• Born 1953 in Adelaide, SA. Lives and works in Melbourne, VIC

Education

• Post-graduate Studies (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), School of Visual Arts, New York City, USA

• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA

• Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting), South Australian School of Art

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2023
  Australian Gothic, Linton and Kay Gallery, Perth, WA

• 2022
  The Non Conformist, Fletcher Arts, Melbourne, VIC
  Country Road, Belalie Art Gallery, Jamestown, SA

• 2021
  Odyssey, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane, QLD

• 2020
  Outside Looking In, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD
  Transcontinental, Aptos Cruz Galleries, Stirling, SA

• 2019
  The Real World, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
  The Real World, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW

• 2018
  The Untold, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Coastline, Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane, QLD

• 2017
  Lust for Life, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
  Gouaches, Arts Center, Port Noarlunga, SA

• 2015
  Autograph, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Persistence, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

• 2014
  Medusa, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC

• 2013
  The Big Picture, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Second Sight, Australian Galleries, Sydney, NSW

• 2012
  Ordinary Beauty, Adelaide Central School of Art Gallery, SA

• 2011
  Inheritance, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• 2010
  Darkness on the Edge of Town, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW

• 2009
  Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD

• 2008
  Time in America, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
  America, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT
  Strange Land, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, USA

• 2007
  Serenade, Michael Reid at Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW

• 2006
  Private Life, Wei Ling Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Small Observations (Survey), Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, TAS
  Vision, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD

• 2005
  Pretty Colours, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
  Life Size, Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS

• 2004
  Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  Jazz, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD
  Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT

• 2003
  Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany
  New Start, Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
  Some Kinds of Love, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

• 2002
  BMG Art, Adelaide, SA
  Dridan Fine Art, McLaren Vale, SA

• 2001
  Compulsion (Survey), Brisbane City Gallery, QLD
  Interior, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
  Revelation, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD
  University Paintings, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney, NSW
  Fortune, Chapman Gallery, Canberra, ACT

• 2000
  Stone Free, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
  Screen Play, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany

• 1999
  Small Paintings, Gallery 460, Gosford, NSW
  Glow, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
  Hometown, BMG Art, Adelaide, SA

• 1998
  Country Life, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, QLD
  Turpentine, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

• 1997
  Noosa: Not Just A Holiday, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD
  Favour, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA

• 1996/97
  McClelland Regional Gallery, VIC

• 1996
  Outcast, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

• 1995
  Bordertown, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
  Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA

• 1994
  Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
  Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA
  The Modern World, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, VIC

• 1993
  Australian Passenger, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW
  Perth Galleries, Perth, WA
  Gallery 409 (The Anderson Contemporary Art Gallery), Roswell, New Mexico, USA

• 1992
  Perth Galleries, Perth, WA

• 1991
  Gallery 409 (The Anderson Contemporary Art Gallery), Roswell, New Mexico, USA
  Roswell, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, NSW

• 1990
  Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
  Anima Gallery, Adelaide, SA
  Perth Galleries, Perth, WA

• 1988
  Door of Memories, The Roswell Museum and Art Centre, Roswell, New Mexico, USA
  Nine Months in New Mexico, 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne, VIC

• 1987
  Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery, Sydney, NSW
  Frightened Gods, 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne, VIC

• 1985
  Bright Lights, Big City, 70 Arden Street, North Melbourne, VIC

• 1984
  Expatriates, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide, SA

• 1983
  Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
  Australian Consulate, New York City, USA

• 1979
  Razor Gallery, New York City, USA
  Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn, USA

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2013
  Heartland, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

• 2007/8
  40th Anniversary Exhibition: Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell Museum and Art Gallery, USA

• 2006
  Glover Art Prize (commended), Tasmania, Australia

• 2005
  So You Wanna Be A Rock ’N’ Roll Star: Australian Painting from the NGV Shell Collection, National Gallery of Victoria Touring Exhibition, Wangaratta Exhibition Gallery, McClelland Gallery, Hamilton Art Gallery
  A Partial View: Australian Art in the UWA Collection, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia

• 2004
  To Look Within, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia & University Art Museum, Brisbane, Australia
  The Painted Self, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
  Imaging the Apple, Australian Touring Exhibition, Arts Academy, University of Ballarat, Australia
  Freudian Slip, BMG Gallery, Adelaide, Australia

• 2003
  Self Portrait, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany
  Sex and Sensuality, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia
  People and Places, Redland Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
  Back to the Future, Monash Museum of Art, Victoria, Australia
  The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
  Travelling the Roundabout, Academy Gallery, Launceston, Australia and Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Australia
  Future Perfect, Bett Gallery, Hobart, Australia
  Heat, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia

• 2002
  Naked, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  The Painted Fold, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Self Portrait, Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin, Germany

• 2001
  Ill Met by Moonlight: An Exhibition of Nocturnes, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  Male Nude: A Private View, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

• 2000
  Body Image, Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
  Small Paintings, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
  Land Mark, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
  Skin Deep, New Zealand

• 1999
  William Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  Cars and Culture: Our Driving Passions, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
  Riding on the Edge: Art, Identity and the Motorcycle, Waverley City Gallery, Victoria, Australia
  The Artist’s Retreat: Discovering the Mornington Peninsula 1850s to the Present, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
  Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  Visy Board Art Prize, Tanunda, South Australia

• 1998–99
  Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Touring Exhibition

• 1998
  The Fleurieu Biennale, McLaren Vale, South Australia
  Flesh, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia
  Luscious, Cooloola Shire Public Gallery, Queensland, Australia

• 1997
  Alice Springs Art Award, Alice Springs, Australia
  Conrad Jupiters Gold Coast Art Award, Queensland, Australia

• 1996
  Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia

• 1995
  If You’re Creative You Can Get Stuffed, Continental Café, Melbourne, Australia

• 1994
  Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia
  Monash University Collection, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

• 1993
  William Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  Death, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia

• 1992
  Urban Images, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

• 1991
  Artists from Melbourne, The Australia Gallery, New York City, USA

• 1989
  Moët et Chandon Touring Exhibition, Australia
  Heidelberg and Heritage, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Artists under Saturn, Ian Potter Gallery, University of Melbourne, Australia

• 1988
  A New Generation, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
  Paintings from Roswell, University of Texas, El Paso, USA
  What’s Happening: A Fly-By, Roswell Museum and Art Center, New Mexico, USA
  The Naked City, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

• 1987
  Here and There, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
  Budget Collection Touring Exhibition, Australia
  ICI Collection Touring Exhibition, Australia

Collections

• Academy Gallery, University of Tasmania, TAS

• Alice Springs Art Foundation, Araluen Art Centre, NT

• Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, New Mexico, USA

• Artbank, Australia

• Art Gallery of Western Australia, WA

• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT

• Brisbane City Gallery, QLD

• Curtin University Gallery, Perth, WA

• Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD

• Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, VIC

• Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, WA

• Monash University, Melbourne, VIC

• Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD

• Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, VIC

• Provincetown Museum and Art Center, Massachusetts, USA

• Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

Selected Awards and Residencies

• 2007/08 Roswell Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Artist-in-Residence Foundation, New Mexico, USA

• 2006/07 Public Art Commission (Bridgewater High School Mural), TAS Government

• 2006 New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, The Australia Council

• 2005 Public Art Commission (Rosebery High School), TAS Government

• 2005 Visual Arts Grant, Arts Tasmania

• 2002 Artist-in-Residence, University of Tasmania, School of Art; New Work Grant, The Australia Council

• 1998 New Work Grant, Arts Office, QLD Government

• 1997 The Alice Prize, The Alice Springs Art Foundation, NT; Artist-in-Residence, Noosa Regional Gallery, QLD

• 1996 Logan City Art Award, Painting, QLD

• 1994 Artist-in-Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

• 1992 Artist-in-Residence, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA

• 1992 Artist-in-Residence, Monash University, Gippsland, VIC

• 1990/91 Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, USA

• 1987/88 Artist-in-Residence, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico, USA

• 1987 Artist-in-Residence, Monash University, Gippsland, VIC

• 1986/87 Visual Arts Board, Besozzo Studio, Italy

• 1985 Visual Arts Board, Half Standard Grant

• 1978 Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire, USA

• 1977/78 Artist-in-Residence, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA

• 1976 Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, USA

• 1975 Visual Arts Board Grant, Overseas Study