Education:

• 1987-1989 Bachelor of Fine Art (Furniture Design), University of Tasmania
• 1985-1986 Diploma of Fine Art, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand

Collections:

• Toyama Prefecture Sculpture Collection, Japan
• Scenic World , Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW
• Montalto Sculpture Collection
• Canberra Arboretum
• Smorgan Collection, Mornington Peninsula
• Holmes a Court Collection
• Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens ‘Monument to the Blue Gum’
• Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
• Ronald C Wornick Collection, San Francisco
• Wood Turning Centre Collection, Philadelphia
• Tasmanian Wood Design Collection

Commissions:

• Sculpture at Barangaroo, 1st Anniversary celebrations, Sydney Waterfront 2016
• Dark Mofo 2015
• Community Consultation/ production for Sculpture in Risdonvale, Tasmania.
• Numerous Art in Public Places Commissions in Tasmania.
• Commission for Stockland, NSW.
• Public Sculpture ‘Sine Language’ for Kingston High School, Tasmania.
• ‘Wide Brown Land’ Sculpture for Canberra Arboretum, Arts ACT commission.  .
• Private Commissions, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.

Professional Achievements:

• Fulltime Sculptor 1990-current
• Australia representative at Inami Sculpture Camp, Toyama, Japan
• Guest Lecturer at School of Art, University of Tasmania
• Sessional Instructor in Woodcarving Design and Sculpture at TAFE, Tasmania
• Artist in Resident at Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Tasmania
• Exchange Artist at Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, USA 2005
• Artist in Residence at Philadelphia University of the Arts, June, July, August 2004.
• Guest Presenter at SOFA Chicago 1998 and SOFA New York 1999
• Shortlisted for Images of the West Sculpture, Princes Fwy, Western Melbourne.
• Shortlisted for Tom Breen Sculpture, Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
• Shortlisted for Charles Darwin University Commemorative Sculpture, Darwin.
• Shortlisted for Eastlink Freeway sculpture, Melbourne.
• Sculpture acquisitions in Mornington Peninsula, Victoria and Blacktown, Sydney

Awards/Grants:

2016

• TRA Grant to Facilitate Waterlines project with West Tamar Arts Group
• Dick Bett Memorial Award

2015

• Sculpture by the Sea – Decade Club Member
• Dick Bett Memorial Award

2014

• Artist Peer Award, Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW

2013

• NSW Art Gallery Society Award, SxS.
• Artist Air Fare Subsidy SxS Bondi

2012

• Regional Arts Tasmania Grant to produce Tatton@RTBG

2011

• Helen Lempriere Scholarship Winner.
• Headland SCULPTURE ON THE GULF, Waiheke island, NZ. Westpac Merit Award Winner.
• Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark – Site Specific Project Award.

2010

• Regional Arts Grant to produce ‘Squall’ and ‘Homesplace’ at Regional Arts National Conference, Launceston, Tas.
• Artscape Bienniel Sculpture awards, Byron Bay – Curator’s Prize Winner.
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, Andrea Stretton Memorial Award 2010.

2009

• Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark accommodation and travel assistance.

2008

• Sculpture by the Sea Australian Unrepresented Artist Award   www.sculpturebythesea.com
• Montalto Sculpture Prize Award Winner www.montalto.com.au
• University of Western Sydney Landcom Acquisitive Sculpture Award Winner www.uws.edu.au

2006

• Sydney Water Environmental Sculpture Award Winner
• Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award – Judges Encouragement Award.
• Benchmarking Birches Bay, Tasmania – Acquisitive Award Winner.
• Mountain Festival Sculpture Trail, Hobart – Peoples Choice Award.
• Peppermint Bay Acquisitive Sculpture Prize Winner.
• Kingborough Council Acquisitive Sculpture Award Winner.

2004

• Australia Council Grant to Create New Work, Sculptures for Exhibition.

Solo Shows:

• 2015 Devonport Regional Gallery, Tasmania. Tidal Zone.
• 2013 TATTON @ RTBG, Hobart, Tasmania.
• 2010 ‘Squall’  Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania
• 2006 ‘The Wreakage Principle’, Cast Gallery, Tasmania.
• 2004 ‘Dissatisfied Electrons’, Neika Studio, Tasmania.
• 2000 ‘Carved Interiors’ Handmark Gallery, Tasmania.
• 1998 ‘Monuments of the Forest’ Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney.
• 1996 ‘The Spirit Within’ Beaver Gallery, Canberra
• 1993 ‘Looking into the Trees’ Handmark Gallery, Tasmania

Select Group Shows:

2018

• Lorne Sculpture Biennial, Great Ocean Road, Victoria

2017

• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi

2016

• Montalto Sculpture Award, Victoria
• 40 : 40 Design in Tasmania, Design Centre, Launceston
• ‘Earth’ Exhibition Belconen Arts Centre, Canberra
• ‘Protest’ Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, Katoomba, NSW

2015

• Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe
• McClelland Sculpture Survey
• Inami Wood Camp, Nanto City, Japan
• Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, NSW
• ‘Protest’ M16 Gallery, Canberra
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi

2014

• Montalto Sculpture Award
• Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe
• McClelland Sculpture Survey
• Sculpture at Scenic World

2013

• Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus, Denmark June 3^rd, 2013.
• Sculpture by the Sea Bondi, 2013.
• Sacred, M16, Griffith, Canberra. November
• CAST Members Exhibition, Hobart, December 2013

2012

• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria, Sunday 19th February 2012 – Sunday 29th April
• University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Campbelltown, NSW
• Benchmarking Birchs Bay, Tasmania,
• McClelland Sculpture Award, Langwarrin, Victoria.
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Oct – Nov.

2011

• Headland – Sculpture on the Gulf,  Waiheke Island,  New Zealand.
• Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe, West Australia.
• Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus, Denmark.  June 3^rd -25^th 2011.
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Oct – Nov.

2010

• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria, Australia Feb 14^th April 30^th.
• University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Campbelltown, NSW.
• Artscape Biennial, Byron Bay, NSW   June 26^th – 11^th July.
• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW Oct – Nov.

2009

• Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus, Denmark June 3^rd – 28th .
• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria, Australia Feb 15^th May 3rd
• Sculpture by the Sea Oct  -Nov, Bondi, Sydney, NSW.

2008

• Sculpture by the Sea Oct 16 -Nov 3, Bondi, Sydney, NSW.
• Ephemeral Art at the Invisible Lodge, Freycinet, Tasmania.
• Montalto Sculpture Prize, Red Hill, Victoria, Australia
• University of Western Sydney Sculpture Award, Campbelltown, NSW
• Benchmarking Birchs Bay, Tasmania, Agfest Sculpture Trail, Carrick, Tasmania

2007

• Sculpture by the Sea Nov 1 – 18, Sydney, NSW.
• Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award Finalist, Victoria

2006

• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, NSW
• Helen Lempriere National Awards Finalist, Victoria, Australia

2005

• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, NSW
• Connections: International Turning Exchange 1995 – 2005. Philadelphia. USA.

2004

• Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Beach, NSW
• AlTURNatives; Form and Spirit, Philadelphia, USA

2003

• Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2001

• One Tree travelling exhibition, Australia

1999

• SOFA New York City – Despard Gallery, New York, USA
• ‘Mapping Identity’ Centre for Contemporary Craft, travelling Australia

1998

• Ronald Wornick Collection – American Craft Museum, New York, USA

1997

• Tasmanian Wood design Collection international touring exhibition, Europe

1994

• ‘Four Seasons’, Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmania.