C.V.
EDUCATION
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Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (2003)
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Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (upgraded 2016)
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne (1988-92)
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Advanced Certificate in Art and Design, Box Hill Institute of T.A.F.E, Box Hill (1988)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
I like your old stuff better than your new stuff, Carringbush Hotel, Abbotsford
2018
The Mindful Bricoleur and the Various Mid Life Parallel Universe that may or may not include Wearables, Black Finch, Northcote
2017
RUN LMC Collection, Gallery 20/17, North Sydney
2016
Magnetic Fields, Balkon Art Incubator, Preston
Random Acts of Necklace, Small Space Jewellery, North Fitzroy
2015
Who’s Afraid of Blue, White and Yellow? H & H Plating, Melbourne (part of Radiant Pavilion), Melbourne
2014
Flora Lore, Fitzroy Library, Fitzroy
Diagonals and Some More Tangents, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
2013
Colour Your World (Blackened), Upstairs at the Napier Gallery, Fitzroy
Spirito Domesticus, The Stockroom, Kyneton
2012
Blackened (Colour Your World), Upstairs at the Napier Gallery, Fitzroy
Diagonals and Other Tangents, Residencia Corazon, La Plata, Argentina
2011
Micro-Retro-Spective in the Key of Pink, Old Bar Gallery, Fitzroy
ReSent Works, Upstairs at The Napier Gallery, Fitzroy
2008
Taste the Waste, Victoria Park Gallery, Abbotsford
2005
Lure-Land, Bus, Melbourne
Flora Wallpaper by L.M.C, Platform 2, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Noel Counihan Commerative Art Award (finalist), The Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Chinese Mythology, Vonmo Studio, Beijing, China
Growth & Evolution, Yesheng Art & Design Center, Shanghai, China
& DBC International Designer Space, Beijing
A1 Darebin Art Salon, Bundoora Homestead Gallery, Online
9 March, Ground Solyanka, Moscow, Russia
2019
SeaShape, Vitrine, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Noel Counihan Commerative Art Award (finalist), The Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Friends and Family, Daine Singer Gallery, Fitzroy
Lo Fi High, Toot Gallery, St.Kilda
Body Control, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Collectiva, Porto, Portugal
In The Drawer, Small Space Gallery, Nth. Fitzroy (part of Radiant Pavilion Biennial)
Schmuck, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
NC4EVA, The Counihan Gallery foyer, Brunswick
2018
#fail#success, New York City Jewellery Week, New York
14 Benches and One Overworked Microwave, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
Do You Copy?, TempContemp, Brunswick
SeaShape, Gallery 20/17 Project Space, North Sydney
I Hate Contemporary Jewellery, TempContemp, Brunswick
14 Benches, Craft, Melbourne
2017
Left and Right, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy (part of Radiant Pavilion Biennial)
Self-made: Zines and Artist Books, State Library of Victoria (Touring Mildura Arts Centre, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, New England Regional Art Museum, Tweed Regional Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Gallery and LaTrobe Regional Gallery in 2018-19)
Kick out the Jams, Jam Factory, Adelaide (Co-curated by Laila Marie Costa)
The Mindful Bricoleur of the Urbane and the Various OCD
Parallel Universes that May or May not include Wearables, (as part of ClimArte), The Counihan Gallery foyer, Brunswick
3rd Birthday Exhibition, Balkon Art Incubator, Preston
2016
Verdant Garden, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora
A1 Darebin Art Salon, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Bundoora
The Urban Gleaner and the Plastique, curated by Laila Marie Costa, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy
2015
Science Friction(finalist), The Counihan Gallery, Brunswick
Flora Tiles, Neighbourhood Justice Centre, Collingwood
2014
People I have worked with, People I have worked for and friends: Illustrated and other books – assembled by George Matoulas
Gallery Langford 120, North Melbourne
2013
The Ring Show, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy
Wish You Were Here 12, A.I.R Gallery, New York
My Word, Upstairs at The Napier Gallery, Fitzroy
Artecycle (finalist), Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Ponds
Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St. Kilda
2012
Span, The Stockroom, Kyneton
Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award (finalist), Deakin University Art Gallery, Burwood
Wish You Were Here 11, A.I.R Gallery, New York
Phone-tics, At The Vanishing Point, Newtown, Sydney
2011
You Are Here, The Stockroom, Kyneton
Half Cut, Upstairs at The Napier, Fitzroy
Wish You Were Here 10, A.I.R Gallery, New York
2010
Wish You Were Here 9, A.I.R Gallery, New York
The Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, St. Kilda
2008-9
Redeeming the Ruin: the Art of Consumption, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington. Also touring to Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill and Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham and Banyule Arts Space. Curated by Banyule City Council.
2008
Wish You Were Here 7, A.I.R Gallery, New York City
2007
Works on Paper Art Award (finalist), Banyule Arts Space, Ivanhoe
2006
Domestik 2, Area Artists’ Space, Fitzroy
Secret Shelf Life of Us, Platform 2, Melbourne
Rose is a Rose is a Rose, LaTrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell
CURATED
2019
The Urban Gleaner and the Plastique Pt. II, (as part of ClimArte), TempContemp, Melbourne
2016
The Urban Gleaner and the Plastique, Studio Ingot, Fitzroy
AWARDS, PRIZES, GRANTS and RESIDENCIES
2016
Awarded Italian Australian Foundation Fellowship, International Specialised Skills Institute
2014
Study grant, International Lab of Communication, Gemona, Italy, Ente Friuli nel Mondo
2012
Two month Artist in Residence, Residencia Corazon, La Plata, Argentina
2011
Study grant for a Mosaics course, Spilimbergo, Italy, Ente Friuli nel Mondo
2003
The University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association Art Prize
Victorian Womens’ Trust Prize, Victoria College of the Arts
1996
Postcard, Linden Gallery
COLLECTIONS
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Bailieu Library, The University of Melbourne
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Box Hill Institute of T.A.F.E
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Brunswick Business Incubator
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Octapod, Newcastle
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Rare Books, State Library of Victoria
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Private Collections