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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 at Spiral Gallery, Tokyo
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