Born in Sydney 1967, lives and works in Naarm, Melbourne.
EDUCATION
2006 Graduate Diploma of Art Therapy, Latrobe University, Melbourne
2001 Bachelor of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
1998 Associate Diploma of Fine Art, Northern Territory University, Darwin
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Winter work, Five walls, Footscray
2016 New Work, Residents Gallery, Montsalvat
2013 Video work, Rumpus Room, Maribynong
2011 Diorama, Gallerysmith
2010 Celestial Sea, Gallerysmith
2009 Hinterland, Gallerysmith
2005 Ghostwork, Westspace
2003 Angel (Performance), Conical Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Bark, leaves, soil, berries, (with Paradoxa Collective) Gallery275, Ivanhoe Cultural Hub
2020 Hope and Beauty, projection installation on botanically dyed silk. Satellite of Love,(with Paradoxa Collective) Eltham Library Gallery
2019 Digital Agora, St. Andrews Hall, St. Andrews
Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat
This Wild song, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn
2018 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat
2017 This Wild Song, Singapore High Commission, Singapore
2016 Laughing Waters Road; Art, Landscape and Memory, Montsalvat
2015 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat
2014 Finalist, M Collection Award, Gallerysmith
2014 Finalist, Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat
2010 Finalist ,Nillumbik Prize, Montsalvat
2009 Finalist, City of Whyalla Prize, Middleback Theatre, Whyalla
2008 Silver-Lined, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre
2007 Elsewhere, Nellie Castan Gallery
2006 Meeting Place, Keeping Place, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre
2005 Finalist, Murdoch Travelling Fellowship Exhibition, V.C.A. Gallery
2003 Resistance is Useless, First Draft, Sydney
2002 Finalist, Baldessin Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Yarra Sculpture Space
2001 Finalist, Wallara Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, V.C.A. Gallery
Splendid Isolation, McClelland Gallery
Fallout, V.C.A. School of Art
GRANTS, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2021 Nillumbik Council Placemaking Community Grants (with Anna Farago)
2019 Nillumbik Council Community Arts Grant (as a member of Paradoxa Collective)
2013 Dunmoochin Artist in Residence, Cottles Bridge
2012 Laughing Waters Artist in Residence, Riverbend, Eltham
2004 Art Development Grant, Arts Victoria
2001 Friends of V.C.A. Award
1998 TIO Award for Sculpture, Darwin
COLLECTIONS
Ararat Regional Gallery
Nillumbik Shire Council Collection
Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian Performing Arts Centre
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Un magazine, issue 4, ‘she’s crafty….and she’s just my style’,2005, Kate Just
Meeting Place Keeping Place, ex cat, 2006, Steven Tonkin
Silver-lined, ex cat, 2008, Steven Tonkin and Catherine O’Donohue
www.nomanstongue.blogspot, Diorama, 2011, Henry Skerritt
The Age, Spectrum “The art of ignoring the dishes: 'wild song' celebrates women artists”, May 6 issue 2016, Andrew Stephens
thiswildsong.com.au, Interview with artist, 2013, Ilona Nelson