cv and biography

BIOGRAPHY.

I was born in the Netherlands, moving to Melbourne as a small child. After training as a secondary art teacher in Melbourne, I moved to South, and later East Gippsland. I have resided here for the past 30 years. For almost all of this time I taught art in the tertiary, secondary or disability sectors. Currently I am teaching drawing to Diploma of Art, Furniture Design students.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1995 –2001: Painting, General Drawing and Life Drawing components of the

Diploma of Visual Art, TAFE, Bairnsdale.

1969 – 1972: Higher Diploma of Teaching (Secondary Art and Craft),

Melbourne Teachers College, Melbourne.

RELEVANT SHORT COURSES / WORKSHOPS

2012 Portaiture Workshop Forestech, Lakes Entrance.
2010 Etching Workshop

with David Frazer Briagolong

2009 Life Drawing Workshop Orbost

Watercolour Workshop Orbost

2008 Artists Book Workshop Marlo

Solar Printing Workshop Bega

2004, 05, 06 Drawing / Mixed Media. Briagolong Fine Art Summer School.

1999 Printmaking. Bairnsdale TAFE

1998 – 2010 Life Drawing. Nicholson Street Gallery, Orbost Secondary College,

Nungurner and Forestech

1994 Life Drawing. Canberra School of Art.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 "A Retrospective" Monash MedicalSchool, Bairnsdale. 2009.

2007 "Facets" Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, Vic. November 07

2005 and 06 Touring exhibition shown at David Jones, Sydney (in conjunction with Contemporary

European Furniture) and Australian Catholic University, Canberra.

2001 "Body of Work" Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale.

JOINT EXHIBITIONS

2007 "Cut Drawn and Coloured" with J. Williams
East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale.

2005 "Figuring it out with Friends" with J. Williams, S.Pardew and C. Brimblecombe.
East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale.

2004 "Paper and Pots" with I. Bain, M. Boyd and J. Williams
Gardiner Gallery, Hawthorn.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012                            “Life Aquatic”                   Stockyard Gallery, Foster, January 2012.
                                    “Summer Showcase”           East Gippsland Art Gallery , January, 2012
2011                            “Life Aquatic”                     Stockyard Gallery, Foster, January 2011 [Judges Prize]
                                    “Round in Circles’,            Orbost Exhibition Centre, Orbost, Feb/March 2011
                                    “$200 and Under”             feastonart, Orbost, Feb/March 2011
                                    "She"                                   Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. Feb / March 2011
                                    “Larger than Life”                feastonart, Orbost, March 2011
                                    "Lakes Riviera Art Show"    Lakes Entrance, June. 2011 (first prize)
                                    “10 x10 inch”                   The Stables, Bairnsdale, Sept 2011
                                    “Drawn on Paper”             feastonart, Orbost, 2011
                                   "Nowa Nowa Nudes"       Nowa Nowa. October 2011
                                    “Perfect Presents”             Orbost Exhibition Centre, Orbost, Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

2010                            "Summer Showcase"        East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, Jan 10
                                    "9 x 5 Exhibition"                 Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. Jan 10
                                    "She Exhibition"                   Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. March 10
                                    "Sunburn and Zinc"            The Boatshed, Lakes Entrance. Feb 10
                                    "feastonart Pizza Box Exhibition" feastonart, Orbost. May10
                                    "Lakes Riviera Art Show"    Lakes Entrance, June. 10 (first prize)
                                    "The Big Picture"                   feastonart., Orbost, June 10
                                    "Works on Paper"                 feastonart, Orbost, June 10
                                    "A Road Less Travelled"    Orbost ExhibitionCentre, Orbost. August 10
                                    "Black and White"               festonart, Orbost. August / September 10
                                   “Blue”                                  feastonart, Orbost, October 2010

2009                            "Summer Showcase"            East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, Jan 09
                                    "9 x 5 Exhibition"                Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. Jan 09
                                    "She Exhibition"                   Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. March 09

2008                           "9 x 5 Exhibition"                  Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. Jan 08
                                   "She Who Explores"              Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. March 08
                                   "Feast on East"                      East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, 08 (first prize)
                                   "Bloom'n' Winter"               East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale, June 08
                                   "Nowa Nowa Nudes"            Nowa Nowa (Winner of the Bottom Line Award)
                                   "Red Exhibition"                   Nuart Gallery, Metung. 2008.

2007                        "9 x 5 Exhibition"                  Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. Jan 07
                               "Black and White"               Container at Lakes Entrance Foreshore. Jan 07
                                "Feast on East Post Cards"   East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. Feb 07
                                 "Rotary Riviera Art Expo"    Forestech, Lakes Entrance. March 07
                               "Well I Like It"                       East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. March 07
                               "She Who Dreams"            Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. March 07


2006                        "Fine Art For Fine Presents" East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. Dec 06
                               "Appetizer"                        East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. Oct 06
                                 "She Who Belongs"              Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. March 06

2005                        "Spiritual Truth"                Michael Commerford Gallery, Rushcutters Bay, NSW. Oct 05
                                  "Alien"                                 East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. Oct 05
                                  "Off The Easel"                Orbost Exhibition Centre, Orbost. August 05
                                  "She Who Inspires"            Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong. March 05

2004                          "Garments in Disguise"          East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. Oct 04
                                  "Linden Postcard Show"       Linden Gallery, St Kilda. 2004

2003                          "New Beginnings"               East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. Oct 03
                                  "More Than Water"          East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. 2003

2001                          "Micro"                            East Gippsland Art Gallery, Bairnsdale. 2001
                                  "Box Forms"                    Manningham Gallery, Doncaster. 2001

2000                        "Artful Vessels"            Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale. 2000

1999                          "Life Drawing Exhibition"     Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale. 1999
                                   "Winter Wood"              Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale. 1999
                                   "Different Dimensions"          Nagle College, Bairnsdale Festival. 1999
                                   "River Connections"               Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale. 1999

1998                           "Art On Heat"                        Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale. 1998

1997                          "Delicacies"                          Nicholson Street Gallery, Bairnsdale. 1997

REPRESENTED
                               City of Dandenong

                                   Orbost Exhibition Centre

                                   Private collections                   NSW, Victoria, ACT, WA, Netherlands.