Master of Art in Visual Art, Queensland College of Art (Griffith Uni) 2001-2002
2008 Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy Grant from Arts Queensland
2008 Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Residency Ireland
2006 Winner, Arts Queensland Thomas Shapcott Prize for Unpublished Poetry for the manuscript Parts of Speech.
2004 Finalist, Hot off the press! Print Council of Australia Emerging printmakers and writers project
2004 Winner, Central Queensland University Bauhinia/Idiom 23 Prize for Poetry 2004
2001 Eckersley’s Prize (non-acquisitive), June 2001 title print in the Touching Darkness series
2005 Calligraphy Cunningham Library, CSIRO St Lucia QLD 8-26 August 2005
2004 What are the 38 words Soapbox Gallery Fortitude Valley May-Jun 2004
2002 Touching Darkness Gallery9, 9 Duncan St, Fortitude Valley 8-29 Nov2002
National Gallery of Australia
National Library of Wales U.K.
Queensland State Library, James Hardy Collection
Resim ve Heykel Müzesi, Ystanbul Turkey
Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol UK
University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, USA
James Cook University Queensland
Fryer Library, University of Queensland
International Drawing Research Institute, University of New South Wales
Griffith Artworks Griffith University, Brisbane
Selected Group Exhibitions (Invited or Competitive Entry):
Churchie National Emerging Art Exhibition –Brisbane May 2007 (finalist)
II International Printmaking Exhibition Resim ve Heykel Müzesi, Ystanbul Turkey Dec 2006
15 Artists Redcliffe City Gallery October 2006 (invited)
Compact Prints Umbrella Studio Townsville Nov/Dec 2006 and Aug-Sept 2002 then touring Nationally
On a Roll, The Arts Factory Brisbane September 2005 travelling to Redcliffe Cultural Centre and Robina Gallery, Gold Coast
In Your Dreams, The Economist Gallery Hong Kong September 2005, Arts Factory Brisbane October 2005, Montmartre Paris 2006, Shanghai Feb 2007
Pressplay! Robina Art Gallery, Gold Coast March 2005 then Habitus Gallery Hong Kong May 2005
Linden Postcard Exhibition, St Kilda VIC 2003 & 2004
CPM National Print Awards Murwillumbah, NSW Aug-Sept 2003
Shell Fremantle Print Award 2002 Fremantle Arts Centre WA August- 2002
RBH & RWH Art Award 2002 Brisbane June/July 2002
Views of the Hudson Shearsman Press 2009 (book)
Parts of Speech (selected Poetry) University of Queensland Press September 2007 (book)
Founding Editor foam:e online poetry journal (continuing) www.foame.org
Traditional and emerging formats in Artists Books - Centre for Fine Print Research University of West of England Bristol UK forthcoming July 2009
Refashioning Myth - Conference University of Melbourne Oct 2008
Qld Poetry Festival Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts Brisbane, September 2007. Invited.
Riverbend Books – Poetry Reading Brisbane, Feb 2007
6th National Print Symposium, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra MarApr 2007
Artist’s Talk - 15 Artists Redcliffe City Gallery QLD October 2006 (invited)
Qld Poetry Festival Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts Brisbane, October 2004. Sounds and Silence – Multimedia presentation and poems.
5th National Print Symposium, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra April 2004
Other:
Visiting Fellow - Australian National University studio residency April-May 2009
Visiting Fellow - University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK studio residency May-June 2008
Co-organiser for travelling exhibitions Vario Wales UK, Hawaii USA, Brisbane QLD, Southern Highland NSW; Bridging 2008 Tyne UK, Brisbane QLD ; In Your Dreams 2005-2007 Hong Kong, Brisbane, Paris, Shanghai
Founding Committee Member Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane Inc www.impress.org.au
Membership / Involvement with relevant organizations
Print Council of Australia
Australian Society of Authors
Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane Inc.
Artworkers Alliance
Poetry Australia Foundation