1972 Graduated from Launceston Matriculation College
1974 Completed two semesters of Bachelor or Fine Arts for teaching degree at Newcastle CAE
1975 Graduated with certificate in fine arts from Wollongong CAE
1978 Graduated with Diploma in Art, majoring in sculpture and drawing, from Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney
1983-84 Studied Humanities at Griffith Uni, Brisbane
1986 Completed a Graduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies, majoring in sculpture and photography, from City Art Institute, Sydney
1987 Studied Architectural Drafting at Sydney TAFE
1996 Completed two units of computer aided drafting course, Nambour TAFE
Exhibitions:
1975 Wollongong City art prize, woodcarving
1980 Kempsey Show, 1st prize, contemporary painting
1981-82 Scott Cottage and Craft Workshop, Buderim, woodcarvings
1981 Sunshine Coast Art Group, annual exhibition, relief carving, first prize for sculpture
1981 Towen Mountain Gallery, Nambour, woodcarvings
1982 Nambour Show, 1st prize, sculpture, relief carving
1984 Sculpture Symposium, Warana Festival, Brisbane, sandstone
1985 Redcliffe City Art Show, sculpture, highly commended
1985 'That' Contemporary Art Space, Brisbane, photographs
1985 Spring Hill Gallery, Brisbane, multi media, two and three dimensional, solo
1986 Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery, Sydney, 25 photographs on theme, Public Works - Street Art
1986 Camera Lucinda, Redfern, installation with bronze casts, Photographs at Street Level
1986 Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney Uni, photographs and bronze casts
1987 Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery, Sydney, Cibachrome photographs and bronze casts, Urban Relics
1987 Supreme Court of NSW, Law Week Mahlab Exhibition, bronze sculpture
1989 By Design, Canberra, A Contemporary Collection of Rugs and Photography
1987-93 Sydney Home Show and commercial exhibits as in-house designer for manufacturer Designer Rugs
1992 Print Workshop and Gallery, Petersham, Sydney, Graphic Works (Cibachrome photos)
1993 Artis Restaurant, Noosa Heads, photography
1993 Blue Marble Gallery, Maroochydore, photography
1995-97 Lakeshore Child Care Centre, Buderim, woodcarving, Father and Child
1999 Buderim Mountain State School, Sculpture Wall, collaboration with mosaic artist Cathy Money (RADF grant)
2000 Brookdale Gallery, sculpture, fired clay
2001-2 Traceramics, Buderim, clay sculpture
2001 Cast aluminium sculpture of jazz musician Rick Farbach unveiled at Sunshine Coast Jazz Club concert
2002 Bronze sculpture of Sunshine Coast charity worker Ashley Robinson
2002 Bronze and aluminium character studies exhibited at Mooloolaba Art Exhibition
2004 Commission from RSL Bay islands sub-branch for bronze sculpture of its patron, the late Bill Branch
2004 Exhibited cast aluminium tiles from Moreton Bay Series at Colour Art Gallery�s Cindy Dupont Charity Exhibition
2005 Moreton Bay Series of tile designs and coloured studies of plants, The Farm, Russell Island
2005 Tiles from Moreton Bay Series are prize in Russell Island Lions Club art union
2006 Clay character study of Russell Island identity 'Gran' and metal tiles, inaugural Russell Island Art Exhibition
2006 Dugong and Turtle tile is finalist in Memento Awards and exhibited at presentation.
Employment highlights:
1978 Kooringhat Gardens, Taree, NSW, managed gallery, nursery, service station complex for
Aboriginal artist Kevin Gilbert
1980 Mid-Coast Observer, Kempsey, NSW, newspaper photographer
1981-82 Sunshine Coast Daily 48 Hours Magazine, art columnist
1987-93 Designer Rugs, Sydney, senior in-house designer for rug manufacturer
2000 Buderim Mountain State School, sculpture workshops including Hebel carving and latex molding and casting
2006 Workshop program for teenagers in Education Queensland RAMPS program, Victoria Point High School
Publications:
1985 Sunday Sun Brisbane and suburban papers including Westside News, review of Spring Hill Gallery show
1986 The Australian, Sydney, review by Elwyn Lynn of exhibition at Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery
1987 Sydney Morning Herald, Judge Kirby and Margaret Olley pictured with bronze sculpture, Law Week art prize entry
1987 Australian Artist Magazine, cover story on Photography as an Art Form
1992 Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, picture and story headed Add a Rug for Colour
1987-93 Australian Vogue and design magazines, various stories and pictures of rugs designed
for Sydney manufacturer Designer Rugs
1989 Look Magazine by Art Gallery Society of NSW, pictures of rugs created for Sydney manufacturer, Designer Rugs
1992 The Glebe and Western Weekly, Sydney, preview of Graphic Works solo exhibition
1993 Sunshine Coast Daily, picture and story of bronze sculpture going to auction
1993 Sunshine Coast Daily, The Entertainer supplement, review of exhibition at Artis, Noosa
2000 Sunshine Coast Daily's autumn edition of Expressions Art Magazine, full page story about Sculpture Wall at Buderim State School which received Regional Arts Development Grant
2001 Sunshine Coast Daily report on Rick Farbach sculpture
2004 Redland Times report on Bill Branch sculpture
Additional Information:
. Bronze sculpture of the late Lionel Murphy, completed 1987, purchased 1993 for Lionel Murphy Foundation, Sydney
. Judge of Nambour Show woodcarving section, 1993
. Rug designs created for Designer Rugs have been architectural features of major public and commercial buildings and private collections and have been purchased by some prominent Australians.
. Silky oak carving illustrating parenthood exhibited at North Buderim Child Care Centre foyer, 1993-97
. Commissions for custom made cast aluminium door handles for residences at Caloundra and Sunshine Beach