Biography

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Biography -

2023 Residency | High Atlas Mountains | Morocco

2023 Workshop Facilitator - ‘Weaving Your Story’ | Beltane Campout Women’s Weekend | Braidwood | NSW

2020-23 Represented by Grainger Gallery | Canberra | ACT

2014-17 Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours | ANU School of Art and Design | Canberra | ACT

2016 Waxed Thread Basketry | Belconnen Arts Centre | Canberra | ACT

2014 Octagonal Basket Weaving | Belconnen Arts Centre | Canberra | ACT

2010 Interior Design and Mosaic Column for The London Burgers & Beers | Canberra | ACT

2006-09 Workshop Facilitator - Fabric Sculpture | Sydney | NSW

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Journey’s | Grainger Gallery | Canberra | ACT

2019 My Story | M16 Artspace | Canberra | ACT

2017 Expressions of the Void | Cox Gallery | Canberra | ACT

2016 Exploring the Circle | M16 Artspace | Canberra | ACT

2012 The Fringe Element | thewrightspace Gallery | Gundaroo | NSW

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 PIN9 | ANCA | Canberra | ACT

2021 Holiday Feast | Whitewall Art Projects | Berrima | NSW

2021 Finalist | Boxed In National Shoebox Sculpture Prize | Deloriane | Tasmania

2021 Finalist | Into The Light Art Prize | Whitewall Art Projects | Berrima | NSW

2021 Finalist | Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize | Sydney | NSW

2021 Finalist | Blacktown City Art Prize | Blacktown | NSW

2020 Blaze Fourteen | Curated by Alexander Boynes and Dan Toua | Canberra Contemporary Art Space | Canberra | ACT

2018 Small Works | Beaver Galleries | Canberra | ACT

2018 Sculpture In The Paddock | Murrumbateman | NSW

2018 PIN8 | ANCA | Canberra | ACT

2018 In Transit Unframed | Belconnen Arts Centre | Canberra | ACT

2017 Finalist | ANU Drawing Prize | School of Art Foyer Gallery ANU | Canberra | ACT

2016 Time Becomes Form | Curated by Angus McGrath | School of Art Foyer Gallery ANU | Canberra | ACT

2014 Random | School of Art Foyer Gallery ANU | Canberra | ACT

2010 pARTnership Exhibition | Bungendore | NSW

2006-09 Winmalee Autumn Artfest | Winmalee | Blue Mountains | NSW

2005 Blacktown City Art Exhibition | Blacktown Arts Centre | NSW

Awards/Commissions

2017 EASS (Emerging Artist Support Scheme) Canberra Grammar School Residency Award

2017 EASS Canberra Spinners & Weavers Award

2017 Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation for Outstanding Academic Achievement

2017 Nominated for the International Sculpture Centre Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards

2016 EASS John and Elizabeth Baker Sculpture Scholarship

2016 EASS .M Contemporary Emerging Artist Award

2012 Mosaic Walls | The London Burgers & Beers | Tuggeranong | ACT

2011 Mosaic Wall Panel | The London Burgers & Beers | Belconnen | ACT

2011 Mosaic Column | The London Burgers & Beers | Canberra City | ACT

2009 Winmalee Autumn Artfest | Best In Show | Blue Mountains | NSW

Selected Publications/Reviews

2022 “Minimal Palette Belies Works’ Aesthetic Complexity” | Review in Canberra Times | 14 March | Canberra | ACT

2022 “The Ecology of Rachel Theodorakis” | Review Art Monthly Australasia Online| Issue 336

2020 Blaze Fourteen Catalogue | CCAS Alexander Boynes and Dan Toua | National Capital Authority

2017 Graduating Exhibition Catalogue | ANU School of Art and Design

2016 Graduating Exhibition Catalogue | ANU School of Art and Design

2013 “This Is Canberra” | Volume 8 | Published by Australian Tourism Publishing Pty Ltd

2010 McCartney Tania | “Handmade Living, A Designer Collective” | Published by Handmade Press