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education
- Visual Art at Miami Dade College, Florida, USA
- Bachelor Degree in Art Therapy at HKS, University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Ottersberg, Germany
- Master of Counselling (including methods of Expressive Therapies) at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia
- Certificate in Healing Trauma through Guided Drawing at the Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Vic, Australia
work experience
- Practicing and exhibiting artist since 1995
- Practicing art therapist since 1995
- Private practice on Bribie Island since 2021
- Lecturing in tertiary art therapy program at the Ikon Institute since 2023
selected exhibitions
- Group show, MIND ME, Arts and Health, Nov 2021/Jan 2022, Nambour, Qld
- Group show, STATE OF DIVERSITY, Queensland Regional Art Awards Touring Exhibition 2020/21, various locations, Qld
- Solo show, BEYOND SIGHT, multi-sensory exhibition, 15 Feb - 15 March, Devonport Regional Art Gallery, Tas
- Solo show, BEYOND SIGHT, multi-sensory exhibition, 25 Oct - 1 Dec 2019, Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tas
- Group show, COMPASSION :: Artist Books, 28 June - 21 July 2019, Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, Qld
- Solo show, RELUCTANT VESSELS, 5 April - 7 May 2019, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Qld
- Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards 2019, Brisbane, Qld
- Solo show, BEYOND SIGHT, multi-sensory exhibition, 13 March - 14 April 2018, Old Ambulance Station, Nambour, Qld
- Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards 2018, Brisbane, Qld
- Solo exhibition, SEQUENCE, Noosa Regional Gallery, Qld 20 Oct - 26 Nov 2017
- Finalist, Sunshine Coast Local Artist, Local Content Art Prize 2017, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld 11 Oct - 5 Nov 2017
- Group exhibition, Flying Arts Members in support of the Qld Poetry Festival, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Qld, 24 Aug - 24 Sep 2017
- Solo exhibition, Wanderings, Wan'din'in Arts Space, Eumundi, Qld, 21 July - 13 August 2017
- Group exhibition, Everywhere World, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld, 27 Jun - 8 Jul 2017
- Group exhibition, A Taste of Art , Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Qld, Feb 2017
- Finalist, Contemporary Art Awards 2017, Brisbane, Qld
- Finalist, Fisher's Ghost Art Award 2016, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW
- Finalist, Sunshine Coast Local Artist, Local Content Art Prize 2016, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Qld
- Solo exhibition, Random Transitions - fibre. rust. skin., Art Gallery Sunshine Coast University, Qld, 26 Nov - 18 Dec 2015
- Participating artist at the Ardleigh Cleveland Gallery, Sunshine Coast, Qld
- Solo exhibition, Engstingen, Sonnhalde, Germany: Paintings and sculptural pieces
- Solo exhibition, City Library Gallery, Reutlingen, Germany: Between places
- Solo exhibition, Fetzer-Buchladen, Reutlingen, Germany: Vernaehungen
- HKS Ottersberg, Germany: Room installation - things you find
- Kulturzentrum Schlachthof Bremen, Germany: Paintings and objects
- Finalist, Youth Art Prize, City Hall, Reutlingen, Germany: Felt books
grants
Regional Arts Development Fund, Sunshine Coast Council 2017, Project funding for "Beyond Sight", a sensory art exhibition for blind, vision-impaired and sighted people.
professional industry association memberships
- National Association of the Visual Arts (NAVA)
- Flying Arts Alliance
- Australian Counselling Association (ACA)
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Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA)
