CV

Born 1978, Melbourne, Australia

EDUCATION
2003 Masters Fine Art (Research) Monash University
1999 BFA Honours, Monash University
1998 BFA Tapestry, Monash University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Curating You, Fox Galleries, Melbourne

2018 Conceal / Reveal, Fitzroy Library, City of Yarra, Australia

2013 Sampler, Handheld Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2011 Piecework (with Adrian Conti), Tacit Contemporary Art, Abbotsford, Australia
2006 The Bar Show, Jawa, Nth Melbourne, Victoria
2004 Fitting Room, Body, St.Kilda, Victoria
2003 Baggage, 3E Designs, Windsor, Victoria
2002 Sample (with Rachael Hine), Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin, Victoria
2001 Outfit, 4Cats Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Linden Postcard Show 2024, Linden New Art, Melbourne, AU

Kate Derum Award 2024, (shortlisted artist), Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, AU

Petite Miniature Textiles, (shortlisted artist), Wangaratta Art Gallery, AU

2019 Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, (shortlisted artist), Wangaratta Art Gallery, AU

Google Weaving Stop-time, Atelier Luma, Arles, France

Google Weaving Stop-time, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium

2018 Google Weaving Stop-time, 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, Turkey

2017 Return Flight EDI>MEL, Numbershop Gallery, Edinburgh, UK

Return Flight MEL>EDI, Federation Square Atrium, Melbourne, AU

2015 Out of the Box, (9th International Biennial of Textile Miniatures), ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2014 Thoughts That Is...(8th International Biennial of Textile Miniatures), ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2013 She Who Can, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, AU (shortlisted artist)

2012 About Time: Australian Studio Tapestry 1975-2005, curated by Anthony Camm. Bundoora Homestead Art Centre.

2011 Kate Derum Small Tapestry Award, shortlisted finalist, Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Australia
Vanish/Survive (7th International Biennial of Textile Miniatures), ARKA Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

About Time: Australian Studio Tapestry 1975-2005, curated by Anthony Camm. Central Goldfields Gallery, Maryborough
About Time: Australian Studio Tapestry 1975-2005, curated by Anthony Camm. Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
About Time: Australian Studio Tapestry 1975-2005, curated by Anthony Camm. Horsham Regional Art Gallery

2010 About Time: Australian Studio Tapestry 1975-2005, curated by Anthony Camm, Ararat Regional Art Gallery. Touring Show.

2008 Manipulate: Construct, curated by Mardi Nowak and artist, Town Hall Gallery,Hawthorn Australia.

2007 New Days, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Talente 2007(representing Australia in tapestry), Neue Messe Munich, Germany

2006 Micro – Contemporary Miniature Tapestries, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
Things My Mother Taught Me, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
Off The Wall, ArtMelbourne 06, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2005 Recent Works, Customs House Gallery, Warrnambool
Postcards From the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York City

2004 Postcards From the Edge, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York City

2002 Intercept, Switchback Gallery, Gippsland, Victoria

2001 In The Bag, Platform, Spencer Street Station, Melbourne

2000 Decade, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield
Heart – Her Art, Dandenong Community Arts Centre, Dandenong
Emerging Artists Program, Bulle Gallery, Melbourne

1999 Evidence, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield
D Block Show, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
Contemporary Artists of Australia, Church Street Gallery, Healesville
Ambidextrous, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
She The Cats Mother, Dandenong Community Arts Centre, Dandenong
Post-Postcard Show, Linden Arts Centre & Gallery, St.Kilda

1998 Graduation Exhibition, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
100% Contemporary Tapestry, Cato Conference Centre Gallery, Melbourne
Scaffold, Warnambool Regional Art Gallery, Warnambool
Contemporary Tapestry – Monash, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne

1996 Axis, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
Lucato Peace Prize, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
This, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield
Mallee Cats, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2019 Artist residency World of Co. Sofia, Bulgaria (upcoming, October)

Shortlisted artist for Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award

Selected artist for Nillumbik Digital Masterclass with Yandell Walton

2007 Finalist for Off the Wall, Melbourne 2007
2003 Monash University Travel Grant for Research in New York
2002 Monash Faculty of Art & Design, Masters Research Scholarship
1999 Tapestry Workshop Award
1998 Monash Tapestry Workshop Graduate Award
Member of The Golden Key National Honour Society
Decorative Arts Society Award for Tapestry
1996 Business & Professional Women Association of Australia Scholarship

BIBLIOGRAPHY
About Time: Australian Studio Tapestry 1975-2005 Catalogue produced by Ararat Regional Art Gallery.

ISBN: 978-0-646-53935-5. Contributing writers; Anthony Camm, Hilary Green, Kay Lawrence AM, Sara Lindsay.

Tapestry Weaving in Australia after the "Tapestry 2008" Symposium, article by Valerie Kirk, Textile Forum 2/2010

June Copy, pg 40.

Serie Talente 2007 Katalog Land, catalogue 2007

Micro contemporary miniature tapestries, catalogue, essay by Anna Clabburn, 2006

Off the Wall, The Age, April 14-15, 2006

International Tapestry Yearbook, Outfit works of Mardi Nowak, essay by Kate Derum, 2005

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2017 - current Director, National Exhibitions Touring Support Victoria

2004 – 2017 Senior Curator Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2005 – 2017 Mentor with Art Nerds scheme for young emerging artists
2006/07 Museums Victoria Awards Committee
2001- 2004 Visual Arts Coordinator, Kingston Arts Centre
2000-2003 Sessional Lecturer, Monash University