Exhibitions and Events

​20202019
  • Exhibiting at the "Little Gallery", Trentham, Victoria
  • "Christmas Shop", 6-Dec-2019 to 22-Dec-2019 BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Vic
  • "Fired Earth", 15-Nov-2019 to 25-Nov-2019 Surf Coast Art Space Gallery, Anglesea, Vic
  • "Christmas Show", 15-Nov-2019 to 24-Dec-2019 Kerry Lowe Gallery, 49-51 King St, Newtown, NSW
  • "Beauty in Bloom", 21-Sep-2019 to 6-Oct-2019 BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Vic
  • "Clay, Fire, Serendipity" (solo exhibition) -  06-Sep-2019 to 15-Sep-2019,  BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Vic
  • "Harvest Time", 08-Mar-2019 to 24-Mar-2019, BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Vic
  • "Australia", 25-Jan-2019 to 17-Feb-2019, BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Vic

2018
  • Exhibiting at the "Little Gallery", Trentham, Victoria
  • "Form, Surface, Structure : Ceramic Sculpture", 21-Sep-2018 to 16-Oct-2018,  Kerry Lowe Gallery, 49-51 King St, Newtown, NSW
  • "Beauty in Bloom", 07-Sep-2018 to 23-Sep-2018, BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Vic
  • "Hot Pots Cool Clay", 01-Jun-2018 to 17-Jun-2018, at the BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • Geelong Potters Exhibition "Wabi Sabi", 20-Mar-2018 to 15-Apr-2018,  at Shearers Arms Gallery, Geelong

2017
  • Exhibiting at the "Little Gallery", Trentham, Victoria
  • Until end May 2017  at "Works of Art", Kyneton, Victoria
  • "Spirit of Place", 04-Apr-2017 to 20-May-2017, at the BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • RiseUp, 18-Mar-2017 to 02-Apr-2017, at the BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • Works of Art, Exhibiting Artist, 29-Jan-2017 to 02-Jun-2017, Kyneton, Victoria

2016​
  • "Summer Show", 08-Dec-2016 to 24-Feb-2017, at the BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • "BMAC Gala Opening Exhibition", 09-Nov-2016 to 08-Dec-2016, at the BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • "Responds to the Etta Hirsh Collection", 12-Oct-2016 to 30-Oct-2016, at Phyllis Palmer Gallery, LaTrobe University, Bendigo, Victoria
  • "Biomorphics", 01-Jul-2016 to 01-Aug-2016, at the Art Trax Gallery, Beaufort, Victoria
  • "Bacchus Marsh Rotary Club Art Show", 11-Jun-2016 to 13-Jun-2016, Community Hall, Main St, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • "Winter Show", 24-May-2017 to 30-Jun-2018, at the BMAC Gallery, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • "Smallworks Art Prize", 15-May-2016 to 04-Jun-2016, Brunswick Street  Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria

2015​
  • "Lady Face Group Art Exhibition" 6-Dec-2015 - 2-Jan-2016, Lentil as Anything, Thornbury, Victoria
  • "MAGnet" group exhibition, 16-Jul-2015 – 02-Aug-2015, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
  • "Bacchus Marsh Rotary Club Art Show", 06-Jun-2015 to 08-Jun-2015, Community Hall, Main St, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria
  • "Shades", 29-Apr-2015 to 23-May-2015, Etch Gallery, Geelong, Victoria

2014
  • "Graduate Exhibition", 13-Nov-2014 to 16-Dec-2014, La Trobe University
  • "The Earthen Centre", 03-Apr-2014 to 20-Apr-2014, Backspace Gallery, Ballarat, Victoria
  • "From 100 Studios", 05-Apr-2014 to 06-Apr-2014, The Half Church Gallery, Greendale, Victoria

2013
  • "Art in Public Places", April 2013,  Sarah-Jane's Salon and Spa, 56 Ferguson St, Williamstown
  • "Land", 20-Mar-2013 to 28-Apr-2013, Wyndham Gallery, Werribee, Victoria
  • "Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition", 01-May-2013 to 16-Jun-2013, Toorak, Victoria
  • "Genius Loci - Spirit of Place - Taradale Art Show", 08-Mar-2013 to 10-Mar-2013, Taradale, Victoria

2012
  • "Art in Public Places", 02-Apr-2012, Sarah-Jane's Salon and Spa, 56 Ferguson St, Williamstown
  • "Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition", 1-May-2012 to 31-May-2012, TOK H Shopping Centre, 459 Toorak Rd, Toorak Village, Melbourne
  • "Graduate Exhibition", 05-Feb-2012, Stonehouse Gallery, 103 Yarra St., Warrandyte, Victoria
  • "Vapour", Aug to Oct 2012, Vera Apothecary Arthub, Hampton, Victoria

2011
  • "Horizon 2" (with Julia Dunn), 25-Oct-2011 to 12-Nov-2011, Glass Plus Gallery, 284 Park St., South Melbourne 3205
  • "The Undergraduate", Jul-2011 to 21-Oct-2011, Toyota Spirit Gallery, 55 Bertie Street, Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 
  • "Imagine", 15-Oct-2011 to  30-Oct-2011, Arthouse Ink, 16 Hall Street - Yarraville 
  • "Art in Public Places", 07-Mar-2011 to 17-Apr-2011, Sarah-Jane's Salon and Spa, 56 Ferguson St, Williamstown 
  • "Go West Exhibition - 'Art with Attitude'", 29 Jan-2011 to  13-Feb-2011, The Joel Gallery, 5 Sargood St, Altona. 
  • "Toyota Indoor Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition", 27-Oct-2010 to Apr-2011, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, 155 Bertie St, Port Melbourne
  • "Future Directions", 07-Apr-2011 to 05-May-2011, Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University, Bendigo

2010
  • "Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize", 4-Mar-2010 (opening 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm) to 28-Mar-2010, The Substation, 1 Market St, Newport, Victoria
  • "Art in Public Places",  8-Mar-2010 to 18-Apr-2010 (opening Tue 9 March at 6:30pm) The Bend Wine Bar, 124 Douglas Parade, Williamstown, Victoria
  • "Go West", 29-Jan-2010 to 13-Feb-2010, Joel Gallery, 5 Sargood St, Altona, Victoria. Opening night Friday 29-Jan-2010, 7pm to 9pm. Launched by Hon. Joan Kirner A.M. 
  • "Delving into the knowing", 9-Feb-2010 to 21-Feb-2010, Synergy Gallery, 253 High St, Northcote,  Victoria

2009
  • "Window Frames",  15-Oct-2009 to 30-Oct-2009, Gowns, 571 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Victoria 
  • "Window Frames",  30-Oct-2009 to 16-Nov-2009, Chitra's Closet, 97 Sydney Rd and Witzand Hair Studio, 153 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, Victoria
  • "MREAM", 31-Oct-2009 to 09-Nov-2009, the Substation , Newport, Victoria
  • "Sub12 Exhibition",  10-Sep-2009 to 27-Sep-2009, Gallery 2, The Substation, 1 Market St, Newport, Victoria
  • "Annual Hobsons Bay Art Exhibition", 10-Sep-2009 to 11-Sep-2009, Rotary Club of Altona, Seaworks, Williamstown, Victoria
  • "Toorak Village Sculpture Exhibition", 01-May-2009 to 31-May-2009, Nina Leon Shoe Boutique, 434B Toorak Rd, Melbourne, Victoria
  • "Art in Public Places", 09-Mar-2009 to 19-Apr-2009, Browz, Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria

2008
  • "Botanical Bliss", 01-Dec-2008 to 31-Jan-2009, Bendigo Pottery
  • "Annual Hobsons Bay Art Exhibition", 16-Aug-2008 to 17-Aug-2008, Rotary Club of Altona,  Williamstown Town Hall, Williamstown, Victoria
  • "Cold Comfort", 5-Jul-2008 to 27-Jul-2008, The Gallery, 680 Diggers Rd, Werribee South, Victoria
  • "Fears Masks and New Beginnings", 27-Feb-2008 to 28-May-2008, Toyota Spirit Gallery, 155 Bertie St, Port Melbourne, Victoria
  • "Art in Public Places", 07-Mar-2008 to 20-Apr-2008, Browz, Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria

2007
  • "Westopia: Expressions of the West", 21-Nov-2007  to 09-Dec-2007, Incinerator, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
  • "Emerging Artists Exhibition", 04-Apr-2007 to 27-Jun-2007, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, 155 Bertie St, Port Melbourne, Victoria
  •  "Art in Public Places", 01-Mar-2007 to 30-Apr-2007, Replenish, Douglas Pde, Williamstown, Victoria
  • 'Valentines Day", 2007, Browz, Nelson Pde, Williamstown, Victoria
Awards and Prizes
  • 2020 - Regional Arts Victoria - Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative Grant
  • 2018 - Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show - Winner 'best any other medium in show'
  • 2018 - Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show - Winner 'best artwork by a local artist'
  • 2016 - James and Greta Smyth Travel Grant (Bendigo Art Gallery),  taken up in 2017
  • 2016 - Grant from Bacchus Marsh Community Bank for the "Rise Up" project (supporting victims of Domestic Violence)
  • 2016 - Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show - Winner Grow West Landcare Acquisitive prize
  • 2015 - Art Start Grant, The Australia Council for the Arts
  • 2015 - Bacchus Marsh Rotary Art Show - Winner best local artist
  • 2013 - Taradale Art Show, Winner open section
  • 2011 - Soroptomist International of Bendigo Award for a Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, LaTrobe University 
  • 2008 - Annual Hobsons Bay Art Exhibition, Highly Commended
Organisations
Community Engagement/Projects
  • Rise Up - Create Art to Create Change - A project that Ri created, lead and facilitated - teaching 133 people from Nov 2016 to Feb 2017 to create 2 ceramic sculptures , followed by an exhibition and raising almost $6,000 for WRISC family violence support organisation. 
  • Little Gallery Drought Relief Raffle - The Little Gallery team donated art for a raffle to support drought relief. 
  • Clay for Australia - Donation and sale of sculpture with $500 donated to Red Cross for fire victims.  ​
Books
  • 2013 - in 500 Prints on Clay; An Inspiring Collection of Image Transfer Work (Lark Publications)
  • 2011 - in 500 Raku; Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique (Lark Publications)
Online Media



Education
  • 2008-2014, Bachelor of  Visual Arts, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  • 2007-, Diploma of Ceramics, Year 1,  Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • 2005-2006, Bachelor of Visual Arts, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  • 2002, Bachelor of Education, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  • 2002, Solving the Jigsaw Facilitator Training, Emergency Accommodation Support Enterprise (EASE),  Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  • 1999-2001, Bachelor of Teaching (Distinction), La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  • 1997, Certificate III in Community & Health Services – Aged Care and Disabilities, Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE, Victoria, Australia
  • 1989-1990, Commenced Bachelor of Arts, Bendigo College of Advanced Education, Victoria, Australia
  • 1984, Commenced Bachelor of Business, Bendigo College of Advanced Education, Victoria, Australia