Education and Travel
1978 Graphic Design Certificate – Randwick Technical College, Sydney
1980-81 Research in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
1985 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts) – City Art Institute, Sydney
1987 Post. Grad. Dip. Professional Art Studies – City Art Institute, Sydney
1996 Grad. Cert. Adult Education – University of Technology, Sydney
2007 Research in Paris and London
2011 Master of Fine Arts – National Art School, Sydney
2016 Research in Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, Madrid, Paris and London
2018 Research in Amsterdam, Arnhem, Leiden, The Hague, Haarlem, Barcelona, Bilbao, Florence and Rome
2023 Research in Amsterdam, The Hague, Neunen, Arnhem, Haarlem, Otterlo and Rotterdam
Awards
2003 Glebe Art Prize, (Winner), Sydney
2004 Glebe Art Prize, (Winner), Sydney
2005 Glebe Art Prize “Works on Paper”, (Winner), Sydney‘
Hunter’s Hill Art Prize’- (Highly Commended) Town Hall, Hunter’s Hill, NSW
2007 FONAS Paris Residency – Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris
2008 Hunter’s Hill Art Prize, (Winner), Sydney
2011 ACUADS Scholarship – Creativity, Mind and Body Conference, Canberra – (Conference Speaker)
2012 Hunter’s Hill Art Prize – (Highly Commended), Town Hall, Hunter’s Hill, NSW
2014 Kedumba Drawing Award – (Award Winner), Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
2018 Grace Cossington Smith Art Award – (Highly Commended), Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga, NSW
2020 The Lethbridge Art Award – (Highly Commended), Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, QLD
Teaching Experience
1986 Willoughby Arts Workshop – Painting
1988-1993 Waverley-Woollahra Arts Centre – Painting and Drawing
1994-1998 Sydney Community College – Life Drawing
1997-2001 PLC Croydon – Gifted and Talented Kindergarten Art Program
1999-2000 PLC Croydon – Year 11 and 12 – Life Drawing
1999 – Present Lecturer in Drawing, National Art School – BA – Observational Drawing
2003 – Present Lecturer in Drawing, National Art School – HSC Intensive – Life Drawing
2003 – Present Lecturer in Drawing, National Art School – Dobell School – Portraiture
2003 – 2022 Lecturer in Drawing, National Art School – Public Programs – Drawing
2006 – 2020 Lecturer in Composition, WEA Sydney – Composition & Collage
2014 – 2016 Lecturer in Painting – School of Fine Art, Sydney – Painting
Workshops
2007 Art Gallery of New South Wales – Colour Interaction Workshop
2007 Hazelhurst Regional Gallery – Colour Interaction Workshop
2008 – 2020 WEA – Colour Interaction Workshop
2008 Workshop Arts Centre – Colour Interaction Workshop
2008 Hazelhurst Regional Gallery – Colour Interaction Workshop
2009 – 2020 WEA – Design Through Collage
2012 – 2013 Newtown Studio, Sydney – Design Through Collage, Colour Interaction
Publications
‘A History of the Blake Prize’ – Rosemary Crumlin
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2011 ‘Creativity- Mind and Body’, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra