Biography

b. 1981 lives and works in Brisbane

 

Education

2009 (ongoing) PhD Candidate (practice-led research), QUT, Brisbane

2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Honours (First Class), QUT, Brisbane

2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Distinction), QUT, Brisbane

 

Solo Exhibitions

2013 Focus, Room 60, Brisbane (Curated by Rachael Parsons and with Caitlin Franzmann)

2012 Wish you were here, Rojitohito, Tokyo (curated by Emily Wakeling) (November)

2012 The sum of all things? QUT Art Museum, Brisbane 

2011 Time and Tide, New Farm Park, Brisbane (curated by and with Brooke Ferguson)

2011 I fucking love you, Metro Arts, Brisbane

2011 Enough Rope, Diagram (Ryan Renshaw Window Box), Brisbane

2010 11:59, Metro Arts, Brisbane

2009 Patronise Me, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane (curated by Timothy P. Kerr)

 

Group Exhibitions

2012 SEXES, Performance Space, Sydney (curated by Deborah Kelly, Bec Dean & Jeff Khan) (with Alice Lang and Rachael Haynes)

2012 Going South, Screen Space, Melbourne

2012 Current, POP Gallery, Brisbane (curated by Lisa Bryan Brown)

2012 Food for Thought, Next Wave Festival, FCAC, Melbourne (with Alice Lang and Rachael Haynes)

2011 Fort Project, Under the Radar, Brisbane Festival, Metro Arts, Brisbane (curated by Siobhan Nunan)

2011 Straight and Narrow, John Paynter Gallery, Newcastle

2011 The Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition, QCA Gallery, Brisbane

2011 Subdivision, James Street Pop-Up-Shop, Brisbane

2011 Eastern Seaboard, Artspace, Sydney (curated by Reuben Keehan)

2010 Try a Little Kindness, LEVEL, Brisbane

2010 Ceci n'est pas un Casino! Villa Merkel, Esslingen (curated by Kevin Muhlen and Jo Kox) 

2010 Construction of Situations, Gasworks, Brisbane (curated by Dhana Merritt) 

2010 I'll show you yours, if you show me mine, 6a, Hobart 

2010 The Noosa Regional Gallery Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa

2010 The Directors Show, No Frills*, Brisbane

2010 Threefold, Logan Road, Brisbane

2010 LEVEL, LEVEL, Brisbane

2010 Ceci n'est pas un Casino! Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (curated by Kevin Muhlen and Jo Kox)

2010 Awkward, The Wandering Room, Brisbane (curated by The Wandering Room)

2009 Home Loans, Queen Victoria Building, Brisbane

2009 No Frills* vs The General Will, Creswell St, Brisbane

2009 Recession Art + Other Strategies, McLachlan St, Brisbane (curated by InBetweenSpaces)

2009 Revenge of RSK, The Hangar, Brisbane

2009 Lean Towards Indifference! Metro Arts, Brisbane

2009 More No Frills*, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane

2009 Renovare, Accidently Annie Street Space, Brisbane (curated by Stephen Russell)

2008 RSK PARTII, The Block, Brisbane

2008 Fresher, Ann Street, Brisbane (curated by InBetweenSpaces)

2008 No Frills*, Blkmrkt Project, Gold Coast

2008 Exoteric Glee Club #3, The Globe, Brisbane (curated by Cait Foran)

2007 Ramstag Scholarship Kids I, H Block Gallery, Brisbane

2007 Ramstag Scholarship Kids II, The Block, Brisbane

2007 iTouch, Metro Arts, Brisbane

2007 Hum and Scene, Jugglers Art Space, Brisbane

2007 Stocktake, S & M Studios, Brisbane

2007 View Finder, Metro Arts, Brisbane

 

Curatorial Projects

2011 Check In, Metro Arts, Brisbane 

2010 Broadcast, LEVEL, Brisbane 

2010 LEVEL, LEVEL, Brisbane (Co-Curated with LEVEL Directors)

2010 The SHAPE of things to come 2010, The Block, Brisbane

2009 No Frills* 2009-2010 Program (Co-Curated with No Frills* Directors)

2009 Revenge of RSK, The Hangar (Co-Curated with No Frills* Directors)

2009 Lean Towards Indifference! !Metro Arts, Brisbane (Co-Curated with No Frills* Directors)

2009 The SHAPE of things to come 2009, The Block, Brisbane

2008 Artists vs Hollywood, The Block, Brisbane (Assistant Curator)

2008 The SHAPE of things to come 2008, The Block, Brisbane (Assistant Curator)

 

Professional Experience

2010 Founding Co-director, LEVEL Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane

2009-Current Sessional Academic ('Second Year Studio Practice' and 'Exhibition and Display'), QUT, Brisbane

2009-10 Project Director, The SHAPE of things to come 2010, The Block, Brisbane

2009 Curator (Public Programs), Queensland University of Technology CI Precinct, Brisbane

2008 Children's Art Centre Assistant, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

2008-09 Project Director, The SHAPE of things to come 2009, The Block, Brisbane

2008 PASS Tutor, QUT, Brisbane

2008-Current Founding Co-director, No Frills* Artist Run Initiative, Brisbane

 

Talks/Lectures/Forums/Workshops

2013, Artist Talk, In conversation with Rachael Parsons and Caitlin Franzmann, Room 60, Brisbane

2012, Revolution at the Dinner Table: Fresh Feminisms, Next Wave Festival, The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne

2012 Artist Talk, In Conversation with Courtney Pedersen, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane

2011 The Great Debate, We Are Here, FraserStudios, Speaker, Sydney

2011 Eastern Seaboard Symposium, Forum Participant, Artspace, Sydney

2010 Woman: Re Presenting the Other, Forum Speaker, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane 

2010 World 1-1, Children's Workshop, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg

2010 Artist Talk, Metro Arts, Brisbane

2010 Feminism Never Happened, Forum Speaker, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2010 Guest Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

2009 Artist Talk, Boxcopy Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane

2009 Guest Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

2009 Artist Talk, Metro Arts, Brisbane

2009 Curator Talk, The Block, Brisbane

 

Awards/Grants/Residencies

2011 Finalist, Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition and Award

2011 The Lock Up Residency Program, Newcastle (June/July) (with Rachael Haynes and Alice Lang)

2010 Shortlist, Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards

2010 Finalist, Noosa Regional Gallery Traveling Scholarship 

2010 Creative Sparks Grant

2009-2010 Metro Arts ARI Residency (No Frills*)

2009 Australian Postgraduate Award 

2007 Vacation Research Scholarship