ARTIST CV
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
1983 - 1985 Bachelor of Visual Art. City Art Institute (UNSW)
1986 Post Graduate Degree. City Art Institute (UNSW)
1985 - 2010 Co-founder, Director and Designer, Dinosaur Designs
2010 Co-founder, Supercyclers
2015 Founder, Superlocalstudio
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Curator. Good Natured. Australian Design Centre, Sydney
Curator. Natural Wonder. Powerhouse x Vivid Ideas, Sydney
2022
Artist. Biennale of Sydney
Artist. Shareholder Fantasy. NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
2021
Artist. Community. Alt Material Collective. NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
2020
Artist. Rise & Shine. Superlocalstudio, Sydney
Artist. Design Isolate. Australian Design Centre, Sydney
Artist. The Vase and Flower Show. Sydney
Artist. Ingenuity. Alt Material Collective. NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
Artist. Life & Death. Friends & Associates. NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
Artist. Ductility. Alt Material Collective, NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
2019
Artist. Welcome to Wasteland. Friends & Associates. Nishi Gallery, Canberra
Artist. 4A A4. 4a Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney
Artist. Art for the Wilderness. Queen Street Gallery, Sydney
Artist. The Neck. Bridget Kennedy Project Space, Sydney
Artist. Elasticity. Alt Material Collective, NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
Artist. Welcome to Wasteland. Friends & Associates. NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
2018
Artist. For Gardening. Mr Kitly, Melbourne
Artist. Inside. Outside. Upsidedown. Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney
Artist. Plasticity. Alt Material Collective, NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
Curator. Good Natured. Superlocalstudio, Sydney
2017
Artist. Ceramic Revisions. Mayspace, Sydney
Co-curator. Designing Bright Futures. Australian Design Centre, Sydney
Artist. Rainbow’s End. Hotel Hotel, Canberra
Artist. Friends and Associates. 26 Original Fakes. NGV Melbourne Design, Melbourne
2016
Artist. Sweet Nature. Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney
Artist. At Home. Old Government House, Sydney
Artist. At The Junction of Two Rivers, Wellington
Artist. Sweet Nature. Sydney Design, Superlocalstudio
Curator. Sweet Nature. Sydney Design, Superlocalstudio
2015
Artist. Happyness. Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Artist. 1-OK Club, NGV Design, Melbourne
Artist. Shelfie. Annette Larkin Fine Art, Sydney
2014
Artist. Redfern Biennale, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Curator. Compassionate Voices, Koskela, Sydney
2013
Artist. Eternity, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Artist. Interpretations IIII, Object Gallery, Sydney
Artist. Creative Cities Project, Taiwan
Curator. Lucky, Here and Now, Carriageworks, Sydney
Curator. Totes, Here and Now, Carriageworks, Sydney
2012
Artist. Five Bells, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Curator. Useful, Here and Now, Carriageworks, Sydney
2011
Co-founder/ Curator. Happy Talk House, Sydney
Artist. Interpretations III, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
Artist. Anachronism Gardenism, Sydney
2010
Artist. Sydney Statues Project, Sydney
Artist. Pop Up Alphabet Co Op, Object Gallery, Sydney
Artist. Designer Sushi, Metalab Gallery, Sydney
Artist. We Craft This City, KnittyGrittyLoopy, Object Gallery, Sydney
Artist. KnittyGrittyLoopy, Sydney Design
SUPERCYCLERS
2014
The Other Hemisphere, Ventura Lambrate, Milan
The Other Hemisphere, 19 Greek Street Gallery, London
2013
Yours To Care For, 19 Greek Street Gallery, London
PLA.I, Ideas in Plastic, Livorno
Domestic Renewal, Craft ACT & Craft Victoria
2012
SOS, Ventura Lambrate, Milan
2011
Plastic Fantastic, Ventura Lambrate, Milan
DIY/T, Brussels
Elle Eco D’hotel, Amsterdam
DINOSAUR DESIGNS
2008
Leading Lights, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living, La Triennale di Milano Design Museum
2007
Smartworks, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living, Object Gallery
2006
Freestyle: New Australian Design for Living, Melbourne Museum
2005
Dinosaur Designs Survey exhibition toured to National Museum, Taipei & Art House, Singapore
2004
Dinosaur Designs Survey exhibition toured to Cairns Regional Gallery & Gallery of Art & Design, Bangkok
2003
Dinosaur Designs Survey exhibition toured to Melbourne Museum, Craftwest, Perth, & Craft Queensland
2002
Major Dinosaur Designs survey exhibition at Object Gallery as part of Sydney Festival
Objects of Desire, Object Gallery
2001
Design House, Felissimo, New York
Ecologic, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Cloning Craft, Craft Victoria
2000
Bejewelled, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne & Geelong Regional Art Gallery, Geelong
1999
Accessory, Gallery 4A, Sydney
4 + 1, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
1998
Personal Effects/The Collective Unconscious, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1997
Cloning Craft, Craft Victoria
1992
Local Heroes, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
1989
Australian Fashion: The Contemporary Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The exhibition then toured to Japan, South Korea & Australia