CURRICULUM VITAE
QUALIFICATIONS
2020-current PhD Candidate (Creative Practice Research), UND , Fremantle, WA
2014 Cert IV (TAE40110) Training and Assessment, AITT, Bentley, WA
2004 Master of Arts (Creative Arts), Edith Cowan University, WA
1979 Grad. Dip Ed, WAIT, WA (presently Curtin University)
1978 BA (Fine Arts), WAIT, WA (presently Curtin University)
1975 Matriculation, Transvaal, South Africa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Currently, I mentor adults through the NDIS in the area of Visual Art. I have worked in disabilities for a number of years, lecturing at TAFE in Leederville WA, and tutoring at DADAA in Fremantle WA. I have taught Visual Art at secondary schools in metropolitan and regional WA, as well as English in PNG as a PALMS volunteer. I curated the Mandorla Art Award from 2006 to 2012. At the moment, I am engaged in Creative Practice Research as a PhD candidate at Notre Dame University in Fremantle WA, and continue to participate in national art prizes as a professional Visual Artist.
AWARDS AND PUBLIC WORKS
2002 “DIVERSIFY/FRUCTIFY”, Billboard, Perth International Festival, Northbridge WA
2016 Mandorla Art Award (Highly Commended), Linton & Kay, Perth, WA (Curator: Kristy Gough)
2016 The Cambridge Gallery Portraiture Prize 2016 (Highly Commended, Godwin Bradbeer), Cambridge Gallery, Melborne, Vic
INTERNATIONAL ART RESIDENCIES
2016 INTERNATIONAL: “Art for Change”, NIV Art Centre, New Delhi, India