BIO
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My interest in architecture and cities is in their relationship to our own biology. Not only because of the structural similarities, the same joiners, patterns and shapes, or merely because these constructions seem to take on personality through their façade or the space they fill in the landscape, but also in the way in which we change our own behaviour in their presence. More recently my oil paintings have been strongly influenced by the graffiti scribbled, stenciled and pasted as notes on almost every available surface in Beijing. These individual advertisements, phone numbers advertising services such as the preparation of fake certificates and documents, prostitutes, etc., are routinely painted over by the authorities in mismatching tones of grey. This type of graffiti is not unique to this city but more prevalent here than anywhere else I've seen, so prevalent that virtually no other kind exists. All of the works on this site are made in response to the cities that I have lived in, particularly to Melbourne, Hong Kong, Taipei and Beijing.
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selected exhibitions and awards |
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| 2009/10 | Solo Exhibiton |
| 2009 | Group Exhibiton |
| 2008 | Group Exhibiton |
| 2007 | Group Exhibiton Kim Vernon, Vanessa Notley, Martin Salazar, Ye Dongsheng 叶东胜 Suojiacun, Beijing, China |
| 2007 | Group Exhibition Open Door 798 Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China |
| 2006 | Group Open Studio Exhibition Red Gate Gallery (Feijiacun), Beijing, China |
| 2006/07 | Residency
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| 2006 | Group Exhibition Ubiquitous Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2006 | Residency
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| 2005 | Group Exhibition |
| 2005 | Solo Exhibition Highrise Red Gallery, North Fitzroy, Australia |
| 2004 | Solo Exhibition Melbourne Abstraction Red Gallery, North Fitzroy, Australia |
| 2004 | Group Exhibition A4 Art 2004 Exhibition West Space, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2003 | Group Exhibition White Cube Project Dante's Upstairs Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia |
| 2002 | Solo Studio Exhibition 38 Aberdeen Street, Hong Kong, China |
| 2002 | Travelled throughout China. Spent one year living in Hong Kong. |
| 2001 | Group Studio Exhibition 49 Stewart Street Studio Spaces, Richmond, Australia |
| 2001 | Solo Exhibition Recent Paintings and Photographs, The Kitchen, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1997/98 | Travelled throughout Europe and America. |
| 1995 | Group Exhibition End of Year, 3rd Year Exhibition, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia |
1995
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Group Exhibition
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private collections |
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Beijing Taipei Hong Kong Sydney Melbourne
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related experience |
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| 2007/08 | International Programmes Director China Art Residence, Dagaocun Art District Artist in Residence Programme Beijing, China |
| 2002/05 | Paintmaker & Colourman Production Manager Langridge Artist Colours Melbourne, Australia |
| 1999/2001 | Sculptor's Assistant Peter McLisky (sculptor) Melbourne, Australia |
| 1993/95 | Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) La Trobe University Bendigo, Australia |