Born Halifax, United Kingdom

1984 
BFA, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, New Zealand
1993-1995 
Resides in Melbourne, Australia
1995-1999 
Resides, Christchurch, New Zealand
1999-2000 
MFA at College of Fine Arts, Sydney

Resides Sydney, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 In Dog Years, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand 
2023Tried and True, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2021Out of the Blue, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2020 Hullabaloo, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2019 Looking Glass, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2019 Warbler, PG Gallery 192, Christchurch, New Zealand
2018 Birdland, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2016Social Animal, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
2015 Horse and Pony Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2015 Crowd Pleaser, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014 Rotating art exhibition: Joanna Braithwaite, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sydney, Australia
2013 Finders Keepers, Darren Knight Gallery Sydney
2011 Pecking Order, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2011 Significant Others, The New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand and Seargent Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
2011 Hen’s Teeth, Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2010 Walk My Way, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2010 Born To Be Wild, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2009 About Time, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008 Sealegs, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007 Animalia, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007 Animalia, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Australia
2005 Relative Moments, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 Wonderland, Dunedin Public Art Gallery & Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealan
2004 Little Wonder, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003 Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 Wild Things, Milford Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
2002 Paintings 2002, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2001 Menagerie Series, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2001 Hover, Milford House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1999 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1999 Phenomena, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1998Vicarious Relations, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1997 Ways of Being, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1997 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 
1996 Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1996 Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1995 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994 Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1993 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1992 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991 Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1990 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1990 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 
1989 Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1988 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1988 Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 
1986 Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1984 CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023  Finalist, Portia Geach Memorial Award
2018 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2018 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2016Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2015 Collectors’ Space, Surry Hills, Sydney
2014 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2013 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Birds
2013 Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Sydney, Australia
2013 LOL, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
2012 Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Club, Sydney 
2012 Voice of art 3: For the love of animals, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
2011Sydney’s Contested Landscapes, Customs House Square, Sydney, Australia
2011 Australia Day Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2011Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2011 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2010 Zoo air, Twenty Artists from the 2010 artist residence program at Taronga Zoo, The University Gallery, University of Newcastle.
2010 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 Darren Knight Gallery at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
2009 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW, Australia
2008 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 
2008 Wish you were here, Tweed River Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2008 The year of the bird, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
2008 Who let the dogs out – the dog in contemporary Australian art Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia
2007 Devils in Paradise, Bett Galley, Hobart
2007 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2006 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 Postcards from the Desert – Six artists on the Larapinta Trail Damian Minton Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2004 The Menagerie: Animals in Art, Northart Community Arts Centre, Northcote, Auckland
2003-2004 Spiders & Flies, newcontempories, Sydney, Australia
2003 Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia
2003 Norsewear Art Awards, Guest Artist, Hastings, New Zealand
2001 Leaping Boundaries, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2001 PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney, Australia
2000 Canterbury Painting in the 1990’s, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand 
2000 Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2000 Paintings, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999 Selected Works, Milford Galleries, New Zealand
1998 Group Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1998 Bulge, Brian Queenin Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1998 Visa Gold Art Award, touring exhibition, New Zealand
1997 The Subject of Object, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
1997 Christmas Show, Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1997 Christmas Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand 
1996Group Exhibition, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
1994 Artists Eye IV, curated by Noel McKenna, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, New Zealand 
1994 Ronnie, Barney, Shane, Jo and Mike, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1994 Small Works, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1993 White Camelias, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand 
1992Triplicate, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1992 Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1992 Bermondsey Artist Summer Exhibition, London, England
1992 Vanities, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991 Festival Exhibition, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand 
1989 Brooke Gifford Gallery, New Zealand
1988 Here and Now – twelve Young Canterbury Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1988 The Painted Zoo, Shed 11, Wellington, New Zealand
1988 Thirty Canterbury Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1987 Architecture Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1987 Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand 
1986 Women’s Exhibition, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand 
1985 Christmas Show, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1985 Christmas Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand

AWARDS

2018 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2014 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2012 Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Club, Sydney 
2011 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2010 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008 Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 
2007 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2005 Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 Norsewear Art Awards, Guest Artist, Hastings, New Zealand
1998 Art Excellence Award, Christchurch Community Trust, New Zealand
1998 Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1997 Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1991 Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, New Zealand 
1990 Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award, New Zealand
1987 Major Project Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1985 New Artists Promotion Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1983 Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1983 Sawtell Turner Painting Prize, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

COLLECTIONS

Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
Germanos Collection, Sydney, Australia
James Wallace Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Macquarie University Art Collection, Sydney, Australia
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South, NSW, Australia
Royal Sydney Golf Club, Sydney, Australia