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Born Sydney, Australia 1949 |
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Studies, Work & Travel |
| 2005 |
Curator – Art Omi International Artist Residency
Retrospective for Australian Sculptors |
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Cell
Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney |
| 2004 |
Selection/judging panel University of Western Sydney
Sculpture Prize |
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Curator – Sculpture at the Seymour Centre, Sydney |
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Curator – S2004, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery,
Sydney |
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Co-ordinator – Sculpture 2004, Sculpture Festival throughout
23 Sydney Galleries |
| 2003 |
Curator – Defined by Defiance, Sir Herman Black Gallery
Sculpture Terrace, Sydney |
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Curator – Sculpture at the Seymour Centre, Sydney |
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Curator – S2003, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery,
Sydney |
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Co-ordinator – Sculpture 2003, Sculpture Festival throughout
22 Sydney Galleries |
| 2002 |
Co-curator – Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council
Chambers, Sydney |
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Curator – Create Gallery, Australian Craft Show, Circular
Quay, Sydney |
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Curator – S2003, Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery,
Sydney |
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Co-ordinator – Sculpture 2002, Sculpture Festival throughout
12 Sydney Galleries |
| 2001 |
Co-curator – Woollahra Sculpture Prize, Redleaf Council
Chambers, Sydney |
| 1999 -
present |
Part-time lecturer (sculpture). National Art School, Sydney |
| 1998 |
Guest
teacher, Tom Bass Sculpture School, Sydney |
| 1995 |
Established Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney |
| 1988 |
Designed shop and gallery for the Aboriginal Arts Australia
Exhibition, Brisbane Expo (winner, Platypus Award for the
best shop) |
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Designed the Outback Armchair of Paul Hogan in Crocodile
Dundee II |
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Australian Craft Show, Sydney Showgrounds |
| 1984 -
85 |
Invited to be part of Neiman Marcus Australian exhibition –
Dallas, Texas & San Francisco, California |
| 1982 |
Opened
‘Outside In’, Paddington, Sydney - specialising in bush
furniture and Australian crafts |
| 1960s
- 1970s |
Worked
as a stockman in the outback, also making bush furniture and
sculpture from found objects |
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Solo Exhibitions |
| 1999 |
King
Street Gallery, Sydney (small survey show to coincide with
the ‘Sculpture by the Sea' exhibition) |
| 1998 |
‘No
Simple Matter’, King Street Gallery, Sydney |
| 1996 |
‘Play
and Obsession’, King Street Gallery, Sydney |
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Group Exhibitions |
| Since
1991 |
Exhibited in numerous group exhibitions |
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Commissions |
| 1999 -
2000 |
Outdoor sculpture, ‘As Light Falls’, Tedworth Hall, Tasmania |
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Prizes and Residencies |
| 2003 |
Finalist - McClelland Survey and Award, Melbourne |
| 1999 |
Artist-in-residence, Omi, Connecticut, USA |
| 1998 |
Winner, ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Sydney, Olympic Arts
Festival event |
| 1996 |
Artist-in-residence, Knox Grammar School, Sydney |
| 1991 -
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Artist-in-residence, Dunmoochin Foundation, Victoria |
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Collections |
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Art
Omi, Connecticut, USA |
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Jackson Smith Solicitors, Australia |
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Tetsuya Wakuda |
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Minimbah Collection |
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Beautree Pty Ltd Australia |
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The
Niland Collection, Australia |
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Campbelltown Bicentennial City Art Gallery |
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Tedworth Sculpture Garden, Tedworth Hall, Tasmania |
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Queen
Victoria Museum and Art Collection, Tasmania |