AWARDS & GRANTS
2019 Inaugural Brisbane Portrait Prize – finalist – Powerhouse, Brisbane
2019 Olive Cotton Portrait Prize – highly commended – Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwullimbah
2019 Rotary Art Spectacular – finalist – Centra Plaza No1, Brisbane
2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize ($150,000) semi-finalist, Sydney
2013 Light Space & Time Online Gallery – Global Open Exhibition, Special Recognition
2013 Rotary Art Prize, Best Mixed Media, Tweed Heads
2004 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Scholarship ($5,000), Melbourne
2003 Kedumba Drawing Award – finalist, Kedumba Gallery, Blue Mountains Grammar School, Wentworth Falls
2003 Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship ($30,000) finalist & runner-up, Brett Whiteley Studio, Sydney
2000 Hornsby Art Award; First Prize – Best Oil/Acrylic, Sydney
1995 Tweed Art Prize, NSW (finalist), Tweed Heads
1994 Logan Art Award, Loganholme
1994 Warwick Daily News Art Prize, Warwick
EDUCATION
2012 Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education (Art), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2006 Masters of Visual Arts, Monash University, Melbourne
1992 Bachelor of Arts, Griffith University, Brisbane
1991 Diploma of Cosmetology, Theatrical and Special Effects Make-up, Studio B, Brisbane
CHARITY FUNDRAISING
2004 ‘How Much Is That Doggie’, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney. Artistic Contribution sold for $3520. Project raised over $118,000
1998 ‘Researching Art’ Auction, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Co-Chair Sydney committee conducted by Sotheby’s. ANA Hotel, Sydney. Amount raised in excess of $65,000