biography

BORN
Mildura, Victoria
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Moon Shadow, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2008
Heart Song, Stella Downer Fine Art, Sydney
2006
Transient Light, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2005
Transit, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2004
Seam, Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Philadelphia, USA
2003
The Dialogue of Difference, Tina Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
2002
Pulse, Tina Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne
1999
Swoon, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1998
String of Pearls, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1996
Paradise Lost, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
1995
In the Garden of Eve, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
40 x 40 x 40, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
'..a thousand words' Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW
On Paper, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne 
Don't Stand on the Grass, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2008		
City of Hobart Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2007		
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery,Hobart, TAS
Banyule Works on Paper Award, Banyule City Council, Melbourne, VIC
2006		
Robert Jacks Drawing Award, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC		
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive, Swan Hill Art Gallery, VIC		
Melbourne 06, Dickerson Gallery at the Melbourne Exhibition Building, VIC
The Printmakers Gallery, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS
2005
Robert Jacks Drawing Award, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Banyule Works on Paper Award, Banyule City Council, Melbourne, VIC
Recent Acquisitions, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
2004
Movimento Rapido, Dickerson Gallery at Steps Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Award, Swan Hill Regional Gallery VIC
EveN, Mildura Regional Gallery, Mildura, VIC
Group Exhibition, Glen Eira Arts Complex, Melbourne, VIC
2003
The Book Show, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Distant Noises, Print Council of Australia, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne VIC
The Print Council of Australia’s Member Print 2003, touring nationally
2002		
Bendigo Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2001		
Stitches, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Group Show, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Food in Art, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, TAS
2000		
Melbourne Art Fair, Exhibitions Buildings, Melbourne, VIC
1999		
Milles bon Baisers, Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Rosamond, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Hutchins Art Prize, Hutchins School, Hobart, TAS
1998		
National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, VIC
Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, TAS
Inkpots to Internet, La Trobe University Gallery, Bendigo, VIC	
In Praise of Make-Up, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, TAS and touring
1997		
The 1997 Collectors Print Folio, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Contemporary Tasmania Art, Dick Bett Gallery at Caulfield Art Complex, Melbourne, VIC
1996		
Mornington Peninsula Print Award, Mornington Peninsula Gallery, VIC
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Art Centre, WA
University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Printmedia Acquisitive, Casula Powerhouse, NSW
Poets and Painters, Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1995		
Hobart Art Prize, Carnegie Gallery, Town Hall, Hobart, TAS
Blundstone Art Prize, QVMAG, TAS, touring Victoria and NSW
Partners in Print, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC
1994 	
Canson Student Print Award, QLD College of Art: COFA Gallery NSW, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Triennale Mondiale D’Estampes Petit Format, Musee d'Art Contemporain, France
1993	
The Conversation of Humanity, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne & touring with PCA.
 
PRIZES & AWARDS
2005
Imagery Estate Winery and Art Gallery, Wine Label, Sonoma, CA, USA
2004
Vermont Studio Centre Residency and Part Fellowship, Vermont, USA
2003
The Print Council of Australia, The 2003 Member Print Selection
2001
Judges Selection, Hutchins Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania
2000
Ian Potter Foundation, Individual Grant
Tonchi Dzelalija, Drawing Commission
1999
Arts Tasmania, Development Grant
1998
Arts Tasmania, Artsbridge Funding
T42 Restaurant, Drawing Commission
1997
R McCulloch Scholarship, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, University of Tasmania and Arts Tasmania
1996
Pat Corrigan Artist Grant
TAAB Art in Public Places, with Robyn Daw, Queen Victoria Hospital, Launceston, TAS
1995
City of Hobart Art Prize, Works on Paper, Joint Winner
1994
Arts Tasmania Grant, Professional Development Reserve Fund
1993
The Print Council of Australia, The 1993 Member Print Selection
 
COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Sydney
Print Council of Australia, Melbourne
Canson Australia, Melbourne
University of Tasmania, Launceston and Hobart
City of Hobart, Tasmania
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Devonport Art Gallery, Tasmania
Mornington Peninsula Gallery, Victoria
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
The Hutchins School, Hobart
Mildura Arts Centre Gallery, Victoria
Banyule City Council, Victoria
 
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Holmes, J. 'How Australian Printmaking has Benefited from Australia Council Overseas 
Studio Residencies', Imprint, Winter 2006, Volume 41, Number 2
Frankham, N. Editor, 'Claiming Ground, 25 Years of Tasmania's Art for Public Building Scheme', 
Quintus Publishing - Arts Tasmania and University of Tasmania
Backhouse, M. 'Uncoiling a Mystery', The Age, A2, June 18, 2005
Bellamy, L, 'Founded on a Fascination With Fabric', The Age, Metro, June 7, 2005
Fowler, M. 'Australian Artist Work Reveals a Passion For Color', Main Line Ticket, Philadelphia, Nov 4, 2004
Donahoe, V. 'Review', Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 31, 2004
Backhouse, M. 'The Point Where Patterns Collide', The Age, Review, Sept 20,2003
Hewitt, H. V. 'Rapprochement', Newsletter, Tina Smynios Gallery, Melbourne 2003
Scott, S. 'Pulse', Exhibition Newsletter, Tina Smynios Gallery, Melbourne 2002
Vanni, I. 'Stitches', Exhibition Catalogue, Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney 2001
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Catalano, G. 'An Education in Light - Interview with Filomena Coppola', Imprint Summer 1997 Vol.32 No. 4
Bond, C. 'In Praise of Make-Up', Exhibition Catalogue, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 1997
Daw, R. 'Opus Topiarum', Paradise Lost, Dick Bett Gallery Newsletter No.33, 1996
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EDUCATION
1993/95, MFA, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania
1992, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, University of Tasmania, Tasmania
1988/90, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, La Trobe UCNV, Victoria