Selected Biography
2023 Travel to Berlin, Amsterdam and London
2018 Travel to Japan
2016 Travel to India, Kochi-Muziris Biennale
2014 Travel to Amsterdam, Berlin and Antwerp
2011 Travel to Malaysia, Turkey, Germany, France and Hungary
2005 Travel to Budapest, Amsterdam and Berlin
2000 Established BAPëA Art School and Studios, BAPëA Gallery
1999 Returned to Adelaide
1998 Residency in Sydney
1996 Travel to The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain
1993 Continuing Member
1995 First Street Studios
1992 Travel to The Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Portugal
1989 Commenced Lecturer’s Position, North Adelaide School of Art
1988 Founding member First Street Studios, Brompton
1987 Joined Floor Two Studios Adelaide
1986 Returned to Adelaide
1984-5 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
Education
2000 Certificate in Small Business Management
1993 Therapeutic Massage Certificate AIDS Council SA
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
Employment
2009 Set Design, Adelaide University Theatre Guild Richard II
2007 Drawing for the Painter Workshop & Figure in The Landscape Work Shop Broome, WA
2002 Curator SPIRIT OF THE WEST, Adelaide Festival of Arts
2001 Exhibition Co-ordinator, Nexus Gallery
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 Second Language (part time), SA Adelaide Language Centre
1998-9 Teacher of English as a Foreign Language, 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
1993-4 Visual Arts Project Officer, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, Adelaide
1993 Lecturer in Community Arts, General Drawing, Tutor in Art History, North Adelaide School of Art
1991 Appointed to the Visual Arts, Advisory Committee, Adelaide Festival Fringe
1988 Lecturer in Painting, General Drawing, Life Drawing, North Adelaide School of Art
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Finalist RSASA Portrait Prize
2018 Finalist RSASA Portrait Prize
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
2002 TWENTY BIG ONES, Art Images
2000 DEFILING THE OBJECT, Gabriel Gallery Melbourne and Sub Station Gallery, Singapore
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
1987 MALERN AUS AMSTERDAM, Galerie Parade Reposte, West Berlin
1984 1980 selected group shows in Europe
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Urban Crawl, Bapëa Gallery
2023 Drawings to Canvas, Bapëa Gallery
2022 Those who Doubt, Bapëa Gallery
2019 Circa Quasi Quasi, Bapëa Gallery
2017 Recent Paintings, Bapëa Gallery
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, Adelaide
1987 AMS – ADE, Zone Gallery, Adelaide
Represented
The Art Gallery of South Australia
SDA Employees’ Association Adelaide
Wilderness College Adelaide
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 Dept for the Arts and Cultural Heritage
1988 Project Grant, SA Dept for the Arts and Cultural Heritage
Published / Reproduced
2013 The Adelaide Review
2012 The Adelaide Review
2007 The Advertiser
2006 The Advertiser
2002 Adelaide Matters
2002 Messenger Times
2001 Db Magazine
1999 The Adelaide Review
1999 Newtown Sydney Times
1998 The Adelaide Review
1998 Db Magazine
1990 Catalogue Essay, CCP
1990 The Adelaide Review
1989 The Adelaide Review
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