CV
Born Paris, France
Lives and works in Melbourne - Australia
EDUCATION:
2022 ETRA, Environmental Program, City of Yarra, Melbourne
2021 Sustainability Leadership Program, Port Phillip Council, Australia
2020 Art Climate & Activism, Node Center, Berlin, Germany
2019 Climate Leadership Program – Al Gore, Brisbane, Australia
2019 National Climate Emergency Summit, Melbourne, Australia
2016 Environmental Humanities, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
2015 Merging Public Art, Duke University, N.C, United States
2012 Masters of Fine Art (with distinction) Rmit, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Certificate IV in Training & Assessment for teaching, AEIT
2005 Honours - Monash Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Painting, VCA-Melbourne University
2002 Diploma of Visual Art - Painting, Victoria University, Melbourne
1983 Diplôme de Graphisme Design, ESAM, Paris, France
ARTIST RESIDENCIES:
2024 WG Art & Fashion Incubator, Wyndham, Victoria, Australia
2022 Testing Grounds, Victoria Market Emporium, Victoria, Australia
2020 Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Australia
2019 WAS, West Wood Centre, Washington DC, United States
NRCG, Ignite Studios, Ballina, NSW, Australia
2018 BOAA, Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
Red Dirt Studios, Washington DC, United States
Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2017 Art & Science, Culture at Work, Sydney, N.S.W. Australia
Arts Hub, Newstead, Central Victoria, Australia
2016 Can Serrat, Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
2015 Block Studios, YYS, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2014 Artsbox mcc, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2009 Summer Academy, Venice, Italy
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – Studio:
2024-Shakespeare Grove Artists Studios, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
2023 Billilla, Beckett Studio, Brighton, Victoria, Australia (1-year)
2021 Arroteia, Faro, Algarve, Portugal (5-months)
2020 Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia (3-months)
ART PRIZES finalist:
2024 The Yering Sculpture Prize, Yarra Valley, VIC
2023 The Yering Sculpture Prize, Yarra Valley, VIC
Sculpture Now, CSA, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, VIC
The Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award, Regional VIC
The Footscray Art Prize, Moreland, VIC
2022 Sculpture Now, CSA, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, VIC. Winner
2021 The Yering Sculpture Prize, Yarra Valley, Regional VIC
2019 The North Sydney Art Prize, Waverton, N.S.W.
2018 Acheron Sculpture Art Prize, Regional VIC. Honorable mention
2017 Burrinja Climate Change Art Prize, Upwey, Regional VIC
Greenway Art Prize, Sydney, N.S.W.
2016 The Scenic World Sculpture Prize, Katoomba, Regional N.S.W.
Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Lorne, Regional VIC.
2015 The Yering Sculpture Prize, Yarra Valley, Regional VIC.
Gertrude Street Projection Festival. Encouragement Award
The North Sydney Art Prize, Waverton, N.S.W.
2014 The Bayside Library Art Prize, Beaumaris, VIC.
The Wildlife Art @ Discovery, Canberra, A.C.T.
The Vortex Wearable Art Prize, Sydney, N.S.W.
2010 The Archangel Art Prize, St Michaels school, VIC
2009 The Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, QLD
The Archangel Art Prize, St Michaels, Melbourne
2006 The Needham Religious Art Prize, S.A.
2005 Pet Project Art Prize, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne, Winner
2004 The Needham Religious Art Prize, S.A. Commended
Golden Key Art Prize, 4cats Gallery, Melbourne
CURATORSHIP:
2020 COVID MASK ART PROJECT, Worldwide online project,
Insta: @covidmaskartproject
2019 PLANET or PLASTIC, Melbourne Zoo, National Geography,
summer exhibition, VIC
BLEACHED, ClimArte (Art +Climate = Change),
Alliance Française, St Kilda, VIC
ART IN PUBLIC SPACES, ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS:
2025 Flinders Festival, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
National Sustainability Festival, St Kilda, VIC
2024 Birrarung River Fest, Fracture Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Zero Waste Victoria Festival, Fed square, VIC
Melbourne Design Week, St Kilda, VIC
RE-Storying, Assembly Point, Southbank, VIC
Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2023 Drift Arts Festival, Point Nepean, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
2022 Metro Tunnel Art, Move it Move it, Franklin St, Melbourne, VIC
2021 Call of The Running Tide, Port Douglas, Regional QLD
2020 Green Screen Film Festival, online
2019 West Projections Festival, Melbourne, VIC
ClimArte 2019 Festival, Melbourne, VIC
Melbourne Fashion Festival, Fitzroy, VIC
2018 BOAA Featured artist BOAA Dark, Ballarat, Regional VIC
Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, VIC
Rethink, Trades Hall Ballarat, Regional VIC
Melbourne Fashion Festival, Fitzroy, VIC
2017 Rethink, Trades Hall Ballarat, Regional VIC
Bastille Day Festival, North Melbourne, VIC
Castlemaine State Festival, Regional VIC
French Film Festival, The Astor, St Kilda, VIC
Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2016 Immerse, Art centre, Knox City Council, VIC
Gertrude Street Projection Festival, Fitzroy, VIC
Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2015 Curio Artspace, MC2 Square, Manningham Council, VIC
The ARTrium, Bayside Corporate Centre, Sandringham, VIC
2014 Sustainable Living Festival, Melbourne, VIC
2013 Art Stage 2013, Art Fair, Pursuit revolving gallery, Singapore
2012 India Art Fair 2012, Pursuit revolving gallery, New Delhi, India
2007 Art Melbourne 07, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC
2006 Art Sydney 06, RHI & Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, N.S.W.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 BROKEN DREAMS, Estação Galleria, Fuseta, Portugal
2020 SILENT WITNESS, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VIC
2019 BLEACHED WHITE, Seddon - Collaboration with Gabrielle L. New
BLEACHED, Alliance Française, St Kilda, VIC for ClimArte
2018 PLASTIC TIDE, Yering Station, Yarra Valley, VIC
2017 ORGANIC PLASTIC, Arts Hub, Newstead, VIC
MICROBEPLASTICA, Culture at Work, Sydney, N.S.W.
GLACIER, Cube 37, Frankston, VIC
2016 ORGANIC PLASTIC, Unicorn Lane Gallery, Ballarat, VIC
WORA, Castlemaine, Regional VIC
2015 WHITE TRASH, The Gallery, St Kilda Town hall, Melbourne
ASSEMBLAGE OF THE PAST, WindowSpace, BEEAC, VIC
2014 MÊME FAMILLE, Ranfurlie Gallery, Korowa G.S, Melbourne
2013 MÊMOIRE DE VIE, Eildon Gallery, Alliance Française, Melbourne
REGURGITATE, The Library Artspace, 100 Barkly St, Melbourne
2012 FOUND & FORGOTTEN, First Site Gallery, RMIT Swan St, Melbourne
2009 I AM, Level 17 Artspace, V.U. Flinders St, Melbourne
2008 MNEMONICS, Nexus Modern Art Gallery, South Melbourne
2007 MUSING, Nexus Modern Art Gallery, South Melbourne
MNEMOSYNE, Kozminsky Art Gallery, Melbourne
2006 MINDFUL, Blue Door Gallery, Park St, South Melbourne
MINDLESS, Angela Robarts-Bird Gallery,South Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 National Sustainability Festival, St Kilda, VIC
2024 Melbourne Design Week, St Kilda, VIC
With Flying Colours, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, VIC
Plastic problems, Bayley Arts, Highett, VIC
Sculpture at Acheron, Acheron, Regional VIC
2023 Merri-Bek Summer show, Counihan Gallery, Merri-Bek, VIC
New Art, Linden gallery, St Kilda, VIC
INterior, YAVA gallery, Healsville, Regional VIC
Leftover Love: New Directions, Townsville Art Gallery, QLD
Falling from the Sky, Lux Gallery, The Cairns Institute, QLD
2022 Room to Reverse, Maroondah Art Gallery, Ringwood, VIC
INterior, YAVA gallery, Healsville, Regional VIC
Arnold Bloch Lieber, Melbourne, VIC
2021 Leftover Love, The Australian Tapestry Workshop,VIC
2019 AiR2018, The Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne,VIC
2018 Red Dirt Studios, Washington DC, USA
2017 Connections, Cube 37, Frankston, Regional VIC
Las Amigas, Harding St, Coburg, Melbourne, VIC
2016 CSA, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC
Bonanza Exhibitions, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne,VIC
2015 Rmit 700’s, Art Festival, Library, Swanston St, Melbourne,VIC
TrashLation, University Hall, Melbourne University,VIC
2014 Oh My Gaia, Sustainable Living Festival, St Kilda, VIC
2013 Supporters, D11 Gallery, Dockland, Melbourne,VIC
Creative SustAinability, St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne,VIC
2012 Brave New World, Toyota Sculpture Exhibition, VIC
Artland, City of Moreland, Brunswick, Melbourne,VIC
Rmit Graduation exhibition, Franklin St, Melbourne,VIC
In Between Details, Chapman & Bailey, Johnston St, Abbotsford, VIC
2011Dialogue, ESP Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Likeness, Portrait Exhibition, 69 Smith St Gallery, Melbourne,VIC
2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Window Frames, Melbourne,VIC
Plein Air Painting, VU foyer, City Campus, Melbourne,VIC
Connect 10, Acquisitive Prize, Level 17 Artspace, Melbourne,VIC
2009 Icons, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Crypt, Howard St, Melbourne,VIC
The Postcard Show 09, Linden Gallery, Melbourne,VIC
2008 Spring In the Park, Blue Door Gallery, Gasworks, Sth Melbourne,VIC
RE:connect Alumni 08, Victoria University Artspace, Melbourne,VIC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2025 Workshop for Adults & Children
2013-24 Art & Sustainability Workshop for children in State & Private schools
2012-19 Alumni Ambassador Victoria University
2007-12 Teaching, Visual Art, Victoria University, Melbourne
Advisory chair member Alumni visual art committee, Victoria University
2008-09 Artist talk, I AM exhibition & Life after VU, Victoria University, VIC
Launched VU Visual Art Alumni network (30 years of), Melbourne,VIC
2007 Assistant VU Gallery set up, Victoria University, Melbourne,VIC
2004-06 Editor, Six9ine Newsletter, 69 Smith St - Artist Run Initiative, Melbourne,VIC
Photoshoot at PSC
Image courtesy of PSC
Billilla Becket Studio
Image courtesy of Mark Ashkenasi