Full CV
"The life of an artist is complicated although from outside it appears simple. The challenges are deep and profound; the mind takes off in a myriad of distractions, the body is put under many tests, the emotions are as fluid as paint itself and one never knows what the final canvas will be like - it is a never ending journey that one has to take." Joy Engelman 2024
INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS, EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2023 "FUOCO CAMMINA CON ME" - CAM Museum Casoria Naples Italy
2022 "WATER FOR LIFE" - Maya Museum Cancun Mexico
2018 "WATER FOR LIFE" - Niagara Falls Museum Niagara Falls Canada
2010 "Small Treasures" - Galleria di Marchi - Milan - Italy (paintings got lost)
2009 LandfillArt.org - a travelling international artist reclamation project
2008 Museum at Ferrara Italy - Castello Estense
2008 Biennale Austria (invited)
2008 Galleria Mentana - Invited to exhibit solo
2007 Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - Florence Italy - Awarded a Medici Medal for Paintings
2007 Guangzhou Arts Fair (accepted for future)
2005 Florence Biennale (invited)
2003 First International Art Festival Chania Cypress (invited and exhibited)
2000 First International Corporate Competition - Morgan Stanley Bank - Manhattan NY (invited - event cancelled)
AWARDS, MEDALS & PURCHASES
2007 'Lorenzo il Magnifico' Medici Medal - fifth Premio Pittura - Florence Biennale
2000 NATIONAL & RURAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT - CANBERRA ACT
2000 Australia New Zealand Regional Science Award - Innovation in Government
1993 Australia Day Award - Received for community service, for personal achievement in the arts and encouragement to artists with disabilities in their endeavours to achieve
1990 Honorary Life Member - Orange Needlecraft Group - Presented for commitment, design and guidance to the group for their special projects for the Orange Regional Gallery and community
1989 Kinross Wolaroi Art Purchase - School Purchase - Judge: Campbell Gray
1988 'Women in '88 Award' - Presented by the Bicentennial Authority to 1200 women Australia wide for outstanding personal commitment to their chosen field.
1988 Australia Day Award - Presented by the City of Orange and the Australia Day Council for achievements and endeavours in the arts and for community work related to the arts
1988 Kinross-Wolaroi Art Purchase - Carpenter & Dumbrell Purchase - Judge: Ruth Faerber
1988 Forbes Art Exhibition - Highly Commended - Watercolour - Judge: John Lennox
1987 Portland Art Purchase - Judge: Campbell Gray (Dir. Penrith Reg Gallery)
1986 Portland Art Purchase - Judge: Jane Raffin 3 awards
1984 Portland Art Purchase - Western Gold Purchase - Judge Brian Ladd - Education Officer AGNSW
1983 Orange Show Grand Champion - Fine Arts Section,Grand Champion - Watercolour
1982 Bathurst Show - First Black & White Photography Section
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 "DRYLANDS - sacred ground" - The Peisley Street Gallery Orange NSW
2020 "Land / Story" - The Peisley Street Gallery Orange NSW
2019 "Moods of Mungo" - Mungo Lodge Gallery Arumpo VIC
2017 "Flow" - Ludlow Gallery Orange NSW
2013 "Land / Marks" - Jayes Gallery Molong NSW
2011 “Going Solo” - Town Hall, Forbes NSW
2010 "Through my eyes" - Orange Regional Gallery - Gallery One - Survey of works over 30 years
2010 "The Eye of the Eagle" - Aarwun Gallery, Canberra ACT
2010 "The Eye of the Eagle" - Jayes Gallery Molong NSW
2008 'Under Autumn Skies' - Jayes Gallery, Molong NSW
2008 'Living in the Landscape' - Borrodell Cellar Gallery, Orange NSW
2002 'Recent Works' - Cargo Road Wines Gallery NSW
2000 'Forest Moods' - Orange NSW
1999 'Postcards from Cabonne Country & Beyond' - Cabonne NSW
1998 'Bathurst & Beyond' - Orange NSW
1997 'Mungoscapade' - Toronto NSW
1997 'Mungoscapade' - Bathurst NSW
1996 'Emu Dreaming' - Blayney NSW
1996 'Walkabout with JoiE' Orange NSW
1996 'Trying to be Objective' - Molong NSW
1995 'Mungo Dreaming' - Law Faculty, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW
1995 'Noody Blues' - Google Bar & Gallery, The Tavern, Bathurst NSW
1995 'Outback Paintings' - Orange NSW
1993 'Outback Paintings' - Bourke NSW (Guest of the City)
1993 'Menindee Notebook' - Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW
1993 'Menindee Notebook' - Holdsworth Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra NSW
1991 'Earthworks' - Orange NSW
1991 'A Retrospective' - Bathurst NSW
1991 'Special Places' - Holdsworth Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra NSW
1990 'Autumn Ploughing' - Molong NSW
1989 'Landscape Series' - Holdsworth Fine Art Gallery, Woollahra NSW
1989 'Shoreline Series' - Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT
1988 'Two Birds of a Feather' - Bathurst NSW
1986 'Lilies' - Mitchell College Union, Bathurst NSW
1986 'Channel Country' - Bathurst NSW
1986 'Cancer Is' - Orange NSW
1985 'Byrock Is' - Bathurst NSW
1983 'Fire in the Mountain' Series - Bathurst NSW
1982 Solo Exhibition - Wentworth Falls NSW
1982 Save the Children Fund (Charity Function)
1980 Wyoming Court Gallery, Orange NSW
CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019/2023 Bathurst Art Fair, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst NSW
2020/2022 "Here and Now" Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW
2018 "My own backyard" Artstate, Bathurst NSW
2017/2015 "Wild Women of Arkaroola PLUS" at Orange/Woollahra
2013 “A Clear View” Orange Base Hospital
2012 Finalist - Flannery Art Prize, Bathurst NSW
2012 "Artists of the Outback" - Aarwun Galleries, Canberra ACT
2011 “Healing Space” - Bathurst Health Service
2010 CONTEMPORANEA - Melbourne & Canberra
2008 'Traces of Memory' Estense Castle, Ferrara, Italy
2008 Calleen Acquisition Prize - Cowra Regional Gallery (Finalist)
2007 In Site Out - Orange Botanic Gardens NSW
2007 'Drawing Together' Art Award - Canberra ACT (Finalist for Diptych 'The Spirit of the Land' in collaboration with Ngari Reynolds - purchased by Dept of Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts - Hangs in the Dept of Environment Building Canberra)
2006 Designers & Creators Expo, Canberra ACT
2006 'Art of Seeing' - Borrodell Cellar Gallery, Orange
2006 'View to Abstraction' - Borrodell Cellar Gallery
2005 Careflight Art Show (Adviser to Committee)
2005 'Elements of Nature' (with Jola Nejman) Bathurst
2004 Country Embassy, Sydney NSW - Regional Artists
2002 'A Walk in the Forest' - Jayes Gallery, Molong
2002 'Outdoor Art Expo' Orange Regional Gallery NSW
2002 'Dinners for Gala' Orange NSW (curator for exhibition)
2001 'Gallery Christmas Exhibition' Orange
2001 Exhibition with Wanda Driscoll - Cargo Rd Gallery
2001 'Floriart' - Orange Botanic Gardens NSW
2001 'Art of Keppel' Bathurst NSW
2001 'A Force of Nature' Canowindra NSW
1996 '150 Orange Then & Now' Orange Sesquicentennial Committee - Orange
1982 Bathurst Art Award (Finalist selected by Elwynn Lynn)
1982 Condobolin Art Show - Highly Commended - Open Section - Judge: Hugh Schultz (Brushmen of the Bush)
1982 Wellington Art Exhibition - First B & W Photo Section - Judge: Frank Kalff, Watercolour - 2nd Prize - Judge: Shirley Battye
1982 Portland Art Purchase - Blue Circle Southern Cement Purchase, Austen & Butta Purchase, Kath & Howard Cook Purchase - Judge: Jane Raffin
1981 Goulbourn Lilac Festival - Highly Commended - Judge: Guy Warren
1981 Canberra Times Award (selected by Edmund Capon)