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Fine Art practice

Specialist areas: Oil painting, soft pastel, ink, pen, pencil, watercolour, gouache, layered photography.

Fine Art commissions: works on canvas & paper, book illustrations, portraiture, layered photography.

Private commissions digital design: branding, gift and wedding stationery, album covers, billposters. 

Professional employment in Visual Arts sector                              

2019 Visual Arts Officer, acting role, City of Stonnington

2019 Visual Arts Administration, City of Stonnington

Solo shows

2009 Kingston Arts Centre Gallery: ‘Catching time’: large pastel works, small works on paper, ‘love in the windows’ series and oils on canvas

2007 Furniture showroom, Toorak Road, South Yarra: ‘Patina and the sea’ oils on canvas

Group shows

2018 La Sagra upstairs gallery: ‘Life drawings’, works on paper

2017 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Landscapes: reflected and represented’, works on paper

2017 No Vacancy Gallery: ‘Meanderings in visual language’, works on paper

2017 Sandringham Library: ‘Botany and urban forests’, digital prints on paper

2017 Le Studio Mordialloc: Open studio, works in progress

2016 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Environmental awareness’ works on paper and digital prints on paper

2016 Scugnizzo Ristorante: Group shows, works on paper, digital photography, digital prints on paper

2016 Inner Space Gallery: Group show with Emerging Artists Australia, works on paper

2016 Le Studio Mordialloc: Open studio, works in progress

2014 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Sleep and suspension’, pastel on paper

2013 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Organic repetition’, works on paper

2013 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Group portrait show’, works on paper

2012 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Freckles and faces’, works on paper

2012 Brunswick Street Gallery: ‘Portraits of strangers’, pastel on paper

2003 Babel Fitzroy: ‘Scapes’: oils on canvas (exhibition space shared with Craig Burgess)

Projects

2021 mural: ‘Painting, not standing’ wall mural in laneway off Ormond Rd, Elwood.

2020/21 RCH Me and UooUoo public art trail: selected artist chosen to paint a UooUoo sculpture in celebration of the Royal Childrens’ Hospital 150th anniversary.

Art awards

ArtzBlitz 2010 at Kingston Arts Centre Gallery - 1st Prize for 2D artwork

Art competition participation

2017, 2021 Linden Postcard Show

2015 – 2016 BSG 40x40

2011 – 2017 Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Exhibition 

2003, 2009 – 2017 KACG ArtzBlitz

Curated art exhibitions

2018 La Sagra upstairs gallery

‘Life drawings’ by Siobhan Davenport, Tamar Dolev, Ian Calcutt, Wayne Aubrey, Sarah Lee

Co-curated art exhibitions

2017 Scugnizzo Ristorante: exhibiting bodies of work by two artists

‘Salt and the dress’ by Lesley Dickman & ‘Still life’ by Sharman Feinberg

2017 Brunswick Street Gallery: themed exhibition

‘Landscapes: reflected and represented’ works by Beth Wilson, Ken W Martin, Ryan Tews, Stephanie Litjens, Tom Conyers, Jules Baldwin, Tinga Tinga artists

2017 No Vacancy Gallery: ‘Meanderings in Visual Language’ 

Exhibiting bodies of work by five featured artists:

Jo Roszkowski, Juliet Collins, Sharon Monagle, Ryan Tews and Angus E Donald

Group show also exhibited works by:

Selva Veeriah, Tamar Dolev, Tom Conyers, Rissah Vox, Ken W Martin, Fionna Madigan, Emilie Heurtevent, Rosalindh Porter, Roslynne Winkler

2017 Sandringham Library: themed exhibition

‘Meeting of two worlds’ works by Fionna Madigan, Tom Conyers, Stephanie Litjens, Jules Baldwin, Tinga Tinga artists

2016 Scugnizzo Ristorante: themed exhibition

‘Photography group show’ works by Ryan Tews, Tom Conyers, Steph Litjens

2016 Brunswick Street Gallery: themed exhibition

‘Botany and urban forests’ works by Tamar Dolev, Julie Powell, Jules Baldwin, Lindsey Lin, Tom Conyers

2016 - 2017 Scugnizzo Ristorante: bi-monthly group shows exhibiting works by:

Beth Wilson, Juliet D Collins, Simon Duiker, Sharon Monagle, Liliana Profus, Sharman Feinberg, Jo Roszkowski, Ryan Tews, Tom Conyers, Steph Litjens, Tinga Tinga artists, Jules Baldwin, Tamar Dolev, Selva Veeriah, Ken W Martin, Julie Powell

Creative business – self employment:

Eava: everything earth friendly - online store | Business Owner: 2015 – present (paused 2020/2021)

Business creation: business and financial plans, concept, branding/design, marketing/promotion, online store, logistics and stock control.

Exhibiting Artists Melbourne | Co-Curator & Business Partner: 2016 – 2018

Exhibitions – selection of artists, artworks and design/installation of solo and group exhibitions.

Online gallery – creation of artist profiles, exhibition artwork galleries, event photos, upcoming events/opportunities, website creation & maintenance.

Branding, design, marketing, promotion, online gallery, accounts, sales, customer service, administration, contracts. Writing of theme briefs to develop ideas and post-exhibitions essays (both unpublished).

Eleven Leaves | Business Owner & Creative Direction: 2007 - 2015

Art and Graphic Design. Recycled stationery products, organic cotton products, and handcrafted gifts. Business directions, research, cash flow, bookkeeping, BAS

Education:

Bachelor of Science | Monash University: 2001 ‐ 2005

Major: Mathematics (Specialising in Calculus)

Minor: Astronomy                 

Electives: Astrophysics, Biology, Psychology, Atmospheric Science, Zoology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Visual Culture and Visual Art

Certificate IV in Small Business Management: 2009

Holmesglen: 2008-2009 (creative business management)

Miscellaneous

Indigenous Culture Intellectual Property (2019), REACH mental health (2019), Human Rights Charter (2018), Dealing with Difficult Customers (2018), Manual Handling Course (2017), Cultural Diversity (2016)

RMIT: 2000

Bachelor Fine Art: Major in painting - First year only

VCE

Sandringham Secondary College: 1998

Awards: Certificate for Excellence in Painting