I’m a ceramic and mixed media sculptor with a background in science. I’m drawn to water, leaves and fluid forms in nature. In the art I make, I want you to feel the flow. I use clay, a material from the earth, to mirror the flow of water in springs, creeks and on the beach. Sometimes it can also be in the canopy of trees, or leaf litter on the ground, but somehow, there is always a curve, a movement or energy that never ends.
Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Queensland, Brisbane 1985
Graduate Certificate Public Sector Management- Flinders University, South Australia 1998
2020 Professional Development Grant – Arts NT
2019 Quick Response Grant – Arts NT. Exhibition transport support, 15th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Tasmania
2018 Finalist, Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, SA
2019 Artist-in-the-Park, Territory Wildlife Park, NT
2024 NT Art Awards Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Darwin NT
2023 Reflections – Celebrating 50 Years of Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2022 Terra, Araluen Art Gallery, 16th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Apmere Mparntwe, Alice Springs
2021 Space Time, Tactile Arts members exhibition, Darwin NT
2020 Artists in the Park – Art from the Territory Wildlife Park artist residency and public art programs.
Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre, Katherine NT
2019 Top End Potters, 15th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Tasmania
2018 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, SA
2018 Botanic, Tactile Arts members exhibition, Darwin NT
2017 Marine, Tactile Arts members exhibition, Darwin NT
2016 Wonderful World, Tactile Arts, Group exhibition (Maria Kraatz, Janet Graham, Lee Berryman and Judy Kraatz)
2016 Saltwater Craft Fair, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2015 2 Seasons, Belconnen Arts Centre, 14th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Canberra ACT
2015 Inspired, Tactile Arts members exhibition, Darwin NT
2015 Hearts and Rain, Tactile Arts members exhibition, Darwin NT
2012 Making it, Tactile Arts members exhibition, Darwin NT
2022-23 Community (two-panel ceramic on wood), Café Central, Darwin, NT
2019 Permanent installation – Spring Flow, Territory Wildlife Park, NT
2019 Promotional film participant for the Artist-in-the-Park program, Territory Wildlife Park, NT
2023 Evolve – 6 month online mentoring program for visual artists & craftspeople with Amy Kennedy
2021 Arts NT Professional Development grant, Dawn Beasley (mold making) and Jasmine Jan (colour).
2019 15th Australian Ceramics Triennale, Hobart, Tasmania
2016 Candone Wharton Masterclass, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2015 Glazed Over, workshop with Cecily Willis, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2015 Making plaster molds, Gerald Clapham, Darwin NT
2015 Tile Art workshop, Ingrid Gersmanis, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2014 This Way Up, Photo Montage workshop, Simon Johnston, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2013 Platters and Masks, Ingrid Gersmanis, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
2011 Garden Sculpture, Ingrid Gersmanis, Tactile Arts, Darwin NT
