Curriculum Vitae
Awards
2024 Winner City of Wollongong Arts and Cultural Achievement Award
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022 Curio Gallery Wollongong Mall
2021 Thirroul Library & Community Centre, Artist Books
2017 Curio Gallery Wollongong, Monoprints
2016 Thirroul Library & Community Centre, Monoprints, Solarplate etchings
2014 Thirroul Library & Community Centre, Artist Books, Prints and textiles
2014 e Wasted Slot Gallery Alexandria, Recycled materials, sculpture
2012 Positive Paper Screen Slot Gallery Alexandria, works on paper, prints installation
2011 Am I There Yet? IAVA Pop Up Gallery, Wollongong
2010 Barcode Series – 1 Installation, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2008 Spines That Bind, artist books, Imprints Bookshop, Adelaide Fringe Festival
2007 Bitzen Piece’s’ Sculpture, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2006 Cutting the Cord ican ARTSPACE, Wollongong
2005 Spines That Bind, artist books, Project Contemporary Artspace Wollongong
2003 Kimberley Country and More NAFA Gallery Kathmandu, Nepal
2003 Art Junction Gallery, Grand Intercontinental Hotel New Delhi, India
2002 Sewn,Bound & Flown, Prints & artist’s books Long Gallery, UOW, New Delhi, India
1979 – 2001 Various exhibitions in Australia and USA; Installation, printmaking and sculpture
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Visual Reference#3 Wollongong City Library Reference Section, IAVA Members Exhibition
2023 A Gentle Response Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
2023 Warringah Printmakers Annual Exhibition, Creative Space, Curl Curl, NSW
2023 Passage of Time, IAVA members Exhibition, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton NSW
2023 Prelude: Artists’ Books Now, Clifton School of Arts, Clifton, NSW (curate and exhibit)
2023 The Sea and the Lighthouses, VI Mini Print, Cantabria, Spain
2023 Visual Reference + VR #2 Wollongong City Library Reference Section, IAVA Members Exhibition
2023 Embrace Equity, International Women’s Day, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2022 Gift, Nan Tien Institute Gallery, Unanderra
2022 Travelling On IAVA members, Clifton School of Arts
2022 Divergence IAVA members m2 Gallery, Sydney
2022 International Women’s Day, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2021 Celebration, Nan Tien Institute Gallery, Unanderra
2021 TEN, Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts, Clifton School of Arts
2021 FLOW National Contemporary Watercolour Prize, Finalist, Wollongong Art Gallery,
2021 Biennial Australian Monoprint Prize, Finalist, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, Victoria, Australia
2021 The Sea and the Lighthouses, IV Mini Print, Cantabria, Spain
2021 Lessedra 20th World Art Print Annual, Sophia, Bulgaria
2021 5th International Print Exhibition, Finalist, Cairns
2020 40th Mini Print Exhibition, Cadaques, Spain
2020 111 Mini Print Exhibition, Cantabria, Spain
2020 Harmony, Nan Tien Institute Gallery, Unanderra
2020 View From the Coast, IAVA Exhibition, Bowral Art Gallery
2020 International Women’s Day, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2020 Lessedra 19th World Art Print Annual, Sophia, Bulgaria
2019 4th Global Printmaking Exhibition, Portugal
2019 Illawarra Polish Museum, Highly Commended
2019 PLACE Artist Books, Charles Sturt University, Southern Cross University
2019 Lessedra 18th World Art Print Annual, Sophia, Bulgaria
2018 ‘Pledge for Progress’ International Women’s Day, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2018 Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival, Highly Commended
2018 Bienal do Douro, Global Print, Portugal
2018 Lessedra 17th World Art Print Annual, Sophia, Bulgaria
2017 Gippsland Print Award 2017
2017 Lessedra 16th World Art Print Annual Sophia, Bulgaria
2017 ‘Be Bold for Change’ International Women’s Day Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2016 Belonging, Illawarra Association for the Visual Arts, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2016 Monoprints, Solarplate etchings –Thirroul Library & Community Centre
2016 International Women’s Day, Pledge for Parity, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2015 Barracks Art Studios Thirroul, Open Day
2015 Personal Histories, International Artist Book Exhibition, Redland Gallery QLD,UNSW Canberra ACT
2015 Lessedra 14th World Art Print Annual – Mini Print 2015 Sophia, Bulgaria
2014 Contemporary Watercolour Prize, Highly Commended, Wollongong Art Gallery,
2014 Collected Connected & Cut, artist books, University of Wollongong Library, Wollongong
2013 In the Box, IAVA The Hanging Space Woonona
2013 Manly Artists Book Award Exhibition2013 Manly Library
2012 A4 Printmakers Exhibition, Cornwall England, UK
2012 Lessedra 11th World Art Print Annual – Mini Print 2012- Sophia, Bulgaria
2012 Stand Up Close, Remembering Ron Lambert, Wollongong City Gallery
2012 An Irish Exchange Lorg, Scotland/Warringah Printmakers Studio, Sydney, Australia
2011 Line of Sight, IAVA, first members show, Project Contemporary Artspace Wollongong
2011 Lessedra 10th World Art Print Annual– Mini Print 2011- Sophia, Bulgaria
2011 CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery
2011 Wollongong Women Artists 100 years-IWD exhibition, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong
2010 2nd Penang International Print Exhibition, Malaysia Dec 10-Jan 11
2010 Hong Kong Graphic Art Fiesta, Hong Kong China
2010 Lessedra 9th World Art Print Annual– Mini Print 2009- Sophia Bulgaria
2010 Libris Awards, Zine, Artspace Mackay Qld
2009 CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery
2009 Artists Book Award 2009, Southern Cross University
2009 Lessedra 8th World Art Print Annual– Mini Print 2009- Sophia Bulgaria
2009 Hyperbolic Coral reef Crochet Project, Viva La Gong Festival Wollongong, Power house museum
2008 Australian Bookbinders and Artists Books Exhibition 2008 Art Gallery of NSW Library
2008 From Ocean to Harbour, Mosman art Gallery, Sydney with Warringah Printmakers
2008 7th Lessedra World Art Print annual mini print exhibition Lessedra Gallery Sofia Bulgaria
2008 Seoul International Book Arts Fair, Seoul, Korea
2008 Artist Book Fair, Seongman, Korea
2008 Libris Awards Artspace Mackay Qld
2007 Books 07, Works of Imagination, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld
2007 6th Lessedra World Art Print annual mini print exhibition Lessedra Gallery Sofia Bulgaria
2006 Through Australian Eyes 2006 New South China Club, Exhibition Hall, Guangzhou, China
2006 Ex Libris artist books Exhibition, Artspace Mackay
2005 CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery
2004 Viva La Gong Wearable Art Awards, Woco- Ralol crocheted woollen jacket
2003 Art Junction Gallery, Grand Intercontinental Hotel New Delhi, India
2003 Artists of the Shoalhaven, Shoalhaven-Fuzhou Cultural Exchange, China
2002 Minare 2002 Montreal Canada
2001 Gallery of the Quebec Printmaking Council, Montreal Quebec Canada
2001 Crossing Boundaries, 100 Universes,Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland Oregon USA
2001 Community Printmakers Exhibition Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah
2000 Shell Fremantle Print Award 2000, Finalist, Western Australia, Monotype/Etching
1984 – 1999 Various exhibitions Australia, USA, Japan, sculpture, video production, photography and writing
Grants 1987 to 2002/3
Australia Council for the Arts, Ian Potter Foundation, NAVA, Wollongong City Council for video production, travel to India & Nepal, exhibitions and internet set up.