Born 1971, Auckland, New Zealand
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION
1990
- Advanced Certificate Art & Design, Western Metropolitan College of TAFE, Melbourne
1994
- Bachelor of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
- 'Flocked Smocks', Caves Gallery, Melbourne
2017
- 'Recent Paintings', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
2016
- Buangor, STATION, Melbourne
2015
- 'Vista Drive', Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney
2013
- Beauty School, KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne
2012
- 'That‘s the style, Mary', KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne
2011
- Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2009
- 'The End Of The Year', Lister Gallery, Perth
- How On Earth, Murray White Room, Melbourne
2008
- 'August', Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2007
- The Butcher's Table, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
- 'One Long Day', Lister Gallery, Perth
2006
- Kaliman Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair
- 'Tim McMonagle', Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
- Melbourne Pop Up Exhibition, Edwina Corlette Gallery (forthcoming)
2016
- Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
- Painting, More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
2015
- Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2014
- 'In the Dust of this Planet', KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne
- 'Liminal Narratives', Bayside Gallery, Brighton, Melbourne
2012
- Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2011
- First show, KALIMANRAWLINS, Melbourne
2010
- Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
- The Shilo Project, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2009
- Group Show: Gallery Artists, Murray White Room, Melbourne
- Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
2008
- Group Show, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney
2007
- Received with thanks: New acquisitions 2001-07, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
- 'Materiality', Switchback Gallery, Centre for Art and Design, Monash University, Gippsland Campus
- Monash University Collection: A selection of recent acquisitions, Monash University Museum of Art
2005
- 'The Spirit of Football', National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square, Melbourne
- 'The difference between you and me', The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
2004
- Important Works on Paper, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
- 'Siblings', RMIT Project Space, Melbourne
2003
- The future in all directions, National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square, Melbourne
2002
- Crossings: New Art from Australia, Galleria Lume and Gallery Atski, Helsinki
- 'It’s a beautiful day: New Painting in Australia 2', The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
AWARDS
2018
- Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2016
- Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2015
- Finalist, Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2012
- Finalist, Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2010
- Winner, Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
2009
- Arthur Guy Memorial Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria
University of Queensland Art Museum
Heide Museum of Modern Art
Newcastle Regional Gallery
Wollongong Regional Gallery
Ian Potter Museum of Art
Monash University Museum of Art
Edith Cowan University
RACV
UBS Bank
Macquarie Bank
Artbank
Michael Buxton Collection
John McBride Collection
Joyce Nissan Collection
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
- Feature, Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, ed. Art & Australia 2007 Catalogue, Materiality, Switchback Gallery, Centre for Art and Design, Monash University
- Catalogue, Monash University Collection: A selection of recent acquisitions, Monash University Museum of Art
2006
- Feature, John McDonald, Intimations of mortality, Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, 20–21 May, p 17
2005
- Catalogue, Bala Starr, Stephen Zagala, The difference between you and me, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
- Feature, Chris Beck, The Accidental Artist, The Age, 10 September 2003 Feature, Dominique Angeloro, Crack of dawn, Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, 12–18
- December, p 26 2002 Feature, Bruce James, True-born child of the lens focuses on modern vision of nature, Sydney Morning Herald,11 December
- Catalogue, Bala Starr, It’s a beautiful day: New painting in Australia 2, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, p 32–33
- Catalogue, Peter Westwood, Crossing: New Art from Australia, RMIT, Melbourne, p 6–8