EDUCATION
2015     Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University
2003     Master of Arts (Visual Arts)(Distinction), Curtin University, WA
2000     Bachelor of Arts (Art) (Hons) (1st Class), Curtin University, WA
1997     Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary), Curtin University, WA
1992     Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), Curtin University, WA

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015     Contested Objects, School of Art Gallery, RMIT
2011     Trophy Life, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2009     Usage, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth.
2007     Way, Shape or Form, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth
2005     Scenario, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth.

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016     Assemblage, Curated by Lia McKnight, John Curtin Gallery
2016     Staffroom, Edward Millen House, Victoria Park Arts Festival
2015     Staffroom, Free Range Gallery
2015     Mate, Curated by Carla Adams, Paper Mountain, Fringe Festival
2014     Bankwest Art Prize, WA
2014     Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
2014     Revelations, Sculpture from the RMIT Collection, RMIT Gallery, 
2014     Staffroom, PSAS, Fremantle, WA
2014     Babana Men’s Group Fun(d)raiser, in collaboration with Shaun Gladwell and Nicole Slatter
2014     Tropaeum, Curated by Andrew Purvis and Abdul Abdullah,     Fremantle Arts Centre, WA, 
2014     Of Spears and Pruning Hooks II, Spectrum Project Space, ECU, WA
2013     Back and Forth, Give and Take. Impact 8 International Printmaking Conference, Dundee, Scotland. Castleden, Honey and Slatter
2013     Gomboc Gallery Sculpture Survey, 30th Annual Exhibition. 
2012     Choju Contemporary Art, Kaede Gallery – Kyoto + Osaka, Japan
2011      From There to Here and In-between, Project Space/Spare Room, RMIT University, Melbourne
2010     Harbouring Histories, DUT University, South Africa
2009 - 2012     Joondalup Invitation Art Award 
2009     Thing: Beware the material world, Curated by Robert Cook and Melissa Harpley, Art Gallery of WA, 
2008     Linden 1968, Curated by Hannah Mathews and Ben Riding, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne, 
2005     From Space to Place, Curated by Marco Marcon, IASKA National Touring Project, PICA (touring Australia 2005 – 2008)
2005 - 2007     Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe
2005     Land of the Giants, Curated by Consuelo Cavaniglia and Brendan van Hek, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle. 
2005     SHELFLIFE, Curated by Doug Sheerer, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth International Arts Festival}
2004 - 2005     Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2003     Maybe, Collaborative project with Nicole Huitson, Kurb Gallery
2002     Hotel 6151, Curated by Ben Riding, Christian De Vietri and Heather Webb, Rhodes Motor Hotel, Artrage Festival
2002     Mnemotech, curated by Bec Dean, PICA
2002     Parallel Worlds, curated by Kate McMillan, Perth International Arts Festival
2001     Hatched National Graduate Show, PICA

 

AWARDS & PRIZES
2014     Bankwest Art Prize (Inaugural Prize for Sculpture)
2008     Siemens Fine Art Scholarship, Post Graduate Award, RMIT University
2007     Sculpture by the Sea, (NAB WA Sculptors Scholarship), Cottesloe
2004     Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Sydney
2003     Galerie Düsseldorf Scholarship Award
2003     Popular Choice Award, Joondalup Invitation Art Award
2002     Popular Choice Award, Joondalup Invitation Art Award

 

COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
Bankwest Art Collection
Woollahra City Council
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
City of Joondalup
RMIT University Melbourne
Curtin University Art Collection
The Liz & Lloyd Horn Collection
Private Collections
 

CATALOGUES
TROPHY LIFE: Essay Trophy Life by Andrew Purvis, 2011
USAGE: Essay MULTIPURPOSEVOLUTIONISM by Dr Robert Cook, Dec, 2009
CLOSET CIRCUS: Works from the Horn Collection, Fremantle Press, 2008
From Space to Place, Essay by Marco Marcon, 2005
PARALLEL WORLDS – Essay Parallel Worlds by Stuart Koop January, 2002

 

ESSAYS
Dr Tim Gregory, Forgetful Exchange: Exploring the Limits of Authorship, 2013
Dr Robert Cook, Thing: Beware the material world, April, 2009
Dr Robert Cook, ‘Up Size’ Pizza Surprise. October, 2001

 

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Dr Ric Spencer, ‘Visual Arts’, The West Australian, Perth, June 2009
Dr Ric Spencer, ‘Visual Arts’, The West Australian, Perth, August 2007
Kate McMillan, ‘There and back’, Real Time, June – July 2005
Ric Spencer, ‘In the picture’, The West Australian, Perth, March 2005
Annie English, Artnotes, Art Monthly, Number 196, Summer 2004
Dr Robert Cook, ‘In the picture’, The West Australian, Perth, May 2003
Felena Alach, Hotel 6151, Artlink Vol 23 No 1, November 2002
Dorothy Erikson, Mnoemotech: sense + scape + time + memory, Artlink Vol 22 No 4, October 2002
Neville Weston, ‘In the picture’, The West Australian, Perth, October 2002
Dr Robert Cook, ‘In the picture’, The West Australian, Perth, July 2002
Neville Weston, ‘In the picture’, The West Australian, Perth, February 2002
Bec Dean, ‘Art, Home delivered!’ Real Time, Dec 2001 – Jan 2002
Dr Robert Cook, ‘In the picture’, The West Australian, Perth, Dec 2001
Sarah Palmer, ‘Pizza with the works…of art’ The West Australian, Perth, October 2001
Michelle White, ‘Pizza Surprise’ radio interview, Triple j, October 2001