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career highlights                                                                                                                                                      

2021   Finalist SPS Portrait Prize Vic
​2021   Finalist Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition
​2020   Finalist SBS Portrait Prize Vic
2020   Group Exhibition Tacit Galleries Collingwood
2019   Solo Exhibition Tacit Galleries Collingwood Vic 
​2019   Finalist Gippsland Sculpture Exhibition
2018   Solo Exhibition 'Leaves of Grass' Tacit Galleries Collingwood
2018   Group Exhibition (Drawing) Tacit Galleries Collingwood
2018   Solo Exhibition 'Physique' Tacit galleries Collingwood
2017    Semi finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
2017    Finalist Yering Sculpture Award
2017    Finalist Nillumbik Art Award. Eltham Vic
2017    Finalist Gippsland Sculpture Prize
2017    Finalist Cambridge Portrait Prize Melbourne
2016    Finalist Kennedy Art Prize, Unley SA
2016    Finalist Nillumbik Art Award, Eltham ,Vic
​2016    Printmaking Workshop, Il Bisonte Studio, Florence, Italy
2016    'Awesome Achievers' National Portrait Gallery touring 2016-17
2016    'Cast Off' Exhibition Nyora Studio Gallery Eltham Vic
​2016    Finalist Cambridge Portrait Prize Melbourne
2015    Artist Residency at Nyora Studio Gallery Eltham Vic
2014    Selected Portrait Exhibition Australian Embassy Washington DC   
2014    Published 'Luminous Color'  Australian Pastel Artists Indah Pub
2013    Finalist Fleurieu Art Prize S.A
2013    Published 'The Artists' Book' Portrait Artists Australia
2013    Finalist 'Len Fox Painting Award' Castlemaine Regional Gallery Vic
2013    Selected 'Multicultural Australia' PAA Parliament House Sydney
2013    'The Seekers' National Portrait Gallery (Permanent Collection)
2012    Finalist A.M.E.Bale Art Prize Melbourne
2012    'Celebrating Innovators' PAA  Federal Parliament House Canberra
2012    Finalist 'The Mortimore Prize' touring N.S.W
2012    Finalist 'Black Swan Portrait Prize' Perth W.A.
2012    Selected S.H.Ervin 'Salon des Refuses' Sydney
2011    Finalist A.M.E. Bale Art Prize Melbourne
2011    'Detour' Group Exhibition by Fusion Six  Gallery 15 Melbourne
2011    'On Childhood' Group Exhibition Wishart Gallery Vic
2011    'All The World's a Stage' PAA Group Exhibition Melbourne
2011    Finalist ' Len Fox Award' Castlemaine Regional Gallery Vic
2011    Finalist 'Black Swan Portrait Prize' Perth W.A
2011    'The Face of Australia'  PAA Group Exhibition Sydney N.S.W
2011    Selected 'Hidden Faces of the Archibald' Melbourne Vic
2011    'Melba's Marvellous Melbourne' Group Exhibition Melbourne Vic
2010    'Best Pastel' Award St Kevin's Art Show
2010    Selected 'The Artist's Muse' PAA Exhibition Sydney N.S.W
2010    Selected 'Hidden Faces of the Archibald' Melbourne Vic
2010    Finalist 'Black Swan Portrait Prize'  Perth W.A.





2010   "Face Off' Group Exhibition Sydney
2010    'About Face' Group Exhibition Latrobe Regional Gallery
2009   Finalist 'Hidden Faces of the Archibald' Melbourne
2009   Finalist Mt Buller Art Prize
2009   Finalist Black Swan Portrait Prize WA
2009   Selected 'Hidden Faces of The Archibald' Melbourne
​2008   'About Face' Group Exhib Fusion Six Wangaratta Regional Gallery
2008   Finalist A.M.E. Bale Art Award Glen Eira City Gallery Melbourne
​2007    Published 'About Face' Book Weston Media
2007    Solo Exhibition 'Arlington' Melbourne
2007    Best in Show Award Pastel Society of Victoria
2007    First Prize 'Peoples' Choice' Hidden Faces Archibald' Melbourne
2007    Finalist The Mortimore Prize  N.S.W.
2007    Solo Exhibition 'Arlington' Melbourne Vic
2007    Finalist James Farrell Self Portrait Castlemaine Regional Gallery Vic
2007    Selected 'Hidden Faces of the Archibald' Melbourne Vic
2007    'About Face' Fusion Six Glen Eira City Gallery Melbourne Vic
2006    Selected  S.H.Ervin 'Salon des Refuses' Sydney
2006    Solo Exhibition,Jenny Pihan Fine Art
2006    First Prize Pastel Heidelberg Heritage Award  Vic
2006    Selected 'Hidden Faces of the Archibald' Melbourne
2006    Signatory Member Victorian Artists' Society
2006    Finalist 'Victorian Artist of the Year' Melbourne
2006    Finalist AGRA 'Art Excellence' Melbourne
2005    David Sumner Gallery group exhibition Adelaide
2005    Finalist Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize Bega NSW
2004    Terry Collins Award AGRA Vic
2003    Best Portrait Award Pastel Society Vic
2003    Art Cards Series 2 Art Publishing Australia
2003    Solo Exhibition AGRA Galleries Camberwell Vic
2003    Solo Exhibition Jenny Pihan Fine Art Frankston Vic
2003    Finalist 'Artist of the Year Exhibition' VAS Galleries
2003    Finalist A.M.E. Bale Art Award Melbourne Vic
2002    Solo Exhibition 'Boathouse' Gallery Frankston Vic
2001    Finalist A.M.E. Bale Travel Grant Melbourne
2000    Ming McKay Award Pastel Society Vic
2000    Solo Exhibition 'Boathouse' Gallery
1999    Solo Exhibition Sandstone Galleries Tawonga Vic
1998    'Australian in New York' Exhibition New York
1997    Warrnambool Regional Gallery Exhibition
1996    Solo Exhibition 'Spectrum Gallery' Balwyn Vic