Curriculum Vitae

Artist Statement:

I try to create one bronze sculptural series per year and 2 larger bronze  pieces.  I show

 

annually in Australia (Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales) and overseas.

 

And I create and maintain Ceramic Break Sculpture Park

 

 

Date of Birth:     

 Denver, Colarado, 1958

 

 

Education: 

13/10/06       Regional Arts Conference, Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, Warialda NSW

 

2005             Understanding Art as a Creative Industry, Symposium NERAM

 

2002             Drawing from Anatomical Specimens, UNSW, Sydney.

 

1996             Macedon Ranges Further Education, VIC, Oil painting classes. 

 

                      Sculpture workshop with Antoni Syndicas, Woodcarving workshop with Mark Weichart,

 

                      and figure drawing classes.

 

1994             Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design, USA (two classes).

 

1987             MBA, finance, University of Colorado at Denver.

 

1981             Bachelor of Science with honours, Colorado State University, USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Artistic Works:

Bronze Series  

Larger Bronzes

 

Currently The Glass House Series

Crisis (steel), Gooney Bird

 

2010, 2011 The Frost Giants

Signpost to Myall Creek

 

 

The Yummy (edition of 3)

 

2006, 07, 08, 09 Los Caprichos

A Wonder, a Natural Wonder

 

 

Devils and Angels (ed. of 3),

 

 

Mark Latham on a Pike.

 

2005, 06 Fantastic Voyage

Biff!,  Piñata (ed. of 3),

 

2005  Clamdiggers

The Flower of Burma (ed. of 2), Aung San Suu Kyi

 

 

A Flaming Giraffe (stainless steel)

 

2004  Blockheads

Jah Lastafali (ed. if 3), Warialda

 

2002 , 03  The Tiger Club 

Little Ears (ed. of 3), John Howard after Greenough

 

2001  From Far Formosa 

The Venus of Elphinstone

  

2000  Monkey    

 

 

1999  Forbidden Love   

Icarus (ed. of 3)

 

1998  Alchemy

 

 

1997  The Odyssey

 

 

1996  A Midsummer Night’s Dream

 

 

 

 

 Select Exhibitions:

    

 

 

 Solo Exhibitions:

 

11/1-24/3/13

Alchemy”, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA),                                         Boulder, Colorado, USA.

 

7/2-4/3/11

“Los Caprichos”, Glen Innes Art Gallery, New South Wales

 

9/9-24/10/10

“Alchemy, golden dreams come true”, The Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, USA.

 

26/8-3/10/10

“The Los Caprichos of Kerry Cannon”, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland.

 

26/3-21/3/09

“The Alchemy series”, Castlemaine Festival, Victoria

 

20/8-7/9/08

“Bronze Caprices”, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.

 

5/7-10/8/07

“Clamdiggers, Blockheads, Oyster Eaters”, Artyard, Denver, USA.

 

20-25/11/06

"Fantastic Voyage", Depot II Gallery, 2 Danks Street Sydney

 

28/4/06

"Deep in the Heart of Texas”, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.

 

4/3/06

“Tales from Ceramic Break Sculpture Park”, Texas Regional Gallery, Texas, Queensland.

 

20/06/05     

“Clamdiggers” series, Span Galleries Melbourne

 

2/3/04

“Blockheads” series, Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne.

 

28/3/03

“The Tiger Club” series, 143 Mostyn Street, Castlemaine, Victoria.

 

14/9/02

"Second Prelude to The Tiger Club", Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton, Victoria

 

19/2/01

“Prelude to the Tiger Club”, Brooks Gallery, Tenterfield, New South Wales. 

 

18/9/00

“The Forbidden Love” series,  Aardwolf Gallery, Melbourne.

 

3/12/99

“Alchemy Golden Dreams Come True”,
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery,Queensland.
         

 

5/3/98

“Bloody Hard Yakka”, solo show, Chapel Gallery, Melbourne. Oil and acrylic paintings, comics, wood and bronze sculptures.  38 works

 

Group Exhibitions:

 

4/8-29/9/12

“Me’lange”, 2012 Autumn Group Show, Norbertellen                                                       Gallery, Los Angeles.

 

21/9/12

Mistletoe Sculpture Prize, Hunter Valley, winner 2012 acquisition.

 

24/5-5/4/12 Art Melbourne, Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, Booth G9

 

2/7-15/7/12        “The Frost Giants”, 2 person show, Global Gallery, Sydney.

 

27/4-5/5/12

Gagliardi Gallery, Kings Road, Chelsea, UK.

 

29/10-6/11/11

Glenlyon art sculpture show 2011, Victoria, Winner $250 third prize

 

17/9-24/9/11

 Art Museum of Chianciano Biennale 2011, Italy,
winner
 
European Confederation of Art Critics Award-1st prize sculpture.

 

10/8-28/8/11

“The Frost Giants”, 2 person show, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne.

 

1/4-10/4/11

Castlemaine Festival, 10 Rowe St., Caspa, Lot 19, VIC.

 

24/3- 27/3/11

Banyule Outdoor Sculpture Award. Heidelberg, VIC.

 

28/2-25/3/11

Gateway Exhibition, Gateway Building, Circular Quay, Sydney.

 

29/1-20/2/11

Southern Downs Regional Artists Exhibition, Warwick, QLD.

 

19/1-13/2/11

Sculpture 2011, Global Gallery, Sydney.

 

10/12-16/1/11

Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Prize, Melbourne.

 

22/10-5/12/10

Yering Station Sculpture Award, Yarra Valley, VIC.

 

16/10-7/11/10   

Spring Sculpture Prize, Lot 19, Castlemaine, VIC.

 

23/10-6/11/10

“Contemporanea”, Aarwun Gallery, Canberra.

 

7/10-16/11/10

Concurrent ABL Sculpture Exhibition 2010, 333 Collins Street, Melbourne.

 

7/10-19/10/10 “Contemporanea”, Smartartz Gallery, Melbourne.

 

2/8-4/9/10, 11 Sculpture Darling Park 2010, 201 Sussex St., Sydney.

 

9/5-20/6/10 The Gardens Sculpture Prize, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens,
Heatherbrae, New South Wales

 

23/4-15/5/10

“3D”, Wayward Gallery, Byron Bay, New South Wales.

 

26/2-18/4/10

The Stanthorpe Art Festival, Stanthorpe, Queensland.

 

4/12/09-24/1/10

The Frank Saxby Bequest, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree,
New South Wales

 

14/11/09-31/1/10  

Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula, New South Wales.

 

30/10/09-15/11/09

“Three Times Three Plus One”, Gallery Adagio, Sydney.

 

3/09-1/11/09 “The Artist’s Table”, Falkner Gallery, Castlemaine, Victoria.

 

12, 09

Tesselaar Sculpture Prize, Silvan, Victoria.

 

1/8-30/8/09

“The Enlightenment Never Happened”, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, Victoria.

 

7/5-27/5/09

“Out from Down Under & Beyond”, Agora Gallery, New York City.                

 

16/4-19/4/09

Art Melbourne 09, Booth B-17, Melbourne.

 

21/3-5/4/09

2009 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize, Vic.

 

28/12/08-31/09   “The Small Sculpture Exhibition”, QDOS Gallery, Lorne, Vic.

 

24/10-26/10/08

Art Sydney 08, Booth E8, Sydney.

 

3/9-21/11/08

“Cryptozoology”, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Melb.

 

14/8-5/9/08

6 Degree Art Prize, Frankston Art Centre, Victoria.

 

4/6-27/8/08        “The Money Myth”, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Melb.

 

10/5-18/5/08

54th Hunters Hill Art and Craft Exhibition, Sydney.

 

5/5-18/5/08       

The Collectors’ Exhibition 08, Steps Gallery, Melbourne.       

 

28/4-2/6/08 UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Sydney.

 

19/3-23/3/08 "Autumn Group Show”, TAP Gallery, Sydney.

 

12, 08   Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe, Queensland

 

09, 08   Sustainable Living Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne.

 

2/08  Avant Card, We Love 3D Project, Sydney Opera House 

 

15/11-19/11/07 The 11th Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China.

 

2/11-24/11/07 Fisher’s Ghost Festival, Campbelltown Region. Gallery, NSW

 

11/07 Sculpture on Main, Marble Falls, Texas, USA 

 

19/10/07- 30/1/08  Lexus Mortimore Art Prize, Dubbo, NSW.

 

08, 28/9-30/9/07 Platypus Festival, Manilla, NSW.

 

18/8-15/9/07 “Metaphorz”, Texas Regional Gallery, Queensland.

 

23/5-24/6/07 “Fantastic Voyage”, Port Macquarie Hastings Regional Gallery, NSW.

 

14/5-2/6/07 Ethical Art Prize, TAP Gallery, Sydney.

 

11/5-20/5/07 53rd Hunters Hill Art and Craft Exhibition, Sydney.

 

08, 7/4-29/4/07  5th International, Sculptors Dominion Invitational, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

 

1/4/07 Masquerade Art Expo, The Gold Coast Convention Ctr, QLD.

 

09, 24/3-29/4/07 “Less is More”, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW.

 

8/2/-12/3/07 “Contempora2”, Docklands, Melbourne.

 

10/11-28/1/07

"My Time, My Place”, NERAM,  Armidale, NSW

 

31/10/06

22nd UBE BIENNALE, Phase 1 only, Ube City, Japan.

 

27/10-5/11/06 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney.

 

22/9-20/10/06 Narrabri Antiques and Art Expo, Narrabri,  NSW.

 

16, 17/9/06

“PEACE JAM”, a meeting of Nobel Prize Laureates, Denver.

 

15-24/9/06         SWELL Sculpture Festival, Gold Coast, QLD

 

25/5-10/6/06 “Moving Art Touring Exhibition and Auction”, Glen Innes Town Hall, Inverell City Gallery, Gunnedah Creative Arts Centre, Tamworth Regional Gallery, NERAM

 

2006

QDOS Open Air Sculpture Exhibition, Lorne, VIC Sculpture prizes: Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, QLD., Wangaratta,  Moreland and Njermilang, VIC.
Winner of Moreland Prize Acquisition.

 

05/06

The Collector’s Exhibition, Steps Gallery, Melbourne.

 

28/1/06
     to
5/2/06

“Freedom”, “Out Loud 06”, TAP Gallery, Sydney,
winner sculpture prize Out Loud 2006.

 

09, 08, 07, 05 Warwick Art Prize, Warwick, QLD

 

2005

Florence Biennale, Italy.

 

3/12/05

Conrad Jupiter Prize, Gold Coast, Queensland.

 

11/2005

“New England Objectives”, NERAM, Armidale, NSW.

 

24/09/05

Brisbane Art Expo, Brisbane, Queensland..

 

05, 07  

The Manning Art Prize, Taree, NSW.

 

05        

Blackhead Beach Sculpture Prize, Taree, NSW.

 

17/9/05

“From the Furnace”, Castlemaine Regional Art Gallery, VIC.

 

25/5/05

Prometheus Prize, Merrimac, Queensland.

 

28/4/05

Sydney’s Garden and Flower Show, Gold Award Sculpture. Pinata,  Aung San Suu Kyi.

 

1/4/05

Sculpture in the Vines, Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

 

4/2005

“A Flaming Giraffe and Friends”, Lot 19, Castlemaine, VIC.

 

07, 05

“A Brush with Verse”, Tenterfield, NSW.

 

05,04,03,02

“Bonanza”, CSA Members Exhibition, Melbourne. 

 

05,03,02,01, 00

Thursday Plantation Sculpture Prize, Ballina, NSW.

 

05,04,03,02,01,00

Borderline Art Group, Stanthorpe Regional Gallery. 

 

10, 09, 07, 05, 04

“Art Erotique”, The Boilerhouse Art Centre, Sunbury, VIC.

 

3/2004

“Jah Lastafali”, Melbourne Airport Hilton

 

8/10/04

“Women and 1 Man”, Moree Plains Gallery, NSW.

 

10/9/04

“Nowhere Now Here”, Bruce Watling Galleries, Brisbane

 

8/9/03

“10 x 10 Colorado Biennial”, MCA, Denver, USA.

 

2003  2006

Toorak Village Festival of Sculpture, Melbourne.

 

17/1/03

Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, Victoria.

 

18/7/02

“Bush Idol”, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree, NSW.

 

14/6/02

“Bush Idol”, Warwick Regional Gallery, Queensland.

 

27/4/02

“Horizon 2”, Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton, Victoria.

 

2/2002

1 work on consignment, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney

 

4/12/01

“In3Door/Out3Door”, Mira Fine Art, Melbourne.

 

21/9/01

“From Far Formosa”, Bruce Watling Gallery, Southport, QLD.

 

11/10/00

2 works on consignment Melbourne Fine Art Gallery.

 

7/8/00

“Monkey”, Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Victoria.

 

17/6/00

“Monkey”, Moree Plains Gallery. New South Wales.

 

8/4/00

Inverell City Gallery, 3 person show, New South Wales.

 

25/3/00

Aardwolf Gallery, Melbourne.

 

12/99

1 work on consignment, Bruce Watling Gallery, Southport.

 

1999 thru 2012

Inverell Art Prize, Inverell, New South Wales

 

12/98

2 works on consignment, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney.

 

 

 

 

Ceramic Break Sculpture Park Exhibitions: 

 

16/8/03

Australia’s Biggest Chook Show  

 

20/8/05

Australia’s Biggest Duck Show

 

21/10/07

Australia's Biggest Goose Show

 

28/11/10

Australia's Biggest Turkey Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experiences:

2002, 2003  

President Warialda Toastmasters Club

 

August 16, 2003

Organised "Australia's Biggest Chook Show", the unofficial  opening of  Ceramic Break Sculpture Park.

 

1997 Moved permanently to Warialda, NSW,

 

1995  Moved permanently to Australia.  Began work as a full time artist,

 

1988-1995 Small business owner USA,

 

1983-1985   Volunteer work in Jamaica,

 

 

 

Collections:

Inverell City Gallery , New South Wales

 

Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Queensland

 

City of Moreland, Victoria

 

Art Gallery of New South Wales Library

 

National Gallery of Australia Research Library

 

Sprengle Museum Library Hanover, Germany

 

Art Museum of Chianciano Library, Italy

 

Mistletoe Winery, Hunter Valley, NSW

 

Private collections in Australia & overseas

 

 

 

Awards:

 

 

 

2012           Mistletoe Winery $10000 Acquisition Award

 

2011           Glenlyon art sculpture show 2011, 3rd place award.

 

2011           Biennale of Chianciano, Italy, European Confederation of Art Critics Award,
                    First  Prize for Sculpture

 

2007           Warwick Art Prize, winner non acquisitive Sculpture Prize

 

2007           Platypus Festival Manilla, NSW, Winner Sculpture Prize 

 

2007           Inverell City Gallery, Annual Acquisition, acquired 

 

2006           “Super Heroes” juried exhibition, On Main off Centre Gallery,Texas, USA
                     – Winner Best of Show

 

2006           Moreland Sculpture Show, Victoria Winner $5000 Acquisition Award

 

2006           “Outloud 06”, Tap Gallery, Sydney   Winner Sculpture Prize

 

2006           Sydney Garden & Flower Show  Winner Gold Award Sculpture

 

2004           Festival of the Black Soil Plains, Moree, NSW  Winner $5000 non-acquisition prize

 

2001           Sir Henry Parkes Festival Exhibition, Tenterfield, NSW   Winner Best of Show & Sculpture

 

2000           Inverell City Gallery Annual Competition, Inverell, NSW   Winner sculpture section

 

1999           Inverell City Gallery Annual Competition, Inverell, NSW   Winner local section

 

1999          The Fourth Thursday Plantation East Coast Sculpture Show  Ballina, NSW, -- Special mention

 

1998          The Gravesend Art Exhibition, Gravesend, NSW  Highly Commended

 

1998          The Inverell City Gallery Annual Competition, Inverell, NSW  Second prize sculpture section

 

 

 YouTube Videos

Silent Protest

 

 

The Ceramic Break Dance

 

 

 

 

Ceramic Break Sculpture Park A4 Publications

 

 

2009 Alchemy, golden dreams come true

 

2011 The Frost Giants

 

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