It was a very big year last year! These are the things that happened of which I'm most proud, in no particular order:
- First interstate solo exhibition- DAMNATION, at Sawtooth ARI in October
- The group exhibition WANDERLUST which I curated and also had work in
- First acquisition for a public collection- The ACT Legislative Assembly acquired my series Sentinels, Tidbinbilla, which was shown in WANDERLUST
- Canberra Critics' Circle ACT Arts Award for curating WANDERLUST
- First grant- I received an Australian Artists' Grant from NAVA to travel to Launceston in October
- Curating I Heart Video Art for ANCA Gallery and touring the show to (coincidentally) Sawtooth ARI in August
This year I'm taking it a little easier (in theory) but there are two exhibitions fast approaching. This week I have work in Past Perfect, curated by Shellaine Godbold and also featuring Eliya Nikki Cohen, Daniel Edwards, Harriet Lee Robinson, Cat Mueller, Katy Mutton and Clare Thackway & Gregory Hodge. Then in March, Going Steady at ANCA Gallery is a show I've curated featuring some amazing early career artists for whom paint is still their main squeeze (pun credit to Chris Carmody). Past Perfect opens (for one night only) at Leta Gallery + Project Space 6pm Wednesday the 11th of February. Going Steady opens 6pm 18 March at ANCA Gallery.
A painting from my series In a Clear Light, in Past Perfect (2015, oil on board, 18cm x 20cm).