Born in Adelaide, Australia
Lives in Sydney
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours Class 1), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Science (Psychology), University of New South Wales
Boards and Directorships
2017 - 2024 Operation Art Management Committee, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network
2015 - 2017 Founding Director, STACKS Projects, Potts Point, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Candle. Collapsar, ANCA Gallery, Dickson, Canberra
2022 Collapsar, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea, NSW
2018 Quanta, Interlude Gallery, Glebe, Sydney
2017 Quanta, PhotoAccess, Manuka Arts Centre, Canberra
Fellowships and Grants
2018 John and Margaret Baker Memorial Fellowship
2017 PhotoAccess Artist Support Package, Manuka Arts Centre
Awards and Commissions
2024 Finalist, National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury
2022 Finalist, Wyndham Art Prize
2019 Finalist, Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
2018 Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award
2018 Finalist, National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury
2017 Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award
2016 Finalist, Wyndham Art Prize
2015 Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award
2015 Finalist, Paramor Prize: Art and Innovation
2008 Recipient, The Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, The University of New South Wales
2007 Recipient, Gallery Barry Keldoulis Award
2007 Finalist, Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award
2007 Finalist, Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize
2006 Recipient, Australian Centre of Photography Graduating Student Award
2004 Commission, Youth Hostel Association, Railway Square, Sydney
Symposiums and Public Talks
2024 Candle. Collapsar. In conversation with David Greenhalgh, Curator, International painting and sculpture, National Gallery of Australia. ANCA Gallery, Canberra
2023 Shifter, Museum of Art and Culture yapang, Lake Macquarie, NSW
2019 Light Matter: Symposium on Contemporary Photographic Practice: Australian Centre for Photography, University of Technology, Sydney
2019 The Poetics of Losing Clarity, STACKS Projects, Sydney
2018 National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury
2017 Quanta, PhotoAccess, Manuka Arts Centre, Canberra
Group Exhibitions
2024 Logos / Λογότυπα, Hazelhurst Arts Centre, Gymea
2024 Photography Saved My Life, Crux Galerie, Athens, Greece
2024 National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, NSW
2024 Thresholds, Murray Art Museum Albury
2023 Shifter, Museum of Art and Culture yapang, Lake Macquarie, NSW
2022 Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Victoria
2019 Fishers Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2019 Light Matter, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2019 The Poetics of Losing Clarity, STACKS Projects, Sydney
2018 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, Home of the Arts, Surfers Paradise, Queensland
2018 Hit Me With Your Best Shot, St Andrew’s Grounds, Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, Victoria
2018 National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, NSW
2018 Fundraiser, PhotoAccess, Manuka Arts Centre, Canberra
2017 Stillness, Gaffa, Sydney
2017 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea
2017 Expanded Photography, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2016 Figuring / Grounding, STACKS Projects, Sydney
2016 Southern Exposure, Blanco Negro, Alexandria
2016 STACKS Fundraiser, STACKS Projects, Sydney
2016 Still / Dynamic, 220 Creative Space and Gallery, Sydney
2016 Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, Werribee, Victoria
2015 +1, STACKS Projects, Sydney
2015 Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea
2015 Paramor Prize: Art + Innovation, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Casula
2014 Fair Isle, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2014 The Great Unknown, Artsite Gallery, Camperdown
2012 angle of incidence, galleryeight, Sydney
2011 gbk awardees: where are they now?, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Waterloo
2011 What Things Look Like, Index, St Peters
2011 Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk, Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe
2009 Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse, Casula
2009 Opening Sight, Breathing Colours, Balmain
2008 Cash & Carry, MOP, Chippendale
2008 Annual08, COFA Graduating Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2008 Half Way House, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space, Sydney
2008 Your Documents Please, Museum of Arts and Crafts - Itami, Itami-shi, Japan (travelled to National Library of the Argentine Republic, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ZAIM, Yokohama, Japan; Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan; 2B Galeria, Budapest, Hungary; (2009) Galerie Kurt im Hirsch, Berlin,Germany; GALERIA Z, Bratislava, Slovakia; Galeria Ajolote Arte Contemporaneo, Guadalajara, Mexico; (2010) Alma on Dobbin, Brooklyn, New York)
2007 Bang Bang 2, Blank Space, Sydney
2007 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, At the Vanishing Point, Marrickville
2007 Hazelhurst Art On Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Gymea
2006 Annual06, COFA Graduating Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2006 Where’s Jack, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space, Sydney
2006 9x5", Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2005 Bleed to the Edge, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space, Sydney
2004 Mountains and Molehills, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
2004 Too Much Sugar, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
Bibliography
2024 Brian Rope, Candle. Collapsar, Canberra Critics Circle, 23 October 2024
2024 Ron Cerabona, Art that illuminates your senses, The Canberra Times, 5 October 2024
2024 Annette An-Jen Liu, On Process, National Photography Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury
2024 Photography Saved my Life, Vogue Greece, May 2024
2024 Photography Saved my Life, LIFO, 4 April 2024
2024 Photography saved my life – Ομαδική έκθεση, Art22.gr, 27 March 2024
2024 Finalists announced for the 2024 National Photography Prize, Australian Arts Review, 20 March 2024
2024 Myrto Kakara and Molly Andrianou, Photography Saved my Life, exhibition brochure, Crux Galerie, Greece
2022 Michael Moran, Collapsars, exhibition essay, Hazelhurst Arts Centre
2019 Allison Holland, Light Matter, exhibition essay, Australian Centre for Photography
2019 Yvette Hamilton and Ellen Dahl, Light Matter, exhibition brochure, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
2019 Sarah Mosca, Phenomena and the Unfolding, exhibition essay, STACKS Projects
2018 Misael Mercado, Quanta, exhibition essay, Interlude Gallery
2017 Stillness, exhibition catalogue, Gaffa
2017 Peter Haynes, Explorations of self and place are enlightening, The Canberra Times, 16 June 2017
2016 Meredith Birrell, Figuring / Grounding, exhibition essay, STACKS Projects
2015 Paramor Prize: Art and Innovation, exhibition catalogue, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
2014 Isobel Johnston, The Fourth Dimension: Exhibition C/D the 4th Phase, http://articulate497.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/isobel-johnston-on-fair-isle-4.html.
2010 Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk, exhibition catalogue, Rookwood Cemetery
2010 Hidden: A Rookwood Sculpture Walk, AudioGuide, Acoustiguide of Australia
2008 Half Way House, exhibition catalogue, COFA Exhibition and Performance Space
Collections
Murray Art Museum Albury
O'Sullivan Legal, Sydney
Private collections in Australia and Greece