Born Sydney 1964 - Painting & Drawing since 1989; Printmaking since 2000; Mosaicing since 2004
Completed a MSA Masters of Studio Arts at SCA (Sydney College of the Arts) 2014 and a MFA Masters of Fine Art 2016
AWARDS & GRANTS
2017
Ocean Grove Art Prize (Vic) 1st Prize
2014
PRSS Sydney University Research Grant – for travel to research in the Galapagos Islands
2013
Ocean Grove Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
2012
Phyllis Arnot Print Prize– Hornsby College NSW
Corowa Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
2011
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – (National) Highly Commended - Selected for Touring
2010
Warrnambool Art Prize (Vic) – 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards (NSW) – 1st Prize
2009
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize – S.A. Museum - Selected for Touring
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – (National) Highly Commended - Selected for Touring
41st Bendigo Easter Art Exhibition (Vic) - 1st Prize
2008
Bayside Art Show Brighton (Vic) - 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards - 1st Prize
Royal Canberra Art Awards - 1st Prize
Tarra Festival Art Prize (Vic) - 1st Prize
2007
Wagga Wagga Rotary - 1st Prize
Tarra Festival Art Prize (Vic) - 1st Prize
2006
Scone Art Prize - 1st Prize
Orange Blossom Festival - 1st Prize
Altona Art Exhibition (Vic) - 1st Prize
2005
Yea (Vic) Art Prize - 1st Prize
Winmalee Arts Festival – Peoples Choice
2004
Kiama 26th Annual Exhibition - 1st Prize
Wangi Dobel - Landscape - 1st Prize
Wangi Dobel – Contemporary - 1st Prize
2003
Narrabri Art Exhibition - Betty Berriman Bequest- 1st Prize
Henry Lawson Grenfell Art Awards - 1st Prize
Great Southland Art Awards - 1st Prize
Great Southland Art Awards - Pashley (Packing Room) Prize
Royal Canberra Art Awards - 1st Prize
2002
Cootamundra Soroptimist International - 1st Prize
Singleton Art Prize - Peoples Choice
2001
Foundation Week Art Awards - 1st Prize
Selected group exhibitions - INTERNATIONAL
2017
Venice Summer Academy Exhibition, Palazzo Zenobio - Venice
Impressions Print Exhibition – Galway International Art Festival - Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, Centre for Creative Arts & Media - Ireland
ASCI Biodiversity/Extinctions - The Silva Gallery of Art Pennington School
2016
Stunning Edge Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition - Taiwan
10th Arte Laguna Prize – Shortlisted - Sculpture & Video
2015
ASCI Biodiversity/Extinctions – New York Hall of Science
2014
Where’s the Art in Bio-Art? (School of Visual Arts) SVA Flatiron Gallery Manhattan
NYABF – MoMA PS1 Long Island – SVA (School of Visual Arts)
Living Things are NOT Cooperating – Bio-Art Residency Exhibition SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York
2013
Semi Living – Bio-Art Residency Exhibition SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York
MGC - Manhattan Graphics Juried Print Exhibition – New York
Portrait in Print – Centre for Contemporary Printmaking – Norwalk Connecticut USA
2012
Exploration of a Medium: Printmaking – Centre for the Arts Evergreen - Colorado USA
The Irish Connection Lorg Printmakers & Warringah Printmakers Exhibition Ballybane - Ireland
2009
Crusty Oceania - DOMO Exhibition - Australian Embassy - Berlin
2008
Red Cross Summer Exhibition – Nulthus Centre The Hague - Netherlands
RESIDENCIES, RESEARCH AND COLLABORATIONS
2017
CAW Culture at Work Ultimo – Residency working with research from Antarctica - Mar 6 to June 10
Deception Island (Antarctica) – Research 19 days The Ninth Wave project ‘Floating Lab’ on board the Guluk of the Netherlands Jan 6 to 27
2016
Faroe Island Residency – Research 4 weeks The Clipperton Project ‘Floating Lab’ on board the Johanna of Vagur June 3 to 28
2015
Lord Howe Island – Water sampling, sound recording, filming and research April 25 to May 9
The Clipperton Project – Inaugural floating lab Western Australia March 2015
2014
Galapagos Islands Researching – filming, sound recording and research October 1 to 15
Bio-Art Summer Residency – SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York - May 19 to June 20
Lord Howe Island – Water sampling, filming and research January 12 to 26
2013
Bio-Art Summer Residency – SVA (School of Visual Arts) New York - May 21 to June 21
OMG – Octopus Mandala Glow – Collaborative Performance work with Prof Victoria Vesna chair UCL Art/Sci - August
Selected group exhibitions – AUSTRALIA
2017
Harbour Sculpture – Woolwich Sydney
2016
Inkmasters Print Exhibition – Cairns Qld
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize S.A.
North Queensland Ceramics Award (biennial)
Elemental – M Contemporary Projects – NSW
2088 Mosman Regional Art Gallery NSW
‘Fresh Paint – Grilled Chicken’ Articulate Project Space NSW
2015
SCA Post-Graduate Show - NSW
CNWAP - Chippendale New World Art Prize - NSW
2088 Mosman Regional Art Gallery NSW
2014
Inkmasters Print Exhibition – Cairns Qld
Art Concerning the Environment – Scope Gallery Vic
Print & Works on Paper Awards - Swan Hill - Vic
Swan Hill Print & Drawing Prize – Swan Hill Regional Gallery - Vic
Under Pressure Printmedia Exhibition – Red Gallery Glebe NSW
2088 Mosman Open Exhibition – Mosman Regional Art Gallery NSW
2013
Fishers Ghost Open Art Prize - NSW
Verge Art Awards finalist in 2D & 3D – Sydney University
SCAP - Sunshine Coast Art Prize - QLD
2012
Kenilworth Arts Council Art Awards – Kenilworth Qld
Wilson Visual Arts Award – Lismore NSW
Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award – Online Gallery
SCOPE Galleries Art Award – Warnambool - Vic
Hunters Hill Art Awards – Hunters Hill Town Hall - NSW
Print & Works on Paper Awards - Swan Hill – Vic
2088 Mosman Open Exhibition – Mosman Regional Art Gallery NSW
2011
30:30 Vision MAANZ National Touring Exhibition – Australia (visiting 6 states & 1 territory)
Hornsby Art Prize – Hornsby NSW
Hunters Hill Art Prize – Hunters Hill Town Hall –NSW
Fishers Ghost Art Award – Campbelltown Arts Centre - (NSW)
Flanagan Art Prize – Ballarat - Vic
Lethbridge Art Prize – Online Gallery
‘Radiance’ – Grenfell Regional Art Gallery - NSW
2010
Waterbrook Art Prize – Greenwich - NSW
Blacktown Art Prize – Blacktown - NSW
Yinnar Drawing Prize – Yinnar - Vic
Flanagan Art Prize – Ballarat - Vic
Print & Works on Paper Awards - Swan Hill - Vic
Gallery Adagio Group Exhibition – Glebe - NSW
Brisbane Senses Art – Riverside Centre Brisbane - Qld
2009
‘The Studio’ Art Sydney 09
30:30 Vision Touring Exhibition – Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, S.A.
Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize - South Australian Museum (SA & ACT)
Hunters Hill Art Prize - Hunters Hill Town Hall (NSW)
2008
Taylor Galleries – Summer Hill (NSW)
Redland Art Awards – Redland Art Gallery, (Qld)
Fishers Ghost Art Award – Campbelltown Arts Centre, (NSW)
Heysen Prize – Hahndorf Academy, (SA)
Mosman Art Prize – Mosman Art Gallery, (NSW)
Waverley Art Prize – Waverley Arts Centre, (NSW)
Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing – Adelaide Perry Gallery, (NSW)
Small Works - Brunswick Gallery (Vic)
Stanthorpe Art Prize – Stanthorpe Regional Gallery (Qld)
2007
6º Art Prize – Walker St Gallery (Vic)
Oceania Art Prize – Port Douglas Community Centre (Qld)
Linden Postcard Exhibition – Linden Centre for Contemporary Art (Vic)
Collectors Exhibition – Steps Gallery Carlton (Vic)
2006
‘Mosaic Now’ Touring Exhibition, (Mosman Art Gallery NSW, Bundoora Homestead Vic, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery Vic, National Wool Museum)
MAANZ 30:30 Vision – Touring Exhibition (Newspace Gallery NSW, Floriade ACT)
Taylor Galleries – Summer Hill (NSW)
Collectors Exhibition – Steps Gallery, Carlton (Vic)
Cowra Art Prize - Cowra Regional Gallery (NSW)
Jacques Cadry Art Prize (NSW)
Stanthorpe Art Prize (Qld)
2005
Taylor Galleries - Summer Hill (NSW)
Delmar Gallery – Small Wonders, Trinity College NSW
Heysen Art Prize, Hahndorf Academy (SA)
Dymocks Art Prize, George St Sydney (NSW)
Walkom Manning Art Prize
John Copes Art Prize (NSW)
MAANZ National Exh Firestation Gallery Rozelle, NSW
Muswellbrook Art Prize (NSW)
Norvill Art Prize - Murrurundi (NSW)
EXHIBITIONS solo
2017
Deception – Accelerator Gallery Pyrmont NSW May 27 to June 10
Gagged in Dystopia – Interlude Gallery Glebe Point Rd Glebe NSW Jan 27 to Feb 4
2015 Colliding Worlds – Hazelhurst Community Gallery – the Kingsway Gymea NSW March 6 - 17
2013 Coding the Future – GAFFA Gallery (Clarence St Sydney)
2010 Focus on Print – Invitational (CAS) exhibition Fitzroy Library (Vic)
2009 Memories of the Landscape - BSG Brunswick St Gallery (Vic)
2007 Landscapes - CUSP Gallery (Vic)
2006 Renewal - Lane Cove Cultural Centre (NSW)
2005 Visions: Land + Sea – Fire Station Rozelle (NSW)
2003 Discovering the Centre - Newspace Gallery (NSW)
2002
New works by Lea Kannar - Breewood Gallery – Leura (NSW)
Grand Opening Exhibition- Breewood Gallery – Richmond (NSW)
Moods and Colour - Newspace Gallery (NSW)