Selected Biography
2000
Established BAPëA Art School & Studios
and
BAPëA Gallery
1998
Artist Residency in Sydney
1996
Travel: The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
1993 – 1995
Continuing Member First Street Studios
1989
Commenced Lecturer’s Position – North Adelaide School of Art
1988
Founding member First Street Studios Brompton
1984 – 1985
Residency in West Berlin, Germany
1979
Commenced Fine Arts Degree – Rietveld Akademie, The Netherlands
1978
Took up residency in Amsterdam
1977
Commenced travel to Asia, North Africa and Europe
Employment
2009
Set Design – Adelaide University Theatre Guild
Richard II
2007
Drawing for the Painter Workshop, Broome WA
2003
Figure in The Landscape Work Shop, Broome WA
2001
Curator: SPIRIT OF THE WEST
Adelaide Festival of Arts 2002
2000 – 2001
Exhibition Co-ordinator
Nexus Gallery Adelaide
2000
Co-ordinator Final Event On the Streets Program
The City of Adelaide
2000
Consultant – Feasibility Study to Establish Arts Centre
The City of Charles Sturt
2000
Lecturer in Drawing and Painting
Onkaparinga TAFE
1999
Lecturer in Drawing (part time)
North Adelaide School of Art
1999
Teacher of English as a Foreign
Language (part time)
SA Adelaide Language Centre
1998 – 1999
Teacher of English as a Foreign Language (full time)
Australian College of English
Sydney
1998
Exhibition Coordinator: The Timeless Aegean, Touring Exhibition
Nexus Gallery Adelaide
1997
Visual Arts Coordinator
Feast Festival
Adelaide
1997
Lecturer Painting and Concept Development
North Adelaide School of Art
1994
Lecturer in Life Drawing
Centre for Performing Arts
Adelaide
1994
Visual Arts Coordinator
Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre
Adelaide Festival Fringe
1993 – 1994
Visual Arts Project Officer
Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre
1993
Lecturer in Community Arts
General Drawing, Product Presentation & Tutor in Art History
North Adelaide School of Art
1988
Lecturer in Painting, Concept Development, General Drawing, Technical Drawing and Life Drawing
North Adelaide School of Art ( Adelaide College of the Arts)
Education
2000
Certificate in Small Business Management
1993
Therapeutic Massage Certificate AIDS Council of South Australia
1992
Cambridge Certificate
Teaching English as a Foreign Language
International House, Madrid
1989
Basic Methods of Instruction
Adelaide College of TAFE
1984
Graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts
Gerrit Rietveld Akademie
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1978
Attended Rutherford Art School
Malaga, Spain
1976
Graduated Bachelor of Laws
University of Adelaide
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Finalist RSASA Portrait Prize
2013
Finalist Yaccatracks Art Prize
2012
Finalist Fleurieu Food and Wine
2012
Finalist Hans Heysen
Still Life Prize
2007
Finalist Advertiser Contemporary Art Award
Advertiser Building
2007
Nexus Members Exhibition
2006
Fleurieu Invitation Exhibition
2002
Nexus Members exhibition
2001
SELF IMAGE
Café Zest
Feast Festival
2002
TWENTY BIG ONES
Art Images
2002
FIGURE & FLESH
Art Images
2000
DEFILING THE OBJECT
Gabriel Gallery Melbourne
Sub Station Gallery
Singapore
1999
PRIME SIGHT
Shop@rt, Adelaide
1998
Willoughby Art Prize
Finalists Exhibition, Sydney
1998
DEFILING THE OBJECT
Nexus Gallery
Adelaide Festival of Arts
1997
GROUP SEXUALITY
The Urban Cow Gallery
1993
MEMBERS EXHIBITION
The Contemporary Art Centre
Adelaide
1991
ADELAIDE ART PRIZE
Finalists’ Exhibition
Festival Centre
1991
DRAWING EXHIBITION
Artist Resource Centre
Yinnar, Victoria
1990
FIRST STREET AT THE FIG
Fig Gallery
1990
STAFF SHOW
North Adelaide School of Art
1990
VESSELS
Vincent Gallery
1990
VISIONS OF ADELAIDE
Art Images
1989
CCP: Three Painters
The Contemporary Art Centre
1988
RELATED MATTERS
Festival Centre
Adelaide Festival of Arts
1988
ROLLING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM
Experimental Art Foundation
1987
THE NEW NEW
Lion Arts Centre
Adelaide
1986
MALERN AUS AMSTERDAM
Galerie Parade Reposte
West Berlin
1984 – 1980
selected group shows in Europe
Solo Exhibitions
2015
The Art of Drawing
Bapëa Gallery
2014
Conduit Metropolis
Bapëa Gallery
2013
Via Dolorosa
Bapëa Gallery
2012
Still Life: New Life
Bapëa Gallery
2011
Istanbul – Berlin
Por2gal Hahndorf
2006
Check this out!
Bapëa Gallery
2005
Portraits
Bapëa Gallery
2003
Prossimo
Bapëa Gallery
2002
Avenue
Bapëa Gallery
2001
RESONANCE
Bapëa Gallery
2000
RETRO:INTRO
BAPëA Gallery
1999
AN ABSENCE OF DESIGN
Greenhill Galleries
Adelaide
1999
AN ABSENCE OF DESIGN
Level Gallery
Sydney
1997
WHO KNOWS THIS MAN?
Tapas Gallery, Adelaide
Raw Nerve Gallery, Sydney
1997
TATS -no colours, no patches.
The Rhino Room Gallery
Adelaide
1995
IN THE OFFING
The Red Shed Gallery
Adelaide
1992
RECENT PAINTINGS
Access Contemporary Art
Sydney
1990
IMMERSION
Chesser Gallery
Adelaide
1988
MOMENTUM
Chesser Gallery
Adealide
1987
AMS – ADE
Zone Gallery
Adelaide
Represented
SDA Employees’ Association
Wilderness College
The Art Gallery of South Australia
Awards
2002
Nexus Visual Arts Award
1999
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant,
NAVA The Australia Council
1998
The Rocks Art Prize
Highly Commended Work
1991
Project Grant
SA Department for the Arts and Cultural Heritage
1988
Project Grant
SA Department for the Arts and Cultural Heritage
Published / Reproduced
2007
The Advertiser
2006
The Advertiser
2002
Adelaide Matters
1999
The Adelaide Review
1999
Newtown Sydney Times
1998
The Adelaide Review
1990
Catalogue Essay, CCP
1990
The Adelaide Review
1989
The Adelaide Review
The Advertiser
1988
Catalogue Related Matters
1987
The Advertiser