Artist bio

education

1981 • Bachelor of Art (Visual Art), Alexander Mackie CAE (UNSW)

group exhibitions

2019 

  • Between the Sheets • Gallery East, WA
  • Manly Library Artists Book Awards
  • Place: a travelling exhibition of artists’ books • Lismore, Wagga, Grenfell, Orange 

2018

  • Place: an exhibition of artists’ books • Panizzi Gallery, UOW Library 
  • Typecast • Chrissie Cotter Gallery (solo exhibition)
  • Re:Play • Sydney Book Art Group • Chrissie Cotter Gallery
  • GreenWay Art Prize • ArtEst, Leichhardt NSW
  • Artspace Mackay Art on Show • Mackay, Queensland
  • Biblio Art • Blarney Books, Port Fairy Victoria

2017

  • Manly Library Artists Book Awards
  • CodeX Contemporary Fine Binding • CraftACT
  • GreenWay Art Prize • ArtEst, Leichhardt NSW
  • Kalamazoo Book Arts Center • The Illustrated Accordion
  • Volume 2017 Another Art Book Fair • Artspace, Sydney NSW

2016

  • Libris Awards • Artspace Mackay
  • Kalamazoo Book Arts Center • The Illustrated Accordion
  • Biblio Art • Blarney Books, Port Fairy Victoria

2015

  • Volume 2015 Another Art Book Fair • Artspace, Sydney NSW
  • Common threads • meArtspace (with Sue Rawkins), Sydney NSW
  • Artspace Mackay Art on Show • Mackay, Queensland 
  • Biblio Art • Blarney Books, Port Fairy Victoria
  • Personal Histories Artists’ Book Exhibition • Redland Art Gallery, Queensland
  • Manly Library Artists Book Awards
  • Sheffield International Artists Book Prize • Sheffield England
  • 2014
  • Sydney Book Art Group Show • ArtEst, Leichhardt NSW
  • ASMA National Awards Exhibition • Willoughby NSW
  • Artspace Mackay Art on Show • Mackay, Queensland
  • Biblio Art • Blarney Books, Port Fairy Victoria

2013

  • Books Beyond Words • East Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria
  • BookArtObject Australia • Academy Library at UNSW, Canberra
  • Sheffield International Artists Book Prize • Sheffield England
  • A Book About Death Australia • Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
  • Biblio Art • Blarney Books, Port Fairy Victoria
  • An artists book for writing • noemata.net/sandbooks/typewriter/
  • Lifecycle • Sydney Book Art Group Project for the Sydney Writers Festival
  • Manly Library Artists Book Awards 
  • BookArtObject Edition 4 • Bower Ashton Library at UWE, Bristol England

select awards

  • 2018 • Mackay Art On Show • Artists Book Awards • First prize
  • 2017 • Mackay Art On Show • Artists Book Awards • Second prize
  • 2014 • Biblio Art • Blarney Books, Port Fairy Victoria • First prize
  • 2013 • Books Beyond Words • East Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria • Highly commended

collections

  • Works held in public and private collections in Australia, UK and USA, including National Library of Australia and State Library of NSW