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EDUCATION:

2012     Advanced Diploma of Fine Art. Hunter TAFE.

2011     Diploma of Fine Arts. Hunter TAFE

1990     Certificate in Ceramics. Hunter TAFE

EXHIBITIONS:

2024

Show Me Your Drawers Solo. The Creator Incubator. Hamilton North

Collect. The Lockup. Newcastle

Clouds. Newcastle Art Space

Repurposed Nobbys Lighthouse

Gifts from the Garden. Solo exhibition. Hunter Botanic Gardens

Leslie Duffin & Jacquie Garcia Artisan Collective. Port Stephens

2023

House of Stories Nobbys Lighthouse Newcastle

Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize. Campbelltown Art Centre

Littoral. Solo exhibition. The Showroom, Owens Collective

Creative Moments. Cstudios Gallery

6×6+. The Creator Incubator 6th Birthday Group Exhibition

Newcastle the Beautiful. Nobbys Lighthouse

Past, Present & Future. Mission to Seafarers Art Prize

2022

5×5.  Group exhibition. The Creator Incubator Gallery

Fire Relief. Newcastle Art Space Gallery

2021

Obelisk. Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

37 degrees.  Group exhibition. The Creator Incubator Gallery

2020

Freedom. Group exhibition The Creator Incubator Gallery

Retrospective. Group exhibition Newcastle Art Space Gallery

Reconnected. Lake Macquarie City Gallery

50×50 show. Brunswick St Gallery. Melbourne

2019

Community Gallery. Lake Macquarie City Gallery

Patchwork 3  Finite Gallery. Caves Beach

In Two Places. Concurrent solo exhibitions at Finite Gallery and The Creator Incubator Gallery

2018

Patchwork 2. Finite Gallery, Caves Beach

Headquarters. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery

Harbour. Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

Incubating Fibre. Timeless Textiles

Cracked. The Creator Incubator Gallery

2017

Patchwork. Finite Gallery, Caves Beach.

Newcastle People & Places. Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2016

Verdure. Solo exhibition. Finite Gallery, Caves Beach

2015

Past & Present. Newcastle Art Space. Newcastle

Text Me. Gallery 139. Hamilton

Beginnings. Gallery 139. Hamilton

15 in 15. Newcastle Art Space.

2014

Christmas Exhibition Cstudios Galleries. Newcastle

You’ll Fest. Group exhibition. Art Systems Wickham

Drawn Upstairs 4. Newcastle Art Space. Newcastle

Coastal Journeys. Nobbys Lighthouse. Newcastle

Adornment. Newcastle Art Space. Newcastle

Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize. Newcastle Art Space. Newcastle

Shed 9. Group exhibition. Back to Back Gallery. Newcastle

Full Circle. 4 Point Gallery. Newcastle

Laman Street Art Prize. Group Exhibition. Back to Back Gallery. Newcastle.

2013

Drawn Upstairs 3 Group. Exhibition. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle

Boxes. Group Exhibition. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle

MATE: 50x50ish. Group Exhibition. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle

Kiss My Arts. Group Exhibition. Finite Gallery. Caves Beach

Small: Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees. Back to Back Gallery.

Seascape and Beyond. Merewether Surf Club.

Snippets. Solo Exhibition. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle

2012

Gosford Art Prize. Gosford Regional Gallery. NSW

Limes and Olives. Group Exhibition. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle.

Waste As Art. Newcastle Museum

Newcastle Regional Show

Small: Matters of Time. Group Exhibition. Back to Back Gallery. Newcastle.

Procession. Group Exhibition. Front Room Gallery. Hunter TAFE. Newcastle

Newcastle Emerging Art Prize. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle.

2011

Newcastle Emerging Art Prize. Newcastle Art Space Gallery. Newcastle.

Small: Cornucopia. Group Exhibition. Back to Back Gallery. Newcastle.

Abstraction. Group Exhibition. Front Room Gallery. Hunter TAFE. Newcastle.

Port Stephens Art Prize.

Maitland Art Prize.

2010

Student Exhibition. Front Room Gallery. Hunter TAFE.

Reg Russom Salon d’Refuse . Hunter TAFE

Marine Art Exhibition. Newcastle Yacht Club

Water Lilies. Installation. Civic Park. Newcastle

1998 – 2012    20 Community Art Projects   (Various media and locations)

PRIZES:

2024 Semi-finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2024 Finalist. Fishers Ghost Art Prize. Campbelltown

2024 Highly Commended. Newcastle Mission to Seafarers Art Prize

2023 Finalist. Fishers Ghost Art Prize. Campbelltown

2023 Semi-finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2023 Winner Open Section. Newcastle Mission to Seafarers Art Prize

2022 Semi-finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2021 Finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2018 Finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2017 Finalist Newcastle Club Foundation Acquisitive Art Prize

2014 Best of Show : ‘The Faceless Men’.  Laman St Art Prize . Back to Back Gallery. Newcastle.

Finalist. 2-Dimensional section. Gosford Art Prize. Gosford Regional Gallery.

Highly Commended. ‘In Tune’.  Waste As Art. Newcastle Museum

2012 1^st Prize. ‘Weeping for the Fallen’. Works on Paper. Newcastle Regional Show.

2011 Finalist – Carol Duval Memorial Award for Painting. Hunter TAFE.