Education & Teaching
2013-24 Instructor. Photography Workshops at Lightwave Festival; Moonah Arts Centre; Newcastle Regional Gallery; Newcastle Museum; Rosny Arts Centre & more
2021-23 Photography / Visual Arts Sessional Teacher & Product Development at TAFE NSW - Newcastle & Sydney
2012-18 The University of Newcastle, Sessional Lecturer in Creative Industries
2001-03 The University of Newcastle, Photomedia Demonstrator -
2020- Master of Business (Arts & Cultural Management) Deakin University
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours. Sydney College of the Arts / University of Newcastle
2005 Graduate Diploma of Secondary Education - Visual Arts & Visual Design. University of Newcastle
Prizes & Awards
2023 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
2022 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize. Muswellbrook Arts Centre
2022 Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery
2021, 2022 Ilford CCP Summer Salon. Centre of Contemporary Photography - CCP Melbourne
2016 Gaffa Experimental Photo Festival Award, Sydney
2016 Photobook Melbourne Image Award
2015 The Friends of the University of Newcastle Art Prize, UON Gallery
2014, 2012 Muswellbrook Photographic Prize
2013 National Photographic Portrait Prize - NPPP, Portrait Gallery Canberra
2012 HeadOn Portrait Prize Finalist, The Australian Centre of Photography - ACP, Paddington
2012 Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award
2012 Awarded Portrait Prize, Queensland Portrait Prize, QCP
2012 New York Exposure Prize, The Powerhouse Arena
2004 Awarded Portrait Prize, Summer Salon, Centre of Contemporary Photography - CCP Melbourne
2004 HeadOn Portrait Prize, Paddington
2004 National Photography Prize, MAMA - Murray Art Museum Albury
2004 Olive Cotton Photography Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Otherworlds. Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre (upcoming)
2024 Dark Brew: The Alchemist. The Schoolhouse Gallery, Rosny Arts Centre
2022 Embody. Cement Fondu Gallery Sydney
2022 Push Pull. 33 Scott Street Gallery Newcastle
2020 Muddy Temple. AIRspace Projects Sydney
2017 Point North. Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Iceland
2016 Point North. Arts System Wickham. Newcastle
2015 The Bus Stop Project. Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2012 The Bus Stop Project Public Installation, Newcastle
2004 Phantasm-hood, The University of Newcastle Gallery
2004 Absence, Span 1, 2 & 3 Galleries Melbourne
2003 Stills, Newcastle Art Space
Collaborative Projects
2024 Other Worlds I. Lightwave Festival, Nubeena (upcoming)
2024 Other Worlds II. Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart (upcoming)
Group Exhibitions
2023 Viewless. Sorse Gallery Melbourne (upcoming)
2024 Fort Earth, 45downstairs Melbourne (upcoming)
2024 Contemporary, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre (upcoming)
2023 NOWstalgic, Bickerstaff Blizzard. Hobart, Tasmania
2022 Summer Salon, Straitjacket Gallery Newcastle
2021 Twofold: From the Collections. Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
2019 Only the Knowing. Studio Kura, Itoshima Japan
2019 Friends & Family. Daine Singer Gallery Melbourne
2018 Light Objects, Photography in the Expanded Field. Perth Centre for Photography
2017 Storytelling performance with William Yang at Carriageworks Sydney
2017 The Cutting Room, The Bearded Tit Redfern
2016 Makers Matter, Gaffa Gallery Sydney
2016 CCP Salon Melbourne
2016 Der Greif Process 2.0 Krakow Photomonth Poland 2016
2016 Traces, Verge Gallery Sydney
2016 Makers Matter, Gaffa Gallery Sydney
2015 Directors Cut, Gallery 139 Newcastle
2015 Beginnings, Gallery 139 Newcastle
2014 December Show, 10x8 Gallery Sydney
2014 Place & Space, The Grove. The Entrance Gallery
2014 The Acquisitive Prize, The University of Newcastle Gallery
2013 Eternity, Damien Minton Gallery Sydney
2013 Working:Newcastle. Curated by Damien Minton Gallery at The University Gallery, Newcastle
2013 The Loop Creatives, MTV Sydney
2004 The University of Newcastle Photomedia Staff Show, Lovett Gallery
2004 Presence Suspended, Photo Technica, Sydney
2004 Lomo Australia Exhibition, Photo Technica, Sydney
2003 Plastic Photo Show, Obscurity Gallery, Nth Fitzroy
2003 Newdigit, Field Gallery, Newcastle
2003 Rocketart, Newcastle
Artist-in-Residence
2024 Devfto Printmaking Institute, Bali (upcoming)
2024 Q-Bank Artist Residency. Tasmania (upcoming)
2024 Rosny Arts Centre. Tasmania
2022 AIRspace Oatlands. Southern Midlands Artist in Residence. Tasmania
2022 All That We Are Residency, Tasmania
2022 Lighthouse Arts, Nobbys-Whibayganba Headland, Newcastle
2019 Studio Kura Residency. Itoshima Japan
2015 Neslit Artist Residency. Skagaströnd Iceland
2014 The Grove Residency. Wyong Australia
Photovoice Projects & Exhibitions - Curator & Project Manager
2017 ArtVolt Program. Arthouse Wyong. Project sponsored by Central Coast Council
2017 This Is Me Project. Newcastle Regional Art Gallery. Project sponsored by Newcastle City Council
2016 The Way We See Project. Newcastle Museum. Sponsored by Newcastle City Council
2015 This Is Me Project. Gallery 139 Hamilton. Sponsored by Newcastle City Council
2014 This Is Me Project. Museum of Art and Culture yapang. Sponsored by Newcastle City Council
2012 Walking in My Shoes Project. Newcastle Regional Library. Sponsored by Maitland City Council
Collections
The University of Newcastle; Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery. Corporate and private collections in the US, Iceland, Japan and Australia