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Biography

Master of Fine Art. RMIT. Melbourne, 2001.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Drift, (curated by Antoinette Godkin), Vavasour Godkin, Auckland, July-August, 2006
Sallow, (curated by John Hurrell), The Signal Gallery, Hamilton, July-August, 2005
Greyhound, (curated by Antoinette Godkin), Vavasour Godkin, Auckland, June-July, 2005
Shift, (curated by Leafa Wilson), Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, September-October, 2004
Black Bag, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, May, 2004
Stasis, West Space, Melbourne, 2003
Black Bag, Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth, 2003.
Black Bag, Residency Outcome. rm.401, Auckland, 2003.
Gridlocked, Christchurch, 2002.
Remembering Other Places Through Shifting Stasis, Victoria street, Hamilton, 2001
Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Before, rm 401, Auckland, 2001.
Chalk Lines, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, 2001.
'corporeal arc. sky projection', Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, 1999.

PUBLIC SPACES / EVENTS
SOLITON, Regent Theatre, Auckland, 2003.
Co-Incidence: Redefining Symposium, Curated by Ali Bramwell. Takaka, New Zealand, 2003.
Untitled Chalk, La Trobe street, Melbourne, 2001.
Shift, Ballet shoes, Garden Place, Hamilton, 2001.
Untitled, Builders' Chalk, Garden Place, Hamilton, 2001.
Fast, cheap and out of control, Graduating students media arts degree, Victoria Street, Hamilton, 1998.
Chalk line, Hyde Park, Sydney, 1998.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Delineate (curated by Lorraine Pemberton), Artspost, Hamilton, July-August, 2006
Group Show (curated by Antoinette Godkin), Vavasour Godkin, Auckland, March-April, 2006
Christmas Show (curated by Antoinette Godkin), Vavasour Godkin, Auckland, November-December, 2005
Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan, Korea, September-October, 2005
The Natural Home, Platform01, Hamilton, August, 2005
Art Emergency, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, April, 2005
Assemblage (curated by Sarah Kernahan), Platform 01, Hamilton, March, 2005
Full House, (curated by Antoinette Godkin), Vavasour Godkin, Auckland, November-December, 2004
Strange Name for Girls (curated by Leafa Wilson), Platform 01, November, 2004
Duets, The Abandoned Sculpture Project, (curated by Lauren Winstone), Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, October, 2004
Ahoy!, Flag Project, (curated by Nicola Farqhar and Warren Olds), Thomas Cook Building flagpole/ The Physics Room, Hamilton/Christchurch, 2004
Water Works, (curated by Nick Spratt and Lauren Winstone), Rm103, Auckland, 2004
Blue Oyster Fundraiser, (curated by the Blue Oyster Arts Board), Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, June, 2004
The Photography of Nothing,(curated by Ben Curnow), Canary Gallery, Auckland, 2004
From the same foundations, (curated Emma Pullar), Artspost, Hamilton, July, 2004
Untitiled, (curated by Antoinette Godkin), Vavasour Godkin, August-September, Auckland, December, 2004
Affordable Artshow, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, 2003
Cuckoo at the Critical Studies Test Site, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Sweden, 2003 (curated by Cuckoo and David Hatcher)
Fundraiser. West Space, Melbourne. 2003
Changing Times in Painting. Curator: David Thomas. Six New Zealand Abstract Painters, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, 2003
Seconds. Curator: Charlotte Craw. rm401, Auckland, 2002
Siemens Scholarship Show, Storey Hall, Melbourne, 2001
Gifthorse, the Syrup Room, Hamilton, 2001
Strata, Span Gallery, Melbourne, 2001
MFA, NZ, Faculty Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, 2001
The load project, Dunedin / Port Chalmers, 2001
Disposable, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, 2001
Balustrade, Syrup Room, Hamilton, 2000
B Grade, Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, 2000
Run, Syrup room, 2000
Inflatable, Syrup room, 2000
Dilate, Arts Post, Untitled group photographic exhibition, 1999
The Morning After, SXP Studios, Untitled group photographic exhibition, 1998
Untitled, SXP Studios, Untitled group photographic exhibition, 1998
One night stand Hood Street, Hamilton. Graduating Design Students exhibition, 1997
Fast, cheap and out of control, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Graduating Painting Students exhibition 1998
Poles apart, SXP Studios, Graduating Photography Students exhibition, 1997
Girls Space, Victoria Street, Hamilton, Graduating Media Arts Student exhibition, 1997
Spark, The Waikato Museum of Art and History Graduating Media Arts Student exhibition, 1997

COLLABORATION / SYMPOSIUM /PERFORMANCE
Twenty Minute Spin. Performance Series, Blue Oyster Gallery, October, 2006
Hinge. Drawing Collaborataion with Susan Jacobs, Victoria Park Gallery, Melbourne, October, 2006.
Performance/Installation, Collaboration with Karin Van Roosmalen, Blue Oyster Gallery, May, 2004
SOLITON. Regent Theatre, Auckland, 2003
Co-Incidence: Redefining Symposium. Curator: Ali Bramwell. Takaka, New Zealand, 2002/03
Cuckoo Project. Performance night at ArtSpace. Auckland, 2002
Trade, Performance at Sydney Park Kilns, Sydney, 2002
The Other Side, Curator: Lisa Benson. Postal show (artists who no longer live in Hamilton) in the Syrup Room, Hamilton, 2001
Light Projections, performance with Danny Butt and Michael Morely (alongside Richard Crow), Cambridge Movie Theatre, 1999

PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
The New Zealand Herald
Artbash
Natural Selection
Ramp Magazine:
Editor, Cassandra Barnett, Ramp Press, Wintec, 2005-06 www.rampmagazine.org
UN Magazine: Editor, Lily Hubbard, Kings Artist run Initiative, Melbourne 2004
The University of Melbourne
New New Zealand Art: Curated and Published by Ben Curnow, Auckland, June 2004
Changing Times in Painting. Curator: David Thomas. Six New Zealand Abstract Painters @ Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, 2003
Co-Incidence: Redefining Symposium. Curator: Ali Bramwell. Takaka, New Zealand. 2003
Artzine, Syrup room Artist book project, 241 Collins Road, Melbourne, Australia

CONTRIBUTION TO RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
Mentor, Hamilton City Arts Council Mentoring program, 2005-06
Board Member, Riff Raff Sculpture Trust, 2003-06
Spark Board Member, WINTECÕs Arts and Culture Conference, 2000-2004
Ramp Gallery Board Member, 2000-2003 Founding member and co-coordinator of the Artist Run Space The Syrup Room, Meteor Theatre, Hamilton, 2000-01

SUCCESSFUL FUNDING APPLICATIONS
Creative New Zealand: New Works Grant, 2004

CURRENT PROJECTS
Existence, Curated by Leafa Wilson, Waikato Museum, April, 2007
Composite Realities amid time and space: recent art and photography. Curated by Professor David Thomas (RMIT), Centre of Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, April, 2007.

AWARDS
Finalist. Wallace Contemporary Art Award, 2006
Finalist. Waikato Contemporary Art Award, 2005
Finalist. Waikato art award, 2002.
Finalist. Siemens scholarship award. Melbourne, 2001.
Finalist. Waikato contemporary art award, 2001.
Finalist. Waikato art award, 2001.
Finalist. Waikato contemporary art award, 2000.
Waikato University Women scholarship, 1998.
 
 
 

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