Education
2003
Bachelor of Arts (Major in painting) SOCA, Mt Lawley, WA
2002
Six months student exchange at Amsterdam School of the Arts, Netherlands
2000
Cert IV Interior Design TAFE, Leederville, Western Australia
Employment in the Arts
2002 to present
Practising Studio Painter & Visual Artist
2005 to present
Professional photography business – ‘Photographica’
2006 to present
Private arts/photography tuition and workshops
2017 to present
Annual art workshops, Great Southern Grammar, Albany
20021-2022
Art workshop facilitator, Painter’s Palate Albany WA
2016
Photography Lecturer, South Regional TAFE, Albany WA
2008-2009
Arts/photography Lecturer, C.Y. O’Connor Institute, Narrogin
2008
Art Teaching, Narrogin Senior High School
2004-2006
Media Photographer, Kalgoorlie Miner
Associations, memberships and involvement
2013- present
NAVA Professional membership
2019
Studio Artist, Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany
2019
Official judge Southern Art Award, Albany
2014-2018
MIX Artists collective member, Albany
2013-2016
Department of Culture & the Arts – Pool of Peer Assessors
2010 -2015
Propel Youth Arts, Wheatbelt representative
2014
Official Judge, Porongurup Art in the Park
2010
Narrogin Arts Council, President
2010
Official Judge, Williams Gateway Expo, Photo Awards
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Southern Art Trail, Kirsten Sivyer Fine Art, Albany WA
2017
A Sum of the Parts, Nexis Gallery, Narrogin WA
2016
Southern Art Trail, Kirsten Sivyer Studio & Gallery, Denmark WA
2015
Dryandra Country Art, Food & Wine Trail, Southern Stars Winery WA
2015
Persistence of Vision, Moores Building Contemporary Art Gallery, Fremantle WA
2014-2015
Gallery Collection, Kirsten Sivyer Fine Art studio & gallery, Denmark WA
2013
Southern Art Trail at artist’s studio/gallery, Denmark WA
2013
Regeneration, Willoughby Park Wines, Denmark WA
2012
Elements, Narrogin Gallery WA
2009
Beyond Gold, Nexis Gallery, Narrogin WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Passionart, Blush Retail Gallery, Albany WA
2019
Shadowplay, Blush Retail Gallery, Albany WA
2018
Collie Art Prize, finalists exhibition, Collie Regional Art Gallery WA
2017
Mindscapes, Seven Willows Design Gallery, Perth WA
2017
Bluethumb Art prize, finalist exhibition, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2016
South West Arts Now, Bunbury Regional Gallery, Bunbury WA
2016
Minnawarra Art Awards, Armadale WA
2016
Perth International Arts Festival : ‘Square’, Albany WA
2015
City of Stirling Art Awards, Perth WA
2013
Invitational, Darlington Arts Festival, WA
2013
Invitational, Darlington Arts Festival, WA
2013
Albany Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Albany WA
2013
Black Swan Prize for Heritage Linton & Kay, Perth WA
2013
Mundaring Shire Acquisition Exhibition, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2012
Gifted, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2012
Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, Linton & Kay, Perth WA
2010
York Society Photographic Awards, York WA
2009
Katanning Art Prize, Katanning Regional Gallery, WA
2007
Beyond the Brick, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2006
3G exhibition, Goldfields Arts Centre Kalgoorlie, WA
2005
Visions Of C.Y. O’Connor, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2005
Visions Of C.Y. O’Connor, Mining Hall of Fame Gallery Kalgoorlie, WA
2004
Beyond the Brick, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2004
Mundaring Shire Acquisition Exhibition, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
Prizes, Artist in Residence, Scholarships & Commissions
2021
Commission ‘Ghost Solider’ sculpture, Amazing South Coast, Albany WA
2018
Finalist, Collie Art Prize
2017
Winner 2016 Bluethumb National Art Prize, Melbourne VIC
2015
Print Media Award 2015 City of Stirling Art Awards WA
2014 2015
Artist in Residence (AIR) Moore’s Building, Fremantle Arts Centre WA
2015
Highly Commended, Landscape 2015 Wickepin Art Prize WA
2013
People’s Choice Award 2013 Albany Art Prize WA
2013
Finalist 2013 Black Swan Prize for Heritage WA
2012
AIR Artsource, Fremantle WA
2012
Finalist 2012 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture
2010
Monochrome Prize York Society Photographic Awards
2009
Painting Prize Katanning Art Prize
2009
Highly Commended Portraiture, Katanning Art Prize
2005
Best Set Design ITA State Drama Festival award
2005
Painting Prize Darlington Arts Festival
2005
AIR Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon, NSW
2004
Acquisition of work by the Shire of Mundaring
2002
Painting Prize Darlington Arts Festival
2002
Mundaring Bicentennial Travelling Arts Scholarship
1996
1996 Photography Prize Darlington Arts Festival
Collections
Como, The Treasury WA
Shire of Katanning WA
Bundanon Trust Collection NSW
Shire of Mundaring WA
Works in various private collections