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CV

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Tertiary Education

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2025-21 PhD Queensland University of Technology

2011 Master of Arts Management, University of New England (inc)

2010 Bachelor of Contemporary Australian Indigenous Art, Qld College of Art, Griffith University

2004 Diploma of Multimedia, Cairns

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Employment

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2025 Sessional Lecturer, Qld College of Art & Design, Brisbane

2025-21 Sessional Lecturer, Qld University of Technology, Brisbane

2025/24 Guest Curator, Cairns Regional Council, Cairns

2025/24 Adjunct Curator, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2025-17 Fashion Designer/Creator, LORE Fabrics and Fashion, Cairns/Brisbane

2024 Writing Commission, Tomorrow the Tree Grows Stronger, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2023 Curatorium Member, Reframing the Tropics, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns

2023 Fashion Design Collaborator, Bana Yirriji Art Centre, Wujal Wujal

2023-22 Research Assistant, Kink, Brisbane

2022 Writing Commission, A MURRIALITY, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2022 Writing Commission, New Exuberance, Jam Factory, Adelaide

2021-18 Curatorial Officer, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2021 Writing Commission (complete publication), State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

2021-20 Writing Commission, On Fire by Tim R Walsh, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

2020 Researcher/Writer, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

2020-19 Guest Curator, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane (Rite of Passage)

2020 Writing Commission, Rite of Passage by Shannon Brett, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane

2019 Corporate Affairs Manager, Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, Brisbane

2019-18 Assistant Curator, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane

2019-18 Indigenous Research Associate, National Portrait Gallery (Curatorial), Canberra

2018 Guest Curator, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair; Darwin NT

2018-15 Arts Facilitator, Bana Yirriji Art and Cultural Centre, Wujal Wujal

2018-17 Arts Facilitator/Photographer, Indigenous Art & Cultural Centres Far North Queensland

2018-17 Gallery Curator, UMI Arts, Cairns

2017 Indigenous Art Centres Fashion Designer, Yarrabah Art Centre, Hopevale Art Centre

2016-15 Manager, Yarrabah Arts & Cultural Precinct (Yarrabah Art Centre, Menmuny Museum)

2015 Assistant Curator, Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns

2015-14 Acting Exhibitions (Curatorial) & Education Officer, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Cairns

2014 Radio Announcer, Black Star Radio, Cairns

2014-12 Coordinator/Lead Teacher, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Arts, TAFE North2013 Cairns, Cairns

Sessional Lecturer - Media, James Cook University, Cairns

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Selected Exhibitions

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2025-4 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Museum and Art Gallery of

the Northern Territory, Darwin

2024 proppaNOW Print exhibition, Whichway, Brisbane

2024 ‘Tanah Tumpah Darah’, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2023-21 Piinpi Contemporary Indigenous Fashion, Bendigo Art Gallery and touring

2019 Queen’s Land Blak Portraiture, Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns

2019 Indigenous Design Now, Parliament House, Canberra

2018-17 ARTNOW FNQ, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns

2017 FLAME, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

2016-15 ARTNOW FNQ, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns

2015 I Love A Son Burnt Country, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns

2015 Foxy Odessy, Cell Artspace, Cairns

2014 Depth of Field, Cell Artspace, Cairns

2013 Paper Works On & Off, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

2013 Blunt Edge of Portraiture, Cairns

2013 Same Story Different Colour, Auckland, New Zealand

2013 Bodega Nights Resident Art Exhibition, El Bruc, Spain

2013 LUX Gallery Staff Exhibition, James Cook University, Cairns

2013 Exotic Weeds, KickArts, Cairns

2013 One, Two, Four or More, KickArts, Cairns

2012 I Didn’t Get To Cry Till Now, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane

2012 Love Local Murri, The Cultural Place, Cairns

2012 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Indigenous Beautiful Art Spaces, Cairns

2012 FIRST Emerging Indigenous Art, LOVE LOVE Studio Brisbane

2012 I Didn’t Get To Cry Till Now, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

2011 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns

2011 NEWflames Studio Exhibition, Canopy Artspace, Cairns

2011 The GAS Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Gallery, Southbank

2010 The GAS Graduate Art Show, Griffith University Art Gallery, Southbank

2010 SALT CAIA Graduation Exhibition, Project Gallery, QCA, Southbank

2010 BARI Festival, Jugglers ArtSpace, Brisbane

2010 Cairns Indigenous Art Fair, Cairns

2009 The Art Factory, Brisbane

2008 Naidoc Family Day, Musgrave Park, Brisbane

2007 Bracken Ridge Art Show, Brisbane

2007 Phobia, CBD Gallery, Brisbane2007 Mystique, CBD Gallery, Brisbane

2006 Wonderland, CBD Gallery, Brisbane

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Commissions and Awards

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2024 Winner: Work on Paper, Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards,

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin

2024 Keynote Speaker, Symposium ‘Tanah Tumpah Darah’, Griffith University Art Museum,

Brisbane

2024 Artist in Residence, Yeronga Paint Factory/Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2021 Artist in Residence, Hope Street Studio, Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane

2020 Artist in Residence, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

2017 Exhibition Attendant, Australia Pavilion, Venice Biennale. Venice

2015 Participant, National Gallery of Australia Indigenous Arts Leadership Program, Canberra

2014 Facilitator: Happy Holidays Hooray Children's Tank, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

2014 Judge: Photographic Competition, Bloomfield

2014 Facilitator: NAIDOC Week Children's Tank, Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

2014 Best Experimental Film, Understory Film Festival, Cairns

2013 Artist in Residence, Can Serrat International Art Centre, El Bruc, Barcelona, Spain

2013 Artist in Residence in collaboration with Cora-Allan Wickliffe, KickArts, Cairns

2013 Mentorship: Kick Arts Cairns

2012 Mentorship: Tanks Art Centre, Cairns

2011 Artist in Residence, NEWflames, Cairns

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