CURRICULUM VITAE
Lives and works in Melbourne Australia
Represented by Until Never, Melb., Australia
EDUCATION :
1990- 1993 : Bachelor of Art (Asian Languages) Melbourne University, Victoria.
1993-1994 : Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies ( Arabic, Hindi, Islamic Studies)
1995- 1996 : Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education, Victoria University of Technology, Footscray, Victoria.
EXHIBITIONS :
2009
Solo Exhibitions : Until Never gallery, Hosier Lane . Melbourne CBD
Group Exhibitions :
Hidden Faces of the Archibald – Archibald Prize :
Victorian Salon des Refuses’ SmartArtz Gallery.
Felt-tip Pen Show ’ Rear-View Gallery, Collingwood curated by M. Fikaris and Rachel Jessie Rae.
Bus Gallery group show : curated by Claire Mooney.
2008
Group exhibitions :
Revolving Doors’ : an exhibition in memory of Blair Trethowan,
Uplands Gallery, Prahran, Vic, Australia.
The Space in Between – Book project,
:Bendigo Art Gallery, Latrobe Regional Gallery
2007
‘The Space in Between
ook Project ‘ VCA Gallery Southbank, Melbourne curated by Tara Gilbee.
2006
Solo exhibitions
The Aesthetic Cell ‘ Until Never Gallery, Hosier Lane, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
‘All City‘ Kings ARI King St. Melbourne ( Tim Sterling,
Rob Bartolo, Stephen Giblett ) Curated by James Dodd.
2005
Inaugural exhibition Until Never Gallery, Hosier Lane, Melbourne ‘ Dinner Party ‘ EMBER67 Gertrude St. Fitzroy
– artists exploring portraiture through diverse medium and technique : ( curated by Ashley Keating ).
2004
‘ Southern ’ : HOME Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic -
( Sean Meilak, Paul Sloan, Mira Gojak, David Noonan,Andrea Tu, David Rozetsky ). Curated by Kristi Monfries.
‘ Outside the Square : Extra Classic ‘ Live wall work and exhibition, Multiplex World Square, Cnr. George & Goulburn St. Sydney. Curated and directed by Andrew MacDonald.
2003
Group Exhibitions
' 67% Say We Were Misled ' : Melbourne artist poster exhibition -Sweden Bridge, Vienna - Austria / Dublin ArtSpace, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
‘ Disappointment Now – Haiku reviews ‘ : curated by Matthew Griffin, Uplands Gallery, Chinatown, Melbourne.
‘ Bong-On' - BUS Gallery, Melbourne ( Nat & Ali, Andy Mac, Ry Haskings, Jarrad Kennedy, Matt Griffin, Nicholas Jones)
''Composition' - multi-artist exhibition 'Platform' DeGraves Subway, Flinders St. Station Melbourne.
2002
Solo Exhibitions
‘Twelve Contemporary Australians’ : Gallery 4A @
Asian Australian Artists Association, Haymarket, Sydney.
'Recent Portraits’ BUS Gallery, 117 Little Londsdale St. Melbourne CBD.
Group Exhibitions
‘Summer Salon’ multi-artist photography exhibition at
Centre for Contemporary Photograpy, Fitzroy Melb.
'ROOM Project' Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, Netherlands
(with Kristi Monfries, David Rozetsky, Lyndal Walker)
Curated by Kristi Monfries.
2001
Solo Exhibitions
1st. Floor Artist’s and Writer’s Space, 95 Victoria St. Fitzroy, Victoria : ‘ Huan the Dispersion - a cathartic fantasy in three parts ’.
Group Exhibitions
‘Eat my Art’ painting exhibition at TCB artist-run-space Waratah Pl., Melbourne (with Blair Trethowan, Juan Ford, Amanda Marburg, Julia Gorman, Hayley Arjona, Vivienne Shark Le Witt).
‘The Space Inbetween’ multi-artist group exhibition at Platform artists-run-initiative Spencer St. Melbourne Australia (curated by Tara Gilbee).
2000
‘Blink’ (Next Wave Festival) video lounge at Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra, Melbourne.
1999 - Solo Exhibitions
‘Talk’ - Artist’s Initiative Melbourne ‘The Familiar Exotic’.
Citylights 2000 Hosier Lane Melbourne ‘Function at the Mirage’
Group Exhibitions:
1st Floor Artist’s and Writer’s Space ‘One Hour Photo’, Fitzroy VIC.
1st Floor Artist’s and Writer’s Space ‘Annual Fund-raiser’
Platform 2 Degraves subway Melbourne ‘Tunnelchannel’
TCB artist run initiative annual group exhibit.
1998
Solo Exhibitions
Spencer St. Gallery, West Melbourne.
Group Exhibitions
'The Bridge -Construction in Progress IV ' International Exhibition Collins St. Citylights 2000 Hosier Lane Melbourne.
1997 : Solo Exhibitions :
Nexus Multicultural Gallery - Lion Arts Centre Adelaide South Australia.
Citylights Centre Place Melbourne ‘Four Melbourne All-Stars’.
Group Exhibitions :
200 Gertrude St. Artist’s Studios, Fitzroy VIC. ‘Chemistry’ ( with Alex Pittendrigh and Mira Gojak ) .
1996 : Inaugural Citylights group exhibition Centre Place Melbourne CBD.
1995 : Solo Exhibition :Temple Studios Prahran "Recent Work'
Group Exhibition
Centre Place Community Arts Project with Lyndal Walker, David Rozetsky, Jacinta Schreuder and Andrew McDonald.
The artist was short-listed by the ‘Asialink’ foundation for their 1997/98 artist in residency studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was also short-listed for their 1998/99 program.
From 1996- 2001 the artist co-directed (with Andrew McDonald) the Citylights Project Inc. and has been involved with directing, curating and installing visual art exhibitions at the project’s two outdoor lightbox sites in central Melbourne city.
TEXT :
2008 : Artlink ‘ Fuel for Thought ’ Volume 28 : Image : ‘ The Mouse and the Elephant ’.
2003 : Artists/Artist -Run Spaces (Published by WestSpace) Interviews with artists from six Melbourne artist run spaces. Image and mention p.33
Review of 'Composition' exhibition at Platform in 'Desktop' magazine.
2002 : Review of 'Nine Contemporary Australians' exhibition at Gallery 4A in article : 'Size Does Matter' in Exhibitions/ Metropolitan section in Sydney Morning Herald ' 15/6/02 by Lenny Ann Low.
2001 : ‘ZOO’ issue 11, quarterly London-based international visual art / architecture design / video / publication in book form : 'Melbourne' feature : 4 images .
2000 : ‘LIKE, Art Magazine No.12’ mention in ‘Video : Focussing where?’ by Michael Graeve.
1999 : Interview by Sandra Bridie : ‘The Familiar Exotic’ in ‘Talk 55’- August 1999.
1997 : ‘LIKE, Art Magazine No.2’ Review of inaugural Citylights exhibition by Andrew McQualter.
Review of Nexus exhibition in ‘DB’ Adelaide -based contemporary art/culture magazine.
Catalogue essay for ‘Chemistry’ exhibition by Lyndal Walker.
1996 : Review of 1995 Temple Exhibition in ’BLISS’ alternative lifestyle magazine.
1995 : Interview by Rod McLeish in Temple Studio Publication #13 November 1995.
COLLECTIONS : Museum of Contemporary Art, Santiago, Chile.
Peter and Renata Singer, New York USA,
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