Solo Exhibitions
2008 Recent Paintings, Gallery 101, Melbourne
2006 Salon Show, North Studio Exhibition, Melbourne
2004 Clouds and Shadows, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Hommage to the Infinite, Stonnington Stables Museum of Art, Deakin University, Melbourne
2003 Willard Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
2001 Happiness, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Recent Works, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2000 Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997 Paintings, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide
1996 Paintings, X Vector, Adelaide
1994 Paintings, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Paintings, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
1990 New York Drawings, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1986 Gerstman Abdullah Fine Arts International, Germany
Gerstman Abdullah Fine Arts International, Melbourne
1984 Stuart Gerstman Gallery, Melbourne
1983 Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne
1979 Harrington Gallery, Hobart
Oz Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions
2009 Spectral Bequest, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2008 Drought, Artist Book, Melbourne Writer’s Festival, Federation Square, In collaboration with poet Kevin Brophy
2007 Warrnambool Art Gallery, 25 year collection
Group Exhibition, Big Sky Print Workshop
2006 R & M McGivern Art Prize, Invitation Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Victoria
Compact Prints, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Queensland
Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Queensland
Impressions, Limited Edition Prints, Australian Print Workshop
2005 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne Exhibitions Buildings
Group Exhibition, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
2004 Swan Hill Drawing Prize, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Victoria
Fantastic and Visionary Art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
2003 HEAT, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Queensland
Modern Portraits, Ord Minnett, Melbourne
Abstractions & Reactions, Alexander McCulloch Art & the Ryder-Cheshire Foundation, Gardner Contemporary Art Gallery, Hawthorn
2002 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
2001 Close to Home, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
10th Annual Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St. Kilda
2000–03 We Are Australian, Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide; Volvo Gallery, Sydney; Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, ACT; United Nations 3rd Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa; The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; State Library of Queensland , Brisbane; The Immigration Museum, Melbourne
2000 Group Exhibition #2, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
Melbourne Artfair 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1999 Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne and Sydney
Chair Paintings, Childrens Cancer Trust, Sydney
We Are Australians, George Adams Gallery, Arts Centre, Melbourne
Conrad Jupiter Invitation Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Queensland
1998 Magic Realism, Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997 Alice Invitation Prize, Alice Springs Art Foundation, NT
Mint Condition--Unhinged 3, Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Victoria
Drawing Prize, Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery, Victoria
John McCaughey Memorial Invitation Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1996 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA
Travelling to: West Bend Art Museum, Rahr West Art Museum and Bergstrom Mahler Museum, Wisconsin, USA
1995 Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
Out of the Void, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Locus Momentum, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
1994 Remember--An Installation, Temple Studio, Melbourne
Contemporary Figuration, Lauraine Diggins, Melbourne
Small Photographs, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
1993 Pacific Rim International Exhibition, Hawaii University, Hawaii, USA
On The Other Hand, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Alice Springs Invitation Prize, Alice Springs, NT
Vitae--An Installation Publication #7, Part of the 5th Triennial, R.M.I.T., Melbourne
1992 St.Kilda Festival, Postcard Exhibition, Melbourne
Wildlife Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
20th Anniversary Henri Worland Prize, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
The Alice Springs Art Prize, Alice Springs, NT
1991 The Approaching fin de siecle, Print Council of Australia 25th Anniversary, travelling Australia
St.Kilda Scapes, Work from Collection, St.Kilda Council, Victoria
One, Niagara Gallery, Melbourne
Microcosm, Gary Anderson Gallery, Sydney
Small Works--Wide Vision, Downlands Art Toowoomba, Queensland
1989 Recent Work, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Meta-Portraits, Baxland Gallery, Melbourne
BP Art Award, Melbourne 
Women’s Art Register Auction, Melbourne
Realities, Group Artists, Melbourne
1988 The National Women’s Art Award, Queensland
Recent Drawings, Gerstman Abdullah Fine Art, Melbourne
1987 Directors' Choice, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1986 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1984 8th British International Print Biennale
Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
McLelland Gallery, Victorian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Other People, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
The Nude, Gerstman Abdullah Fine Art, Melbourne
Retrospective, Gerstman Abdullah Fine Art, Melbourne
Henri Worland Acquisition Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Diamond Valley Acquisition Award, Victoria
1983 Diamond Valley Acquisition Award, Victoria
Women in Prints, Melbourne University, Victoria
St.Kilda Festival, Melbourne
Henri Worland Acquisition Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
1981 Freemantle Print Award Exhibition, Freemantle, WA
1980 Henri Worland Acquisition Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
St.Kilda Festival, Melbourne
1979 Henri Worland Acquisition Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
1978 Henri Worland Acquisition Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery
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Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Print Council of Australia Inc., Melbourne
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Cambelltown City Art Gallery, NSW
Freemantle Arts Centre, WA
Gladstone Art Gallery, Queensland
Geelong Art Gallery, Victoria
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Deakin University Art Collection, Victoria
La Trobe University Art Collection, Victoria
University of Hobart, Tasmania
Queensland University Student Union, Brisbane
ACTU Collection, Melbourne
Canson Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne
Western Mining Collection, Melbourne
Dickson College, Melbourne
Geelong Grammar, Victoria
Mentone Girls’ Grammar, Melbourne
Upwey High School, Victoria