Education:
2017—2022 | Ph.D, Collecting, Display, and World-Building In Contemporary Arts Practice: Putting the Wunderkammer Model back to Work, School of Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University
2016 | Bachelor of Creative Arts (First Class Honours), Deakin University, Geelong
2013 | Bachelor of Design Arts (Visual Arts), DUX, Academy of Design Australia, Melbourne
Public Art Commissions and Projects:
2023 | [Forthcoming] Platform Exchange, with AM Studios, Kolkata, with Curators Dr. Anindita Banerjee and Ayan Mukherjee
2022 | National Heritage Trust Commission, Trust Contemporary: Barwon Park Reimagined
2022 | Field Trips To The Future, with Rea Dennis (Deakin University, Platform Arts and
Geelong City Council), both as a producer and artist
2021 | Platform Exchange, with Lasalle Singapore, The McNally School of Fine Arts, Dr. S Chandrasekaran, and artists Samantha Taylor and Kar-Men Cheng
2020 | Energetical Symposium, with Platform Arts
2019 | Mural Project with Art Gusto, Platform Arts, and the City of Greater Geelong
2019 | $10,000 Geelong Advertiser Archive Installation, Geelong Advertiser, Deakin University
and Public Art Commission
2019 | Geelong After Dark with Platform Arts
2018 | Geelong After Dark with Platform Arts
2018 | Mural Project with Bendigo Bank Communities
2018 | HIVme, Video Projections, Midsumma Festival, Melbourne
2017 | Geelong After Dark with Platform Arts
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 | Constellations, Platform Arts, Geelong
2019 | Geelong Advertiser Archive, Geelong Advertiser, Geelong
2018 | The Taxonomy of Ideas, Renew Geelong Concept Space, Geelong
2018 | 26 take 26 equals zero, Analogue Academy, Geelong
2018 | 26 take 26 equals zero, Noir Darkroom, Coburg
2017 | Tooth and Nail, Noir Darkroom, Coburg
2015 | Journeys are the midwives of thought, Royal Arcade, Melbourne
2013 | The Vanguard Project, with Simone Mugavin, Lover's Gallery and Project Space, Melbourne
Select Group Exhibitions:
2023 | Art School Confidential, Deakin Art Gallery, Burwood
2022 | Sky's the Limit, Project Space Gallery, Geelong
2022 | Trust Contemporary: Barwon Park Reimagined, National Trust Victoria, Winchelsea
2020 | The Meaning of Things, Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2020 | Energetical, Deakin University Library Gallery, Geelong
2019 | Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Award, Deakin Gallery, Burwood
2019 | Map Was Torn... Navigate!, Curated by Scott Mclatchie, Platform Arts Geelong
2018 | Testing Place, Project Space, Deakin University
2017 | Co. / assemble, curate, practice, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2017 | Art and Performance by Research, Curated by Patrick Pound, David Cross, and James Lynch,
Deakin Art Gallery, Deakin University
2016 | Transient, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2016 | Conversation, Montsalvat, Eltham
2016 | Construction for Contentment, Curated by Petra Nicel, Monsalvat, Eltham
2016 | Identikit, Sally Walker Project Space, Geelong
2016 | The Peacock in the Room, Curated by Petra Nicel, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2015 | Visual Communication, Allpress Studio, Collingwood
2015 | CBWords, Corporacion Universitaria Unitec Bogotá, Colombia
2014 | Curio, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2014 | DRAW, Melbourne Arts Club, Fawn Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2014 | Foemina, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2013 | Communication Beyond Words, Clement Meadmore Gallery, Port Melbourne
2013 | NOW 14, Lover’s Gallery and Project Space, Fitzroy
Employment:
2020—2023 | Sessional Academic, Deakin University, Geelong [Ongoing]
2019 | Visual Arts Teacher, Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company, Melbourne
2018—2022 | Sessional Academic at Lasalle College International Melbourne, Collingwood
2018 | Workshop Producer and Facilitator, City of Greater Geelong
2017—2023 | Curator Platform Arts (formerly Courthouse Youth Arts), [Ongoing]
2016 | Curatorial Intern, Courthouse Youth Arts
2016 | Deakin University Visual Arts Workshop Facilitator and Ambassador
Professional Development:
2022 | Artlands Online Panel with Bec Cole, Anindita Banerjee, and Sarah Walker
2021 | Remote Collaboration Panel with Rea Dennis and Jane Bartier
2020 | Energetical Symposium
2019 | Deakin University Advisory Panel, Bachelor of Creative Arts
2019 | Carclew Youth Arts Summit, Adelaide
2019 | Arts representative, Geelong Central Marketing Committee, City of Greater Geelong
2018 | Curious Mechanics Judge, Geelong Arts Centre
2018 | Who’s Who Portrait Prize Judge, Geelong Gallery
2018 | LCI Guest lecturer
2018 | Deakin University guest academic for undergraduate critiques
2018 | Designer and writer for Voicebox Productions; a collaboration between CHYA and
Somebody’s Daughter Theatre Company
2018 | ArtsFrontU30 Symposium, Newcastle
2017 | Curatorial mentorship with Lisa Sullivan, Geelong Gallery
2014 | Curatorial mentorship with Jonathan Nichols, Learning to Leave, Margaret Lawrence Gallery,
Victorian College of the Arts
Affiliations:
2020 | Studio 112, with Sarah Jones, Fiona Lee, Lillian O'Neil, Ilana Russell, Kieren Seymour, Sarah Walker, and Anne Wilson, Geelong
2018 | Good Excuse Guild, artist studios founding member, Labuan Square, Norlane
2018 | Voicebox, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2017 | Voicebox, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2016 | Voicebox, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2016 | Creative Collective, Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong
2013 | The Vanguard Project, Melbourne, Australia
2013 | NOW 14 Collective, Australian Academy of Design, Port Melbourne
Publications:
2020 | Walking and Collecting..., article, Public Pedagogies Journal, Public Pedagogies Institute
2020 | Social Envelopes & Umbilical Blemishes, Independent Publication, Geelong
2018 | Eardrummi, Joshua Maxwell de Hoog
2017 | Art and Performance by Research, Deakin University
2014 | Unveiling Contemporaries, emerging artist blog, Melbourne
2013 | The Vanguard Project, Bi-Monthly Publication, Melbourne 2011 Bad Apples, Independent Publication, Melbourne
Awards:
2019 | Deakin University Contemporary Small Sculpture Prize Finalist
2016 | First Class Honours at Deakin University
2013 | Director’s award of High Distinctions at Australian Academy of Design
2013 | President’s Award for Excellence (DUX) at Australian Academy of Design
