EDUCATION
1997
- MFA, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
1988
- Graduate Diploma (Visual Art), City Art Institute, Sydney
1987
- BA (Visual Art), City Art Institute, Sydney
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
- Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2017
- Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
2016
- Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2015
- Nock Art Gallery, Hong Kong
- Weswal Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
2014
- Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- Milton House Gallery, Mackay
2013
- Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2012
- Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2011
- Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2010
- Defiance Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
- 'The Platform 10', Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
- 'Abstract Landscape', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2017
- Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
- KAAF Art Prize, Sydney
- 'Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007 - 2017', Orange Regional Gallery
- Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- 'Midwinter', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- The Kelton Plain Artist Residency, Raglan Gallery, Cooma
- 'Makers Mark', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2016
- Kedumba Drawing Award, Orange Regional Gallery
- 'Packsaddle Exhibition', New England Regional Gallery Museum, NSW
- 'Step Up To The Plate', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'Spring Fever', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'Abstracting the Landscape', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2015
- 'Art from Australia', Gail Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea
- Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
- Hong Kong Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong
- Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- '20th Anniversary Exhibition', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'Confluence', Contemporary Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2014
- Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
- 'Opening Exhibition', Gallery Klei, Sydney
- NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney
- Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- 'Abstracting the Landscape', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'Coorah',Contemporary Gallery, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2013
- Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
- 'The PLC Sydney Collection Exhibition', Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- 'The Landscape Exhibition', Gate Gallery, Wollombi
2012
- Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- Paddington Art Prize, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
- 'Larapinta Trail Artists', Shoalhave City Arts Centre, Nowra
- 'Seeing the Same Landscape Through Different Eyes', Milton House Gallery, Mackay
- 'Painting the Everglades', Everglades Gallery, NSW
- NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney
- Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- 'Abstraction in Landscape', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'Larapinta Trail Artists', Moree Plains Gallery, Moree
- Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
- 'The Great Australian Landscape', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney
2011
- 'The Larapinta Exhibition', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'Ship Shape, The Boat Show', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'The Landscape Show', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
- 'The Drawing Show', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
2010
- 'Second Annual Drawing Exhibition', Nolan on Lovel Gallery, NSW
- Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
- Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- 'The Drawing Show', Defiance Gallery, Sydney
RESIDENCIES
2015
- Huangshan, China through Nock Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2014
- Zhangjiajie, China through Nock Art Foundation, Hong Kong
- Pymble Ladies College, Croydon, Sydney
2013
- Pymble Ladies College, Croydon, Sydney
2011
- PLC, Croydon, Sydney
2008
- Bundanon Trust, Artist in Residence Program, NSW
1991
- WASPS Studio Residency, Glasgow, Scotland
AWARDS
2018
- Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2017
- Winner, Paddington Art Prize, Paddington, Sydney
- Highly Commended, KAAF Art Prize, Sydney
- Semi-finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Sydney
- Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2016
- Winner, Kedumba Drawing Award, Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2015
- Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Paddington, Sydney
- Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2014
- Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Paddington, Sydney
- Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney
- Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
2013
- Finalist, Kedumba Drawing Award, Wentworth Falls, NSW
2012
- Finalist, Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
- Finalist, Paddington Art Prize, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
- Finalist, NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize, NSW Parliament, Sydney
- Finalist, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Adelaide Perry Gallery, Sydney
- Highly Commended, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
2010
- People’s Choice Award, Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, Sydney
- Commended, Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
COLLECTIONS
- Supreme Court of Victoria
- Allens Arthur Robinson
- Artbank
- Paddington Art Prize Collection
- Kedumba Collection of Contemporary Australian Drawings
- Bundanon Trust Collection
- Pymble Ladies College Sydney Collection
- Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
- TAFE NSW, Western Sydney Institute
- Seoul Fine Arts Centre, Korea
- Chandler Coventry Collection
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018
- Maria Stoljar Talking with Painters podcast, episode. 44
2016
- Elizabeth Fortescue, ‘Allen’s mountain highs’, Daily Telegraph, May 5 2016
2014
- Richard Morecroft and Alison Mackay; Artist Profile issue 26, Feb 2014, pgs. 90-95