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Education 

2023-24           Studying Fine Arts Honours, RMIT, Melbourne

2022                Bachelor of Fine Arts RMIT, Melbourne

2017                Masters of Military History and Strategic Defence Studies, ANU, Canberra

2009                Masters of Engineering Management – University of Technology Sydney

2004                Royal Military College - Duntroon, Queen's Commission

2002                Australian Defence Force Academy, Bachelor of Arts

 

Professional experience

2024 Festival of Veteran Art Print Workshop

2023 Collaborator on Australian Defence Force Creative Arts deployment pack

2023 Co-curator for Australian National Veterans Art Museum exhibition, March into Art: Create

2021-22 President of Open Bite Student Association RMIT Union Student Association

 

Exhibitions 

2024

Emerging Artist Exhibition, Fortyfive Downstairs, Melbourne

Inter - print – ations, Rubicon Gallery, North Melbourne

Napier Waller Art Prize, Australian Parliament House, Canberra

2023

March into Art: Create, Australian National Veterans Art Museum, Melbourne

Printmaking Today 3rd Edition, Site Eight Gallery, RMIT University

Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum

Solo Show, River of Art, Moruya, NSW

‘ADF to V of Creative Conversations, Australian Parliament House, Canberra

Reflections, Torrens Parade Ground, Adelaide

Solo Show, Red Gallery, North Fitzroy

RMIT Graduation Show, Melbourne

2022

RMIT Graduation Show, RMIT City Campus

For Each a Road, Melbourne City Library

Napier Waller Art Prize, Australian Parliament House

Persona, Victoria Parliament House, Government House Canberra, and traveling nationally

Rock for R&R, traveling nationally

A4 Exhibition, Site Eight, RMIT

March into Art: Australian National Veterans Art Museum, Melbourne

2021

March into Art: Australian National Veterans Art Museum, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne

Liberate Our Lights, Motley Bauhaus, North Fitzroy

2020

COVID Window Show, Motley Bauhaus, North Fitzroy

Napier Waller Exhibition, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

ReMiX, RMIT Print Studio, RMIT University, Melbourne

2019

ARRTS 19.1, Canberra University Inspire Centre, Canberra

Napier Waller Exhibition, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

2007

Wet and Dry, Northern Centre of Contemporary Art, Darwin

 

Awards 

2024 Napier Waller Art Prize winner

2024 Fortyfive Downstairs Emerging Artist finalist

2023 Castlemaine Experimental Print Prize finalist

2022 Kayell Digital Print Award upon graduating from Bachelor of Fine Art, Print

2022 Ursula Hoff Art History Essay Commission, Imprint Magazine

2022 Highly Commended Napier Waller Art Prize

2020 Highly Commended Napier Waller Art Prize

2019 Short Listed Commended Napier Waller Art Prize

 

Visiting lectures

2024 Artist talk at Rubicon ARI for Inter - print - ations exhibition

2024 Artist talk at Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum

2023 Artist talk for River of Art with author Adrian Caesar, Moruya, NSW

2023 Artist talk for March into Art, ANVAM

2022 Artist talk at Persona Launch, Bright

2022 Artist talk at Department Veterans Affairs Victoria, Melbourne

2022 Artist talk at Viden, Canberra

2021 Artist talk at No Vacancy Gallery for March into Art, ANVAM

 

Bibliography

Mandarin, Artwork that Puts Everything in Context, 21 March 2024

Australian War Memorial, Sufferings of War and Service, 2024

Shrine of Remembrance podcast, 2024

ABC documentary The Returned 2023

Mufti Magazine, RSL Australia, 2022

 

Publications

2024 Australian Print Coucil blog on Inter - print - ations exhibition

2022 Ursula Hoff Essay, Impress Magazine

2021 Reshaping Worlds Magazine, RMIT 

 

Collections

Australian National Library, Canberra

Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Shrine of Remembrance, Victoria

Australian National Veterans Art Museum

Legacy Headquarters, Canberra and Melbourne

Viden, Canberra

RMIT Print Exchange 2022 – personal and various university collections (RMIT University, Curtin University, University of South Queensland, National Art School, ITB Indonesia)

Victorian Government House, Melbourne

 

Professional service

2022 – ongoing - Ambassador for Australian National Veterans Art Museum

 

Media

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