Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
born Southey, Saskatchewan, Canada, 1943, to Australia 1976

Training

1981–82  Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Art Studies, College of Fine Art, Sydney, NSW

Selected solo exhibitions

Rag rugs, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT, 1988; Selection, Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, ACT, and touring, 2003

Selected group exhibitions since 1995

Below the surface, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 1996; Text(Aisles), Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney, NSW, 1998; Ragtime, Madison-Morgan Cultural Centre, GA, USA, 1998; Tasmanian Tiger: the mystery of the Thylacine, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS, 1998; Australia underfoot, Lanyon, Canberra, ACT, 1998; Devotion: the religious, the domestic, the Pacific, Casula Powerhouse, Casula, NSW, 1998; City of Hobart Art Prize (sculpture & textiles), Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, TAS, 1998; Heritage, Manly Art Gallery and Fairfield Museum, Sydney, NSW, 2000; Lake Mungo revisited, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW, 2000; Craft from scratch: 8th Craft Triennial, Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany, 2000; Palimpsest #4, Mildura Arts Centre, VIC, 2001; Transition & resilience; Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA, 2002; Fabric(ation)s of the postcolonial, Wollongong University, NSW, 2002; Material witness: 15th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, Tamworth City Gallery, NSW, 2002; Wild nature, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA, 2002; Lake Mungo revisited, Mura Clay, Sydney, NSW, 2003

Public collections

Australia  Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT; Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS