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