Born in Brisbane, Australia
Education:
1973 Diploma Art &Design, Swinburne College of Technology, Melbourne
1976 Diploma of Education, State College of Victoria at Hawthorn
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2010 Neo Gllery, Brisbane
2009 Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2009 Lindberg Contemporary, Melbourne
Neo Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Neo Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2006 Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2004 Soho Galleries, Sydney
2003 Soho Galleries, Sydney
Gallery 482, Brisbane
2002 Mahoney's Galleries, Melbourne
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2001 Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne
2000 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1997 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1996 Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1995 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1994 Hang-Ups Gallery, Brisbane
1993 Hang-Ups Gallery, Brisbane
1991 Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Tasmania
1990 Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Tasmania
1983 Cintra House Galleries, Brisbane
1982 Basement Gallery, Brisbane
1981 Paddington Gallery, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions and Awards
2011 Finalist EMSLA Still Life Award, Coff’s Harbour Regional Art Gallery
Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Finalist Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydey
Finalist Lethbridge Art Award, Brisbane
Tattersall’s Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2009 Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL
William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 Finalist Norvill Art Prize, NSW
William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Neo Gallery, Summer Exhibition
2007 Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne
William Merrill Galley, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL
Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
2005 William Merrill Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2002 Soho Galleries, Sydney
Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2001 Jan Murphy Gallery, Singapore
Redcliffe City Art Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Artists, Tokyo
2000 Finalist Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
The Hills Grammar School, Sydney
1999 Sunday Mail Art Prize, Brisbane
1998 Caloundra Art Prize (Painting)
1997 Redland Westpac Prize, Sydney
1996 Caloundra Art Prize
1996 Still Life Award, Redcliffe Art Show
1995 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1994 Sunshine Coast Art Group Prize
1994 Noosa Art Prize
1993 Maroochy Art Prize
1992 Gallery Two, Ritchies Mill, Tasmania
1990 Handmark Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1986 Printmaking Prize, Redcliffe Art Show, Brisbane
1985 Ardrossan Gallery, Brisbane
1982 Gallery Baguette, Brisbane
1980 Gold Coast City Council Acquisition Prize
Concurry Art Prize
1979 Paddington Gallery, Brisbane
Toowoomba City Council Acquisition Prize
Selected Public Collections:
University of the Sunshine Coast (portrait commission of the University Chancellor, John M. Dobson OAM)
Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, Cathedral of St. Stephen (portrait of Mary MacKillop)
Gold Coast City Council
Toowoomba City Council
Griffith University
Redcliffe City Council
Maroochy Shire Council
Australlasian College of Surgeons (portrait commission
of ‘08 –‘09 President)
University of Queensland Press
Tamar Collection, Tasmania
United Services Club, Brisbane
News Corp
Collection of Philip Bacon (portrait of Philip Bacon)
Sheraton Hotel, Townsville (Major Commission)
Mater Children’s Hospital (Commission)
Private and Corporate Collections in Australia, UK, Europe, USA
Selected Bibliography:
‘Impressions of the University of Queensland’, UQP, 1982
University News,, Nov 17, 1982, University of Qld , ‘New Book Commemorates University Architecture’
Dorea Richards, The Examiner, Oct 2, 1991, ‘Focus on Special Qualities of State’s Landscape’
Courier Mail, Nov 11, 1997, ‘Memory Man McVinisih’
John Hay, Sunday Mail, June 22, 1997, ‘Mr Meticulous’
Peter Anderson, Courier Mail, Nov 29, 2000, ‘Film Still Life Held Together By Tension’
Phil Brown, Brisbane News, Nov 25 – Dec 5 2000 , ‘Chance Meetings’
Robert Nelson, The Age, July 7, 2001, ‘Sometimes an Artists Must See for a Viewer to Believe’