Solo Exhibitions
2009
Habitats #2, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne.
Habitats, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
Habitats and Natural History #2, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide.
2008
Habitats and Natural History #2, Johnston Gallery, Perth.
Habitats, Stills Gallery, Sydney.
2007
Natural History #2, [MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne.
Prizes and Awards
2004 FONAS Art Prize, National Art School, Encounter with hawk (from the Encounters series).
2004 Vanguard Photography Award, University of Queensland, Second prize, Images and essay inspired by the work of Man Ray.
2002 Waverley Art Prize, First prize, Whale suspended.
2002 Willoughby Art Prize, First prize, Swan levitating.
2001 National Photographic Prize, Albury Regional Gallery.
2019
As still as life: selected works from the MGA collection,
Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
2014
Wildcards: Bill Henson shuffles the deck, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
Space & Place Photography Prize, Queensland Centre for Photography, South Brisbane.
Josephine Ulrich and Win Schubert Photography Award 2014, The Arts Centre Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise.
2010
Contemporary Landscapes in Photography (CLIP) Award (finalist), Perth Centre for Photography, Perth.
National Photography Prize (finalist), Albury Regional Art Gallery, Albury.
A Generosity of Spirit: Recent Australian Women's Art from the QUT Art Collection, Queensland University of Technology Art Gallery, Brisbane.
Understory. Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport.
Brave New World, Queensland Center for Photography, South Brisbane.
2009
...On Paper, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne.
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise.
I Think I Shall Never See a billboard as Lovely as a Tree, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney.
40 x 40 x 40, 40 artists, 40 works, 40 cm2, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne.
In Captivity: Animals in the Dubbo Regional Gallery Collection, Dubbo Regional Gallery.
The MGA Collection: Quiet Earth, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
2008
Beastly, MOP Projects, Sydney.
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (finalist), Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
It Must be Love, [MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne.
2007
Season '07 - Stills Gallery group show, Stills Gallery, Sydney.
For Every Bird, [MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, Port Melbourne.
William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (finalist), Monash Gallery of Art.
Olive Cotton Award (finalist), Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South.
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise.
Pet Project, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
2006
Art for Action: Changing Nature 2006, (finalist), The Gallery at Darling Park, Sydney.
The Inaugural William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize (finalist), Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne.
Photographic Portrait Prize (finalist), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise.
Art and About: Sydney Life (finalist), Hyde Park, Sydney.
2006 City of Perth Photomedia Award (finalist), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth.
The Betty Quelhurst Gift, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane.
The Harries: National Digital Art Prize (finalist), Brisbane.
2005
International Video Ate, Phatspace Gallery, Sydney.
National Photographic Purchase Award (finalist), Albury Regional Gallery.
Moving Image Projects, South Australian Living Artists Festival, Adelaide.
'The Harries' National Digital Art Prize (finalist), Brisbane and the Beijing Film Academy New Media Festival.
The Discovery Art Prize (finalist), Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne.
Art Sydney 05, Hordern Pavillion and Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney.
Contemporary Art Award 2005 (finalist), Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra.
2004
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery.
Tomorrow, Art Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI), Digital 2004 exhibition, Technology Gallery, The New York Hall of Science, New York.
Josephine Ulrick Portrait Prize (finalist), Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South.
FONAS ASX Reuters Charity Exhibition, Cell Block Gallery, National Art School, Sydney.
Photography Award 2004 (finalist), Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast.
Head On, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney.
2003
National Photographic Purchase Award (finalist), Albury Regional Gallery.
Josephine Ulrick Photography Prize (finalist), Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South.
Canberra Contemporary Art Prize, Canberra.
Sydney Looking Forward, Hyde Park, Sydney.
Built Worlds, Photo Technica, Sydney.
Art in a box, Multiple Box Gallery, Dank St, Sydney.
Hazelhurst Art Award (finalist), Art on Paper, Sydney.
The Fifth International Digital Art Exhibition, Havana, Cuba.
Wonderland, Gallery Wren, Sydney.
2002
Pixel point, International Computer Art Festival, Slovenia.
Incepta, Art / Science show, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
Plus e.V, Plus-kunst, Foundation for Art and Culture, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Willoughby Art Prize (section winner), Sydney.
Waverley Art Prize (section winner), Sydney.
Byte Me, Photo technica, Sydney.
2001
The National Photographic Purchase Award (winner), Albury Regional Gallery.
Roche Contemporary Art Prize, PCL Galleries, Sydney.
26th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Perth.
2000
Lost and found, University of Newcastle Gallery.
Half metre squared, National Art School, Sydney.
Gallery 4 A, Sydney, year end show.
1999
Queen for a day, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle.
1998
Mathinna, ANAT winter school, site selected and hosted by ABC online.
1997
MA Exhibition, University of Central England.
Folio Society exhibition, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Royal Photographic Society, A touring exhibition, UK.
1995
Images 21, Royal College of Art. AOI show.
Freespace, Royal College of Art-internet showcase.
1993
The Year 2010, Yokohama, Japan.
1992
17th International Contemporary Art Fair, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan.
13 Elevators, South Australian Department for the Arts, Adelaide.
1991
Serenades and Slippers, Club Foote, Adelaide.
Young Life-Promising South Australian Photographers, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide.
1990
You're Fired! Chesser Street Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
Ordinary Wit and Excess, Adelaide Festival of Arts Project, Loft Gallery, Adelaide, Australia.
1989
Tourist, New Frontiers, Graduation Show, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, Australia.
Tertiary Education
Master of Arts, University of Central England, (1997)
Awarded a European Union Scholarship for research into the implications of digital manipulation technologies on the veracity of the photographic image.
Diploma of Education, Art, Flinders University of Australia, Adelaide (1990)
Deans award for outstanding academic achievement. Qualified secondary school teacher.
Bachelor of Arts, Visual Arts (Photography) South Australian School of Art (1989)
Professional Appointments
2011-2013 Photography Lecturer (sessional), College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales
1999-2010 Photography Lecturer, National Art School
2001-2004 Photography Lecturer, College of Fine Arts, The University of New South Wales
2001-2002 Photography Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
1999-2000 Photography Lecturer, School of Fine Arts, The University of Newcastle
Collections
Artbank
Monash Gallery of Art
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Centro Pablo, Havana, Cuba
Albury Regional Gallery
Dubbo Regional Gallery
Queensland University of Technology Art Museum
Private collections in Australia and the United Kingdom
Scholarships and Grants
2006 National Association of Visual Arts, marketing grant for NSW artists
2001 National Art School Travel Scholarship
1996-1997 European Union Scholarship for research into the implications of digital technology on photography
1992 South Australian Department for the Arts
Dan Rule, "Around the galleries", The Age, Melbourne, 24 Oct 2009, section A2, p 18. [Habitats #2] PDF (66 kb)
Jennifer Leahy and Vincent Watson, "I think I shall never see a billboard as lovely as a tree", exhibition catalogue, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 2009. ISBN:978-1-921437-106 [Habitats]
Kent Buchanan, "Image, Captured", exhibition catalogue for In Captivity, Dubbo Regional Gallery, 2008 [Habitats] PDF (287 kb)
Andrew Frost, "If I could have...", Australian Art Collector, July-September 2008, issue no: 45, p 308 [Natural History #2] PDF (2.1 Mb)
Alasdair Foster, "Death becomes them", Photofile, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, December 2006, issue no: 79, p 57 [Natural History]
Rosalie Higson, "Living with animal magnetism", The Australian, Sydney, 6 December, 2006 [The Pet Project]
Cara Davies, "Local artist warms to the green cause", Southern Courier, Sydney, 7 Nov 2006, p 5 [Natural History]
Stephen Zagala, "New critters for the collection", Monash Gallery of Art newsletter, summer 2006, p 9 [Natural History #2]
Tracey Clement, "Doggone", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 25 January 2007, Arts, p 23 [The Pet Project]
City of Perth, "2006 City of Perth Photomedia Award", exhibition catalogue, October 2006 [Natural History]
Arena magazine, "Photo Essay", Arena magazine, Melbourne, issue no: 85, October 2006, p 17 [Natural History]
Steven Bevis, "Winners and Losers", Arts Review, The West Australian, Perth, 2 October 2006, p 6 [Natural History]
Sandy Edwards, "Art and About 2006", exhibition catalogue, City of Sydney, October 2006. [Study of a Goat]
Anthony Davies, "Photography gets the right exposure", The Australian, Melbourne, 13 September 2006 [Natural History]
Nyanda Smith, "The artist who shoots animals", The West Australian, Perth, 26 July 2006 [Natural History] PDF (104 kb)
PSN Editorial Staff, "The artist who shoots animals", Photoshop News online, United States, 27 July 2006 [Natural History]
Western Suburbs Weekly, "Artist's animal artifice", Western Suburbs Weekly, July 2006, p 22 [Natural History]
Martin Smith, "Natural History", Queensland Centre for Contemporary Photography, exhibition catalogue, Brisbane, 24 June 2006 [Natural History]
Pip Christmass, "Rooms with a view", The West Australian, Perth, 21 July 2006 [Natural History]
Robert McFarlane, "Plenty of surprises", The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 4 April 2006 [Natural History] PDF (367 kb)
Beverley Veasey, "Natural History", exhibition catalogue, Sydney, March 2006 [Natural History]
The Harries, "2005 Harries National Digital Art Award", exhibition catalogue, October 2005, p 37 [Observations]
Robert McFarlane, "Old Dupain proves a new as ever", Metropolitan, Sydney Morning Herald, June 2003 [Urban Vistas]
City of Sydney, "Art and About 2003", exhibition catalogue, Sydney, October 2003, p 16 [Urban Vistas]
Art Almanac, "Profiles", Art Almanac, Sydney, October 2003, p 137 [Elsewhere]
Lenny Ann Low, "To the Max", Arts Review, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 18 October 2003 [Elsewhere] PDF (70 kb)
Lenny Ann Low, "Exhibitions", Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 25 October 2003 [Elsewhere]
Lenny Ann Low, "Top five exhibitions", Metropolitan, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 12 April 2003 [Encounters]
Gael Newton, "Kaleidoscope", Photofile, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, December 2001, issue no: 64, p 24 [Introduced species]
Rose Lang, "Sometimes bed is not an option", exhibition catalogue, Roche Products, Sydney, June 2001, p 58 [Horizon]