photography, Australia

2014 Lucinda Magazine

2014 Artist Profile: Fabric Magazine, USA

2014 Exhibition Review by Emma Jameson, Eye Contact, 'Connotative Distortions', Enjoy Public Art Gallery, New Zealand

2014 Exhibition Review by Peter Ireland, Eye Contact, 'Lifelike', Degrees of Remembrance at Quay Gallery Whanganui, New Zealand

2013 Design Files, Australia

2011 Ampersand Magazine, issue 3, The Fade, Australia

PRESENTATIONS

2024 Women In Photography Australia and New Zealand, monthly gathering, topic: residencies, Wellington, New Zealand

2018 National Digital Forum, Te Papa, Activating Collections in Remote Western Australia. Wellington, New Zealand

2018 GLAM Peak, Digital Access to Collections workshop, Dolord Mindi Collection and Media Space. Broome, Australia

WORK EXPERIENCE

2019 - 2023
Derby District High School
Visual Art Teacher, 0.8 loading
Kimberley, Western Australia

2019 - 2021
Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre
Mowanjum Museum
Co-Curator
Kimberley, Western Australia

2019
Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation,
Cultural Advisory Group facilitation, casual position
Kimberley, Western Australia

2018 - 2019
Melbourne University
Research Assistant for the Junba Project, casual position
Melbourne, Australia

2018
Dambimangari Rangers
Audio-visual archive support, casual
Kimberley, Western Australia

2018
Wunggurr Ranger
Audio-visual archive support, casual
Kimberley, Western Australia

2012 - 2018
Mowanjum Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre
Dolord Mindi: Collection and Media Space Manager
Derby, Kimberley, Western Australia

2012
Remote Aboriginal Community Schools
Relief Teaching
Dampier Peninsular, Kimberley, Western Australia

2011
Elcho Island Arts
Digitise Print Collection and gallery support, one month,
Northeast Arnhem Land, Australia

2011
Buku Larrngay Mulka Yirrkala
Volunteer Gapan Gallery, Garma Festival
Northeast Arnhem Land, Australia

2009 - 2011
Wellington East Girls College
Photography and Visual Art Teacher
Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

2006
Operation Preservation
Art Photographer
Melbourne, Australia

2006
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Visitor Services Volunteer
Melbourne, Australia

2006
Centre for Contemporary Photography
Visitor Services + Install Volunteer
Melbourne, Australia

2006
Arts Project Australia
Archive Volunteer
Melbourne, Australia

1998 - 99
Mercy Ships
Aid Worker full time position within the Deck Crew. Roles included Head waterman, Crane operator and Helmsman during sails.
Visiting ports across Europe, West and South Africa.
(Cardiff Wales, Emden Germany, Delfzijl and Rotterdam Holland, Stavanger Norway, London, Antwerp Belgium, Tenerife Canary Islands, Conakry Guinea West Africa, East London and Port Elizabeth in South Africa)