Professional Highlights | Artist | Facilitator | Curator |
| Education and Training |
2007 – 2004 Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama)
2003 Griffith University, Bachelor of Arts (Applied Theatre)
| Group Exhibitions |
2019 Soldier Crab. Mixed Media. Brisbane Institute of Art. Windsor, Australia
2017 Madness=Reason, The Mourning II. Installation. Brisbane Mental Health Expo. Reddacliff Place, Brisbane, Australia.
2016 Unleashing Freedom.Graphite on paper. 2016 MIFQ’S Art Exhibition.King George Square, Brisbane, Australia.
2015 Unleashing Freedom Series. Graphite on paper x 3.Shine 2015: WOW, Art Exhibition.Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Madness=Reason, The Mourning II. Installation and media art. 2015 MIFQ’s Art Exhibition. King George Square, Brisbane, Australia.
Human Piñata. Live Art and Costume. Altogether: Celebrating International Day of People with Disability. State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia
2013 Delusionary. Media Art.TheMHS Conference. Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
2012 Human Piñata.Live Art. FETTERFIELD: Singapore Performance Art Festival. Chinatown, Singapore.
BANG. Live Art. S.P.A.M. (Singapore Performance Art Meeting). The Substation, Singapore. Collaboration with Ezzam Rahman.
2010 box-box-box.Live Art and Installation. ‘Shoot’ Art Party – 4C Arts Collective. The Alley, Brisbane, Australia.
2009 Madness=Reason, The Mourning. Installation and media art. Artist Citizen. Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia.
2008 Mau Lagi. Live Art. Exist in 08: International Live Art Festival. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.
Madness=Reason. Live Art and Installation media art. Exist in 08: International Live Art Festival. Shopfront, Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, Australia.
Mau Lagi. Live Art. Audiopollen. The Forest, Brisbane, Australia.
Confining Peace. Live Art. Arts Intersection Symposium. Griffith University, Logan, Australia.
2007 Accountability. Live Art. FETTERFIELD: Singapore Performance Art Festival. Tekka Mall, Singapore. Throwing Stones Collective.
Accountability II. Live Art. Once Only – Improbable Futures. Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia. Collaboration with Alicia Jones.
Accountability. Live Art. Chambers. Judith Wright Centre, Brisbane, Australia. Indigenous Consultant: Christine Peacock and Mary Graham.
| Solo Exhibitions |
2009 Mau Lagi.Live Art. Performance & Sharing. LostGens’ Contemporary Art Space, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
| Residencies |
2010 Earthy Water Project (Artist/Facilitator/Curator). Performance, Installation, Media Art and Music. Macleay Island State School. Macleay Island, Australia.
2008 Knowledge of Light (Artist & Facilitator). Performance and Installation. Jatiwangi Arts Festival 08, Jatisura, Java, Indonesia.
2007 Con/De/Struct (Artist & Facilitator) (Student Artist in Residence). Performance, Installation and Sound Art. School Holiday Program.State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia. Indigenous Consultant: Christine Peacock.
| Facilitator |
*see residencies
Currently – 2003 Art Workshops, Mental Health Community (Private and Group), Brisbane, Australia.
2019 Transmedia Story Telling, Brisbane Square Library, Australia.
2015 IYAP: Unleash Your Potential, headspace Nundah, Australia.
2015 Doors Arts Exhibition: headspace UPlate. headspace Nundah, Australia.
| Curation |
2015 IYAP: Unleash Your Potential Digital Exhibition, CYRC’s Prevention of Violence Against Children Symposium. QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane, Australia. Co-curation with Dr Karleen Gwinner.
2015 IYAP: Unleash Your Potential, headspace Nundah, Australia.
2015 Come Meet Me. Ruby Valks. Juggler’s Art Space, in partnership with headspace. Brisbane, Australia.
2015 Doors Arts Exhibition: headspace UPlate. headspace Nundah, Australia.
| Publication |
2014 Insider Comes Out: an artist’s inquiry about the relationship between art and mental health
Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice.
Co-Authored Dr Karleen Gwinner (DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2014.897959)
2010 Welcome to the Family
Solo Exhibition of M. Lugas Syllabus, Indonesia.
| Speaking Engagements and Conferences |
2019 Transmedia Storytelling, Brisbane Mental Health Expo, Brisbane Square Library, Australia.
2017 The Art of Healing: an arts and health panel, Brisbane Mental Health Expo, Brisbane Square Library, Brisbane QLD, Australia.
2013 Independent Artist’s Survival Guide, Women in the Creative Industries High Tea, QUT Creative Industries Alumni, Brisbane QLD, Australia.
2012 Insider Comes Out, GCCR’s Creative Communities 3 Conference. Gold Coast QLD, Australia. (see publications)
Artist Talk, S.P.A.M (Singapore Performance Art Meeting), The Substation, Singapore.
2009 Artist Talk, Performance & Sharing. LostGens’ Contemporary Art Space, Taman Seputeh KL, Malaysia.
Artist Talk, Madness = Reason. Artist Citizen. Speakout, Brisbane, Australia.
| Professional Development |
2019 Painting 1, Debra Cavallaro, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor.
2019 Creative Coaching, Margi Brown Ash, Pullenvale.
2017 Circus Essentials, Vulcana Women’s Circus, Anna Yen, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane.
2013 Responsive Performance Practice Workshop, Leisa Shelton, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2010 Flendenkrais Performance Workshops, Playmoves, Anna Yen, Metro Arts, Brisbane.
2006 The Art of Celebration, Neil Cameron, Griffith University, Gold Coast.
Festival of Voices – Celebratory and Ritual, Events and Theatre, Neil Cameron and John Bolton, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart.
| Awards |
2015 Australia Council of the Arts, Community Arts and Cultural Development ($23,000)
2013 Access Arts Inc., SAFE Fund ($1,000)
2012 Arts Queensland, Individuals, Career Development Fund ($5,000)
2010 Arts Queensland & Education Queensland, Artist in Residence ($22,000)
| Professional Details |
Currently – 2017 National Association for the Visual Arts
Premium Plus Membership
Current Positive Notice Blue Card
Card Number: 73466/5
Expiry Date: 20th September 2020