1959 Born - Sydney, Australia
STUDIES
1985 The Midrasha, Tel Aviv, Israel
1992 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1993 Falmouth School of Fine Art: Exchange studies, England
1994 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (Honours), Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1997-
98
1998-
08
Tutor; Faculty of Art, Design & Communication, RMIT University,
Melbourne
Founder & Director: Art Encounters Pty Ltd, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Accidents?
, Gallery 101, Melbourne
2003 Dark Clouds/Silver Linings, Gallery 101, Melbourne
A Retrospective Exploration of the Bay, Access Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall
1998 Recent Photographs & Installations, Gallery 101, Melbourne
1996 Three Thumb Breadths from the Edge, Gallery 101, Melbourne
1995 Point of View, Gallery 101, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Clearings, Gallery 101, Melbourne
2005 Unstrung, The Bead in Contemporary Art, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell
Death, Burial & Beyond, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
Island Art Prize, Tasmania
2004 Melbourne Art Fair, 2004, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne,
Represented by Gallery 101.
2003 Under the Covers, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne
2002 Melbourne Art Fair, 2002, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne,
Represented by Gallery 101.
2000 Melbourne Art Fair, 2000, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne,
Represented by Gallery 101.
Stand 33 at Gallery 101 - Gallery 101, Melbourne

1999 Review 99 - Director's Choice - Gallery 101, Melbourne
Contemporary Artists from the Department of Fine Art, RMIT - Cultural
Centre, Seoul National University, Korea
1998 The Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings,
Melbourne
Review 98 - Director's Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne
1997 Rupert Bunny Foundation Award Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art of Collecting #2, Curated by Elizabeth Gower, Linden Gallery,
Melbourne
The Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Melbourne Exhibition
Buildings, Represented by Gallery 101.
1995 Moet & Chandon Touring Exhibition: finalist, juried exhibition; Art Gallery of NSW; Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Western Australia
1994 Artworkz Six; juried exhibition, Gallery 101, Melbourne
RMIT Postgraduate Exhibition: 333 Collins Street, Melbourne
1993 Richmond Acquisitive Award, Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne
Target Award: Geelong
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
101 Collins Street, Melbourne
RMIT University, Melbourne
Artbank
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
2008 Anne Marsh, Ghostly Accidents , Exhibition Catalogue
2008 Sama Hugo-Giali , Exhibition Review, Arts Hub Australia, September 15,
2008.
2007 Art Works , Capture Magazine, July/August, pp. 46-49
2005 Louise Tegart, Unstrung, the bead in contemporary art, exhibition essay
Death Burial & Beyond, Exhibition Catalogue
2003/4 Kyla Mcfarlane, Dena Lester, Landscapes, Eyeline
2003 Susan McCulloch; Paths Across the Great Divide, The Weekend
Australian, September 27-28
Susie Ashkenazi; Photographic Art Finds New Boundaries, Australian
Jewish News, September 19
1996 Elizabeth Gower; The Art of Collecting#2, Exhibition Catalogue
Tim Sowden; Dena Lester, Point of View, Photofile #47, March