Curriculum Vitae

Exhibition & Competition finalist

• Du Rietz Art Award – Finalist, 23 
• Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Award – 
  Highly Commended – Emerging, 23
• Remagine, Hornsby Art Prize – Finalist, 23
• Head On Portrait Prize – Finalist, 07, 05 & 04 
• Sydney Life (Art & About) – Finalist 07 & 02
• Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize –Finalist

Photographer in Residence – SCEGGS Darlinghurst 

“2020: A Year in the Life of SCEGGS Darlinghurst” – 

•   Photographed life at the school throughout the year
•   Edited and designed a 320 page book, including over 1500 of my images 

Solo Exhibitions

• Meditations – Ten Forty Seven, 22
• Aoraki Pukaki – New Zealand landscapes, 04
• Transeunt – Bronte landscapes, 03
• Urban Nomad – Australian street photography, 01

Group Exhibitions

• Upcoming Show- The Colour Challenge 23 – in December at Ten Forty Seven – Mascot NSW
• Upcoming Show in December at Comber Street Gallery – Paddington NSW
• Come Find Me – 10 Years of the KAAF – Korea-Australia Arts Foundation, 23 – drawings
• Mother (Gallery East), 21 – drawing
• Eye of the Beholder (Ten Forty Seven Creative Space), 19*
• The Selfie (Ten Forty Seven Creative Space), 19* – video
• Eclectic (Ten Forty Seven Creative Space), 18*
• Coogee Arts Festival, Exhibitor, 09
• cLOVElly artists (Gallery East), 08
• Hula Dreams (Gallery East) – sculpture
• Cross Projections (Kings Cross), 07 & 06
• Sydney Now (Museum of Sydney), 07-08
• Foto Freo (Fremantle Photo Festival),  06
• Dodecahedron,  05
• She Saw, 03
• Freestyle (State Library of NSW),  03

*Also curated the show

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Unsung Heroes: Stories from Dubbo

Mission Australia Dubbo – Mission Australia Creative Youth Initiatives (co-creator Sally De Beche)

• Created a 1.5hr documentary on the lives of the Aboriginal Elders in the Dubbo community
• Specific responsibilities included:
  • Co-director, project developer and editor – script and images
  • Cinematographer
  • Director of photography and stills photographer
  • Designer – DVD  packaging & promotion
  • Liaised with Mission Australia staff and Aboriginal community members
  • Picture researcher through image libraries, museums, government departments and Aboriginal institutions, gaining image usage permission through established protocols

Outback Women

• Created photographic portraits of women in Far West NSW (White Cliffs, Broken Hill & Menindee)
• Interviewed women and recorded their oral histories
• The State Library of NSW holds both photographs and recordings from this project in their collection

Organising Committee  – Head On Photo Festival

• Festival advisor and developer 
• Designer – festival business cards and promotional materials
• Curator – slideshow for the international photo-agency Panos
• Coordinator and Director – Centennial Parklands events (2 exhibitions, 4 workshops and an artist talk) 

TEACHING – PHOTOGRAPHY

Sceggs Darlinghurst
Mission Australia’s Creative Youth Initiatives 
Sydney Community College – Rozelle –  2010
Centennial Parklands 
Head On Photo Festival, 2010 
Boystown, Engadine 
Wanaka Autumn Art School , NZ 
Papakura Camera Club – Auckland NZ
Private Workshops

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Freelance Photographer/Sole Proprietor est 1999

Invited Speaker/Presenter – State Library of NSW 

EDUCATION

University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg VA,
1994 Bachelor of Arts, Social Science – graduated with honours

Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke VA,
1990

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