Social Fabric - Naarm Textile Biennale
I will have 2 works in the exhibition, join us for the opening night at Fourtyfive Downstairs in Melbourne CBD on Exhibition Opening Event: 5-7pm Tuesday 30 September 2025. More info HERE
47TH WALYALUP FREMANTLE ARTS CENTRE PRINT AWARD
The work “Jive Hive” has been selected as a finalist in this exhibition and prize and will be shortly on the way to show in WA along side some of Australia’s best printmakers. Invite to opening night HERE
4th Biennial National Monoprint Prize
My work, Puzzle 3, was selected as a finalist at The Firestation Print studio in Armadale, Melbourne. Exhibition runs till the 17th of May 2025. Selected artists HERE
The Other Art Fair 2025
30 January – 2 February 2025 The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Presenting my Monoprint play series for the first tie.
Experience-seekers, this one’s for you. We’re reframing art and how you experience it. Save now on weekend tickets—book by 29 January Book HERE
IMPRINT Magazine Sept Edition 2024
Thanks to the Print Council of Australia for an inclusion of my Monoprints in the latest edition. Check it out and order a copy here https://www.printcouncil.org.au/imprint-magazine
ACMI Nights: Beings in partnership with RISING
Frolic in the surreal underground realm of Beings after dark at ACMI.
Revel in the joy and artistry of play with local artists, DJs and makers. Lose yourself in remixes and rhythms; put on specially-designed playsuits and become one with the wiggly, jiggly night beings; enjoy delicious food and cocktails; and head to our pop-up vintage videogame arcade.
Wild things come out to play after dark in Universal Everything's Beings exhibition downstairs. Experience roving performance art, experiment with drawing and witness sound artists experiment with new live scores to Universal Everything's video art.
Q Bank Artist residency
Im delighted to be selected to have an artist residency in Queenstown, Tasmania, in March 2024. The experience was truely wonderful and the local artists are a great crew. I look forward to going back sometime soon! My work responded to the colours and textures of the mountains, the multi layered complexities of local life that has relied on local mining for a long time. The Mountains, the thick damp forests, the critters, the cold, its something I won’t forget.
Selected artist for Colin Holden Print Commission
The Colin Holden Print Commission was established to
encourage emerging artists engaged in tertiary
study to create new work in print media.
This opportunity has been initiated and generously
supported by the Colin Holden Charitable Trust and
sponsored by Canson Australia.
Thanks to our independent judges, Shane Carmody,
Trustee of the Colin Holden Charitable Trust,
and Soula and Theo Mantalvanos, Directors of
Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop.
VCA Grad Show 2023
Play-time 2023 Martyn Myer Arena, VCA, Southbank, Victoria - LINK
In my practice, I combine textiles, crafting techniques and materials, printmaking, performance, and sculpture to provoke the therapeutic and aesthetic value of play and playfulness to adults.
In a society where adult responsibilities often take precedence, play within the context of contemporary art not only fosters creativity but also nurtures our innate sense of wonder.
How do we bring back play just for the sake of it? Using costumes, movement, colour, and texture, I create vibrant spaces where adults are invited to return to a childlike play space. Dressed up and concealed in bright clothing that mimics creatures or characters from a natural or fantasy world, people sway and move and are free for a while. Being playful is a choice, a mindset and way to approach life.
Uncommon Threads Exhibition
Presented at the Fourtyfive Downstairs Gallery, I presented a work that climbed the pillar.
Play suits
Play and adults relationship to play is my inspiration for these new works, including the pink playsuit. As an artist, growing up in fashion, it feel like creating these works is a full circle moment. Im really interested in how and why adults play, and in my academic research Ive learnt a lot about social boundary's and expectations, acceptable play and rules surrounding successful play. In response to this I have designed several play suits that represent elements of play that I like the best. Surprise, freedom of expression, and play with no outcome. Play, just because it feels good, not to learn, not to produce, not to win or make money. Just because we want to, and in doing so, we feel like an individual and connected at the same time.
To dress up, to cover ourselves, to feel invincible and strong. To feel free. That is the purpose of this work.
Geelong Library Corp -All staff day workshop
I was pleased to be invited to host a mixed media workshop this week in Geelong for 180ish staff! What a wonderful group, and they all made some great pieces! Thanks for having me.
The Invasion - Presented by Platform Arts and Samantha Thompson
The Invasion
Presented by Platform Arts and Craft Contemporary Program 2022
Platform Arts
60 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220
Wadawurrung Country
Opening event
Saturday 29 October, 4 - 6pm
Creeping out of nooks, hanging from the ceiling, and generally up to no good, these band of misfit sea creatures are made to interact and play with internal rooms. The invasion is an immersive universe filled with stuffed textile works, some of which resemble hybrid of creatures we find in our oceans. Utilising the massive amount of textile waste found in second hand shops, these creatures are hand sown, stuffed and adorned with pom poms, sequences, and clay spikes. On the surface of the creatures feature human faces, often embroidered, and painted, almost as if reflecting out own faces, like a mirror.
Like a fish out of water, these strangely alluring personalities create an opportunity to witness what we normally don't see under the ocean. There is an environmental impact created by humans that directly affects the creatures in the oceans, and the textile fast fashion industry is a major player. The upcycled and textile nature of these works are a not too subtle play on this dynamic.
Live music soundtrack by WELDER, playing live for the opening.
More information here The Invasion | Craft Victoria PLATFORMARTS
