PUBLIC ART

2022 : Brabham Early Learning Centre - YMCA

2022 : Ern Halliday Recreation Camp - Percent for art

2021 : Kalamunda Learning Centre - Percent for art

2021 – 2024 : Geraldton Health Campus - Percent for Art - Artist Team (with Midnight Tuesday)

2020 : Urban Design Treatments - Bridge 7 - Main Roads : Graham Farmer Freeway

2020 – 2021 : Midland Sales Yard - Percent for Art - Artist Team (with Midnight Tuesday)

2020 : Yarralinka Primary School - Percent for Art BMW

2018 - 2021 : Paradiso Apartments - Henley St Como - Developer/Pyramid External lace finish to building (install 2021)

2018 : Percy Cullen Pavilion - City of Swan - external mural

2018 : Noranda Shopping Centre - Hawaiian - external mural

2017 - 2018 : Karratha Health Campus - Percent for art - internal largescale artwork application

2017 - 2018 : Emmanuel Catholic College - Percent for art - integrated balustrading

2017 - 2018 : City of Perth - Mclean Laneway - Public art project - Integrated Screening and mural application

2017 - 2018 : Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre - Percent for art

2016 - 2018 : Riseley St Apartment Complex - Percent for art

2017 : Ellenbrook Montessori Child Care centre - Percent for art

2017 : Mandoon Estate - Percent for art

2017 : Nagal Pass - Nedlands - Public art project

2016 - 2017 : Phoenix Shopping Centre Development - Percent for art

2016 - 2017 : Ernst Johnson Reserve - South Perth- Percent for art - integrated works

2016 : Perth Cow Parade - Public art ( Purchased by Perth Airport Public art Collection.)

2016 : Richardson Street / Devwest - Screening aspects - integrated Percent for Art - on hold 

2015 - 2016 : The Ivy / Devwest - Wall mounted - Percent for Art Project

2015 - 2016 : Catalina Estate / Saterlys - 2 freestanding three dimensional stand-alone artworks - Percent for Art

2015 : City of Canning - Telstra Building - External mural work

2015 : Gateway WA - Percent for Art Project - including community consultation

2015 : Origin Apartments / Devwest - Selected for secondary Integrated Artwork

2014 : PTA - Perth Esplanade - second mural project

2014 : Wickham Primary School / Freestanding artwork - Rio Tinto Percent for Art

2014 : Rio Tinto - Selected to produce the design for an Aluminum clad wall 6m x 2.4m

2013 : Wickham Primary School / Pavement art project - Rio Tinto Percent for Art

2013 : City of Perth - Prince Lane Mural project (Working with 5 other artists)

2013 : Finalist in the Dulux Colour Awards - for the Esplanade Bus port.

2013 : Origin Apartments / DevWest - Selected to produce the percent for art project

2013 : Karratha Leisure Complex - Mural aspects of complex

2012 : City of Mandurah - Series of 24 Banners for the main Pinjarra / Mandurah Road

2012 : City of Fremantle - Wall art and refurbishment of Kings Square Public Toilets

2012 : City of Fremantle - Installation of metal screen and gates (perforated and powder coated steel.)

2011 : Perth Transport Authority - Mural project Esplanade Bus port

2006 : City of Swan - Guildford entry statement - designed according to tight historic restrictions.

COMMUNITY ART

2019 : Sawyers Valley Primary School - 6 season mural with the students.

2018 : Karratha Health Campus - Percent for art - community engagement

2018 : Emmanuel Catholic College - Percent for art - student engagement

2016 : City of Gosnell’s ‘illuminate’ festival - ephemeral piece

2015 : Belmont Pop up Fiesta – Community project – ephemeral piece

2013 : Wickham Amenities Building - Community Mural project - Rio Tinto

2013 : Boyup Brook District High School - Mural Project

2005 : Designed and produced mural projects for Boyup Brook Primary and secondary schools

2003 : Kalamunda shire - bus stop art projects

1996 - 2001 : Ran a community based textile project in Zimbabwe

1990 - 2003 : Shire of Kalamunda - involved in a variety of projects including street art, festivals and public art.

EXHIBITIONS

2022 : Solastalgia - Joint Show - Lost Eden - Dwellingup

2021 : Lifeline Exhibition - Juniper Gallery

2021 : HOLD - In conjunction with the 2021 Indian Ocean Triennial - Curating a fibre art (Basketry) show at The Midland Junction Arts Centre

2021 : Minnawarra Art Awards - Armadale (Curated by Ron Nyisztor)

2021 : Project VI - Joint Show - Lost Eden - Dwellingup

2020 : The Patterning Habit - Joint Show - Lost Eden - Dwellingup

2020 : Discernible Sequence - Solo Exhibition - Mundaring Arts Centre

2019 : Darlington - Sculpture on the Scarp

2019 : Cast Away - Exhibiting Participant and Judge of Students catagory

2019 : Doug Moran Portrait Prize - Semifinalist

2019 : Scene - Nyiszator Studios (Curated by Ron Nyisztor)

2019 : Claremont Art Awards (Curated by Paola Amselmi)

2019 : Place and space - MAC (Curated by Greg Sickich)

2018 : Don’t jettison everything - MAC (Curated by Mikaela Castledine)

2018 : Minnawarra Art Awards - Armadale (Curated by Ron Nyisztor)

2018 : Don’t jettison everything - MAC (Curated by Mikaela Castledine)

2018 : Minnawarra Art Awards - Armadale (Curated by Ron Nyisztor)

2017 : 26°S 121°E | ON THE MAP - MAC (Curated by Laura Taylor)

2016 : Busselton Art Awards

2016 : Kalgoorlie/Boulder Art Awards

2016 : Mandurah Art Awards and Vasse Art Awards

2015 : Melville sculpture Walk (March/April)

2013 : Melville sculpture Walk (March/April)

2012 : Beverly Art Exhibition - invited guest Judge

2012 : Cossack Awards

2011 : Meticulous Miniatures - Mundaring Arts Centre

2010 : Invited artist - Mine own executioner - Mundaring Arts Centre

2010 : This Stratered Earth - Mezzanine@Darlington - joint exhibition with Willem Heyneker

2009 : Finalist - The Waterhouse Natural History Prize - South Australia Museum

2008 : Finalist - The Black Swan Portrait Prize - Perth City Hall

2008 : The painterly adventures of the women from raw - Raw by nature

2008 : City of Swan - Life Drawing exhibition

2008 : City of Swan - Annual Exhibition

2008 : Bassendean - Annual Exhibition

2008 : City of Vincent - Annual Exhibition

2007 : First Australian solo exhibition - ‘Spirit of Women’ opened by Janet Holmes ‘a Court.

2007 : Heartlines exhibition - Mundaring Arts Centre

2007 : Darlington Art Exhibition - Darlington Festival

2007 : Kalgoorlie Boulder - Annual Exhibition

2003 : Barking mad - Raw by nature

2003 : In the raw - Raw by nature

2000 : By invitation - The National Gallery of Zimbabwe

1998 : La Rochelle - Courtould Home - Mutare Zimbabwe

1995 : Peninsular Art society joint exhibition - Melbourne

1994 : Miniature society joint exhibition - Melbourne

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

2020 : Present Mundaring Arts Centre Board Member

2018 - 2020 : Artsource Board Member

2018 : Present City of South Perth’s Public Art Advisory Group

RESIDENCIES/ART TOURS

2020 : Lead a Sketchbook tour in Southern Kenya

2019 : Art tour/sketchbook - Odisha - Eastern India

2017 : Art Safari - Southern Kenya

2016 : Art tour/sketchbook - Mya Pradesh

2016 : Residency - San Skriti foundation - New Delhi – India

2014 : Art tour/sketchbook - Northern India/Rajasthan

2009 : Art tour – Ecuador

My artwork has been both commissioned and purchased by collectors in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Holland, Japan, UK and Australia.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

2010 - Present : WILD BY NATURE

2002 - 2010 : RAW BY NATURE - an award winning business / gallery based in Guildford.

2006 - 2008 : RAW BY NATURE - Opened a second gallery space in Dalkeith.

2004 : AFRICAN ROSE TEA HOUSE- Gallery / gift / café - Perth Hills.

1996 - 2001 : NYASA SEEDCRAKER DESIGNS - Gallery - Zimbabwe

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016 - 2020 : Tutoring at Kalamunda Senior High School - GATE art program.

2003 - 2005 : Ran a series of textile workshops through RAW BY NATURE (Guildford) and for Catalyst

1996 - 2001 : Ran numerous drawing and painting workshops through the Manicaland Art Society - Zimbabwe.

1996 - 2001 : Tutored within the National Gallery - Mutare Zimbabwe

1989 - 1991 : Ran my own art classes for children from a home based studio

1987 - 1991 : Lectured for three years at the Central Metropolitan College of Art and Design, in both the Fine art foundation year and within the Graphic Design Department. Teaching both first and second year students. Design, Illustration, Conceptual illustration and Drawing.

DESIGN INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

1984 - Present : Corporate development, marketing, advertising and print works. Australia - Melbourne and Perth. South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

TEXTILE INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

2010 - Present : Produced a series of surface designs suitable for production on textiles for WILD BY NATURE

1996 - 2001 : Ran my own textile studios / business in Zimbabwe The focus being on developing textiles in traditional techniques and making them marketable to a wider audience.

1987 - 1989 : Pure design suitable for children clothing within the textile industry - mainly for screen printing

ILLUSTRATION EXPERIENCE

2010 - Present : Illustration and artwork required for new range of stationary designs for WILD BY NATURE.

1991 - 1996 : Illustrated nearly forty children’s book for Melbourne based publishers and Fremantle Arts Centre Press.

1991 - 1996 : Prolific freelance illustration (through an agent in Melbourne) within the design industry.

1991 - 1996 : Freelanced independently for John Sands and Hallmark, designing, illustrating and producing over fifty wrap designs and over 40 greeting card designs.

QUALIFICATIONS / TUTELAGE

1982 - 1984 : Certificate and diploma in Graphic Design - Central Metropolitan College of Art and Design - Perth

1986 - 1989 : I received privileged tutelage in traditional portraiture and painting techniques - apprenticed to Rae Harris HRMS