Through site-specific environmental installations and photography I seek to challenge the predictability of expectations & ‘cultural homogeneity’. My art practice is inspired by the complexities, equilibrium and fragility of the natural environment and by the ways in which our man-made systems work within, or in opposition to, these natural systems. The focus of my practice is the concept
Through site-specific environmental installations and photography I seek to challenge the predictability of expectations & ‘cultural homogeneity’. My art practice is inspired by the complexities, equilibrium and fragility of the natural environment and by the ways in which our man-made systems work within, or in opposition to, these natural systems. The focus of my practice is the concept of transition, including notions of unpredictability, vulnerability and ephemerality. Its informed by issues relating to human ecology, community displacement, consumption and materialism. I am interested in the boundaries between art and science and the coming together of different disciplines/influences creating infinite possibilities. In my practice I experiment with unstable and vulnerable materials such as salt solutions and crystallisation, casting salt compounds, ice, clear soap and sugar mixes, incorporating the germination and growing of seeds and grasses/turf within works; and more recently ants. I aim to create works that change, grow and transform during their display and that are vulnerable/reactive to their surrounding environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
2007 - PGC Learning & Teaching in the Creative Arts, UCCA Uni. College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey
2006 - MA Art Design & Media (by project), Portsmouth University, Portsmouth, UK
1991 - Diploma Interior Design, Enmore Design College_TAFE, Enmore, Sydney NSW
1983 - BA(Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), Norwich School of Art, Norwich, UK
SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS & Residencies
2020 “Urban Containment II”
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_COTTESLOE Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2019 “Urban Containment”
SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_BONDI Sydney, AUSTRALIA
“Portable Containment: emergence” Commission for
2019 I-Park_Site-Responsive Art Residency & Biennale, Connecticut, USA
2019 “Lest we forget: precious vestige” Commission for
L’ANDART’19 International Biennial of Andorra, ANDORRA
2019 “Portable Containment: displacement” Commission for
GROUNDSPEAK-LANDART, Schokland Island, NETHERLANDS
2019 “Portable Containment: where are we going continues…?” Commission for EDGE/Greenway Festival, Innerwest Council, Sydney, AUS
Winner of the IWC Environmental Art Award 2019
2018 “Confluence” display of a performance video in collaboration with Cherie Sampson (USA), GEUMGANG NATURE ART BIENNALE 2018 _YATOO, City of Gongju, KOREA
2018 “Portable Containment: where are we going?” BIENNALE OF AUSTRALIAN ART, Ballarat, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
2018 “Portable Containment: urban sprawl” EDEN UNEARTHED 2018_ commission, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2018 “Portable Containment: vestige” PALMER BIENNALE, S. AUSTRALIA
2017 “Portable Containment: there’s no place like home” MUSEUM OF GOA, INDIA
2017 “Facing Space” STORY OF SPACE, collaborative project with Karin van der Molen (Netherlands), Luis Gomes Park, Panjim, INDIA
2017 “Aqua: gold of the future” SCULPTURE BY THE SEA_Bondi, AUSTRALIA
2017 “Nomadic City: portable containment” EDEN UNEARTHED 2017_ commission, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2017 “Nomadic Winds: a journey’s rest II” Commission for Old Lilyfield Road Bridge, INNER WEST COUNCIL, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2017 “A Fortunate Life: when is enough enough?” HILL END FESTIVAL, commission by National Parks & Bathurst Regional Gallery
2017 “Portable Containment: cradle to cradle” SCULPTURE AT SCENIC WORLD, Katoomba, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2016 - Nomadic Winds: a journey's rest SCULPTURE BY THE SEA 2016 Sydney AUSTRALIA
2016 - One Journey Ends: another begins...? SCULPTURE AT BARANGAROO Sydney AUSTRALIA
2016 - In the Bag: when is enough enough? Lilyfield Road Bridge Commission LEICHHARDT COUNCIL Sydney AUSTRALIA
2016 - In the Bag: when is enough enough? HARBOURVIEW SCULPTURE TRAIL Auckland NZ
2015 - Feature Artist_STEP IN STONE_Quarry Sculpture Trail UK, sponsored by ARTS COUNCIL UK East Mendips, Somerset UK
Lest We Forget: is enough enough? Westdown Quarry
Terra Firma: there’s no place like home Fairy Cave Quarry
2015 - At the Table: time for action Commission _Art on the Greenway LEICHHARDT COUNCIL Sydney AUSTRALIA
2015 - There’s No Place Like Home: is enough enough? KATOOMBA CULTURAL CENTRE Katoomba, NSW AUSTRALIA
2015 - In the bag: is the grass greener? SCULPTURE AT SCENIC WORLD 2015 Katoomba NSW AUSTRALIA
2014 - The Grass is Always Greener: lest we forget AININ Land Art Symposium & Residency Gran Canaria, SPAIN
2014 - Bowhill Beckons, rural residency, Bowhill, SA, AUSTRALIA
2014 - Nomadic City lest we forget III, UWS Sculpture Awards 2014, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW. AUSTRALIA
2014 - Nomadic City: lest we forget, Palmer Sculpture Biennale 2014, Palmer, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
2013 - Nomadic City lest we forget II, Sculpture by the Sea_Bondi 2013, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2013 - Nomadic City: lest we forget, North Sydney Site Specific Sculpture Prize, Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability, 2 Balls Head Drive, Waverton, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2013 - Nomadic City: lest we forget, On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2013 - At the Table: are we sitting comfortably? III, On 7 _Sculpture by the Sea, Level 7, David Jones Department Store, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2012 - At the Table: are we sitting comfortably II, Kiev Sculpture Project & Residency, International Festival of Contemporary Sculpture, Kiev Botanical Garden, Kiev, UKRAINE
2012 - In the bag: are we sitting comfortably?, UWS Sculpture Awards 2012, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2012 - In the Bag: time will tell, On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival, NSW
2012 - In the Bag: time will tell, Sculpture by the Sea_Bondi, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2012 - The Grass is Always Greener, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2011 - In the Bag: are we sitting comfortably?, Yering Station Sculpture Awards, Yarra Glen, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
2011 - Staying Afloat: is enough enough?, On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival, Thirroul NSW, AUSTRALIA
2010 - Affluenza: are you sitting comfortably?, Weereewa Festival, Lake George, Bungendore, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2010 - At the Table: are we sitting comfortably?, On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2010 - At the Table: are we sitting comfortably?, Sculpture by the Sea_Bondi, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2009 - Apple Web, 5 Lands Walk Ephemeral Art Walk & Residency Avoca Beach, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2008 - Plug-In, Sculpture by the Sea_Bondi, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2007 - Cradle to Cradle II, Artvaults 2007 Residency_Bargate Monument Gallery, Southampton, UK
2006 - Cradle to Cradle, Farnham Parish Church, Farnham, Surrey, UK
2006 - Stepping Lightly, Landmarks III, Lowood Gallery, Armathwaite, Cumbria, UK
2006 - Salt, The Gallery, Eldon Building, Portsmouth University, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 - Bowhill Beckons, Bowhill, SA, AUSTRALIA
2011 - Translations.......antworks, Brunswick Arts Space, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
2010 - Translations.......antworks, Sheahan Galleries, School of Arts, Clifton, NSW
2007 - Cradle to Cradle, Brighton Media Centre, Brighton, UK
1998 - Life, Arthaus Gallery, Newtown, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
1993 - Fragmentations, Tapas D'Espana, Darlinghurst, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Selected GROUP SHOWS
2015 - On-Photocopy: Displacement 44AD ARTSPACE Bath UK
2015 - “step in stone inside” BLACK SWAN GALLERY Frome Somerset UK
2014 - Sculpture Inside, Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe, WEST AUSTRALIA
2012 - Drawn Apart, Paper Plane Gallery, Rozelle, NSW, AUSTRALIA
2011 - Sculpture on the Move, Sculpture by the Sea, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW
2010 - Artside 2010, British Home Stores, Southend, UK
2010 - Salon Christmas, Artsite Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
2007 - MA ALL, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK
2006 - Head Turner, Gallery Iota, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
2006 - ReNew 06, 68 Hope Street Gallery, Liverpool School of Art, UK
2005 - Grace 05, Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey, UK
1996 - Art & the Environment (Green Peace show), Tap Gallery, Darlinghurst, Sydney
1995 - MADE Accountable (Art & Design for the Environment), Wharf 7, Pyrmont Bay, Sydney
1991 - Femme F'tarts, Air Space, Redfern, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
AWARDS
2013 - Sydney Water Environmental Art Subsidy_Sculpture by the Sea_Bondi 2013
2013 - First Prize_ On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival 2013
2012 - First Prize_ On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival 2012
2011 - First Prize_ On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival 20111
2010 - Site Specific Prize_ On the Shore Sculpture Prize, Thirroul Festival 2013
PUBLICATIONS
2013 - Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 2013-2014 Catalogue, KOREA
2012 - International Festival of Contemporary Sculpture 2012 Catalogue, Kiev Sculpture Project, UKRAINE
2012 - UWS Sculpture Awards 2012 & 2014 Catalogue, AUSTRALIA
2011 - Sculpture by the Sea , The First Fifteen Years 1997-2011, AUSTRALIA
