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

2024    Adogi Studio 44th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaqués, Spain;  Fundació Tharrats d’Art Gràfic, Pineda de Mar, Barcelona Spain; Galerie L’Etangd’Art; Wingfield Barns Suffolk UK

2024   Mapping Printmaking Work in Progress, World Book, Portugal

2024  Lessedra 23rd World Art Print Annual, Sophia, Bulgaria

2024  RESOLVE IAVA members Exhibition, Stanmore NSW

2024  3 Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, NSW

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 etchingsThirroul 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

Tutoring

2024    Bookmaking Workshop Clifton School  of Arts, NSW Australia

 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.