ARTIST'S
STATEMENT
In my recent work I am interested in mixing the Australian landscape
with an Asian influence along with a contemporary abstract Western
sensibility, preferring to paint in a restrictive palette. What I am
hoping to achieve is a sense of calmness, a meditative experience.
CURRICULUM
VITAE
Born in Normandy, France, I have been living in Australia for 28
years. In France, I attended l’École des Beaux Arts, wanting to be
a painter. I later fell in love with photography, learned the craft
and worked as a freelance photographer in diverse jobs. One of these
was working in the Audio Visual Department of Elf Aquitaine Paris,
covering Formula 1 Grand Prix and racing cars all around Europe.
Soon after arriving in Sydney in 1981, I went back to my first love,
painting. I completed a BA in Visual Arts at UWS Nepean in 1994 and
have since then been a full-time practising artist, exhibiting in
both solo and group shows.
Selected Professional
Experience1995– Full-time artist, Blue
Mountains, Australia
1992–94 Full-time student—BA
(Visual Arts)—UWS Nepean, Penrith
1989–91 Full-time artist,
studio work, Blue Mountains, Australia
1987–88 Full-time assistant
graphic designer (Communications Section): Royal Botanic
Gardens, Sydney
1986 Freelance artist /
photographer (Communications Section): Royal Botanic
Gardens, Sydney
1977–81 Full-time photographer
(Audiovisual Dept): Elf Aquitaine, Paris, France
1969–70 Attended Ecole des
Beaux-Arts, Caën, France
Selected Art Awards
| 2008 |
Winner of the
Winter Open Prize Blackheath Art Society, Blue
Mountains
—Judged by Richard Perram, Director Bathurst Regional Art
Gallery
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery & Community
Centre |
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2007 |
Highly Commended, Bent
Art, Katoomba Civic Centre, Blue Mountains
—Judged by John Kirkman, Director Penrith Regional Gallery
Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery & Community
Centre
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2004 |
42nd Fisher’s Ghost Art
Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery,
Sydney |
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2003
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41st Fisher’s
Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art
Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002
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40th Fisher’s
Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art
Gallery, Sydney
Willoughby City Art Prize, Willoughby Civic Centre,
Sydney
Muswellbrook Art Prize, Muswellbrook Shire Council
Norvill Art Prize, Salon des Refusés, Murrurundi
District Arts Council |
| 2001 |
Redland Westpac Art
Prize, Mosman Art Gallery & Community Centre
Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill City Art Gallery |
| 2000 |
Fisher’s Ghost Art
Award (Contemporary)—-Highly commended, and
Circus Solarus Encouragement Award,
—Judged by Annette Larkin, Head of Contemporary Art at
Christie’s |
| 1999 |
The 30th Alice Prize
Art Award, The Araluen Centre, Alice Springs |
Selected Individual
Exhibitions
2004 I Turn Myself to Stone,
Gallery Lane, Leura
2002 Symbolic Nature,
Gallery Lane, Leura
1999 In Situ, Sydney
Fringe Festival, Global Gallery, Paddington
1998 Iconic Land(e)scapes,
Oz Artspace, Katoomba
Panels in the Van, Herringbone Gallery, Surry Hills
1997 Celestial and Human
Spheres, Hughenden Hotel, Woollahra
1996 Atmosphere in the
Southern Hemisphere, Echoes Guesthouse, Katoomba
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Sublime Elevation 2,
Bmac, Newington Armory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park
2007 Landscape to Mindscape,
Bmac, The Fountaine Court Parliament House, Sydney
Sublime Elevation 1, Bmac, Newington Armory Gallery,
Sydney Olympic Park
2006 Land Out of Time,
Cowra Regional Art Gallery
Test of Nougat, Sydney Town Art Gallery, Sydney
2005 Land Out of Time,
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD
Land Out of Time, Griffith Regional Art Gallery,NSW
2004 Annual Member’s
Exhibition, Asia-Australia Arts Centre A4 Gallery,
Sydney
Land Out of Time, Penrith Regional Gallery NSW
Beaux Arts Ball, The Northcott Group, Sheraton On The
Park Hotel, Sydney
2003 Annual Member’s
Exhibition, Asia-Austrelia Arts Centre A4 Gallery,
Sydney
Beaux Arts Ball, The Northcott Group, Sheraton On The
Park Hotel, Sydney
2001 Art With Wings,
Qantas Chairman’s Lounge, Sydney Airport
PCL Exhibitionists Gallery, Sydney
2000 An Australian Show,
New Century Artists, New York City, USA
The Guild Goes West, Bathurst Regional Gallery
1999 Simply … Beautiful,
Qantas Chairman’s Lounge, Sydney Airport
Beyond Words, Qantas Chairman’s Lounge, Sydney
Airport
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