About

I am an artist and writer whose practice spans almost four decades of artwork, self-initiated projects, collaborations and commissions. Moving across print, pattern, photography, textiles, installation, public art, digital image-making and writing, I work with story, place and experience to investigate how we construct meaning.

Ideas come to me in different ways. Sometimes an image arrives with startling clarity; sometimes research, conversation or an encounter begins an enquiry whose form is discovered gradually. Making is where what I first see or imagine can be tested, questioned and changed.

Pattern and colour are central to my visual language. I am drawn to pattern for its ability to create rhythm, structure and apparent coherence, and increasingly to what happens when that order is interrupted. Across intimate works and large-scale public projects, I have moved between personal enquiry and the histories, communities and places beyond myself.

My current practice has returned to the relationship between inner and outer worlds: how memory, imagination, desire and perception shape what we believe about ourselves and others. Writing has become increasingly substantial within my practice, allowing language and visual art to approach shared territory from different directions.

I live and work in Brisbane, Australia.

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Residencies

2026 Ginestrelle Artist Residency, Assisi

2016 Meet the Makers, Residency, Artisan, Brisbane

2009 Urban Art Projects (UAP) Mentorship Residency, Brisbane

Special Projects

2014—2018 JEANBAG (Denim Repurposing Sustainability Project)

Solo Exhibitions

2012 Recollected Patterns, Redland Art Gallery, Brisbane

2011 Collected Patterns: The botany of Walter Hill, Myrtle Street Studio, Brisbane

2009 Briggs’ Lanterns, Temporary Lighting Installation, Briggs Lane, Brisbane

2009 Making Place: Wallpaper and Textiles, Artisan, Brisbane

2008 Mid-Project Preview, Nelson Molloy, Brisbane

2002 Acid Weave, Craft Victoria, Melbourne

2000 CQ Store Product Launch, Craft Queensland, Brisbane

1997 When the roses fit, wear them, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane

1996 Cinq Chaises a la Chaise au Plafond, La Chaise au Plafond, Paris

1995 Conference, rue du Trésor, Paris

1990 I’ve got nothing to fear, Galerie Brutal, Brisbane

1990 What are you waiting for? Galerie Brutal, Brisbane

Group Exhibitions

2026 Assisi International Contemporary Art Exhibition XVII Edition, Le Logge, Assisi

2017 Food Futures, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

2013 Repurpose, Brisbane Square Library, Brisbane

2013 Hightide, Artisan, Brisbane

2012 Seven with Another, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane

2011 Collectibles, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane

2011 MADE, Spiro Grace Art Rooms, Brisbane

2011 Growth, piece by piece, Wintergarden, Brisbane

2011 Inter_play, Chan Hampe Galleries, Singapore

2009 Flora, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa

2005 Cherish, Craft Queensland, Brisbane

2003 MAPS (Mind Arts Project Stockport), Stockport

2000 The Decade Show, Faculty of Art and Design Gallery, Melbourne

2000 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Bulle Galleries, Melbourne

1999 Evidence, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne

1999 The D Block Show, Faculty Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne

1999 Search, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne

1998 City of Hobart Art Prize, Hobart Town Hall, Hobart

1998 Suite, Smith and Stoneley on Stratton, Brisbane

Commissions

2013 Fabric Collection Design, Hemptech, Auckland

2010 Wallpaper Collection Design, Moore & Moore Wallpaper, Sydney

2009 Elevation Custom Wallpaper, Elevation Coaching, Brisbane

2009 Laruche Bespoke Wallpaper, Laruche Bar & Supper Club, Brisbane

2009 Moooi Window Installation, Space Furniture, Brisbane

Education/Awards/Grants

2011 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award Finalist

2010 Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant

2010 DesktopCreate Awards Finalist

2010 DQ Magazine Top 10 Australian Designers

2009 SignatureBrisbane Seed Grant

2009 Queensland Design on Show (QDOS) Finalist

2009 Urban Art Projects (UAP) Mentorship Residency

2008 Brisbane City Council Creative Sparks Grant

2003 Ian Potter Cultural Trust Research Travel Grant

2002 Master of Fine Arts (by Research), Monash University, Melbourne

2002 Monash Graduate Scholarship (two-year scholarship to support study)

2002 Monash Research Travel Grant (to fund research for Master’s work)

1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Monash University, Melbourne

1999 Victorian Tapestry Workshop Master Class

1994 Certificate of French, Institute de la Langue Française, Paris

1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane

Speaking

2011 DIA Bubble & Speak Breakfast Seminar Series, Brisbane

2009 Pecha Kucha, Brisbane

2004 Challenging Craft, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen

Collections

Various private collections in Australia, United Kingdom, France and Italy

A woman wearing glasses and a sleeveless top, resting her chin on her hand, looking thoughtfully upward, with a blurred outdoor background.