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Curriculum Vitae

 

Tertiary Education

  • PhD in Visual Arts, James Cook University, Queensland

  • Masters in Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales

  • Grad Dip Education, Southern Cross University, New South Wales

  • Bachelor of Creative Arts, Southern Cross University, New South Wales

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Creative Arts Teaching Experience  (1990-2016)

Queensland:

  • James Cook University

  • Far North Queensland Institute of TAFE

  • Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Education Unit

  • Indigenous and Islander Product Development Unit

  • Trinity Bay High School

  • Smithfield High School

  • St Monica’s College

  • School of Distance Education

  • Mossman High School

New South Wales:

  • Nimbin Central School

  • Richmond River High School

  • Kadina High School

 

Selected Projects: Management, Festivals & Conferences

  • 2016-2019: Co-producer and playwright of Alice in the Antipathies at Cairns Performing Arts Centre, QLD and Damansara Performing Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 2015: Curator/artist at ‘Tropics>Tropics Tour’, Johor Bharu, Malaysia

  • 2011: Conference Paper/Speaker at Impact 7, Melbourne, VIC

  • 2009: Curator/Artist at ‘On the Edge’, International Tour to Delhi, Indira Gandhi Art Centre and Jaipur International Festival

  • 2008: EKC Conference Paper “Using art practice to argue Human Rights issues”, Hertfordshire, UK

  • 2007: Speaker at Feminist Agenda Conference Townsville

  • 2006: Keynote Speaker, 'Moving from Rhetoric to Diversity of Practice', Immigrant Women’s Support Services Forum, Brisbane, QLD

  • 2005: Women’s Empowerment Workshops, Townsville, Innisfail, Bundaberg, Caloundra & Gympie, QLD

  • 2003: Curator/Artist at Women’s Art and Weavings from the Torres Strait International Women’s Conference, Townsville, QLD

  • 2001: Coordinator at Centenary of Federation Celebration, Stratford, QLD

 

​Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • 2019: ‘Alice in the Antipathies’, CPAC, Cairns

  • 2018: ‘Lasting Impressions, The Art of Printmaking’ Bank Negara Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

  • 2016: ‘Connect’ Vivo’s Palm Cove

  • 2015: ‘Footprints’, Vivo’s Palm Cove

  • 2013: ‘Watermark’, Tanks Art Centre Cairns
    ‘Watermark’, Fine Arts Gallery, Chiang Mai University (Residency)

  • 2010: ‘Unfolding Narratives’, Barratt Gallery, Alstonville, Bellingen Library

  • 2009: Book Launch and Exhibition of Images - Crockee’s Country & Moving House, Cairns Regional Gallery, James Cook University Library, Cell Artspace, Cairns

  • 2004-2006: ‘Through the Looking Glass’, Touring Regional Queensland: Mourilyan, Townsville, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Caloundra, Gympie, Cairns Regional Galleries

  • 1998-1999: 'Alice in the Interface’, Touring Regional Queensland - Umbrella Studio, Townsville; The Tanks Art Centre, Bundaberg Art Centre

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2014 ‘Inkfest’, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

  • 2013 ‘Little Boxes’ Vivo’s Palm Cove, Cairns
    ‘Paper… on and off’ Tanks Art Centre, Cairns
    ‘Sentinels 145° 38\’ 14.17\” E, 16° 50\’ 08.63\” S’ Kick Arts Cairns, Tableland Regional Gallery Atherton
    ‘Asian Influences’ Canopy ArtSpace, Cairns QLD
    ‘Inside/Out, Inkmasters Exhibition, Circa 1907 Gallery, Cairns, touring Regional Queensland.
    ‘So Many Minds 2’, International Contemporary Art Exhibition,
    Chiang Mai University Art Center

  • 2012 ‘Inkfest’, Tanks Art Centre, Canopy Artspace
    ‘Works on Paper’ – Inkmasters exhibition Circa 1907, Cairns

  • 2011 ‘Impress, Body to Body’ Cairns Regional Gallery, Tablelands RG, Perc Tucker Townsville
    ‘Epicurious’ – Vivo’s, Palm Cove, QLD, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery Melbourne, Victoria, ‘Inkmasters Inaugural Exhibition’ – Circa 1907, Cairns, 2011
    ‘Place and Being’, – Townsville, Queensland

  • 2010 ‘Hankie Project’ – Barratt Gallery, Alstonville, NSW
    ‘Wonderland’, Vivo’s, Palm Cove, QLD

  • 2008-09 ‘On the Edge’ India Tour, Tanks Arts Centre Cairns, Umbrella Studios, Townsville,
    Artspace, Mackay, Gympie Regional Gallery

  • 2007 ‘Cocoon Project’: Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

  • 2003 ‘No Boundaries’ JCU postgraduate exhibition
    ‘Corresponding Latitudes’, COCA Cairns, Jaipur, Udaipur, Bikaneer, India
    ‘Adopt an Artist’, Centenary of Federation Celebration, Stratford, Queensland

  • 2001 ‘New Image, New Ways’ Australian High Commission, Singapore

  • 1994 Carnivale, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW

 

Artist in Residence

  • 2018 AsiaLink Residence in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

  • 2012-13 Chiang Mai University, Thailand

  • 1998 The Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, Qld

 

Community Involvement, Public Arts Projects, Workshops & Project Management

  • 2023: Water Sprite Animation Project

  • 2022: Dungog Moving Forward Festival, Dungog

  • 2021: Umbrellas for Climate Change, Dungog

  • Disability Week Workshops, Coastal dreaming, Innisfail & JCU, Cairns

  • Guest speaker- Cairns International Women’s Day

  • Co-ordinator, Starry Starry Night Ball, Stratford Bowling Club

  • Guest speaker- Innisfail Sugar Museum, International Women’s Breakfast

  • Coordinator of Centenary of Federation Celebrations, Stratford

  • Lantern making/Children’s/Printmaking workshops ,Cairns Festival , Inkfest, TanksArts Centre

 

Awards

  • 2015 AMMA, Malaysia – Global Award for Human Rights through Art

 

Federal, State and Regional Grants

  • 20 23 Regional Community Grant

  • 2022 Art Accelerator  NSW grant (Dungog Moving Forward  Festival)

  • 2018 QASP Grant for Touring Alice in the Antipathies

  • 2016 RADF and RAF for Alice in the Antipathies

  • 2015 RADF, Arts Queensland for Tropics to Tropics Project.
    Quick Response Grant to accept Award in Malaysia

  • 2009 Australia India Council Grant.
    Arts Queensland Career Development Grant

  • 2007 Q150 Grant, RADF.
    Quick Response Grant.

  • 2006 Continuing Scholarship (JCU)

  • 2005 Artworkers Alliance Small Grants.
    Write up Grant (JCU)

  • 2004 Arts Queensland (Small Grants)

  • 2001-04 Australian Postgraduate Award (JCU)

  • 2001 RADF grants (3)

 

Collections

  • Southern Cross University, NSW

  • Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW

  • Private Collections in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, India  and Sweden

 

Reviews

  • Caroline Furlong -Arts Nexus May-June 2000

  • Anne Donohue – Townsville Bulletin 26/2/99

  • Marina Muecke -The Cairns Post, 26/6/98

  • Carrie Bies – FNCIA Newsletter Aug 1998

  • Eyeline – Summer 1998/1999

  • Periphery No 37 Summer 1998/1999

  • Rilka Oakley – Periphery No. 23/5/95

  • Michael Berry – Periphery No. 5/11/90

  • Geoff Levitus – Periphery No. 1/10/89

 

Publications

  • Children’s books Crockee’s Country and Moving House (2009) [Author & Illustrator]

  • Art Monthly, Australia, “Carked” it like a Cassowary, June 2009

  • Pratilipi, International Crosscurrents, September 2009

  • Times International, Introducing On the Edge, Issue 2, 2008

  • Visual Echoes: Using art practice to argue Human Rights issues 2007

  • Arts Nexus Issue 62 – Review: FACE to FACE, April-July 2007 –

  • Kasama Vol.20, No. 4 – Review: The power of persuasion in Visual Imagery Oct-Dec 2006

  • Various articles in Arts Nexus from 2002 – 2006

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