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Born |
29 January 1955 Albany, 6330,
Western Australia, now lives in North Fremantle. |
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1993-present |
Co-Director (with David Forrest),
Gallery East, North Fremantle, WA |
1996-98 |
Public Programmes Officer,
CRAFTWEST Centre for Contemporary Craft, Perth, WA |
1990-93 |
Assistant Curator (Part-time),
The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
1988-91 |
Curatorial Assistant, (Part-time
Prints and Drawings, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
1985-88 |
Art
Custodian, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
1979-85 |
Gallery
Assistant (Exhibitions), The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
1978 |
Freelance Designer |
1977 |
Illustrator/Cartoonist, The Wine Information Bureau of WA. Perth, WA |
1974 |
Illustrator/Cartoonist, Carrolls Education Publications, Perth, WA |
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Education |
1990 |
Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Curtin University of Technology, Bentley,
WA |
1987 |
Diploma in
Printmaking, Perth Technical College, Perth, WA (now the Western
Australian School of Art, Design and Media) |
1978 |
Certificate of Merit
(Wine Appreciation), Wine Information Bureau of WA, Claremont, WA |
1977 |
Diploma in Graphic
Design, Perth Technical College, Perth, WA |
1975 |
Certificate in
Design (Graphic), Perth Technical College, Perth, WA |
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Travel |
2003 |
Riga, Latvia |
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International Solo Exhibitions |
2003 |
WRASSE, Gallery Bastejs,
Riga, Latvia |
1986 |
Graphics,
Paintings and Assemblages, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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International Group Exhibitions |
2004 |
1st International Collage
Exhibition, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania |
1997 |
Latvian Art
Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America |
1995 |
Exchange
Exhibition: Australia-Japan Woodblock Prints, The Museum of Modern
Art, Saitama, Japan |
1996 |
Exchange
Exhibition: Australia-Japan Woodblock Prints, Tomihari Woodblock Art
Museum, Japan |
1995 |
ALMA: Latvian
Contemporary Art, International Images, The Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA |
1994 |
International
Exhibition of WA Art, Christoph Merian Foundation’s Studio, Basle,
Switzerland |
1993 |
Australian/Latvian Artists Exhibition (Australijas Latviesu Makslinieku
Izstade), Latvian Artists’ Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia |
1992 |
The 3
Australians…an intimate journey, HELP Institute, Damansara Heights,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1992 |
RATT-HELP Art
Exhibition, Lobby Space of HELP Institute (Higher Education Learning
Programme), Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1992 |
Sketches,
Room At The Top… The Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1992 |
Latvian Art
Exhibition (Vispareja Latviesu Maksla Izstade) Julia XX: Latviesu
Makslinieku, Riga, Pardaugava, Latvia |
1992 |
International
Exhibitions of Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan |
1990 |
International
Exhibitions of Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan |
1990 |
CIPE’
(Association of Plastic Artists of the UNCEAC), Musee de la Education,
Plaza de la Catedral, Cuba |
1987 |
CIPE’
(Association of Plastic Artists of the UNCEAC), Musee de la Education,
Plaza de la Catedral, Cuba |
1988 |
Exposiac
International da Gravura, Cultura Gallery, (Touring), Delegracia
Reginal de Cultura- Campinas, Santa Barbara D’Oeste, (Honduras),
Aerospacial Institute of Technology, Sao Jose (campus), Brazil |
1986 |
Exposiac
International da Gravura, Cultura Gallery, (Touring), Delegracia
Reginal de Cultura- Campinas, Santa Barbara D’Oeste, (Honduras),
Aerospacial Institute of Technology, Sao Jose (campus), Brazil |
1987 |
The 5th
International Exhibition (Small Graphic Forms), Gallery of Art
Exhibitions Bureau, Lodz, Poland |
1987 |
The 1st
International Biennale of Prints, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
1986 |
Australian/Latvian Artists Exhibition (Australijas Latviesu Makslineku
Izstade), Klava Sipolins Foundation, Toronto Latviesu Centra Galerija
and Ottawa, Canada |
1985 |
International
Exhibitions of Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan |
1985 |
The 4th
International Exhibition (Small Graphic Forms), Gallery of Art
Exhibitions Bureau, Lodz, Poland |
1984 |
Contemporary
Graphics, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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Solo Exhibitions |
2005 |
Wrasse: Metamorphosis 2003 -
2005, Galerie Düsseldorf,
Mosman Park, WA |
2002 |
Enigma: A Suite
of Variations # 3, Galerie Düsseldorf, Mosman Park, WA |
1999 |
Enigma: A Suite
of Variations # 2, Galerie Düsseldorf, Mosman Park, WA |
1996 |
Enigma: A Suite
of Variations # 1, Galerie Düsseldorf, Mosman Park, WA |
1993 |
Prelude: Books
and Texts as Objects, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth, WA |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
2005 |
BankWest Contemporary Art
Prize (Touring), Bunbury Regional Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA |
2005 |
Shelf Life (Perth
International Arts Festival), Galerie Düsseldorf,
Mosman Park, WA |
2004 |
Celebrating 25 Years (1979 -
2004), Christopher Day Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
2004 |
(H)artlines - Celebrating 50
Years of the Royal Perth Hospital Art Collection, The Sir Claude
Hotchin Art Gallery, Bruce Hunt Education Centre, Royal Perth Hospital,
Perth, WA |
2004 |
Bacchanalia III, Gorepani
Gallery, Albany, WA |
2004 |
BankWest Contemporary Art
Prize, PICA, (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth, WA |
2004 |
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal
Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria, (represented by Galerie Düsseldorf,
Perth) |
2004 |
Outlook: Contemporary
Perspectives of Landscape (City of Bunbury Art Collection), Vasse
Felix, Cowaramup, WA |
2004 |
Uncovered, Bunbury
Regional Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA |
2003 |
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital,
Invitational Art Award, Nedlands, WA |
2003 |
4th Bunbury
Biennale, Bunbury Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA |
2003 |
BankWest Art Prize, PICA
(Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth, WA |
2003 |
City of Albany Art Prize,
Centennial Oval Hall, Albany, WA |
2002 |
BankWest Art Prize, PICA
(Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth, WA |
2001 |
The Inaugural
BankWest Art Prize, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth, WA |
2001 |
Art01 – The
Western Australian Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Fremantle,
WA (Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth) |
2000 |
The Hutchins Art
Prize, The Hutchins School, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
2000 |
Mine Own
Executioner – Self Portrait Exhibition, Mundaring Arts Centre,
Mundaring, WA |
2000 |
2000 National
Works On Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington,
Victoria |
2000 |
100 Years of Art
& Design: Perth Tech to Central TAFE, Perth Institute of Contemporary
Arts (PICA), Perth, (touring WA) |
2000 |
The Colour of
Water, (Perth International Arts Festival), Galerie Düsseldorf, Mosman
Park, WA |
1999 |
Art99 – The
Western Australian Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Fremantle,
WA (Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth) |
1998 |
ACAF6 (Australian
Contemporary Art Fair), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
(Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth) |
1998 |
Out Of Town In
Newtown, King Street Gallery, Newtown, NSW |
1997 |
Galerie
Düsseldorf, 21 Years On, Galerie Düsseldorf, Mosman Park, WA |
1997 |
Read My Lips,
Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA |
1997 |
International
Latvian Youth Art Exhibition, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy
Campus, Adelaide, SA |
1997 |
Albany Art
Competition, Vancouver Art Centre, Albany, WA |
1996 |
Queer in the
West, (PICA) Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA |
1996 |
City of Wanneroo
Art Award, The Great Space, Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City,
Joondalup, WA |
1995 |
Installation Art,
A West Week Exhibition, Aherns, Perth, WA |
1995 |
A Rose is a Rose
is a Rose, Galerie Düsseldorf, Mosman Park, WA |
1994 |
Highlights: Forty
Years of the Royal Perth Hospital Art Collection 1954-1994, The Sir
Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA |
1993 |
Paper Weight,
Bridge Gallery, Northbridge, WA |
1993 |
Artrage Artfair
(Represented by Galerie Düsseldorf), PICA, Perth, WA |
1993 |
The Advantage of
Isolation, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
1993 |
The Advantage of
Isolation, Artplace, Claremont, WA |
1992 |
A Tribute to
Australian Latvian Art: Australian/Latvian 42nd Arts Festival Exhibition,
Sydney Opera House Reception Hall, Sydney, NSW |
1992 |
3together In This
Place, Sydney Latvian Hall, Strathfield, NSW |
1992 |
52 New,
Artplace, Claremont, WA |
1990 |
Sol Invictus
(with John Corbett and Philip Ward Dickson), Delaney Galleries, Perth, WA |
1990 |
Paper Show,
Bridge Gallery, Northbridge, WA |
1989 |
Gotham Goes
Shopping, (PICA), Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA |
1989 |
Visual Arts
Degree Show, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, WA |
1989 |
City of Perth
Craft Awards, Crafts Council of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
1988 |
The Re-Union
Exhibition: A Decade at St. Brigid’s Annexe, Perth Concert Hall,
Perth, WA |
1988 |
The Miniature
Print Show, (PAWA) Printmakers Association of WA, Glyde Gallery,
Mosman Park, WA (touring) |
1988 |
11 Young Western
Australian Printmakers, Addendum Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
1988 |
International
Print Exhibition, Addendum Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
1987 |
Paper and Felt,
Old Cannery Arts Centre Inc., Esperance, WA |
1987 |
Handcrafted Paper
Artworks, Glyde Gallery, Mosman Park, WA |
1987 |
Luv A Duck,
Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA |
1986 |
The Printmakers
Association of WA, Fremantle Art Gallery, Fremantle, WA |
1986 |
City Of Perth
Craft Awards, Perth City Council Exhibition Room, Perth, WA |
1986 |
The 36th
Australian/Latvian Arts Festival, Kintore Gallery, Adelaide, SA |
1986 |
America’s Cup
Cups, Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth, WA |
1986 |
The Summer Show:
Printmakers Association of WA, Claremont School of Art, Claremont, WA |
1986 |
The Three
Premiers Art Exhibition, Bunbury City Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA |
1985 |
3 in One,
Atelier Galleries, Subiaco, WA |
1985 |
Bunbury City Art
Purchase Prize, Bunbury City Art Gallery, Bunbury, WA |
1984 |
The Land Escape
Exhibition, (PAWA) Printmakers Association of WA, Galerie Düsseldorf,
Perth, WA |
1984 |
MPAC Acquisitive
Prints Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington, VIC |
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Selected Awards/Grants |
2003 |
City of Albany Open
Prize-Acquisitive, best work in competition - any medium, ant subject,
Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA |
2003 |
Artflight - ArtsWA (To attend
solo exhibition, Gallery Bastejs, Riga, Latvia) |
1998 |
Artflight - ArtsWA
(To attend ACAF6) |
1997 |
Town of
Albany/Hewitt’s Art Bookshop Open Prize-Non-Acquisitive, Best work in
competition-any medium, Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA |
1996 |
Innovative Award
(Mixed Media), City of Wanneroo Art Award, Wanneroo, WA |
1994 |
Extravaganza Gallery
Art Award (Mixed Media, Any Subject), Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA |
1992 |
Supplementary
Judge’s Award (Graphic), Australian/Latvian 42nd Arts Festival,
Sydney, NSW |
1992 |
Grant-Creative
Development – Special Events, Department for the Arts |
1992 |
Frost Family Prize,
Albany Art Prize, Albany, WA |
1989 |
Gomboc Gallery Award
(Sculpture), Middle Swan, WA |
1985 |
Bunbury City Art
Purchase Prize (Drawing), Bunbury Art Galleries, Bunbury, WA |
1983 |
TECHPRINT: Inaugural
Perth Technical College Print Prize, Gomboc Gallery, Middle Swan, WA |
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Public Performance |
2003 |
WRASSE. LU Galerija Bastejs,
Riga, Latvia. Cutting up of SWEEP, Wednesday, 5 November. Duration: 20
minute performance (Documented - video) |
2002 |
ENIGMA: North Fremantle Railway
Station, Pencil Performance. Monday, 17 June. Duration: 11am - 11.45am
(Slide Documentation). Photographer: Martin Farquharson |
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Bibliography (Selected) |