2015
Photographer: St Marys Special Places. Documentary portraits, Think+DO Tank/Penrith City Council. See a selection of images under Commission on this site
2014
Muralist: 3 images selected for King County Metro/Photo Center NW Photomural Public Art Installation Project (Bus Shelters), Seattle, USA. See images in situ at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingcountygov/sets/72157654672748756
Finalist: Fine Art, Single Image (Leaving Jodhpur), 6th Pollux Awards, hosted by Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
Finalist: Fine Art, Single Image (Leaving Jodhpur), 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, hosted by Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
2013
‘Mortal:Drift’, ekphrastic poems written to the paintings of Fiona White, Cordite Poetry Journal - December, Edition #44: Gondwanaland: http://cordite.org.au/ekphrasis/mortaldrift/
‘Celeste’ Image (Orphans series) : IMAGES FOR LIFE FORCE fundraising auction at Stills Gallery, Paddington, Sunday November 17 http://www.lifeforce.org.au/events/stills
November 5 - 9: LOST IN PLACE at Damien Minton Gallery; a group exhibition curated by Sandy Edwards of Arthere (four Leaving Jodhpur images showing) ARTIST’S TALKS FRIDAY 8TH @ 5PM AND SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER @ 3PM + http://www.arthere.com.au/artists/item/179
MiNDFOOD Magazine, October/November: Photo essay for African Children’s Choir story ‘Voices of Hope’ written by Joanna Tovia. On shelves now http://niobesyme.com/niobe/commission/#1
Finalist: Fine Art, Single Image, 5th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, hosted by Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
OPENING Saturday 6th JULY 2 - 5pm: ‘LEAVING JODHPUR’ SOLO EXHIBITION: ARTHERE Exhibition Space, Redfern: Launched by documentary, portrait and street photographer Marco Bok and curator Sandy Edwards (3pm). Show runs until 21st July (EXTENDED). ARTIST TALKS ABOUT THE SERIES 2PM SATURDAY 20TH JULY, http://www.arthere.com.au/artists/item/179
Gallery Exhibitor/Finalist: ‘Freeman’s Reach’ image from the Orphans series in LOOKING BACK: THE ART OF NOSTALGIA, an exhibition curated by Mary Ann Lynch, American photographer, writer and educator, August 13th - September 6th, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, USA. Published in exhibition catalogue.
De-Incarnate: Images of WeiZen Ho, performance artist, appearing in Arts Island Festival, Java.
2012
Dec12 - Jan13: Selected images from the ‘Leaving Jodhpur’ series, Hat Hill Art Gallery, Blackheath, Blue Mountains
‘Raglan Road’ poem and translation notes published in ‘Notes for the Translators: from 142 New Zealand and Australian Poets’, Collected and Edited by Christopher (Kit) Kelen, Association of Stories in Macao
Live performance of sound, music and my poetry - reinterpreted in improvisation - at SoundBites, November 29. Come to the Paragon, Katoomba Street, Katoomba. 7pm. Event curated by WeiZen Ho
‘Orphans’ - the visual narrative book - has been selected for exhibition at the Brighton Photo Biennial and Photobook Show: “Agents of Change: Photography and the Politics of Space”, Brighton UK, 6 October to 4 November 2012: http://www.bpb.org.uk/2012/whats_on/self-published-photobook-exhibition/
Order ‘Beheld’ at: http://vagabondpress.net/ or buy at Gleebooks Sydney or Collected Works Melbourne
‘Beheld’: a Vagabond Press Rare Objects Series poetry chapbook. Launched at Gleebooks, Sydney, 29 July, 3.30pm: http://www.gleebooks.com.au/default.asp?p=events/2012/jul/Launch-Vagabond-Poets_htm
Gallery Exhibitor/Finalist: ‘Leaving Jodhpur’ series image in ‘Alternative Realities’, a group exhibition curated by Laura Moya, director of Photolucida, August 7th - September 1st, PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, USA
The exhibition catalogue book can be picked up via Blurb Australia at: http://au.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3445179 or outside of Australia via http://www.blurb.com
Acquisition: Raglan Road image (from the ‘Orphans’ series) selected for Permanent Collection: Centre for Fine Art Photography, USA
Gallery Exhibitor/Finalist: ‘Portraits’, a group exhibition curated by Anna Walker Skillman, Jan 13th - Feb 25th 2012 at The Centre for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, USA: http://www.c4fap.org/exhibitors/2012Portraits/
2011
‘Road to Yerranderie’ selected for the Online Annex of The Nature of Trees exhibition, Photoplace Gallery, Vermont USA
Julia Margaret Cameron Award book is now available for purchase: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2454046?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget
Recipient, Australia Council ArtStart grant for professional artistic development, June 2011
Exhibitor, 6 x Images from Late Summer Nights, Official Mardi Gras Gallery @ Urban Uprising, 314 Crown St Darlinghurst, 22 February - 3rd March
2010
Honourable Mention x2, Fine Art Portrait, International Photography Awards
Semi-finalist - Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Finalist, Professional Fine Art, Julia Margaret Cameron Award, World Photography Gala Awards
Marketing grant recipient, National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), for development of new website
Articles published in Capture Magazine.
2009
Bronze Awards x 4 - International Aperture Awards
Merit Award, Single Image, Architecture – US Black and White Magazine, edition #72
Finalist/Exhibitor – Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery
Finalist/Exhibitor – “Orphans” book, Books Beyond Words, East Gippsland Art Gallery
Official Nominee, Fine Art, Single Image – New York Photo Awards
Special Selections – New York Photo Awards
Head On Alternative Portrait Prize exhibition slideshow
Portraits/photo essay for Mardi Gras Official Slideshow (see: Late Summer Nights) facilitated by McGrath Photographic Exhibitors/New Mardi Gras
‘Darkroom’ – poem published in HEAT (the journal).
2008
Exhibitor - ‘Watch This Space’, curated graduate exhibition, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
‘Happy Hour at the Davis’ – poem published in Island, summer edition #114
Bronze Award, Photojournalism - International Aperture Awards
Winner (Student - Master Documentary Photography/Sydney College of the Arts/University of Sydney) ‘Eight Yings Make Light Work’ – Sydney Morning Herald’s Shoot the Chef competition
Exhibitor, print and book - Postgraduate Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney (degree: Master of Documentary Photography)
Graduate, Master of Documentary Photography, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
Highly Commended - ACMP Projections 08 with Sony (Trampoline)
Semi-finalist x 2 - Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
Finalist/exhibitor - Josephine Ulrick Photography Award, Gold Coast Art Gallery
Exhibitor - Kodak Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
‘Out of My Head’ – poem published in Southerly ‘China China’ edition
‘Raglan Road’ – poem published in HEAT, ‘Luminous Gerberas’ edition (titled after a line in the poem).
2007
Finalist/exhibitor - Olive Cotton Award, Tweed River Art Gallery