Born Auckland 1956

Attended Elam School of Fine Art Auckland University 1975 –1981.
Awarded Senior Prize in Painting 1978.
Bachelor Fine Arts 1979
Master Fine Arts (First Class Hons) 1981

From 1981-2005 worked in the museum/art gallery industry in various organisations across New Zealand, returning to full time painting in 2005

One Person Exhibitions

1981 Interiors Denis Cohn Gallery Auckland
1982 Interiors Waikato Society of Arts Hamilton, and toured by ANZAS
to 10 New Zealand venues.
1989 Echoes Waikato Society of Arts
1989 Echoes Proba Gallery Auckland
1990 Rangiaowhia, one day in 150 years Waikato Society of Arts
1991 Rangiaowhia, one day in 150 years Rotorua Museum of Art and History
1996 Horizons and beyond: Landscapes as a state of mind Waikato Museum of Art and History
2006 In the arcade of broken dreams and memories Ea Gallery Auckland
2008 See you at the mall COCA Christchurch
2008/9 Just hanging out for a ride Aigantighe Art Gallery

Selected Group Shows

1978 Art from the Art School Auckland University
1979 Four Photo-Realists Peter Webb Gallery Auckland
1980 Young contemporaries Auckland Society of Arts
1980 Art from the Art School Auckland University
1982 All out show Waikato Museum of Art and History
1983 Auckland University Centennial Exhibition Auckland University
1985 Roto Art Hamilton
Turoa Art Award Ohakune
Cambridge Society of Arts
1986 J P Morgan Art Award Palmerston North (Winner)
Roto Art Hamilton
Turoa Art Award Ohakune
Lion Breweries Art Award Cambridge (Winner Mixed-media)
Tokoroa Art Award (Finalist)
1987 BRL Art Award Auckland
Lindauer Art Award Gisborne, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
The McDonalds’ Works Lopdell House Gallery
1988 Tokoroa Art Award (Finalist Zonta Club Award)
Lion Breweries Art Award Cambridge
1990 Tokoroa Art Award
Waikato Artists; The community and the collection Waikato Museum of Art and History
1992 Raglan Art Award (Winner of the WDC Special Award)
1993 Skyscapes Joint exhibition with Rodney Hamel Waikato Society of Arts
1994 Skyscapes Joint exhibition with Rodney Hamel Pumphouse Gallery Auckland
1995 Elvis in Geyserland Rotorua Museum and Art Gallery
1996 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award Whakatane [Best oil painting]
2000 Rakiura Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Otago Museum, Millennium Gallery, Aigantighe Art Museum, Stewart Island Community Centre
2005 Group show Real Gallery Auckland
Wallace Art Award (Salon de refuse) Ea Gallery Auckland
2006 Wallace Art Award (Salon de refuse) Wallace Gallery Auckland
2008 Wallace Art Award (Salon de refuse) Wallace Gallery Auckland

Collections

Auckland University Collection
Waikato Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Rotorua Museum of Art and History
Te Manawa
Southland Art Foundation
Waikato University Collection
Waikato Polytechnic collection
Waikato High Court [Department of Courts commission 1993]
J P Morgan collection
South Waikato District Council collection
Waikato District Council collection

Private collections in New Zealand, Australia, USA, United Kingdom, Japan and Holland.