This body of work spans over 30 years of my art practice, selected are pieces that deal directly with the built world- those parts of our environs that could not exist without human effort and intervention. This constructed world exists not only in physical form; our concepts, symbols and language are all human artefacts and aspects of our attempts to understand and shape our existence.
The modestly scaled sculptures in this exhibition are my attempt to reflect the manifold ways in which we might understand domestic, civil and industrial structures, ranging from generic suburban scenes to an Amish barn to an oil field pump. Some of these pieces are the distillation of travel and direct observation, aided by drawings and photographs; at other times, reflections on the shifting meaning of certain deliberately symbolic edifices.
Both approaches are combined in a number of works, such as Facade, completed while I was living in Washington DC and employed as an art installation contractor at the Federal Reserve, at the very moment the global financial crisis was unfolding. The meaning of most pieces are somewhat less determined and will shift with time, reflecting the interplay between the concrete object and its possible readings.
1984-2022 Independent art practice.
2010-2013 Art journalism for the Weekly Review
2004-2021 Freelance art installation
1998-2004 Tutoring, Arts Project Australia
1999 Tutoring, Monash Gallery of Art
1997-99 Freelance journalism
1996-8 Journalism and criticism for Herald and Weekly Times Ltd.
1995-1996 Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Design, RMIT.
1983 Post Graduate Diploma, Fine Art, RMIT.
1980-82 Graduate studies in Fine Art, RMIT.
1977 Graphic Design, Swinburne Institute of Technology.
2017-8 Sculpture commission, Saint apartment complex, St Kilda
2015-6 Sculpture Buninyong bivium for the City of Ballarat.
2011 Sculpture Cord for the City of Monash
2010 Sculpture Pod Vessel for the Rural City of Wangaratta
2004 Sculpture Meniscus for Maribyrnong Development Corporation
2001 Sculpture Camber for Great Western Tiers Sculpture Trail, Deloraine, for the Dept. of Primary Industries, Parks & Wildlife Service, Water & Environment, Tasmania
1999 Sculpture Skewed Arch commissioned by Places Australia for the City of Yarra
1996 Clock Sculpture Horologium Absurdum for City of Pt. Phillip & Dept. of Plan ning & Development
1994 Sculpture Classical Landscape, Eltham Public Art Award
1991 Sculpture Sentinel, for Kew Cottages, Kew
2022 Yering Station Gallery
2021 WestEnd Art Space
2018 WestEnd Art Space
2017 WestEnd Art Space
2016 & Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Qdos Gallery, Lorne
2015 Yarra Sculpture Gallery
2008 District Fine Arts, Washington DC USA
2000 Smyrnios Gallery Australia
1998 Smyrnios Gallery Australia
1997 Smyrnios Gallery Australia
1993 Regent Theatre, Melbourne
1992 175 Collins Street, Melbourne
1985 Museum Station, Melbourne
1985 Caulfield Arts Centre
2020 Montalto Sculpture Award
2019 Yarra Sculpture Space
2018 Yering Sculpture Award
2016 Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award
2016 Lorne Sculpture Biennale
2014 Lorne Sculpture Biennale
2014 Yarra Sculpture Space
2013 Montalto Sculpture Prize
2012 Montalto Sculpture Prize
2010 Yarra Sculpture Space
2010 Wangaratta Sculpture Award
2008 Yarra Sculpture Space
2007 Lorne Sculpture Exhibition
2007 Invitational Toorak Sculpture Exhibition
2005 Yarra Sculpture Space
2003 Australian Art Resources
2002 Yarra array, Birrarung Mar
2002 Helen Lempriere Sculpture Award
2002 Central Goldfields Award
2001 McClelland Gallery
2001 Seawinds Sculpture Exhibition
2000 Yarra Sculpture Space
1999 McClelland Gallery
1998 Gasworks Park
1997 Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria
1995 Foy & Gibson Gallery
1994 Southbank Complex
Ballarat City Council
Banyule City Council
Bendigo Art Gallery
Methodist Ladies College
Monash City Council
Nillumbik Shire Council
Port Phillip City Council
RMIT Art Faculty Collection
Stonnington City Council
Wangaratta City Council
Private collections in Australia, Europe and USA.
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