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ARTIST'S PROFILE

1946 Born Adelaide, South Australia.
1956 Moved to Melbourne, Victoria.
1962-63 Studied life drawing at the National Gallery Art School, Melbourne.
1975 Attended Brighton Technical School (TOP).
1976-79 Studied Fine Art Painting and Printmaking at Prahran College of Advanced Education (later amalgamated into the Victorian College of the Arts).
1979-83 Employed as art critic for "Melbourne Times" newspaper; regular contributor to "Imprint" magazine.
1980-82 Studied for BA at Swinburne University, Hawthorn.
1981-88 Lecturer in Art History at the Council of Adult Education.
1986-88 Gallery owner/director of "l'estampe originale", Hawthorn, specialising in European antique prints.
1989–2013 Self-employed marketing co-ordinator, graphic artist and web designer.
1980–2023 Represented in gallery exhibitions, both in Australia and overseas; various private and corporate art commissions, including the Melbourne Football Club and the Westpac Bank.

AWARDS:
2022
MSWPS Members Exhibition, 2022: Awarded 'Highly Commended', East Melbourne, Victoria.
2022
Beaumaris Art Group Members Exhibition, 2022: Awarded 'Best in Show', Beaumaris, Victoria.
2021
'Portrait of Place' 2021: Awarded 1st Prize, Bayside Art Gallery, Brighton, Victoria.
2021
London Art Biennale: Awarded Gagliardi Gallery Prize (future exhibition in London) Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK.
2019
London Art Biennale: Awarded 3rd Prize, International Confederation of Art Critics, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK.
2018
'The Linden Postcard Show 2018-19': Awarded 'Best Landscape in Show', Linden New Art, St Kilda, Victoria.
2015
'X Florence Biennale': Awarded 2nd Prize, the Lorenzo Il Magnifico Silver Medal for Painting, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy.

1992-2023 EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Linden New Art, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2023
BAGS, Beaumaris, Members Annual Exhibition, group exhibition.
2023 FPS, Armadale, 'Off the Wall', group exhibition
2023
Bayside Gallery, Brighton, 'Refuge, Workshop, Stage, Site: Billilla Artists Studios 22-23', group exhibition.

2023
VAS, Melbourne, MSWPS, 'Changing Perspectives', group exhibition.
2023
FPS, Armadale, 'Australian Monoprint Prize', group exhibition (finalist).
2023
FPS, Armadale, Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, group exhibition.
2023
Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK, London Art Biennale, group exhibition (finalist).
2023
Gallery Jones, Ripponlea, 'Grounded', group exhibition.
2023
FPS, Armadale, 'That's Life', group exhibition.
2023
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.

2023
Duldig Studio (FPS), Malvern East, 'Collection Reflections', group exhibition.
2023
Realm, Albert Park, 'Artist Showcase', solo exhibition.
2023
Bayside Gallery, Brighton, 'Bayside Local', group exhibition.
2023
26Advantage Gallery, Highett, 'Earth and Sky Stories', group exhibition.
2022
Linden New Art, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.

2022
BAGS Members exhibition, Beaumaris, 'Small Things', group exhibition.
2022 FPS, Armadale, 'Off the Wall', group exhibition.
2022
Balmain Space, Sydney, 'Evening, Night, Morning', solo exhibition.
2022
Gagliardi Gallery, London, 'London Biennale: Masterpiece', group exhibition.
2022
VAS, Melbourne, MSWPS, 'Changing Perspectives', group exhibition.
2022 Proud Bonney Gallery, Robe, 'From Around Here', group exhibition.
2022
Chinese Culture Centre, Chatswood, 'Beautiful Hometown', group exhibition.
2022
NYC performance-exhibition with pianist/composer, Margin Alexander; 'Finding the Sounds of Pastel', group exhibition.
2022
AAD Gallery, 'Affordable Art Fair', Melbourne, group exhibition.
2022
Eltham Art Show, Eltham Community Centre, Eltham, group exhibition.
2022
'We are Reversal', MUSA Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy, group exhibition.

2022
'The Other Art Fair' Virtual Edition, group exhibition.
2022
FPS, Armadale, 'That's Life', group exhibition.
2022
Beaumaris Art Group Members exhibition, Beaumaris, group exhibition.
2022
Bayside Art Gallery, Brighton, 'Bayside Local', group exhibition.
2021
Linden New Art, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2021
Hampton Community Centre, Melbourne, '16 Days of Activism', group exhibition.
2021
Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney, 'Dusk to Dawn', solo exhibition (online only)
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2021 MSWPS, Melbourne, 'Changing Perspectives', group exhibition (online only).
2021 Bayside Gallery, Brighton, Victoria, 'Portrait of Place', group exhibition (online only).
2021
Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK, London Art Biennale, group exhibition (finalist).
2021
MSWPS, Melbourne, 'Covid Creations', group exhibition (online only).
2021
Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, 'That's Life', group exhibition.
2021
City of Greater Dandenong, Melbourne, 'Flora', group exhibition.
2021 Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne, 'A4 Art Australia', group exhibition.

2020-21
Hawthorn Studio and Gallery, Hawthorn, 'Summer Exhibition', group exhibition.
2020
Linden New Art, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2020
Space2b Artspace Gallery, 'Heads High', St Kilda, group exhibition.
2020
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2020
Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, 'Blossom and Flourish', group exhibition.
2020
MSWPS, Melbourne, 'Changing Perspectives', group exhibition (online only)
2020
'Linden Postcard Show 30th Birthday Celebration', Alumni Artists, Linden New Art, St Kilda, group exhibition
2020
Bayside City Council, Brighton, 'Changing Faces', group exhibition.
2020
Balmain Space, Sydney, 'Sydney Skies', solo exhibition.
2019
Space2b Artspace Gallery, St Kilda, '100 Paintings for Peace', group exhibition.
2019
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2019
Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2019
Firestation Print Studio, Armadale, 'Summer Salon', group exhibition.
2019
Universidad del Caribe, Cancun, Mexico, 'Water for Life 3', group exhibition.
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Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, 'X Florence Biennale', group exhibition.
2019
Victorian Artists Society Galleries, 'Changing Perspectives', Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, group exhibition.
2019
Firestation Print Studio, Paper Contemporary, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney, group exhibition.
2019
AAD Gallery, 'Affordable Art Fair', Melbourne, group exhibition.
2019
Space2b Artspace Gallery, St Kilda, 'Earth', group exhibition.
2019
Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK, London Art Biennale, group exhibition (finalist).
2019
Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy, 'Little Treasures', group exhibition.
2019
Plaxall Gallery, New York, USA, 'Women in Art', group exhibition.
2019
Strathnairn Galleries, Canberra, ACT, 'Clouds: Ephemeral Splendour Above', joint exhibition.
2018
Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2018
Shenzhen International Art Fair, China, group exhibition.
2018
Space2b Artspace Gallery, St Kilda, 'Brushstrokes', group exhibition.
2018
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 'Desert Landscapes: Broken Hill and Beyond', solo exhibition.
2018
Niagara Falls History Museum, Ontario, Canada, 'Water for Life', group exhibition.
2018
Peninsula Community Theatre, Mornington, 'Mornington Art Show', group exhibition.
2017
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Sydney Seascapes', solo exhibition.
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Linden Gallery at Domain House, South Yarra, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2017
Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, 'XI Florence Biennale', group exhibition.
2017
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Women in Art', group exhibition.
2017
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Transition Texture', group exhibition.
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Bayside City Council, Brighton Library, Brighton, 'Bayside Weather Journeys' show, solo exhibition.
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Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2016
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Climatic Contrasts', solo exhibition.
2016
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 'Pro Hart Outback Art Prize', (finalist) group exhibition.
2016
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Summer Solstice 16', group exhibition.
2016
Project 504 Art Space, 'Expressions', group exhibition.
2016
Artexpo New York, USA, AAD Gallery, group exhibition.
2016
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Women in Art', group exhibition.
2015
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
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Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy, 'X Florence Biennale', group exhibition.
2015
Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2015
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 'Outback Open Art Prize', (finalist) group exhibition.
2015
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Desert Heart', group exhibition.
2015
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Sydney: the Sea and the Suburbs', group exhibition.
2015
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, 'She', (finalist) group exhibition.
2015
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Women in Art', group exhibition.
2015
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Ready, Steady, Go'', group exhibition.
2014
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Art Around the World', group exhibition
2014
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2014
Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy, 'The Illusion of Reality', group exhibition.
2014 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2014
Mantero Gallery, Portovenere, Italy, 'ArtCloud#4', group exhibition.
2014
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Can't Wait till Summer', group exhibition.
2014
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 'Outback Open Art Prize', (finalist) group exhibition.
2014
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'International Exhibition', group exhibition.
2014
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Sydney Shorelines', joint exhibition.
2014
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, 'She', (finalist) group exhibition.
2014
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Women in Art', group exhibition.
2014
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'Brave Art', group exhibition.
2013
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2013
Cotham Gallery 101, Kew, 'Figures and Landscapes, 2010-13', joint exhibition.
2013
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 'Outback Open Art Prize', (finalist) group exhibition.
2013
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, 'From the Stockroom', group exhibition.
2013
Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy, 'Little Treasures', group exhibition.
2013 Artexpo New York, New York, USA, 'Ward-Nasse & ArtexpoNY', group exhibition.
2013
Agora Gallery, New York, USA, 'Sensorial Perspectives', group exhibition.
2013
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, 'Women in Art', group exhibition.
2013 Parallax Art Fair, London, UK, group exhibition.
2013
Rassegna Internazionale d'Arte, 'San Valentino', Italy, group exhibition.
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Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2012
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2012
Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 'Limitless Expressions', group exhibition.
2012 BACC Gallery, Brighton, 'Visual Contrasts: The Bayside Art Trail', joint exhibition.
2012 Estense Castle Museum, Ferrara, Italy, 'Liberated Dreams', group exhibition.
2012 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2011
Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2011
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, joint exhibition, 'Two Views: The Harbour and the Bay'.
2011
Blue Dog Gallery, Beaumaris, group exhibition, 'Winter Journeys: The Centre and the Sea'.
2011 Ochre Gallery, Collingwood, group exhibition, 'Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape'.
2011
Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2011
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, group exhibition, 'Solution' - Queensland Floods Benefit.
2010
Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, group exhibition, 'A Little Bit of Summer'.
2010 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2010 Breathing Colours Gallery, Balmain, solo exhibition, 'Sydney Harbour: Glimpses from the Ferries'.
2010 Gipps Street Gallery, Richmond, 'Art for Sharks', group exhibition.
2010 Ochre Gallery, Collingwood, solo exhibition, 'Central Australia: Journeys and Destinations'.
2010
Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2009 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2009
Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy, 'The Heidelberg Fine Artists', group exhibition.
2009 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2008 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2008 Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham, 'Nillumbik Prize', (finalist) group exhibition.
2008 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, 'She Who Explores', (finalist) group exhibition.
2008 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2007 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2007 Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham, 'Nillumbik Prize', (selected finalist) group exhibition.
2007 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2006/7 Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham, 'Salon de Montsalvat 3', (finalist) group exhibition.
2006 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, '9 x 5', group exhibition.
2006 Intrude Gallery, Fitzroy, 'Summer Samples', group exhibition.
2006 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2006 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, 'She Who Belongs', (finalist) group exhibition.
2005/6 Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham, 'Salon de Montsalvat 2', group exhibition.
2005 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2004 Montsalvat Gallery, Eltham, 'Salon de Montsalvat 1', group exhibition.
2004 Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy, 'Boots and Panties', group exhibition.
2004 Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy, 'The Heidelberg Fine Artists', group exhibition.
2004 Artholes Gallery, Fitzroy, 'Women's Salon', group exhibition.
2004 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2003 Artholes Gallery, Fitzroy 'Self-Portrait', (finalist) group exhibition.
2003 Linden Gallery, St Kilda, 'The Linden Postcard Show', group exhibition.
2003 Fitzroy Gallery, Fitzroy, 'Coldscape', solo exhibition.
2000 Noel's Gallery, Red Hill, 'A Day Around the Mornington Peninsula', solo exhibition.
1992 Eltham Wiregrass Gallery, Eltham, 'Small and Precious', group exhibition.


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Events:
2022 Exhibition Concert, New York City:
Participated in an event, 'Finding the Sounds of Pastel', with New York concert pianist and composer, Margin Alexander, following his invitation, with my painting and profile exhibited via projection during the concert performance in NYC (live-streamed).
2022 Artist in Residence, Bayside Artists Studio Program
: 'Billilla', Brighton, Victoria.
One of seven artists selected across Victoria to occupy the studios at the rear of the mansion during 2022.
2020 ‘Changing Faces: Reframing Women in Local Democracy': celebrating the contribution women make to the municipality of Bayside. (One of the 171 women, photographed by Ponch Hawkes for this exhibition).
2016 Book Launch:The August Months', by Steffie Wallace, was opened by Professor David Pennington at St Joseph's Church, South Yarra . (My novel dealt with art, addiction and recovery, following our son's death from heroin).

Memberships:
NAVA
(National Association for the Visual Arts)
MSWPS ( Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors)
RQAS (Royal Queensland Art Society)
FPS (Firestation Print Studio)

Gallery: Breathing Colours, Sydney.
Collectors include Dr Derek Mahony, Sydney, and Dr Melanie Zefferino (Art Historian and Curator), Warwick University, Turin, Italy.