Born 1972, Adelaide, South Australia.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2020, Master of Art (with excellence), University of New South Wales ( formerly COFA, Paddington Campus)

2010, Diploma of Design & Decoration, Commercial Art Training College Sydney Campus.

1997, Bachelor of Visual Communication (honours) University of South Australia.

1991, Diploma of Linguistics, Spanish, & Japanese, (VLLC) Adelaide Campus.

2023.   The Familiar in the Unfamiliar - A Spanish Residency, Brenda Colahan Fine Art, Putney, NSW

2021.   Magical Mystical, Purple Noon, Freemans Reach, NSW.

2018.    Sunburnt Country (Collaboration with Ceramic Artist Agatha Pupaher) Saint Cloche, Paddington, NSW

2017.    Never Fenced Country, Saint Cloche, Paddington, NSW

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2024 Art for Tarkayna, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart,

2024 Natural, Brenda Colahan Fine Arts, Putney, NSW

2023     Brenda Colahan Fine Art Group, The Affordable Art Fair - Randwick, NSW

2023     Nest , Brenda Colahan Fine Arts , Putney, NSW

2023     Summer Show, Brenda Colahan Fine Arts, Putney, NSW

2022     Waverley Art Prize 2022, Bondi Pavilion, NSW

2022     Brenda Colahan Fine Arts Group, The Affordable Art Fair, Randwick, NSW

2022     These are Picasso Days – Working from Home, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. NSW

2022     The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Duckrabbit Gallery. Everleigh, NSW

2022     Worth, Sheffer (Duo) Redfern, NSW

2021. Blacktown City Art Prize, Blacktown City Art Gallery, Blacktown, NSW

2021. Urban Nature, The Other Art Fair, Sydney NSW

2020.   Small Works Christmas Show, Project Gallery 90, Paddington, NSW

2020   The Viewer is Present, Mounted ARI, Springwood, NSW

2019.    Barangaroo The Other Art Fair Sydney, NSW

2019.    Coming Home  - The Other Art Fair Melbourne, NSW

2019.    Christmas Show, Project Gallery 90, Paddington, NSW

2019.    Grounded, Wellington Street Projects, Ultimo, NSW

2018.    Women in the Land/ Movers & Shapers, Hazelhurst Gallery, Sutherland Shire, NSW

2018.    Life Blood, Curated by Sean Morris, Grace Cossington-Smith Gallery, Abbostleigh, NSW

2018.    Sunburnt Country (Collaboration with Ceramic Artist Agatha Pupaher) Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington, NSW

2017.    Never Fenced Country, Saint Cloche Gallery, Paddington, NSW

2016. India Art Fair, India,

2002.   Arterial Gallery, Fullarton, South Australia

1999 Boltz Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia

1998   Helpman Academy, Adelaide, South Australia

1998 Power of Twelve, Greenhill Galleries, North Adelaide, South Australia

1998. EVA Art Prize , Pultney Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia

1998 HECs Thighs & Masking Tape, FAD Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia

1996 Pepper Street Gallery, Magill, South Australia

Awards

2024. BIG CI, Bilpin, Wollomi National Park,

2023     Art for Tarkanya, Tasmania

2023     Pamela French Art Residency, Cobbity, New South Wales

2022     Sian Faber Art Residency, Gaucin, Spain, 

2022    Jungle Club, Magnetic Island,  Far North Queensland

2022     Bondi Pavilion House Warming, Bondi Beach                                                             

2018     Movers & Shapers @ Yellow Box, Turondale, NSW

Residencies

2022     Waverley Art Prize Finalist

2022   North Sydney Art Prize Finalist

2021     Blacktown Art Prize Finalist

2018     NSW Parliament en Plein Air Art Prize Finalist                                                              

2018     Bowral District Art Society Art Prize Finalist

1998. EVA Art Prize, Finalist

Publications

2023. The Village Observer - Front Page & Editorial,

2023. The Art Guide, September,

2023 The Art Guide August,

2021     Art Edit Spring

2020    Art Edit September Show Case

2020     Real Living  Edition, Page,          

2019. Inside Out, Edition, Pages                                                                                                       

2019     Art Edit March Feature Ones to Watch

2018     House & Garden Magazine May Front Cover & Contents                                            

2017     House & Garden Magazine September p36

2006 Belle Magazine, Edition, Page.