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education

Studied 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, Queensland, Australia

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
International Institute for Complementary Therapies (IICT)
Australian Counselling Association (ACA), M.A.C.A. (Level 2)