1955 Born Canberra, A.C.T. EDUCATION1974-75: Studied Canberra School of Art 1976-77: Diploma of Fine Art, Painting, Victorian College of Art. 1978: Travelled in Asia, Europe and North Africa. 1979: Post graduate diploma in Education, Melbourne State College. 1981-84: Taught at Canberra School of Art. 1982: Post Graduate Diploma, Painting, Canberra School of Art. 1984-85: Travelled studying major art collections in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary and Italy. 1986-2008: Taught at Queensland College of Art . 1989: Studied and produced work in New York, with artist Marian Drew, 1990: Artist in Residence, Sommerville House, Brisbane. 1991-92: Taught At Academy of Arts, Queensland University of Technology, 1995: Visual Arts Board Studio, Los Angeles, USA. AWARDS/GRANTS/OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS1998 Sculpture by the Sea – Noosa award 1998 –2008 Lecturer in interdisciplinary art practices QCA Gold Coast 1999 Arts Queensland Grant for Publication 2002 “Underfoot” book launched, Brisbane City Art Gallery 2004 Brisbane Magistrates Court, public art commission 2005 WOHa Design commission for concrete relief wall. Tan House, Singapore 2005 Visual Arts Board Grant 2006 Installed interior-Optiko. Brisbane 2007 Installed interior –Brisbane arcade 2007 ABIGroup relief panel–commission for Cox –Rayner architects Southbank Brisbane 2008 Photo LA, Santa Monica, California with Queensland Centre of Photography Ipswich Magistrates Court commission Bogo Road Urban Redevelopment commission Certainty at Ryan Renshaw gallery 2009 Photo LA in Santa Monica with Queensland Centre of Photography SELECTED EXHIBITIONS2011 Air Percussion Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane 2009 ANU school of Art open studio 2008 Certainty at Ryan Renshaw Gallery 2007 Ryan Renshaw Gallery Substrate 2006 Queensland Centre of Photography Drifting Zeppelin, 2003 Canberra School of Art , A.N.U. New Work. 2002 Gallery 482 Brisbane, Pastoral Lino works 2000 Gallery 482 Brisbane, Estate. 2D &3D works 1998 Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane. Recent Works 1997 Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane. The Pie Crust , Install, Photos, Video install. 1996 Brisbane City Hall Gallery, The Simplest Pattern of All. Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra, Recent Work. 1995 Recent Work. 18th St. Arts Centre, Santa Monica, USA. Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, Edifice and Motif. 1992 Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane. Ben Grady Gallery, Canberra. 1990 Milburn and Arte, Brisbane. Sommerville House, Brisbane. 1988 Bundaberg City Art Gallery, Bundaberg. 1983 Studio Altemberg, Braidwood, NSW. 1982 Arts Council Gallery, Canberra. 1981 Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra. GROUP EXHIBITIONS2008 Duke Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery 2008 Adrift State Library 2008 Recent Acquisitions – Canberra Contemporary Art Gallery and Museum 2008 Hewson Collection Queensland state Library 2006 John Buckley Gallery Richmond , Vic. 2006 Christmas at Ryan Renshaw Gallery 2006 Contemporary 125 years of Queensland College of Art Curated by T. Morrell, Dell gallery, Griffith University, Southbank, Brisbane 2004-5 Transformers QUT ART Museum, Queensland University of Technology 2004 Lost and Found Queensland Art Gallery 2004 15 Artists Redcliff City Art Gallery 2004 Temperature Musuem of Brisbane Lost and Found Queensland Art Gallery 2003 Centenary Prize exhibition High Court of Australia, A.C.T. Transit Narratives Qca Gallery , Brisbane 2002 Other Views (curated by Timothy Morrell) QCA Gallery Young curators at Queensland Art Gallery 2001 Transit Narratives (Treviso,Italy touring) 2000 Queensland Art Gallery (touring) Landscape ArtReach (poster & catalogue) Simon Wright. Brisbane City Art Gallery 1998 Queensland Art Gallery (touring) Urban Edge Sculpture by the Sea (Noosa) installation with Marian Drew and Rex Roubin Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, Fascination Street. 1996-97 I.M.A., Brisbane (touring), Ornamentalism. Curated by Andrew MacNamara. Brisbane City Art Gallery, Recent Acquisitions. 1995 Queensland Art Gallery, Ornament. Queensland University Art Museum, Have A Look. 1994-95 Centre for Contemporary Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Exotic Otherness. Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney (touring), 1993 Institute of Modern Art, Twentieth Century Fops. Collaborative installation with Marian Drew Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane., Abstraction. Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany, Kasseler Kunstler. 1986 Inside Outside Collaborative installation with Marian Drew. Kassel University, West Germany. 1984 Bitumen River Gallery, Canberra, Cosgrove, Taylor and Reynolds. 1983 Canberra School of Art, Post Graduate Exhibition. 1977 Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Show, Melbourne. 1975 Australia 1975 Arts Festival, Commonwealth Gardens, Canberra, A.C.T. COMMISSIONS, PRIZES AND AWARDS2008 Duke Memorial Art Prize (formerly Gold Coast Art Prize) 2008 Boggo Road Urban Redevelopment Project commission 2007 Ipswich Magistrates Court commission 2007 ABI Group SouthBank façade commission 2005 VAB grant 2003 Brisbane Magistrates Court Commission 1998 Sculpture by the Sea Award (with Marian Drew ) 1995 Visual Arts and Crafts Board Studio and stipend (Santa-Monica) Los Angeles 1991 Suncorp Art Award Acquisition 1989 Gold Coast City Art Award Acquisition 1987 Suncorp Art Award Acquisition 1977 Hugh Ramsay Prize for Portraiture, Melbourne 1975 Commission from Australia ’75 Arts Festival, for sculptural environment in Commonwealth Gardens, Canberra ,ACT PUBLIC COLLECTIONSQueensland Art Gallery National Gallery of Australia Museum of Brisbane Artbank High Court, Queensland Gold Coast City Art Gallery Brisbane Magistrates Court Queensland University of Technology Art Museum Bundaberg Art Gallery Ipswich City Art Gallery Suncorp Art Collection Sommerville House Griffith University Brisbane Conference Centre PUBLICATIONSWoHa design 2009 (Tan House ) Colonial to Contemporary 2006 126 page colour by T. Morrell .Published by Griffith Artworks Engagement :Art & Architecture 2004 44pg. catalogue colour . Published by Qld. Gov., Walter & Cox Rayner Underfoot Published by the Institute of Modern Art 2000 Monograph on Lino works and photographic practice Queensland University of Technology Art Museum Collection 2002 Stephen Rainbird Catalogues Drifting Zeppelin 2006 Catalogue 6pgs col. Published QCP notes David Broker Transformers 2004 Catalogue 6pgs col. Published QUT. Simone Jones Temperature 2003 published by Brisbane City Art Gallery and Museum Transit Narratives, East-West cibachrome reproduced Have a Look Univ. of Qld. M.Helmrich Essay 1995 An Exotic Otherness Contemp. Art Services Tas. Degrees of Latitude 1998 Ornamentalism Andrew Macnamara 1996 Australia ’75 sculpture 1975 Tony Palmer ArchitectureAustralia, May-June 2005 article on art work in Magistrates court UTS review: WASTE 2002The Dirt Does My Thinking’: The Re-use of Domestic Materials in Artworks by Donna Marcus and Bruce Reynolds – Brigitta Olubas Art and Australia Spring 1995Muse “Thin Objects “pg 27 article |