Date of Birth 2 December 1975



Education
1999

Certificate II in Arts (Interactive Multimedia), Metro Screen, Paddington, NSW
_ Web design, CD-ROM design and digital image manipulation

1997

Publications unit (Illustration), Curtin University, Perth, WA

1993-1995

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), University of Western Australia, Perth
_ Inter-disciplinary, including studies within the School of Architecture and Design

1997

Publications unit (Illustration), Curtin University, Perth, WA

1993-1995

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), University of Western Australia, Perth
_ Inter-disciplinary, including studies within the School of Architecture and Design



Solo Exhibitions
2002 Textanudes 54: Post Modern Pin-ups Playing Cards, Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Event, Mori Gallery, Sydney, NSW

2001

Textanudes !!!!
[4], Mori Gallery, Sydney

Textanudes !!!
[3], Squatspace, Sydney

2000

Emcees etc
, Alliance, Sydney

1999

Textanudes !!
[2], Sexy Pop, Sydney

Textanudes ! : females drawn naked in their own habitat, Blackbird, Sydney

1998

Wear you there?
(exhibition on walls and t-shirts) Greenwich Bar, Perth, WA



Selected Exhibitions / Projects / Events
2002 Primavera 2002 (Exhibition of 10 Young Australian Artists), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Ladyfest, (Textanudes narrated slide show and live drawing performance), Vrankrijk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Make Art not Love, (street drawing performance) Wilhemstrasse, Berlin, Germany

Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Textanudes Strip Poker, Reklaim Da Mullet Festival, Adelaide, SA

2001

Gurlesque Lesbian Strip Club
, (Textanudes narrated slide show at queer bi-monthly event), The Imperial, Sydney

Champagne Soccer Shocker (interventionist soccer event), Alan Davidson Oval, Sydney

Squatter's Showdown (portrait yearbook installation at final show), Squatspace, Sydney

2000

Schlock Tactics
(Textanudes narrated slide show), The Performance Space, Sydney

Don't Board it Up (inaugural photographic installation), Squatspace, Broadway NSW

Reflex Poetics 5 (live drawing performance), Bondi Pavilion, Sydney Fringe Festival, Sydney

That Elusive Thrill (TextaQueen narrated slide show and drawing performance), Icebox, Sydney

1999

Urban Art X-pressions
(performer portraits), Urban X-pressions Hip Hop Festival, Alliance, Sydney

1998

gogglflush
(group show of artists collective), Jacksue Gallery, Perth, Western Australia

1997

B.R.A.I.N.
@ Awesome International Children’s Festival, (Jacksue collective project: commissioned to create a large-scale site-specific interactive learning game), Subiaco Theatre Garden’s, Subiaco, WA



Grants
1998 Marketing and Showcasing Grant (Young Artist), ArtsWA

Project Grant for Wear you there? Artrage Festival, WA



Relevant employment and experience
1997
-present

Caricature artist
[portraits and children’s drawing workshops at festivals and events]

1998
-present

Freelance design and illustration
[including CD, flyer, logo design and web illustrations]

2002

Participant, Women’s Eclectic Tech Carnivale, Pula, Croatia

2000-2002

Active member of SCAN (Social Centre Autonomous Network),
setting up self managed community space in Sydney, NSW

2001-2002

Co-producer, Autopia: Beyond Cities, 2ser Community Radio, Sydney

2001-2000


Co-founder, Squatspace Gallery, Ultimo, NSW
[Curatorial duties, website and promotion design of squatted artist run gallery]

2000

Hip Hop Illustrator, 3D World Press, Sydney

1999








Screenprint design on clothing for sale at Sexy Pop Clothing, Enmore, NSW

Hip Hop Illustrator, Slingshot Magazine, Sydney

Emcee, Hip Hop: A Place of Peace, CD produced with The Settlement, Sydney

Live artist, Vibes on a Summers Day, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney

1998

Event promoter, Kindy Arcade, Greenwich Bar, Perth, WA

1996-1998

Gallery assistant and event promoter, Jacksue Gallery, Perth



Travel
Glasgow, Scotland; London, UK; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Antwerp, Belgium, Barcelona, Spain; Paris and Lyon, France; Berlin, Cologne, Kassel, Konstanz and Frankfurt, Germany; Vienna, Austria; Pula, Croatia; Rome and Venice, Italy; Dublin, Ireland; Athens, Greece; Vietnam; India; Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and in-between, Australia



Bibliography
The Mod Squad, Metropolitan, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 October 2002

Life after ditching the palette and beret, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 October 2002

Artery, Triple J Radio, 20 October 2002

Primavera 2002 Catalogue, October 2002

Attention Please, The Word, Harper's Bazaar, November 2002

Artist Profile, Blunt, Fly TV on ABC TV and ABC Digital, 18 May 2002

Cerulean, Bittersweet and Iguana Green, The Paper, 19 April 2002

Artist Profile, Slit Dyke Sex Mag, Feb 2002

Quite a card, Metropolitan, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 March 2002

Colouring Outside the Lines, SX, Issue 57, March 2002

Artist Profile
, Noise TV on ABC TV, 14 November 2001