Background:
Born: Glenelg, South Australia
Resides: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Painting: began 1981, Self taught
1982 to present: Fulltime painting in own studio.
1991: Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Exhibitions - Individual
2005 “Elemental Landscape” Bundaberg Regional Arts Centre, Qld.
2002/3 “Portraits” Bundaberg Regional Arts Centre, Queensland
2002 “All the World’s a Stage” Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
2001 “Green” (Tri-Angle Exhibition) Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, Qld
1998 “Undressed” The Vault, Bundaberg Regional Arts Centre, Qld
1998 “Ann Grocott: A Survey 1981-1998” Bundaberg Arts Centre, Qld
1997 “With You, Briefly” Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1995 “Small Persons” Lyall Burton Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic
1993 “The Marie Suite” (Inner & Outer Environments Exhibitions) Queensland Arts Council, Brisbane, Queensland
1993 “Winter Light” Lyall Burton Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic
1993 “The Journey” Solander Gallery, Canberra. A.C.T. Aust
1992 “Private Dancer” David Ellis Fine Art, Melbourne, Victoria
1986 “French Impressions” Bundaberg Art Gallery, Bundaberg, Qld
Exhibitions - Group (Selected)
2008 The international movie"Nim's Island".
2007/2008 "Face to Face", The Fraser Coast Contemporary Portrait Quest.
2007 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
2006 Creative Women's Exhibition, School of Arts, Bundaberg, Queensland.
2004/06 “Boom, Baby, Boom” Touring Exhibition, Qld, N.S.W, W.A.etc.
2003 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2002 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2002 Salon des Refuses (Wynne) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2001 “Cross Currents-Australia” Kitakyushu Expo. Kitakyushu, Japan
2001 “Food for Thought” Childers Regional Gallery, Childers, Queensland
2000 The Fleurieu Prize, McLaren Vale, South Australia
2000 “Pages from our Sketchbooks” Bundaberg Arts Centre, Queensland
2000 “Portrait of a Carnival” Childers Regional Gallery,Childers, Queensland
2000 “B’Archie” Art ‘n Such Gallery, Bundaberg, Queensland
2000 “The Nudes” Bargara Beach Gallery, Bargara, Queensland
2000 Salon des Refuses (Wynne) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2000 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2000 “Our World in the Year 2000”. The United Nations Millennium Art
Exhibition. New York – United Nations Headquarters 2000 Worldwide Millenium Touring Exhibition:
London – Mall Galleries
Stockholm – World Trade Centre Brussels
1999 “Different Kinds of Paradise” Shalom College, curator: Tim Morell
Queensland Art Gallery.
1999 “Postcard Exhibition” Childers Regional Gallery, Childerns,Qld
1999 “Middle Island Idyll” Bundaberg Regional Arts Centre, Queensland
1999 Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Art Competition, London United Kingdom (Australian Representative)
1999 “Skin Deep” Bundaberg Regional Arts Centre, Queensland
1999 Salon des Refuses (Archibald) S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
1998 Flying Arts Inc., AIM House, Brisbane, Queensland
1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria (Solander Gallery)
1997 Shell Art Award, Customs House Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
1997 “Works by Gallery Artists” Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1997 “On the Egg and Beyond the Shell Invitation Exhibition” Albert Park, Victoria
1996 “Works by Gallery Artists” Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria (Lyall Burton Gallery)
1995 “Save Albert Park 9 x 5 Invitation Exhibition” Robert Lindsay Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1994 “Works by Gallery Artists” Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria (Lyall Burton Gallery)
1993 “Gallery Artists – Works on Paper” Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1993 “Three Bundaberg Artists” Childers Regional Gallery, Queensland
1993 “Bundaberg Group Salon Show” Bellas Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
1992 Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Victoria (David Ellis Fine Art)
1992 “Fax Extravaganza” Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
1989 “Traces of Place” Bundaberg and Brisbane, followed by a Touring Exhibition with Queensland Arts Council.
1988 “New Visions” Bundaberg Art Gallery, Bundaberg, Queensland
1988 National Women’s Art Award, Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise, Qld
1988 “Triptych” Australian Flying Arts School, Brisbane, followed by a Touring Exhibition with Queensland Arts Council
1986 “Miniatures” Australian Flying Arts School, Brisbane, followed by a Touring Exhibition with Queensland Arts Council
1986 Australian Flying Arts School Show, Bundaberg Art Gallery, Bundaberg
1982 “Self Portrait” Australian Flying Arts School, Brisbane, followed by a Touring Exhibition with Queensland Arts Council
COLLECTIONS
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Artwork distributed in Australia and overseas.
Riddoch Gallery, Mt. Gambier, South Australia
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne, Victoria
City of Kitakyushu Medical Centre, Kitakyushu, Japan
Bundaberg City Collection, Queensland
Gladstone City Collection, Queensland
Cardwell Shire Council, Queensland
Shalom College, Bundaberg, Queensland
The Salvation Army, Tom Quinn Community Centre, Bundaberg, Queensland.
Mater Hospitals Collection, Brisbane, Queensland.
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