Bio

Born 1966


EDUCATION

1998-2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts (majoring in painting) RMIT University, Melbourne
1996-97 Associate Diploma of Fine Arts (majoring in painting) RMIT University, Melbourne


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Birdland, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney
2016 Something Worth Fighting For, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015 Portraits From The Track, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013 Pleased To Meet You, Flinders Street Gallery, Sydney
2012 Animal Human, Chapman Gallery, Canberra
2010 Menagerie, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2009 What Are you Looking At, Scott, Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2008 A new Life, Scott, Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2007 Newspaper Things, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
2006 Gods Before Thee ScottLivesey Galleries, Melbourne
2005 The Declining Reclining Figure Spacement Gallery, Melbourne
2004 White Goods Chapman & Bailey
2003 Honest Goods Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2002 Platform Years Platform, Spencer Street Station, Melbourne
2002 The Tucked Away Heart Room 35, Gitte Weise, Sydney
2002 Love of Joy, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2001 Heroes Mass, North Fitzroy
2001 The First Time Ever, Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne
2001 Wishful, Continental Café, Prahran
2000 A Girl to the World, Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne
2000 Goodbye Farwell Kisses, Patrizia Autore Gallery, St Kilda
2000 Zoo, Vis, Melbourne
1999 Paddock, Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne
1999 Smoke, West St Kilda RSL, West St Kilda
1999 Heat Transfers, Town Hall Hotel, NSWSpace, Melbourne
1998 Small Mercies, Town Hall, Hotel, North Melbourne
1998 Flight Paths, Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Artist Profile: Australasian Painters 2007-2017, 10 year Anniversary exhibition, Orange Regional Gallery
2017 Winter Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2016-17 The Popular Pet Show, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2016 Four Moran Finalists, Juniper Hall, Paddington, Sydney
2015 Sydney Contemporary, Stand E05, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2015 The Salon, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2014 Twenty Fourteen, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013 Big and Small - Paintings by Melbourne Artists, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2013 Darren McDonald 'Sanctuary', Andrew Southall 'Paintings Without People' and Murray Walker 'Sculpture', Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2012 Man & Beast, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2008 Group Show 08, Scott, Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2007 Artists for Kids Culture, Auction Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra
2007 Blood Lines, Art and the Horse Hawkesbury Regional Gallery curated by Peter Fay
2007 ABN Amro Emerging Artist Award- Selection
2006 Kids for Culture, Jackman Gallery
2006 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2005 Kids for Culture, Jackman Gallery
2004 Faces, Ord Minnett Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Works from the Peter Fay Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2003 Little Creatures, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2003 The Art of Collecting Contemporary Art - A collection of artists selected from the Peter Fay Collection, Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle
2003 St Kilda Art Supplies Group Show, Metropolis, Melbourne
2001 Works Graduate Show Building 2, RMIT University, Melbourne
2001 Autumn Group Show”, Landau Gallery, St Kilda
2000 St Kilda Artists Group Show”, Patrizia Autore Gallery, St Kilda
1997 Snapshot, curated by Antony Clare, Stop 22, St Kilda
1997 Blue, St Martin’s Theatre, South Yarra
1997 Graduate Show, Diploma of Fine Arts, RMIT Melbourne
1996 Group Show curated by Tracey McClaren, Prince of Wales, St Kilda


SCHOLARSHIPS

2005 Peter Fay Fellowship
2000 John Storey Urtrecht - RMIT


RESIDENCY

2011 Artist in Residence, Sydney Grammar Prep School, Sydney


PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY

2017 Mitsuji, T., Cats of the Art World, Vault magazine, issue 17, p.92-95, illus p.92
2016 Engledow, Dr. S., 'The Popular Pet Book', in conjunction with The National Portrait Gallery and Morris, D., and Osborne, K. (p.18-37 of the 272 page exhibition catalogue).
2016 Viggers, K. Pets get top billing in Popular Pet Show at the NPG in Canberra, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 4, 2016
2015 Grist, P., Painting Them Gently, Portrait 49, Winter 2015, National Portrait Gallery, cover and p. 20-25
2015 Kiely, Annemarie, The Eyes Have It, Vogue Living, Jan/Feb'15 issue
2014 Gilmore, J. and Engledow, Dr. S., The Companion, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, p. 303
2014 Pesa, M., Darren McDonald, Artist Profile, issue 27, 2014, p. 48-51
2004 Crawford, Ashley, Faces, The Age
2002 Crawford, Ashley, Review, Australian Art Collector
1998 Martin, Adrian, Young Collectables, Australian Art Collector


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2012 National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2006 Erkas Collection, National Gallery of Australia
2003 National Gallery of Australia
2002 National Bank of Australia


PRIZES

2017 Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize, Sydney
2016 Finalist, Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery
2015 Finalist, Doug Moran Prize, Sydney, New South Wales
2014 Finalist, Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2014 Finalist for 2014 Benalla Nude Art Prize, Benalla, Victoria
2013 Finalist, Doug Moran Prize, Sydney, New South Wales
2006 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery NSW