biography

I was born in small town New Zealand in the mid-seventies.

My first experience with Photography was with a very nasty Diana-clone in 1982. It felt so incredibly empowering to have my very own camera and to be able to express, however crudely, how I saw the world.

I enrolled to study Applied Arts from 92-94 and realised through that process that I really wasn't that interested in being an ad man. I was much more into making images that moved others and myself rather than sold soda.

I majored in Photography with a Fine Art bias and exhibit on a regular basis in Perth, Western Australia where I now live with my artist wife. Please see the press archive for some insight into our working practice.

My images have always been very personal and have a therapeutic nature to them. They are typically how I work through problems or issues in my life.

selected exhibitions

2009

Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, Australia
five @ the Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Australia
CLIP Awards @ the Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, Australia
2009 Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury & Margaret River, Australia

2008

drei @ Breadbox Gallery as part of FotoFreo 2008 Perth*, Perth, Australia
2007 IPA/Lucies Tour, Los Angeles, USA

2007

2007 IPA/Lucies Tour, New York, USA
BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth, Australia
Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Award,
Surfers Paradise, Australia
Transitions** @ Kurb Gallery, Perth, Australia

2006

BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth, Australia
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, Australia
What I Am* @ Breadbox Gallery, Perth, Australia

2003–2008

Joondalup Invitational Art Award, Perth, Australia

2001

Kommando Konrad Zuse*, Hilden, Germany

1996

Fashion, Furniture & Photography, Whangarei, New Zealand

1995

Independent Silence**, Whangarei, New Zealand
Tutors and Allied Staff, Whangarei, New Zealand

1994

Te hua ngatoki* (Graduation Show), Whangarei, New Zealand

collections

City of Wanneroo
Edith Cowan University
Office of Shared Services
Royal Perth Hospital
Various private collections in New Zealand, Australia & Germany

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Above: drei #07 (700mm x 1000mm Lightjet Print, Edition of 10, 2007).

Above: drei #13 (700mm x 1000mm Lightjet Print, Edition of 10, 2007). Part of Edith Cowan University's Art Collection.