Education
2000 Bachelor of Art, Visual Art with Honours, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra
1999 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago USA (1 semester)
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Two-person exhibition with Adam John Cullen, Neon Parc Brunswick, Melbourne
2014 Mountain Paintings, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2011 In the woods, Neon Parc, Melbourne
Talking to strangers, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
2008 Love and babies OR Landscape of the Planet Tralfamadore, Studio 12 Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
(The Emerging Artist Exhibition) Colin Biggers and Paisley, Sydney
Twelve Disasters, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2006 Cave Painting, GrantPirrie, Sydney
Dark shiny, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2004 Love letter, Mir 11, Melbourne
2003 All my days, tcb art.inc, Melbourne
2002 How come U don't call me any more?, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka, Canberra
Commissions
2016 Bendigo Hospital entrance wall
2014 Veronika Maine Summer 2014 campaign
2013 Atlantis apartments, Port Melbourne
2010 Crown Metropol Hotel, Melbourne
2009 Crown Melco “City of Dreams”, Macau.
Group Exhibitions
2018 Melbourne Art Fair
2014 Benglis 73/74, Neon Parc, Melbourne
Spring 1883, Neon Parc at Windsor Hotel
Abstract, Benalla Art Gallery, VIC
2013 Art & Australia Collection, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Gymea, NSW
Sydney Art Fair, Neon Parc
But mostly air, Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra
Like Mike, Neon Parc, Melbourne
Vibrant Matter, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, Victoria
Sculpture Party, C3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2012 Contemporary Australia: Women, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
2011 Global Backyard, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Victoria
Erotographomania, CAST, Hobart
New Psychedelia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Neon Parc, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2010 This way up, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra
2008 Gertrude Studios 2008, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair 2008, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award, ABN AMRO, Sydney
Fletcher Jones Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong
An Ever-Expanding Universe, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA),
2007 Studio Artists Exhibition, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
The Shining Path, Carlton Hotel, Melbourne
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
2006 One god, no masters, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Uncanny Nature, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Kids Stay Free, Neon Parc, Melbourne
Picture this, ANU School of Art Gallery, Canberra,
2005 A portable model of…, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria
Double-spacing, Dudespace, Melbourne
re/thinking, BUS Gallery, Melbourne
Are we there yet?… Phatspace, Sydney
What if, Wedding Circle, Sydney
Process Cave, KingsARI , Melbourne
A portable model of…, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2004 Address Book, BUS Gallery, Melbourne
Mixed Business, Seventh, Melbourne
2003 If U were mine…, GalleryWren, Sydney; Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka; and Linden - St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne
2002 Snap, ANU School of Art Gallery
Masters of the Universe, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Manuka
2001 The Proposal: a survey of ideas, Canberra Contemporary Art Space Cube
2000 2000, ANU School of Art Gallery
1999 Festival of Contemporary Arts – Red Night at Heaven, Heaven Niteclub, ACT
1997 Salon de garage, residential garage, Canberra
Grants & Awards
2012 Australia Council for the Arts Skills and Development grant
2010 ArtsVIC Arts Development funding
2008 RIPE: Art & Australia/ANZ Private Bank Contemporary Art Award 2007 Australia Council for the Arts, Studio Residency, Tokyo
2006 Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces Studio Residency 2007-2009
2002 ArtsACT project funding
2000 Independent Competitions Group EASS Loan Acquisition Award
1998 IOF Westend travelling scholarship
Publications
Melissa Loughnan, Australiana to Zeitgeist: An A-Z of Australian Contemporary Art, 2016
Shanley Cleeland, Abstract catalogue, Benalla Art Gallery, Victoria, 2014
Interview by Maura Edmonds, PRIMER online magazine, Feb 2014
Kezia Geddes, short essay to accompany Mountain Painting exhibition at Neon Parc, 2013 (download pdf)
Jason Smith, But mostly air catalogue, 2013
Like Mike catalogue, 2013
Anthony Fitzpatrick, Tarrawarra Vibrant Matter catalogue, 2013
Leanne Amodeo, “Art class”, (Inside) Interior Design Review, No.73, Sept/Oct 2012, pp.44-45
Sebastian Moody, “Psychedelia now”, Art & Australia, Vol.49, No.4, pp. 614-623, 2012
Donna Holmes, “Setting the paint free”, Contemporary Australia: Women catalogue, pp.124-127., 2012
Fiona West, Global Backyard catalogue, published by Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, 2011
Annemarie Kiely, “Analyse this”, Vogue Living, Nov/Dec 2011, pp.81-82
Dan Rule, In the Woods review, The Age, 2011
Linda Short, Talking to Strangers catalogue, published by Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2011
New Psychedelia catalogue, published by The University of Queensland Art Museum, 2011
Interview by Lucy Feagins, The Design Files: 17 June 2011
Sarah Jones, Erotographomania catalogue, published by Contemporary Art Services Tasmania (CAST), 2011
UNFOLD: Inside the Arts in Victoria, online video commissioned by ArtsVictoria, 2011
Kim Brockett, Studio visit: Philip Stokes Studio Glass, clog: Craft Victoria's blog, 7 June 2011
http://craft-victoria.blogspot.com/2011/06/studio-visit-philip-stokes-studio-glass.html, 2011
Shirvonne Sasman, Fjorde Magazine Winter 2011 pp.96-97 (download pdf)
TTT Lands album cover imagery, 2010
Dominique Hecq, Out of Bounds book cover imagery, 2009
M. Williams, Art & Australia magazine: Vol 46 No 4 Winter 2009 (download pdf)
Gertrude Studios 2008 catalogue, 2008
Holly-Mae Emerson, Investigating the nature of our ever expanding universe, Art Monthly #215, November 2008
Judith McGrath, An Ever Expanding Universe, Art Gallery Guide Australia, - Exhibition preview, July/August 2008, p.18-19
Ric Spencer, An eloquent stillness, The West Australian, 27 June 2008, p.7
Pip Christmass, Sky’s the limit for diversity, The West Australian, 11 June 2008, p.7
Z. Lyon, Colin Biggers & Paisley lend a hand to Australian artist, Lawyers Weekly.com.au, 2008
ABN AMRO Emerging Artist Award catalogue, 2008
Clarissa Chikiamco, ‘Into the Fourth Dimension’, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces and Art & Australia Emerging Writers Program publication #13, 2008
Melissa Keys, An Ever-Expanding Universe catalogue, published by Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), 2008
ABC Television Sunday Arts, Artist’s Profile, Sunday 9 March 2008
2007 L. Elliot, Gertrude Studios 2007, MCV online review: http://mcv.ep.net.au/reviews-exhibition/gertrude-studios-2007-3.html
E. Colless, ‘Smart art’, Australian Art Collector, No.41, July-Sept 2007
’50 most collectable artists’, Australian Art Collector, No.39, Jan 2007
Ashley Crawford, Uncanny Nature review, Eyeline, No. 62, 2006/07
Alex Taylor, Dark, shiny review, Eyeline, No. 62, 2006/07
Linda Short, The instant of love, text to accompany Dark, shiny exhibition at Neon Parc, 2006
Mark Amery, ‘Hothouse flowers’, one god, no masters review, The Dominion Post, 27 Oct 2006
Rebecca Coates, Uncanny Nature catalogue, published by Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), 2006
Ashley Crawford, Uncanny Nature review, The Sunday Age Preview, 3 September 2006
Ruth Waller, picture this pamphlet and catalogue, published by The Australian National University School of Art, 2006
Christine Bradburn and Alicia Ritson, Are we there yet?…, catalogue, 2005
Jo Higgins, State of the Arts (www.stateart.com.au), May 2005
Geoff Newton, un Magazine, Issue 3, Autumn 2005
Tristian Koenig, A portable model of…, catalogue, 2005
Madeline Kidd, ‘Finishing School’, Natural Selection (www.naturalselection.org.nz), Issue 3, 2005
Alex Taylor, 'Tapping the drip: Noel Skrzypczak and Guy Benfield', Eyeline, No.56, Summer 2004/2005
2004 Penelope Webb, 'Playing marbles,' The Age, 26 November 2004
Craig Easton, ‘What sort of business do you think you’re running here?’, Mixed Business, catalogue, 2004
Chris Chapman, Eyeline, No.53, 2003/2004
2003 Russell Smith, Muse, November 2003
Ian Warden, 'Dogs' days glow in hallucinogenic colour,' The Canberra Times, 21 October 2003
Patricia Anderson, 'Natural Memento Mori,’ The Weekend Australian, 6-7 September 2003
Magdalene Keaney, If U were mine…, catalogue, 2003
Ruth Waller, SNAP, catalogue, published by The Australian National University School of Art, 2002