EDUCATION

Doctor of Visual Art | QCA, Griffith University 2014

Graduate Diploma of Education (secondary) | Griffith University 2007

Bachelor of Visual Art (first class Hons.) | QCA, Griffith University 2005

PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES/REVIEWS

Katsugi/Dive, Garland Magazine, Zoe Devenport (2022)

Umiama, Emeritus Professor Pat Hoffie AM, (2019)

Anomalies (exhibition catalogue Essay), Alicia King (2016)

Posing Zombies, Dr. Bill Platz (2015)

GAS Awards Catalogue, Nicola Scott (2013)  

 Point to Points (Tokyo), Pat Hoffie (2013/14) 

The Philadelphia Connection, catalogue (2013)  

Conjure (review), Artlink Magazine, C. Ansaldo (2011) 

Utopia/Dystopia/Disturbia, catalogue (2010)

Eating Biscuits, Level ARI, Debra Porch, (2011) 

RESIDENCIES

Hope St. Studio, AIR, Brisbane 2022-2023

ARToba, Japan l 2019

Crane Arts, Philadelphia US | 2012

Geidai University, Tokyo | 2010

Burgundy, France | 2006

AWARDS / COMMISSIONS

Finalist, Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Gallery, 2022

Finalist, Elaine Bermingham National Watercolour Prize in Landscape Painting, 2020

Ama & Artists: Co-existing with Nature, banner, Japan. 2020

Pilgrim (Mural), Fish Lane, Brisbane 2020

Outdoor Exhibition Banner, Giffen Lane, Brisbane City Council l 2019.

Marie Ellis Oam Drawing Prize, Brisbane l 2017

Melt Portrait Prize l Brisbane Powerhouse 2016

Mary Ellis Drawing Prize, Brisbane | 2014

GAS, Graduate Awards, QCA, Brisbane | 2014

Thiess Art Prize, QCA Brisbane | 2006

Hatched, PICA, Perth | 2006

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EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS  

2021-22 Katsugi/Dive (joint exhibition with Aiko Ohno), Onespace Gallery, Brisbane

2019 Umiama, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane.

2019 Sea Oddities Performance with Olivia Porter, Tegan Nash & Exploko, BAD Festival.

2019 Sea Oddities, ARToba, Japan.

2018 Penumbra, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane.

2016 Anomalies, Strange Neighbour, Melbourne.

2016 Homunculi, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane.

2016 Tactilus Umbravi, BARI Festival, Brisbane.

2015 Mutations, N/a Space ARI, Melbourne.

2013 Bete Noire, The Hold Artspace, Brisbane.

2012 In A Landscape, Crane Arts Gallery 102, Philadelphia (US).

2011 Conjure, Level ARI, Brisbane.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Ama & Artists: Co-existing with Nature, Toba Sea-Folk Museum, Ijikacho & Jimbocho, Tokyo, Japan

2020 Depart, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane

2020 Ama: Past & Present, Ijika Ryokan, Japan

2019 Pivot, Onespace Gallery, Brisbane.

2018-19 Beyond Reason, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane.

2018 Debra Porch & Friend’s, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.

2017 Edible Weeds (collaboration with Andrew Rewald), Berlin.

2017 Dipnomorpha, Brisbane Street Arts Festival, QLD Museum, Brisbane.

2017 Yonder Festival, The Tivoli, Brisbane.

2016 Jungle Love Festival, Sunshine Coast.

2016 Into The Swamp, End of The Line Festival/POP Gallery, Brisbane.

2015 Under Arena, Spring Hill Reservoirs, Brisbane.

2015 Dog Show, Woolloongabba Art Gallery, Brisbane.

2014 Wasteland (performance), Brisbane Experimental Art Festival, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane.

2013 GAS, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane.

2013 Point to Points, POP Gallery, Brisbane & Tokyo.

2013 Philadelphia Connection, POP Gallery, Brisbane.

2012 Going South (Level Ari), Screen Space, Victoria.

2012 Interstate Romance, Pseudo Space, Sydney.

2012 Cage In Us, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane.

2011 James Street Pop Up Art Fair, Level ARI, Brisbane.

2011 Nine Wives, Nine Lives Gallery, Brisbane.

2011 Project Space, Ryan Renshaw, Brisbane.

2010 Trans (with Linda Dennis), Zero Hachi Gallery, Tokyo.

COLLECTIONS

Artists’ Book Collection State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

Redland Art Gallery Collection

Private collections, Australia & Japan