It was inevitable really. Check it out here.
Just Another Agency have signed me as one of their represented artists, I'm very pleased to be included among some wonderful company from Australia and beyond! Visit their brand new awesome website here.
Current - Group Show "The Exquisite Palette"
The wonderful art store in Collingwood, St Luke, are holding a group exhibition - each artist was supplied a wooden palette to decorate as they chose. The opening night is Friday the 30th of July from 6pm, and the show runs til the 28th of August 2010. Here's mine!
CURVY 6!
I'm very pleased to be one of 6 featured artists in Curvy 6 - a collection of female artists/illustrators from Australia and beyond. It's a full colour yearly book put out by the people at Yen magazine, this edition is their 6th. The show launched the book and features art from most of the featured artists - I put in 3 pieces. Opened on April the 2nd 2009 at Mori Gallery in Sydney, 8-11pm. I went up to Sydney for it, here are some pics from the Sydney launch. Pics of my article here.
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2010
Group Show "Cupcakes for Prostates"
A bake sale at 1000 £ Bend, to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer. The opening/bake sale was Saturday the 7th of August from 3pm, and the work was up on the wall til the 16th of August 2010.
Group Show "Mail Me Art" in London
The first public showing of my work in the UK! There was a call out for this cool project - art created as a piece of traditional mail. I painted this work and sent it off a few months back, and the collection of pieces received appeared in an exhibition in London, opening on the 30th of July 2010. Here's some info about the gallery, and to see the other artists' work have a look at the flickr page.
Group Show "22"
I was part of a group show of works by 22 female artists at The National Grid Gallery in Sydney. The show ran from the 18th of June to the 23rd of July, 2010.
Group show "Medium:Vinyl"
A group show at Hardware Gallery in Sydney. Each artist painted on a vinyl record...21st of May to the 12th of June 2010. My work is here.
On display - Atomica Cafe in Melbourne
I had a few works on the wall at Atomica Cafe, 268 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy during the month of May 2010.
Group show "Works On Paper"
I was a finalist for the $5k prize with this work. May 7 - 20, 2010 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Art Melbourne 10
22-25 April at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne, more info here. I showed with the Brunswick Street Gallery.
696 Ink Grand Opening
After the close of much loved Sydney road gallery 696, a new gallery/tattoo studio opened up in its place...696 Ink, curated by Meg Woodsworth and Jon Beinart of the Beinart International Surreal Art Collective and Jason Jacenko. Some info on the event here. The show ran from the 5th of March to the 1st of April 2010.
Linden Postcard show
A gigantic group show at the Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne. Hundreds of works (I showed 3), everything 30cm or smaller. The show ran from the 6th of Feb to the 27th of March 2010.
Group show "Melburn Reprezent"
A group show at Per Square Metre in Collingwood, Melbourne. Opening night was the 5th of February and the show ran until the 1st of March 2010.
Design Federation’s "Friends of the Federation" party
I had a piece on display at theclub in Kings Cross in Sydney. A one night only event by Design Federation, on the 12th of Feb 2010
Group show "This Little Piggy"
A group show at China Heights Gallery in Sydney. Each artist painted on small ceramic piggy banks (see mine here!) & submitted a few original works. The show opened on February the 12th 2010 and ran until the 14th.
Group show "Entry 2010"
A group show at Brunswick Arts in Melbourne. Opening night was the 5th of February and the show ran until the 20th 2010.
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2009
Brunswick Street Gallery Prize show
I'm very excited to have been selected as a finalist in the Brunswick Street Gallery Prize show. The show ran from December the 4th 2009 until January the 7th 2010.
Leeloo celebrated their 2nd birthday with a fairy tale themed group show, held at Ambush Gallery in Sydney. Each artist submitted 4 original A5-sized works based on an allocated fairy tale - mine was The Griffin! He is a noble beast. My pieces are here. The opening night was the 19th of November, show ran from the 19th-22nd of November 2009. There is a blog with more information!
Group show "Painters 09B"
A show of 9-10 painters at Brunswick Street Gallery. The opening night was the 6th of November, show ran from the 6-19th of November 2009
Art Sydney 09
I showed works with Brunswick Street Gallery at this year's Art Sydney event. The show ran from the 22nd of October to the 25th, at the Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park. More info here!
Group show "Get Trucked" at Per Square Metre
The folks at 696 teamed up with Semi Permanent to present this year's trucker cap show at Per Square Metre in Collingwood. Proceeds from all caps were donated to the Cancer Foundation. The show ran from the 6th to the 14th of October 2009. You can see my hats here.
I held my 2nd solo show at Gallery 696 in Brunswick.
The show ran from the 30th of September to the 11th of October 2009, the opening night was the 2nd of October (Friday) from 6-9pm. I showed around 26 pieces on canvas and paper. Check out the large version of my flyer here. Here are some images from the event on myspace.
Group show "Rush Job"
I showed a few prints at Glitch Bar, Melbourne with Alana Smith, Kate Ross & Sarah Kidd. The opening night was Friday August 28th 2009, show ran for 1 month.
A cat fest at Gallery 696 from the 5th to the 19th of August 2009. Opening night was Friday the 7th of August from 6-9pm. To see my piece click here.
Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne held a show featuring art on 20x17cm boards, based on Roy De Maistre's colour wheels and charts. The show ran from the 17th to the 30th of July 2009. To see my piece click here.
The rules were - white rabbits in white frames, in grey lead pencil only! A bunny explosion of epic proportions at Gallery 696 from the 16th to the 30th July 2009. To see my 2 pieces click here.
Melbourne Curvy Launch
An event to launch the book Curvy 6, and the Melbourne-based artists in the book showed a few pieces at Magnation 3rd floor (upstairs). The show ran from the 9th - 18th of July 2009.
Group show "The Essence of Pleasure"
An all-female show at Famous When Dead Gallery, West Melbourne. The show ran from the 25th of June to the 12 July 2009, opening night was Friday the 26th. Photos from the launch! Here on Flickr.
Group show "Small Works"
The annual 30cm and smaller show at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne. The show ran from the 19th of June to the 2 July 2009.
Group show "Works On Paper"
May 8 - 21, 2009 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne. I was a finalist for the $5k prize with this work. Read the press release here.
Art Melbourne 09
16-19 April at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne, more info here. An awesome event.
Group Show "We Love Ladies Too"
One for the ladies. At Gallery 696 for one week - 8-15 of April 2009.
696 Birthday show
696 celebrated turning 2. A group show of greyscale work coincided with a new greyscale graf piece on the side of the building. Lots of us painted on matchboxes - you can see mine here. At Gallery 696 for one week - 1-8 of April 2009.
Edition Magazine Issue 5 release and group show "It's a 2 colour thing"
696 teamed up with the folk at Edition Magazine, and a group of local artists submitted a digital piece for the printed mag and a painting for a group show. The show opened at Gallery 696 on the 20th of March & ran from the 19th of March to the 1st of April. Here's my piece for it, and I've uploaded photos of the cover and my digital work here.
Linden Postcard show
A gigantic group show at the Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne. Hundreds of works (I showed 3), everything 30cm or smaller. The show ran from the 1st of Feb to the 27th of March 2009.
Street Art For Ashes - Auction/Show & Online Auction
A group show for the Victorian Bushfires, more info here. The show was at No Vacancy Gallery in Melbourne - Friday 13 March 6.30pm. I donated this piece.
Bushfire Relief Auction at BSG, 3rd of March 2009
I donated a piece for an auction at the Brunswick Street Gallery, $13,000 was raised on the night and donated to the Red Cross to help the recent Victorian bushfire victims.
"Sketchel" Group show
I painted on a canvas panel for a 'Sketchel' bag - it's a really cool concept, more info here. The show ran from the 4th - 18th of Feb 2009 at Gallery 696. You can see the piece I painted for it here.
"Art On Your Sleeve" Group show
Stay Human Gallery in Richmond held a group show featuring around 30 artists with their art on 55mm badges & some original art - show ran from Jan 29th until Feb 11th 2009.
Group show "Grand Opening"
Jan 4 to 31, 2009 at Unpretentiously Underground, Melbourne.
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2008
"What Would Jesus Do?"
A group show at Gallery 696 - It was a one off show on the evening of December 19th 2008. I painted a piece especially for it, you can see it here.
Group show "Botanica"
December 10 to 20, 2008 at Pigment Gallery, CBD, Melbourne.
Group show "Under 500"
October 30 to Nov 9, 2008 at Gardner Galleries, Richmond, Melbourne.
Art Sydney 08
Art Sydney was awesome! I displayed several pieces in the Brunswick Street Gallery Stand. The event ran from the 24th - 26th of October, at the Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park, Sydney. I didn't get the chance to go up for it but I heard good things.
"Get Trucked!"
A group show at Gallery 696, featuring 100 or so artists, each painting on trucker caps! The show ran from Friday the 3rd of October until 22nd of October. Check out my entry here.
"I Art Sydney Road"
Part of the 2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Around 60 artists from the Brunswick area exhibited in shopfronts along the wonderful Sydney Road (Brunswick, Melbourne), from 24th September - 5th of October.
I exhibited 2 of my works in the window here: Gallery 696
Group show "Re:flux" Zine launch
Sept 18 to Oct 18, 2008 at Glitch Bar, Melbourne.
Group show "Maximum Exposure"
August 4 to 15, 2008 at the Rialto Towers, Melbourne.
Art Auction
July 26, 2008 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Sydney Group Show - A Populous Cast
I took part in a show entitled 'The Populous Cast' – June 18-29th, 2008 at the Global Gallery in Paddington. I got to meet a few of the artists involved on the 28th of June. Visit our Red Bubble group!
Group show "Small Works"
June 6 to 19, 2008 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Group show "Works On Paper"
April 25 to May 8, 2008 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Art Melbourne 2008
I took part in Art Melbourne at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, April 18-20th 2008. It was a fantastic and inspiring event, thanks so much to everyone who came along.
Group show "Painters 08"
April 11 to 24, 2008 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Updated Site - about time!
In March of 2008 I redesigned my website to make it more beastly.
Feedback? Suggestions? Broken links? If so I'll inform the webmistress and she will be duly beaten.
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2007
November's SOLO show at Brunswick Street Gallery
From November 9th to the 23rd 2007, I had my first solo show at the Brunswick Street Gallery. The show was entitled 'Curious Beasts' and featured 19 of my recent works. The opening night was great fun, thanks heaps to everyone who came along.
Group show "Small Works"
July 9 to 19, 2007 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Group show "Works On Paper"
April 27 to May 10, 2007 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Group show (Dutch Auction)
April 13 to 26, 2007 at Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
Old News
is an oxymoron, haha...though the stuff at the bottom here may not be so recent. Maybe when this page starts to get long I'll create a news archive. Stay tuned!
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Media & Publications
Trunk Junk Quarterly There's a little feature about me in Trunk Junk Quarterly...read more here! I WANT YOUR SKULL My piece Bird King is featured in issue 9 of the wonderful I Want Your Skull book. Nice! Blanket Magazine - Feature and Collaboration Project Online magazine Blanket featured me in a little article ("Cosmos" issue #22), and editor Bec Brown and I collaborated on a piece, inspired by some objects she had that she thought I might like to draw. The feature includes an interview with me, some work in progress shots and the finished creature - some information is here, a sneak peak of the feature can be downloaded from here, and the collab project from here! So exciting! A wee write-up on Strobed A nice mention on Strobed plus some shots of the opening night. Thanks guys :D The Only Shape Magazine The online mag The Only Shape included a piece of mine in their 2nd issue "Light and Sound".  Blanket Magazine The online mag Blanket included a piece of mine in their "Paper Rocks Scissors" issue (#21). International Superheroes of Drawing, Illustration and World Domination! This piece was included in a compilation of illustration and drawing from Red Bubble, put together by Damien Mason. You can buy the book from Blurb here. Grab My Package This piece was included as a collectable print in the December Grab My Package pack. See more here. Semi Permanent Book #2 This piece was included in the second book of art, released by Semi Permanent during their Melbourne conference in October 2009. See more here. Blanket Magazine The online mag Blanket included a piece of mine in their "Black and White" issue (#18). Art Resource Online Interview with me An excellent site with heaps of info and interviews - mine is here. Edtn Magazine #5 I created a digital work in red and grey. You can buy the mag and previous issues here, my piece is this one. Interview & feature - Curvy #6 The yearly compilation of female artists that is Curvy have included me as a featured artist! It's an offshoot of Yen magazine, launched April the 2nd 2009 at Mori Gallery, Sydney. Pics of my article here. Interview - Carmine Magazine The wonderful online Carmine Magazine has uploaded an interview with me...you can check it out here. My art in a book The Red Bubble Melbourne and Victoria Group ran a competition to get work published in a Blurb.com book. One of my pieces is in there, along with some amazing photography and paintings by local artists. You can read more and order one here. |
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