Bio

Born Rabaul Papua New Guinea; the artist now resides  in Brisbane Australia. 
Her family is from the remote province of Manus Island as well as Guam near the Philippine Sea.

Works on paper, particularly printmaking is her focus with linocuts, etchings & screenprints that examine consciousness, myths & the spaces between. She is interested in investigating the peripheries between dream, fantasy and memory and how this interacts with our conscious experience and the inherent conflict between illusion and reality, ethereality and permanence.

Utilising physical mark making along with the layering process of printmaking as well as strong line & pattern, she works predominantly with linocuts & etching to interpret a landscape that  floats with strange encounters.
Collage has also featured in a process of ongoing exploration of her identity;  focused on the themes of gender, ethnicity, the importance of place that informs prints in her practice.
  She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in printmaking with Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, is a qualifed Secondary Art Teacher & has been a  tutor  as well as workshop & membership co-ordinator for Impress Printmakers Studio (the only open access studio) in Brisbane Australia. Her work has been exhibited nationally & abroad.

CV

2018
​Contemporary Impressions, BSG Melbourne Victoria
Home. Brisbane: Dhaka Print Exchange,  Bangladesh
​Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney
​Print Council of Australia Print Exchange
​Wall pop up exhibition

2016/17
"Menagerie's Land/Sea" Solo Exhibition Impress Printmakers Gallery Brisbane
​Home: Brisbane Dhaka  Print Exchange, Impress Gallery
30cm x 30 cm Small Prints, Brunswick St Gallery
​"Sprouts" Glass Cabinet Exhibition Space. Queensland Multicultural Centre Ground Floor, 102 Main Street, Kangaroo Point
​Small Format, Black Church Print Studio, Dublin
Diversity in Print RQAS  Gallery Brisbane
Impressions Print Prize 2016
Across The Ditch-Impress Printmakers Gallery, Brisbane
​Across The Ditch -Taylor Jensen Gallery, Palmerston New Zealand
 Bimblebox Reserve 153 Birds Folio -Gympie Regional Gallery
​25 Print Folios Webb Gallery Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
 
2015
'Flash' Alternative Enigmas Solo Exhibition Impress Printmakers Gallery, Brisbane
Flurry Of Leaves Artists' Book Exhibition
Impressions 9 Exhibition

• 2014
  Regenerate Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Brisbane
  Vario + Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery, Brisbane
  Whimsical In Nature Biloela Regional Gallery, Biloela
  Bimblebox Reserve 153 Birds Folio
  
  2013
  Diversity In Print  Royal QLD Art Society, Brisbane
  CPM Print Prize Tweed River Art Gallery, New South Wales
  Impressions 7 Brisbane Institute of Art, Brisbane
  Conform/Confront, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Fiesta Hong Kong
  Vario+ Caboolture Regional Gallery, Queensland
  
  2012
  Still Time Solo Exhibition, Art  Factory Brisbane
  Southern Circles, Church Studio Franklin, Tasmania
  Big Little Print Show, Lust for Life Gallery, Brisbane
  Water Portraits-Portraits d’eau Queensland POP Gallery, Brisbane
  6th Douro Print Biennial 2012, Alijo Portugal
  
  2011
  The Round Up, Art Factory Gallery, Brisbane
  Queensland - Québec Water Portraits - Portraits d’eau,  Warren G. Flowers Gallery Dawson College, Montréal Canada
  The Empty Set, White Canvas Gallery, Brisbane
  Impressions 6, Circle Gallery, Brisbane
  Electic Mix 2, Baboa Gallery, Brisbane
  
  2010
  Baboa Artists Group Show, The Gap Queensland
  ATC Project, Barratt Galleries, Alstonville New South Wales
  BAware, St John’s Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane Australia
  Convergence/Divergence, Hong Kong, China
  Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
  Compact Prints, Umbrella Studio, Townsville Queensland Australia
  Curious Collector, Project Gallery Queensland College of Art Australia
  On Paper, Project Gallery Queensland College of Art Australia
  Impressions 5, Circle Gallery, West End Brisbane
  
  2009
  My Case The Hong Kong Open Printshop Gallery & Artland Gallery Hong Kong & Project Gallery Queensland College of Art Australia
  Impressions 4, Circle Gallery, West End Queensland
  
  2008
  Bridging, Horsley United Kingdom
  Blue Noir,Redlands City Gallery Cleveland
  Impressions 3, Circle Gallery Brisbane
  
  2007
  Ebb and Flow, Circle Gallery, Brisbane
  Impressions 2, Circle Gallery Brisbane
  Sand, Sea, Water, Baboa Art Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane
  Brisbane Women's Hospital Students Award Exhibition,Brisbane
  Reel Heroes, Robyn Bauer Gallery Paddington Brisbane. Also touring
  CPM National Print Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW.
  
  2006
  Imprint, Art Factory, South Brisbane
  Seduction, Sedation, Sedition, CPM Gallery Murwillumbah & Circle Gallery Brisbane
  Impress Members Exhibition, City Library Brisbane
  Distinct Voices, Project Gallery QCA, South Bank, Brisbane
  Red, Redcliffe Regional Gallery, Redcliffe
  Impress Members Exhibition, City Library Brisbane
  Royal Women's Hospital Students Award Exhibition,Brisbane
  12 x 12: CD Exhibition, Polder & Amis, South Bank Brisbane
  QCA Print Club Auction, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
  
  2005
  Parrallels Crossing Art Factory, South Brisbane
  Chimaera, Griffith University Queensland College of Art Graduate Show
  12 x 12: CD Exhibition, Project Gallery, Brisbane
  CPM Print Award,Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
  
  2004
  TAFE Graduate Show, South Bank Institute of TAFE, Morningside Campus  &
  Gallery Nona, Brisbane Institute of Art Windsor.
  Education
  2008 Bachelor of Secondary Education,Griffith University Queensland Australia
  2005 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Queensland Australia.
  2003 Diploma of Visual Art, South Bank Institute of TAFE Australia
  
  Professional Activity
• 2015 -2017 President Impress Printmakers Studio & Gallery
  2014  Workshop Facilitator Holland Park State High School
  Art Teacher Secondary School
  2014-2015 Membership coordinator Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane
  2007- 2010 Tutor with Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane
  2006   Art Teachers Series Queensland University of Technology
  2007-2015  Impress Printmakers Studio Management Committee
  1999 Experimental Drawing Camberwell College London
  1998 Childrens Book Illustration City Lit London
  
  Collections
  
  Magnani Papers Australia
  Franklin Bookbinders Victoria
  QCA Drawing and Print Media Department Teaching Resource
  Queensland Police Commissioners Collection
  Penang State Art Gallery, Malaysia
  Hong Kong Open Print shop, Hong Kong
  
  Galleries. 
  Teddy Sinclair Gallery,Leura Blue Mountains, NSW 
  Baboa Art Gallery The Gap, Brisbane QLD
  
  Publications
  Convergence/Divergence A survey of Printmaking Hong Kong
  PIPE, Museum of Malaysia
  Queensland – Québec International Print Exchange Exhibition
  Chimaera, Fine Art Graduate Exhibitions, 2005
  Memberships
  Impress Printmakers Studio Brisbane,Queensland
  Umbrella Studio, Cairns,Queensland
  Queensland College of Teachers