SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
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- Born
1972, Melbourne, Australia
- Born
EDUCATION
| 2007-2011 | Doctorate of Philosophy (Fine Art), Tama Art University Tokyo. Monbukagakushou Scholarship |
| 2006-07 | Research student Tama Art University Tokyo, Monbukagakushou Scholarship |
| 2000-02 | Masters of Fine Arts (printmanking) Tokyo National University of Music and fine Art. Monbusho Scholarship. (Received first Class Honours 02.) |
| 1999 | Research student (Printmaking) Tokyo National University of Music and fine Art, Monbusho Scholarship. |
| 1999 | Japanese Language Course (6 month intensive program), Saitama University, Japan, Monbusho Scholarship |
| 1994–98 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking) Victorian College Of The Arts, Melbourne.(Received first Class Honours 95/96.) |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Graphic Design Swinburne University, Melbourne, (unfinished) |
| 1992 | Brighton Bay Art and Design College, Melbourne, Australia. T.O.P. certificate |
PROJECTS
| 2014 | Artist in Residence, Turner Galleries, Perth |
| 2013 | Artist in Residence, Melbourne Girls Grammar |
| 2010 | Exhibition at Gearbox Gallery, Melbourne Grammar School, South Yarra |
| 2003 | Co-founder of KINGS artist run space www.kingsartistrun.com.au |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2019 | “Synthetic Whispers” James Makin gallery, Melbourne |
| 2014 | “Exploded Diagram” Turner Galleries, Perth |
| 2013 | “Backmasking” Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne |
| 2012 | “Every little thing” Ryan Renshaw Projects Space, Brisbane |
| 2011 | “Chop-Shop” Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne |
| 2010 | “Chop-Shop” Gallery Target, Tokyo |
| 2008 | “Lustre” Melbourne Art Fair Represented by Helen Gory Galerie |
| 2007 | “Built Environment” Helen Gory Gallery at Depot Gallery Sydney |
| 2006 | “Parallel lines” Helen Gory Galerie Melbourne |
| 2006 | “Surface tension” Jan Murphy Gallery Brisbane |
| 2004 | “Official language” Helen Gory Galerie Melbourne |
| 2003 | “Fishing in a bath tub” Helen Gory Galerie Melbourne |
| 2002 | “Looking in the rear vision mirror” Helen Gory Galerie Melbourne |
| 2002 | “Please pass the pepper” Miyuki gallery Tokyo |
| 2001 | “If you want to be moved take the bus” Helen Gory Galerie |
| 1999 | “Careful! …I know Judo and four other Japanese words” Helen Gory Galerie. |
| 1998 | “Insert coins”, Maki Tamura Gallery, Tokyo. |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2022 | Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery Exhibition |
| 2022 | Waverley Art Prize 2022 Bondi Pavilion |
| 2020 | Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize |
| 2019 | Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize |
| 2019 | Group Show, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2019 | Autumn Collection, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2018 | The Art Club, Richmond |
| 2017 | Sculpture by the Sea Bondi Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria |
| 2016 | Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum |
| 2016 | Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Museum Albany Art Prize |
| 2015 | Sulman Prize exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria |
| 2014 | McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award Albany Art Prize |
| 2013 | The Gold Coast Art Prize The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Consequences, Stockroom Gallery, Curated by Anabelle Lacroix Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria Pattern, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Curated by Diane Soumilas |
| 2009 | Curtain Call, Blindside Gallery Melbourne, Curated by Drew Pettifer and Julian White |
| 2007 | Mosman Art Prize Mosman art Gallery Sydney NSW Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery Victoria “Blast! The influence of manga and contemporary Japanese culture on Australian artists“ Redcliffe City Art Gallery “Blast! The influence of manga and contemporary Japanese culture on Australian artists“ Logan City Art Gallery |
| 2006 | Conrad Jupiters Art Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Queensland Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong Victoria ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award Melbourne Sunshine Coast Award Art Prize Sunshine Coast City Art Gallery Mosman Art award, Mosman Art Gallery Sold! Gold Coast City Art Gallery, curated by Virginia Rigney Traditions & Departures The Cowra regional Art gallery Traditions & Departures Craft A.C.T.Canberra Metro 5 Art Award |
| 2005 | Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast Queensland Camberra Contemporary Art Space Art Award half-life Inflight Gallery Hobart Hobart City Council Art Prize (painting) half-life Kings Artist run space Melbourne Orientalism Blindside Melbourne Curated by Renai Grace Jan Murphy Gallery 10th Anniversary show, Brisbane Metro 5 Art Award |
| 2004 | Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Gold Coast city Art Gallery Geelong Contemporary Art prize finalists New social commentaries Warrambool Art gallery award |
| 2003 | Conrad Jupiters Art Prize Gold Coast city Art Gallery “Royal Rumble” Kings Artist run space Melbourne |
| 2002 | “The mysteries of Japan” Satelite gallery Paris Geelong Contemporary Art prize D’lan contemporary art space Brisbane |
| 2001 | “This is me” ddm warehouse Shanghai China |
| 1997/99 | “Trash live exhibition”, Tokyo waterfront site, -Curated by Mr. Yamagishi, owner /director of Maki Gallery. |
| 1998 | “Larger than life” Gallery Chika Ebisu Tokyo |
| 1997 | “Australian Printmedia Award”, Casula Powerhouse Art Center Sydney. “ActivArt”, Asiz Gallery, Aoyama Tokyo. -supported by the Australian Embassy |
| 1996 | “Annual summer Print Show”, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne. “Hong Ik Universities 50th Commemorative Exhibition” Hong Ik University, Seoul, South Korea. ( Included were work from Japan, America and China. “Computer Art and Technology Exhibition”, Stop 22 Gallery, Melbourne, Canson Print award” Story Hall Melbourne “Faraway So Close”, Helen Gory Galerie, Melbourne. “Sun Come Here, Rain Over There”, Melbourne. “Computer Art and Technology Exhibition”, Stop 22 Gallery, Melbourne, “Canson Print award” work exhibited in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. |
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
| 2005 | Co-curated Half-life Kings A.R.I. |
| 2005 | Co-curated End Kings A.R.I. |
| 2004 | Curated 33 Degrees Helen Gory Galerie |
AWARDS
| 2014 | Australia Council ArtStart Grant |
| 2008 | Australia Council New work Grant (emerging) |
| 2006 | RIPE Art & Australia Award (short listed) Sunshine Coast Award Art Prize (commended) Japanese Ministry of education “Monbukagakusho” scholarship, research student. |
| 2005 | Shortlisted for Asialink Visual Arts/Craft residency Beijing |
| 2004 | Australia Council Artists-Run Initiatives Project Grant. |
| 2003 | Kao Foundation Japan, Grant Conrad Jupiters Art Prize acquisition award |
| 2000 | Dyson Bequest fellowship awarded by the director of The Natonal Gallery of N.S.W |
| 2001 | Japanese Ministry of education “Monbusho” scholarship, Masters student. |
| 1999 | Japanese Ministry of education “Monbusho” scholarship, research student. |
| 1998 | Cannon Art Lab Tokyo artist access program. Queens Trust Young Achievers Grant– internship at Shin Nihon Zokei Co. Printing studio in Tokyo Japan Victoria College of the Arts student union grant |
| 1996 | Principal Lecturer’s Award Victoria College of the Arts T’gallant wine label award – work used as a label for the 1996 Chardonnay Queen’s Trust Young Achievers Grant – to produce and exhibit a body of computer generated prints |
| 1996 | Canson Print award finalist, exhibited in Melbourne and Sydney. |
| 1995 | National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Encouragement Award, Victorian College of the Arts. |
| 1992 | Dean’s Art Award for best folio, Brighton Bay Art And Design College |
COLLECTIONS
| Australian War Memorial Canberra |
| Art Bank Australia |
| Art Gallery of Western |
| BHP Billiton |
| Gold Coast City Art Gallery |
| The Michael & Janet Buxton Collection |
| National Gallery of Australia |
| RACV Collection |
| City of Fremantle |
| University of Western Australia |
| Perth Children’s Hospital |
| Royal Perth Hospital |
| St John of God Hospital |
| Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital |
| Victoria College Of The Arts |
| Art Gallery of Ballarat |
PUBLICATIONS FEATURED IN:
| 2014 | McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award, Catalogue essay p 38-41, Robert Lindsay |
| 2014 | The Weekend West, Exhibition review July 12, Stephen Bevis |
| 2013 | eyeline magazine, Exhibition review issue 77, Mark Pennings |
| 2011 | Australian Art Collector Issue 57 July – September p 122 – 123 |
| 2011 | McCulloch’s Australian Art Dairy 2009Images publish in the 2010 Artbank calendar |
| 2006 | McCulloch’s Encyclopaedia of Australian Art |
| 2006 | Sold! catalog essy p. 24 Virginia Rigney |
| 2006 | The Sunday Age Luxury Essentials April 2nd p 20 |
| 2006 | The Age The Critics Column March 4th |
| 2006 | The Age Metro “Between the lines” February 27th |
| 2006 | The Age Preview dairy note February 19th |
| 2006 | Time off magazine “Turning Japanese” February 22rd |
| 2006 | The Sunday Age February 12th Expose image and note |
| 2006 | Parallel lines catalog essay Michael Ascroft |
| 2006 | State of the Arts Jan-Mar issue p. 89 writer Lee Tran Lam |
| 2006 | Vogue Living image p. |
| 2005 | Melbourne Magazine |
| 2005 | Delmare magazine issue 1# Mithila Gupta p 42-43 |
| 2005 | Orientalism un.magazine issue 5# Olivia Poloni |
| 2005 | Orientalism cataloge essay KirstenKirsten Matthews |
| 2005 | Half-life catalog essay Mark Penny |
| 2004 | The Age, diary and image |
| 2004 | The Sunday Age Preview page 32-33 October 2004 Ashley Crawford |
| 2004 | “Official language” catalog written by Ashley Crawford |
| 2003 | Catalogue 18#, full-page image in Conrad Jupiter’s Art Prize Catalog |
| 2003 | Vouge Mag., November FRAMED |
| 2003 | ABC TV, Asia Focus, Sunday Nov 19th |
| 2003 | The Age July 31 Exhibition review and image Cream oct/nov/dec art official “Kissing cousins” |
| 2002 | The Age, Domain Holly Evans diary and image |
| 2002 | MVC, Micheal Magnusson, June, full page with image |
| 2003 | Australian Art Collector Summer issue written by Edward Colless |
| 2003 | Monument issue 57# April/May Listing with image |
| 2002 | Oyster issue 40# June/July full page with image. |
| 2002 | Australian Art Collector issue 20# April-June Andrew Frost Review |
| 2002 | Australian Style No. 63 June Full page article with image Holly O’Neil |
| 2002 | Black and White June/ July edition 61# Felicity Loughrey Art Monthly Australia March edition. |
| 2002 | Art Monthly, March, Neilton Clark |
| 2001 | Catalog magazine 78# http://www.catalogmag.com/futureshock78.html |
| 1999 | The Sunday Age 28 November Kay Stewart |
| 1998 | Japan Times Thursday, October 1. Monty Dipietro. |
PUBLICATIONS CONTRIBUTED TO:
| 2005 | Sesame Magazine 3# |
| 2002 | Australian Art in the National Gallery of Australia Printmaking Today UK London |