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