b o r n .
 1969 • Brooklyn,
      New York


    e d u c a t i o n
2007 • Melbourne University / Victorian
      College of the Arts,
      Melbourne, PhD candidate
1995 • Tufts University / Museum
      School of Fine Arts,
      Boston, MFA
1991 • Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, BA
1987 • Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts
1982-1985 • Indian Mountain School, Lakeville, Connecticut
1978-1982 • Canberra Grammar School, Canberra, Australia

      
 
t e a c h i n g . . e x p e r i e n c e
Ian Potter Conservation Centre • Lecturer

      Colour Theory & Traditional Materials, 2005
University of Melbourne, School
      of Creative Arts • Tutor

      Re-Appraising the figure, Visualization II, 2005 - ongoing
La Trobe Street College of
      Art & Design, Melbourne •
      Lecturer

      Painting, Life Painting, Drawing, Life Drawing, 2004 - ongoing
Savannah College of Art &
      Design, Savannah, GA • Professor of Foundations 

      Painting Methods & Materials, Drawing, 2D Design, Life Drawing,
      2000 - 2003
Studio Art International,
      Florence, Italy • Guest
      Lecturer

      Lectured on Italian painting and drawing techniques, Summer,
      2001
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado • Workshop Instructor


      Classes in Old Master techniques, Summer, 2000
Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA • Adjunct Faculty


      Methods & Materials - acquisition and the preparation of
      painting materials. Fall, 1999
Norman Rockwell Museum, Lee, MA • Visiting Instructor: Methods
      & Materials, Spring, 1999
Rijksakademie van Beelende
      Kunsten, Amsterdam, Netherlands

      Prepared panels demonstrating techniques by Giotto, Titian, Rembrandt, and others, 1997-1998

 
The Landon School, Bethesda, MD • Art Instructor drawing,
      painting, photography, computer presentations, video and ceramics.
      1996-1997
The Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA • Instructor
Venetian painting - Old Master techniques preparing grounds, tonal underpainting and glazing. 1994
The Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA • Graduate teaching assistant
Technical Painting Workshop: Renaissance approach involving gilding, egg tempera, fresco and mosaics. 1993-1995
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT • Assistant Art Instructor
Painting, design and architecture, gallery assistant, co-ordinated AP program in art. 1991-1992
The Fintona Girls School,
      Melbourne, Australia •
      Artist-in-Residence: Summer, 1989

      
 
c o n f e r e n c e s                                                          . . p a p e r s 
AAANZ Conference, Melbourne • Situating Theory and practice in the Visual Arts, 2005
ANZAMEMS Conference, Sydney • Memory and Commemoration, 2003
 
a w a r d s
MATS • A travelling Scholarship awarded for overseas travel, 2006
Anthony Ganim Foundation • A competitive award enabling further
      research into pigments, 2005
Netherland America Fellowship, Amsterdam, Netherlands • A year-long grant
      awarded through the Fulbright commission. Investigated Rembrandt's
      painting techniques, collaborated with chemists, art historians
      and artists. 1997-1998
Irvine Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA • A grant funding departmental
      projects. Selected, photographed, and catalogued slides for a
      multicultural expansion of the slide library at Occidental College.
      Authored guide for artists in Los Angeles outlining places to
      see, make, and purchase art supplies. Summer, 1991
Richter Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA • A travelling research
      grant awarded by Occidental College. Two month study in Australia,
      researching Australian Impressionist landscape painters. Summer, 1989
 

      
e x h i b i t i o n s
Red Gallery, group show, Melbourne Abstraction II, 2006
Red Gallery, group show, Melbourne Abstraction, 2005
George Patton Gallery, Melbourne,
      two person show, 'Backwash - a sculptural environment',
      2005
Sadlon Gallery, NY, one person
      show, 2005
Red Gallery, Melbourne, one
      person show, 2004
University of Illinois, Springfield,
      IL, one person show, 2004
The Malthouse, Melbourne, one
      person show, 2003
Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo,
      Robert Jacks Drawing Finalist, 2003
Dante's Gallery, Melbourne, group
      show, 2003
The Art Centre, Christchurch,
      New Zealand, two person show, 2003
Broome Street Gallery, Broome
      St., NYC, group show, 2001
Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah,
      GA, group show, 2000
Tremaine Gallery, Lakeville,
      CT, group show, 2000
Salisbury Gallery, Salisbury,
      CT, group show, 2000
Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie,
      NY, two person show, 1999
Joel Schapira Gallery, Millerton,
      NY, group show, 1999
Corscaden Gallery, Keene Valley,
      NY, group show, 1999
Moviehouse Gallery, Millerton,
      NY, two person show, 1999
Balsamo Antiquities, Pine Plains,
      NY, two person show, 1998
Occidental College, Los Angeles,
      CA, Alumni show, 1998
The Ballroom, Hudson, NY, group
      show, 1998
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston,
      MA, Landscape Exhibition, group
      show, 1996
Moviehouse Gallery, Millerton,
      NY, one person show, 1995
Koppelman Gallery, Boston, MA,
      Tufts University Thesis Exhibition, 1995
Tisch Gallery, Medford, MA, group
      show, 1994
Moviehouse Gallery, Millerton,
      NY, one person show, 1993
CIVAA, Travelling show of Connecticut
      Art Instructors, 1992
Weingart Gallery, Los Angeles,
      CA, one person show, 1991
 
s e l e c t e d . . r e v i e w s
R. Nelson, 'Melbourne Abstraction',
      The Age, Melbourne, 2004
A. Carlo, 'Creature vs. Glow
      Ball invades Balsamo', Register Herald, Pine Plains, NY, 1998
C. Temin, 'Landscape Show lights
      up Boston Center for the Arts', Boston Globe, MA, 1996