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The University of Melbourne • Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts/University of Melbourne • Doctor of Philosophy, 2008
Tufts University • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University • Master of Fine Arts, 1995
Occidental College | Los Angeles • Bachelor of Arts (Distinction), 1991
t e a c h i n g e x p e r i e n c e
La Trobe College of Art & Design • Head of Art: Painting, Drawing, Studio, 2020-
La Trobe College of Art & Design • Head of Painting: Painting, Drawing, Studio, 2004-2019
Deakin University • Lecturer: Illustration, 2010
The University of Melbourne • VCA, CFI, tutor: Poetics of the Body, 2008-2010
VCA • Guest Lecturer: Sculpture and Spatial Practice, 2007
The University of Melbourne • School of Creative Arts • Lecturer: Re-Imagining the Figure, Spatial Practice, 2006-7
Ian Potter Conservation Centre • Lecturer: Colour Theory & Traditional Materials, 2005
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, Professor of Foundations: Drawing, Painting, 2D Design, Life Drawing, 2000-2002
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO Workshop Instructor: Secrets of the Old Masters - a variety of techniques including, egg tempera, silverpoint, underpainting and glazing • Summer, 2000
Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA, Visiting Instructor • Methods and Materials - Acquisition and preparation of materials: vine charcoal, gesso, silverpoint and mixed varnishes, 1999
Rijksakademie van Beelende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Demonstrations: prepared panels diagraming techniques used by Giotto, Titian, Rembrandt, and Van Eyck • 1997-1998
The Landon School, Bethesda, MD Art Instructor • taught drawing, composition and design painting, photography, computer presentations, video and ceramics, 1996-1997
The Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Instructor • taught Venetian painting; instructed students in techniques involving the preparation of grounds, tonal underpainting and glazing, 1994
The Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Graduate teaching assistant • worked in the Technical Painting Workshop involving instruction in gilding, egg tempera, fresco and mosaics • 1992-1995
a w a r d s
Artist-in-Residence, Weir Farm, CT • month-long artist residency, 2019
MIRS/MIFRS Scholarships, University of Melbourne, 2004-2008
Laughing Waters Residency, Eltham, AUS • three-month artist residency, 2007
Netherland America Fellowship, Amsterdam, Netherlands • A year-long grant awarded through the Fulbright commission • Investigated Rembrandt’s painting techniques, collaborating with chemists, art historians and artists, 1997-1998
Irvine Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA - A grant funding departmental projects • Selected, photographed, and cataloged slides for a multicultural expansion of the slide library at Occidental College. Wrote a guide for young artists in Los Angeles outlining places to see art, make art, and purchase supplies, 1991
s e l e c t e d e x h i b i t i o n s
Five Walls Gallery, Melbourne • Dualism, two-person show, 2021
Wilton Gallery, Wilton, CT • New Work, one person show, 2019
Eltham College, Eltham, VIC • group show, 2018
The Residents’ Gallery, Figments, Eltham, VIC • one person show, 2015
The Light Factory, New Works 2014, Eltham, VIC • one person show, 2014
The Hilson Gallery, Nowhere Like Home, Deerfield, MA • one person show, 2012
Jenny Port Gallery, New Paintings-2011, Melbourne • one person show, 2011
Jenny Port Gallery, New Paintings-2010, Melbourne • one person show, 2010
Jenny Port Gallery, New Paintings-2007, Melbourne • one person show, 2007
VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Describing Air with Earth, Southbank, 2007
La Trobe Street Gallery, Art Tutors, Melbourne, • group show, 2009
Sadlon Gallery, Millerton, NY • one person show, 2005
PB Gallery, Swinburne University of Technology • two person show, 2006
Red Gallery, Melbourne, VIC • group show, 2005
G. Paton Gallery, Backwash, Melbourne, VIC • two person show, 2005
Ladner+Fell Gallery, Melbourne, VIC • group show, 2005
University of Illinois, New Work – 2004, Springfield, ILL • one person show, 2004
Red Gallery, Melbourne, VIC • group show, 2004
Bendigo Museum of Art, Bendigo, AUS • Robert Jacks drawing finalist, 2003
Dante’s Gallery, Melbourne, AUS • White Cube Project group show, 2003
The Malthouse, Melbourne, AUS • group show, 2003
The Art Centre, Christchurch, NZ • two person show, 2003
Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA • Group show, 2002
Broome Street Gallery, Broome Street, NYC • Group show, 2001
a d d i t i o n a l c e r t i f i c a t i o n s
TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment