News

 

2021

 

Finalist  : Okanagan Print Triennial 2021 , Vernon Public Art Gallery , Vernon BC, Canada

Finalist  : Burnie Print Prize 2021 , Burnie , Tasmania , Australia

Finalist : Americas Paperworks 2021 , Northwest Arts Center Minot State University , North Dakota , USA

Finalist : 4^th Jogja JIMB International MiniPrint Biennale , Yogyakarta , Indonesia

 

2020

Solo Exhibition - Town Hall of Cologne-Kalk (City), Cologne , Germany

 “Stones from Other Mountains”: 2020 International Outstanding Printmaking Artists' Works Exhibition" China Printmaking Museum -  Shenzhen, China (Invitation)

International Fair Rare books and Fine Art   , Grand Palais , Paris, France (Invitation) .

Epreuve d’Artiste Gallery  (travels to Piestany Slovakia  and throughout Europe and the world) “Wondering Mind Projekt “ Antwerpen , Belgium (Invitation)

First Prize   FIIC 2020 _International Festival of Contemporary Etching / Festival Internacional de Grabado Contemporàneo  - Via G Gallery , Trento, Italy (Juried)

Award for Technical Excellence   4^th International Printmaking Biennial  Cacak , Serbia

First Prize – Best in Show - Director’s Pick - Ottawa School of Art  International  Miniature Print Biennale- Ottawa , Canada

2^nd Prize   First Graphic Art Contest "Hommage à trois" – Associacio International Duana des les Arts (AIDA ) Barcelona , Spain (Juried)

2^nd Prize III International Mini Print Cantabria –Cantabria , Spain (Juried)

2^ND Prize  and Honourable Mention –  6^th ed. Biennal of Contemporary Graphic Art Competition – Associazione Padre Diego Donati , Perugia , Italy.

Award for Outstanding Work   4^th Bienal Internacional de Miniprint. Laguna Paiva 2020 – Sante Fe    , Argentina

Graphics Section Award - Bienala Internationala de Arte Miniaturale Timisoara- (Faculty of  Arts and Design West University) ,Timisoara , Romania 2020

Finalist  René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking  ,Brussells, Belgium

Finalist    Print Center 95th ANNUAL International Competition, Philadelphia USA

Finalist 6^th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland ,  Covasna - Romania

Finalist   Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Victoria – Australia

Finalist 12^th Biennale Internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois –Rivieres , Quebec , Canada

Finalist  Winner The Contemporary Print: 5x5 juried exhibition, Print Austin , Texas – USA

Finalist  Finalist  4^th  Jogja International Miniprint Biennale , Yogkakarta , Indonesia

 

 

Sculpture Portrait Workshop   : The Portrait in Clay with Javier Murcia (Spanish Figurative  Sculptor ) New Zealand.

Figurative Sculpture Classes   (bronze, wax  , plaster casting)  Perides Sculpture School –

Queensland  , Australia

 

 2019

Guest Working Artist : L’atelier de Gravure - Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris , France

Figurative/ Life Drawing classes   :  L'Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris , France

Guest working Artist   : International Centre of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Visited  : Atelier Contrepoint /Atelier 17 , Paris , France

Visited   : Les ateliers de MORET , Paris , France

Visited : Black Church Print Studio Dublin , Ireland

Visited : Graphic Studio and Gallery Dublin , Ireland

Attendance  : International Mezzotint Festival , Yekaterinburg Siberia/Russia (Included attending numerous Mezzotint master classes ,workshops, demonstrations and seminars)

Sculpting the Figure in Clay  Workshop  / Instructor : Jason Arkles  sculptor  from Florence (Italy) .

Sculpture Modelling Workshop –  (wax model cast / bronze) Meridian Sculpture , Melbourne Australia

Ceramic   Classes – Mudlarks Studio , Queensland , Australia

Ceramic Workshop – Surface Techniques   , Mollie Bosworth , Queensland Australia 

2019 – First Prize - Print “Enter into Art”  - Cologne -Germany

2019 – Honourable Mention Prize 12^th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition – Centre for Contemporary Print, CT USA

2019 - Honourable Mention Prize Lévis’ 10th Edition of the Internationale d’art miniature, Quebec , Canada

2019 – Shortlisted MARIO AVATI - ACADÉMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS PRINTMAKING AWARD Paris , France

2019 – Finalist Award -Miniprint International Cadaques , Barcelona Spain

2019 – Finalist Megalo International Print Prize – Megalo Print Gallery – ACT – Australia

2019 – Finalist The Contemporary Print 2019 - 6th annual juried international exhibition , Print Austin – Texas , USA (Juried)

2019 –Finalist Americas 2019 : Paper Works Exhibition – Northwest Arts Center – Minot State University – North Dakota , USA (Juried) .

2019 – Finalist Burnie Print Prize – Burnie Regional Art Gallery , Burnie , Tasmania , Australia (Juried)

2019 – Finalist 6th  Indonesia International Print Triennial Competition 2018/2019 Bentara Budaya- Jakarta , Indonesia (Juried)

2019 – Finalist 37th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition Bradley University Galleries, Peoria  , Illinois USA

2019 –Finalist Second International Print Biennale Yerevan 2019,  Foundation KulturDialog Armenien, Yerevan, Armenia

2019 – Finalist  International Mezzotint Festival Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts , Ekaterinburg , Russia

2019 – Finalist International bookplates and small printmaking competition Sint-Niklaas, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

2019 – Finalist X International exhibition "Art in miniature MajdanArt " Association for Art, Culture and Tourism Majdan Art , Majdanpek , Serbia

2019 – Finalist Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award 2019 – New South Wales – Australia

2019 – Finalist Mostra Internacional de Maneira Negra – International Mezzotint Exhibition

Campinas, Brazil

2019 - Finalist Minimax Print Show Galleri Heike Arndt DK – Berlin/Denmark

2019 - Red Dot Art 4th Mini Print Exhibition – Exhibition travels around the UK

2019 – Finalist Peebles Print Prize - Queenscliff , Victoria - Australia

2019 – Finalist 3rd Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial –Kaunas, Lithuania

2019 –Finalist Hornsby Art Prize Finalist Exhibition – Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre – Sydney   , NSW , Australia

 

 

2018

 

Artist in Residence - International Printmaking Residency Guanlan Original Printmaking Base (As part of the Belt and Road Project Initiative ) , Shenzhen ,China .

“The Work will be held in exhibitions both in the National Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria and the Convention and Exhibition Center in Dunhuang, China.The works to participate in the Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo in September, 2018. The expo will be attended by state leaders, ministers, foreign diplomats and celebrities from countries along the “Belt and Road”. The works will be exhibited in different countries and  used for academic exchanges and exhibitions. For this project, we will cooperate with the top galleries or museums in different big cities for the New Silk Road Print Exhibitions. Together with 25 Chinese artists works, there would be 100 works in total for the exhibition. All exhibited 100 works will be donated to national  galleries  or museums after the exhibition”.

 

Ceramic Sculpture   Workshop   - Sichuan Fine Arts Institute of Handmade Art - Guanlan Longhua , Shenzhen , China.

 

Ceramics Workshop - Khmer Ceramics and Fine Art Centre - Angkor Wat  , Siem Reap  , Cambodia

 

Hong Kong Open Printmaking Workshop - Kowloon , Hong Kong (visited)

 

C.A.P Studio - Chiang Mai Art on Paper  , Printmaking Workshop  ,Chiang Mai , Thailand (visited)
 

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2018

 

9th Douro Biennial 2018 , Douro , Portugal (Invitation)

Footprint 2018   International Competition , Center for Contemporary Printmaking , Norwalk , CT , USA (Juried)

René Carcan International Prize for Printmaking  , Brussells - Belgium (Juried)

Mezzotint Exhibition 2018 - Davidson Gallery , Seattle , Washington USA (Invitation)

Americas Paper Works 2018 , North West Art Center , Minot State University ,North Dakota USA  -( Juried)

2nd International Biennial of Paper Works, Prijedor ,Museum of Kozara , Bosnia and Herzegovina

9^th International Printmaking “Prints for Peace Mexico” Monterrey - Mexico

Seacourt Center for Printmaking International MiniPrint Biennial  , Bangor - Northern Ireland

2^nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition 2018   , Dubai UAE

Biennale Internationale d'Art Miniature (Print category), Galerie du Rift, Ville-Marie , Quebec - Canada (Juried)

9^th International Triennial of Graphic Art - Bitola 2018 -    Macedonia (Juried)

Bimpe 10^th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition   , Vancouver Canada (Juried)

7^th International Miniature Print Biennial Exhibition- Ottawa - Canada (Juried)

6^th Biennial Footprint International Competition   , Center for Contemporary Printmaking -Connecticut - USA (Juried)

Imprint - International Competitive Exhibition of Printmaking - Manifest Creative Research Gallery - Cincinnati , Ohio , USA (Juried)

Spirituality in Art Prize 2018- Collins Street Baptist Church - Melbourne , Australia (Juried)

2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition 2018, Shaghaf  Group , Dubai, UAE (Juried)

2018 Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards - Victoria - Australia (Juried)

Kuala Lumpur International Miniprint Exhibition (KLIMEX) 2018 , National Art Gallery , Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia (Invitation)

25th Máximo Ramos International Graphic Award ,Centro Torrente Ballester Rúa Concepción Arenal, Coruña - Spain (Juried)

Tokyo International Mini Print Triennial 2018 , Tama Art University, Hachioji, Tokyo - Japan (Juried).

5^th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland , Covasna - Romania (Juried)

14^th Annual Magnitude Seven Small works Exhibition , Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati , Ohio - USA  (Juried)

Small Works Art Prize Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery  , Melbourne - Australia

2018 International Triennial of Graphic Art   , Bitola  - Macedonia (Juried)

4^th International Print Exhibition - Inkmasters /Tanks Arts Centre   , Cairns , QLD - Australia (Juried)

“Mezzot’India” - A Special International Mezzotint Exhibition and Event  - Bihar Museum, Patna - India (invitation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

Figurative Sculpture Workshop – Society of Sculptors  , Queensland , Australia

Life Drawing Classes - Life-drawing.com.au  , Melbourne CBD , Victoria , Australia

 

2016

Official Judge/Juror - “On Paper International Printmaking Award”  , Barcelona Spain

Judge –“Enter into Art 2016” International Small Scale Exhibition– Königswinter , North Rhine Germany

Portrait Drawing Workshop – Academia de Arte -   Barcelona Atelier of Realist Art   , Barcelona   ,  Spain .

Guest Working Artist   –   Singapore Tyler Print Institute   ,   Singapore   .

Portrait Sculpting Workshop – Society of Sculptors   Queensland   , Australia