About
I am an artist and founder of Australia’s pre-eminent recycled-denim homewares brand, JEANBAG.
My work begins with a story—sometimes spoken, sometimes sensed—and unfolds through whatever medium feels most true to that telling. Moving intuitively between limited-edition prints and embroideries, installations, and public artworks, my practice is guided by listening: to memory, to place, and to the quieter inner worlds we often move through unseen.
Pattern and colour are central to my language as an artist—tools for holding emotion, rhythm, and meaning. Through this way of working, I have been commissioned for surface design projects in Australia and internationally.
I am currently developing a series of editioned prints inspired by the inner landscapes revealed through meditation—spaces of stillness, sensation, and subtle transformation.
I live and work in Brisbane, Australia.
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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
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
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
Commissions
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
Collections
Various private collections in Australia, United Kingdom, France and Italy
Residencies
2016 Meet the Makers, Residency, Artisan, Brisbane
2009 Urban Art Projects (UAP) Mentorship Residency, Brisbane
