Recent Prizes, selections

 

First prize Biennial Redland art Award 2022 ($15000 acquisitive)

2019 Selected as a finalist in the Du Reitz Art Prize

2018 Selected as a finalist in the nationally significant Stanthorpe Art prize

2018 Selected as a finalist in the Moreton Bay contemporary art prize

2017 Finalist in the 2017 EMSLA (still life) prize

2017 Selected as a finalist in the Moreton Bay Contemporary painting prize

2016: Selected to exhibit in the Science-Art exhibition, Ecosciences Building, Brisbane

2014: Selected as a finalist in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award (EMSLA)

2012 Invited to participate in the Australian Marine Conservation Society’s auction of nationally significant artists’ work

2011 Selected as an exhibitor in the International Animal Studies Conference, Griffith University

2011 Selected as a finalist in the Prometheus Art Prize, Gold Coast

2010 Selected as a finalist for the Duke Prize for Contemporary Art, Gold Coast

2010 First prize (contemporary painting) Moreton Bay Art Award

2009 Selected as a lead artist for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council’s Treeline Project

2009 Selected as a finalist for the biennial Prometheus Award for Contemporary Art, Gold Coast

2008 Won competitive commission to create public artwork for Logan Historical Museum

2006 Won competitive commission to build a large public artwork for Logan City Council 

2004 Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery Sculpture Competition - second prize

2003 Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery Painting Prize – second prize

2002 Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery Sculpture Competition – first prize

Recent exhibition history

2021 Reflections on a changing  biosphere  - Logan Art Gallery

2014 Group exhibition of paintings 10th anniversary of  NEO Gallery, Mount Coolum, Sunshine Coast

2013 Solo exhibition of paintings  at NEO Gallery, Mount Coolum, Sunshine Coast

2012 Exhibition of paintings (marine theme) at NEO Gallery, Mount Coolum, Sunshine Coast

2011 Exhibition of paintings (marine theme) at NEO Gallery, Anne St,. Fortitude Valley

2011 Selected to exhibit in the International Animal Studies Conference, Griffith University

2011 Finalist in the Prometheus Art Prize, Gold Coast

2010 Finalist in the Duke Award for Contemporary Art, Gold Coast.

2010 Selected as artist/curator to stage the Bio-diverse-city concept at the Treeline project, Sunshine Coast Regional Council, 2010.

2009 Finalist in the Prometheus award – Gold Coast

2008/9 Curator and exhibitor in Bio-diverse-city - a group exhibition at Logan Art Gallery

2008 Swell Sculpture Festival

2008 Selected for ‘Smalls Gallery’ exhibition, Swell Sculpture Festival

2007 Unconscious Content - solo exhibition at Logan (regional) Art Gallery – environmental 

2005 Different Spheres - solo exhibition of painting and sculpture at the Doggett Street Gallery.

2005 Selected to exhibit in the 2005 Swell Sculpture Festival “Smalls” exhibit, Currumbin, Qld

Public art commissions

2014 Selected to develop sculptural concepts for the Slacks Creek project – Logan City Council

2009 Invited to submit proposal for major public art work for the Berrinba Southwest project.

2008 Won competitive commission to create public sculpture for Logan Historical Museum

2007 Commissioned to supply 20 paintings for the new Logan City Council administration building

2006 Commission to build ‘Democracy’ - a large public sculpture for Logan City Council 

2006 Commissioned by the Logan and Albert Conservation Society to produce a collaborative environmental sculpture group with communities of the former Beaudesert Shire Council

Work in collections:

Collection of Australian author Tim Winton

Crows Nest Regional Art Gallery

Redland City Council Art Gallery collection

Logan City Council

JBT Select Realty

KordaMentha Corporate Advisory

Logan Historical Museum

Collection of Peter Gonthier, Neo Gallery

Work in private collections in Australia and overseas