EDUCATION

Monash University, Melbourne – Master of Fine Arts, Fine Art, March 2010 – November 2012
Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne – PGDVA, Fine Art, February 2009 – November 2010
Institute Of Education, London – P.G.C.E. in Art and Design, June 2007.
University College London (Slade school of Fine Art) – B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art, September 2002 – June 2006
with exchange programme to New York Studio School.
Central St Martins College Of Art and Design, London – September 2001 – June 2002

ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE

Substance, Guilford Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Curator and Exhibitor, 8^th – 18^th July 2010

Sustainable Living Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne
Exhibitor, 18th – 21st Feburary 2010

Sum, PGDVA Group Exhibition, VCA Gallery, Melbourne
Curator and Exhibitor March 2009

ConsumeCreate, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
Curator and Exhibitor October 2008

Flower Show, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
Exhibitor, August 2008

Amalgamation, Ada Street Gallery, London, E1, UK
Curator and Exhibitor, November 2007

Graduation Show, Institute of Education, London, UK
Exhibitor, June 2007

I and Me, Studio Voltaire gallery, SW1, UK
Educator and Exhibitor, May 2007

This Success or This Failure, Tino Sehgal show, Institute of contemporary Arts, SW1, UK
Educational Assistant, January – March 2007

Degree Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Collaborative Curator and Exhibitor, July 2006

Collaborative Pencil, Woburn Square research Space, London, UK
Collaborative Exhibitor, March 2006

Winter Show, Woburn Square research Space, London, UK
Collaborative Exhibitor, December 2005

9×9, Malta
Curator and exhibitor, November 2005

Whitechapel Evenings, Day of Damaged Goods, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Exhibitor, November 2005

Artissa, Birgu, Malta
Exhibitor, March and November 2005

Seminar Pencil, Slade Research space, London, UK
Collaborative Exhibitor, February 2005

Cloke & Wright, 8th West 8th Street, New York, USA
Curator and Exhibitor, December 2004

Wybmadity, Ramsey Gallery, Charlotte Street, London, W1, UK
Curator and Exhibitor, November 2003

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

RHL, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
Personal Assistant, August 2008 to February 2009
• Personal assistant to the Director of a small, automated fan making company. Was made responsible for photography and design of the newest edition of completed works portfolio, using Photoshop and CAD.

Highlands School, Worlds End Lane, Enfield, UK
Teacher, 2007 to 2008
• Teaching all secondary school ages, including the International Baccalaureate and BTEC students.

Tino Sehgal show, Institute of contemporary Arts, London, SW1, UK
Educational Assistant, January to March 2007
• Using the Artists ideas for the Gallery space, created games and art workshops for the primary school children.

PGCE Training at Kingsbury High School, London, NW9 and Walthamstow School for Girls, London, E17, UK
Beginning Teacher, 2006 to 2007
• Placed in a school in Brent, fifth largest secondary school in the UK. Teaching students ranged from 11 to 18yrs, with both high and low capability classes. Second placement being in a single sex school, with highly motivated students.

Islington Arts and Media School, Turle Rd, London, N4, UK
Teaching Assistant, September 2005 to January 2006
• Helping students ranging in ages and abilities, in a school of varying cultures languages and disciplinary problems. Involved as a part of the UCL volunteering scheme.

Slade Summer School, University College London, WC1, UK
Teaching Assistant, June to September 2005 and June to September 2006
• Part of teaching staff helping students in a wide range of age and ability. Available in an advisory capacity and for technical support for materials and ideas.

New York Studio School, 8 West 8th Street, New York, USA
Assistant, 2004
• Organised models, and employed to set up for weekly lecture series. Also involved with yearly Gala Ball.

‘Une Nostra Impossible’, Birgu, Malta
Assistant, 2004
• Assisted the Director on a daily basis, working for a museum showing full size reproductions of Caravaggios. Through helping create and set up a lecture series for world authorities on Caravaggio, annotating and collating the slide series for John Spike, Sir Denis Mahon, John Gash, Catherine Puglisi and Mina Gregori.

Curwen and Business Arts Gallery, Windmill St, London, W1, UK
Personal assistant, 2004
• Responsible for the gallery on the weekends, when owners could not run both galleries simultaneously.
• Helped private view preparation, promotion and hanging, learning the logistics of running a gallery space.

Saatchi and Saatchi, Charlotte St, London, W1, UK
Working as a ‘Creative’, November 2004
• Was given a live brief to produce a campaign to promote the sale of a new broadband product, organised the layout.
• Took part in a D&AD competition. Researched, developed ideas to inform creative flow.

ACTIVITIES

Monash University Art and Design HDR Committee, Organizer and Chairman, 2010
• I initiated a council for post-graduate students within the arts and design department in order to establish an outlet for student voice.

9×9, Organizer,
• I structured a nine day residency programme in Malta for nine artists, aiming to cross cultural barriers and find common ground through artistic practice. Culminating in a show providing a venue for performance and video as well as painting and sculpture.

This is Art, Editor,
• I created a hand printed Fanzine to publicise the work of art students in London.
• Organized the conception of a new and individual product, applied for funding from the university, found the right mix of personnel to interact within order that they bring their own ideas and specializations.

Central St Martins and Slade Council, representative, 2001 to 2002 and 2005 to 2006
• Participated in meetings regarding the organization of the course.
• Oversaw and helped produce the final year show, organizing the painting studio, from painting the floors to hanging the work.

Central St Martins summer course, 1999
• Was funded by a scholarship given to a student of Mill Hill Boys School that year, so that I could research my art further.

Martlet Magazine, illustrator, 1998-2000