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2009-2013 PhD @ VCA, Melbourne University
2008-2009 Independent study program at Maumaus, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 Experimental Art Foundation Studio Artist
2005–2007 Master of Visual Arts, SA School of Art, University of SA
2005 Co-Curator of Downtown Artspace, Adelaide
2004 Bachelor of Visual Art, First Class Honours, SASA, Uni SA
2003 Curator BANK Gallery, SA School of Art, University of SA
1992-1995 Studio artist, Jamfactory, Adelaide

previous studies- Middlesex Polytechnic, London and Kent Institute, Uk


Solo Exhibitions

2013 MOUND ACTIVITY @ Slide: Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces
2012 The Inexplicable Magnetism of an Alien Object @ M. Lawrence Gallery
2011 Mound Activity vs Slime Theory (with Jonas) @ Platform, Melbourne
2011 the things, they are unbothered @ VCA, Student Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Letting the Odd One In @ Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts
2010 Easireach @ VCA, Student Gallery, Melbourne
2010 The Lisbon Suite @ Artroom5, Adelaide
2009 Petrified @ Larry Gagosian, NY
2008 FRAMEWORK:for the wicked woman @ projecto 'a sala' Lisbon
2008 Sarah crowEST @ Gallery 9, Sydney
2007 agglomeration @ Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2006 Getting Away with it @ 24HR ART, Darwin
2005 Get Rid of Yourself Now! @ Experimental Art Foundation
2003 Love and Dissimulation @ project space, Contemporary Art Centre SA
End of Roll Approaching @ Downtown Artspace, Adelaide
2002 twitchy Studio 54 @ The Chemist, Adelaide
2001 Delaying the Inevitable @ Bank, University SA Underdale Campus
Gleaming Rapscallions @ Studio 54, The Chemist, Adelaide
2000 smoochy smoochy @ Studio 54, The Chemist, Adelaide


Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 Loosely Speaking @ GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY
2013 Thingshow @ FONTANELLE, Adelaide
2013 The Sleeping and The Dead @ SARAH SCOUT, Melbourne
2013 Magic Mountain @ Craft Victoria, Melbourne
2012 Figure and Ground @ Utopian Slumps, Melbourne
2011 Cashmere If You Can @ Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Art & Text @ Artbeat, Melbourne
2010 Monumental Effect @ Death Be Kind, Melbourne
2010 Cashmere If You Can @ Trocadero, Melbourne
2010 To Give Time to Time,@ AEAF, Adelaide
2009 Thesis: @ Sydney College of the Arts Gallery
2008 Cite Radieuse, @ MAUMAUS Gallery, Alta de Lisboa
2008 Uneasy: Recent South Australian Art @ Samstag Museum
2008 Up Coming Show @ Espaco Avenida, Lisboa
2007 Strange Beauty @ Linden Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
2007 mentor/mentored 3,@ Contemporary Art Centre of SA
2006 someone shows something to someone @ Canberra Contemporary Art Space
2006 Snapshot (as blotchwoman) @ Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
2006 Taking the Cure @ Downtown Artspace, Adelaide
2005 Unrealised Projects 3 @ G. & A. Studios, Sydney
2005 Hatched: National Graduate Exhibition @ Perth Institute of Contemporary Art
2005 Unwrapped: Australian Fashion & Textiles @ Earl Lu Gallery, Singapore
2005 Helpmann Academy Exhibition @ Drill Hall, Adelaide
2005 Shimmer @ Artspace, Adelaide Festival Centre
2004 Unwrapped: Australian Fashion & Textiles @ Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Phillipines
2004 Unwrapped: Australian Fashion & Textiles @ Bangkok National Gallery, Thailand
2004 Pins and Needles @ NGV, National Gallery of Victoria.
2004 Moving Image screening @ Mercury Cinema, Adelaide.
2004 Manifesto (aka blotchwoman) @ Downtown Artspace, Adelaide
2004 REC/PLAY/PAUSE @ N Gallery, Uni. SA, Adelaide
2004 NO VACANCY @ Motel 277, Adelaide
2004 Downtown @ Breadbox, Perth
2004 Constance Gordon Johnson Sculpture Prize @ N Gallery, University SA, Adelaide
2004 Helpmann Academy Exhibition @ Drill Hall, Adelaide.
2003 Void if Removed…. @ Metro Cinema wall, Hindley St. Adelaide
2003 BUILT! an ephemeral public art project @ Adelaide Festival Centre.
2003 Unwrapped: Aus Fashion & Textiles @ National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; Bendigo Art Gallery
2003 Stick’em Up (aka blotchwoman) @ Revolver, Melbourne
2003 Lucky 7 (aka blotchwoman) @ Area 101, Adelaide


Collections

Art Gallery of South Australia
National Gallery of Victoria
University of SA Library Art Collection
Ararat Gallery, Victoria
Queensland Art Gallery
Alice Craft Acquisition Collection, NT
Okayama Prefectural Government, Japan
Stanthorpe Art Gallery, Queensland
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Diamond Valley Art Collection, Victoria
NT Museum of Arts and Sciences
Artbank, Sydney


Recent Grants and Awards

2010 Melbourne Research Scholarship
2008 Best Experimental Film at SA Short Film Awards
2008 Best Screenplay at Sony Tropfest Film Awards
2007 Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
2007 Arts SA Project Grant
2005 Visual Artist of the Year Award, Adelaide Critics Circle
2005 Malaysia Airlines/Australia India Council residency at Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi
2005 Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship
2005 Helpmann Academy Travel Grant
2004 Uni SA medal for Academic Excellence
2004 Constance Gordon Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize
2004 Arts SA project grant
2003 Uni SA medal for Academic Excellence
2003 Helpmann Academy grant
2002 University of SA Library Art Purchase Prize
1998 Arts SA project grant