Born Sydney, Australia
Lives and works Thirroul, New South Wales

EDUCATION

2004       Master of Fine Arts (by Research), College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
1982       Bachelor of Art Education, City Art Institute, Sydney

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004       M  E  R  G  E  -  Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Australia
2004       Vagrancies and Virtual Artifice - COFA Exhibition/Performance Spaces,
2004       University of New South Wales, Sydney
2003       Quarks and Virtual Artifice - Lewis Gallery, Portland, ME, USA
2001       Latitude - Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, Maine, USA
2001       New Paintings - Thos. Moser Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2000       Joanne Handley : New Paintings - Thos. Moser Gallery, Freeport, Maine, USA
1999       Joanne Handley - Davidson & Daughters Contemporary Art Gallery, Portland, ME, USA
1998       e n  r a p p o r t  -  Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong, Australia

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009        Personally Political - Contemporary Sensation, Art House Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
2009        Din A4 Open Files, Archivo Municipal, Alameda principal 23, Málaga, Spain
2009        Deutsche Industrie Norm A4, Kulturmodell Bräugasse, Passau, Germany
2009        57th Blake Prize Touring Exhibition - Delmar Trinity Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Gallery M, Australia
2009        Phoenix Prize for Spiritual Art - ANU SofA Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
2009        Liverpool Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse, New South Wales, Australia
2008        project Din A4 - Dynamic International Museum of Contemporary Art, Belforte del Chienti, Italy
2008        Blake Prize Exhibition - NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney
2008        Din A4 Total - Stedelijk Museum, Roemond, The Netherlands
2007        (collected) women - Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Australia
2007        heat - AWESPACE ll, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2007        Mixed show - Wallspace Gallery, Surry Hills, Australia
2007        Stockroom show - Wallspace Gallery, Surry Hills, Australia
2006        liminal personae - Gallery 4a Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
2006        Shimmer - TransCultural Exchange, The Distillery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2006        dessiner aujourd'hui - Les Halles, La Frèche, France
2006        Din A4 The International Drawing Project - Kunstinitiatief L5, Roermond, The Netherlands
2006        and Academia de Bellas Artes, Havana Cuba
2006        liminal personae - Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong, Australia
2006        Festimage - International Image Festival, Chaves, Portugal
2006        Art4Refugees - SCARF, Thirroul, Australia
2005        World Year of Physics Art Prize - Macquarie University Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005        Art On Paper - Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Australia
2004        Without Reason - COFA Exhibition/Performance Spaces, University of New South Wales
2004        DNA: art and science - the double helix - Contemporary Art Museum,
2004        USF Institute for Research in Art, University of Southern Florida, USA
2003        Digital02 - Envisioning Time, Space, and the Future, Taranto Gallery, New York
2002        Digital02 - Envisioning Time, Space and the Future,
2002        The Technology Gallery, New York Hall of Science, New York
2002        Night of 1,000 Drawings - Artists Space, Green Street, New York
2002        Plugged In - Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME USA
2001        150 x 150 - Gallery@Green Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1998        Illawarra Institute of Technology Faculty Exhibition,
1998        Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong, Australia
1995        Illawarra Mercury Art Award - Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Australia
1994        POSTCODES - Travelling Exhibition, Arts Council of New South Wales, Australia
1994        City of Liverpool Art Prize, Liverpool, Australia
1992        ARTWORKZ FOUR - Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia
1992        Killarney Invitation Exhibition - Mosman Town Hall, Sydney, Australia
1991        Southern Cross Art Prize, Sydney, Australia
1991        Caltex Art Prize - Bega Regional Gallery, Bega, Australia
1991        Drummoyne Art Award - Sydney, Australia
1991        Liverpool City Art Prize, Liverpool, Australia
1991        Tathra Gallery, Tathra, Australia
1991        Camden Art Prize, Camden, Australia
1990        Sydney Grammar Exhibition - Darlinghurst, Australia
1990        Doug Moran In Search Of Excellence Invitation Exhibition, Sydney, Australia
1990        Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia
1990        Grolsch/Talens Selected Works - Power House Museum, Sydney, Australia

COLLECTIONS

Macquarie University
Wollongong City Gallery
El Gabinete de Hyde, Málagna, Spain
DIN A4 Institute - Roermond, The Netherlands
Maine Audubon, USA
LA Kennett Enterprises Pty Ltd
Heininger Pty Ltd
Thomas Creative
Pi Backus
Rissarti, Australia
Grolsch-Talens, Amsterdam
Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland USA