2019 Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts
2017 Graduate Certificate in Visual Art, Victorian College of the Arts
2007 Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Management) Honours, University of Ballarat
1992 Bachelor of Art (Ceramic Design), Monash University
2025 Moonlite makes Camp, Artpuff, Castlemaine
2022 PERFECTION, Brunswick Temporary, Melbourne
2022 Self(ie) Pride, Artwork commissioned for Melbourne Pride
Exhibited at Phee Broadway, Castlemaine, Dudley House, Bendigo, and Go Goldfields Centre, Maryborough
2021 RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW (coming soon), Wide Open Road Art, Castlemaine
2021 PLAY ON, Camp Reserve, Castlemaine
2021 An Ode to Bushrangers and Buggery, Vault Gallery, Arts Hub, Bendigo
2026 Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award [Finalist], No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2026 FLUID, Fitzroy Public Gallery, Fitzroy
2026 Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Magical Queer Group Show, Artemisia Gallery, Windsor
2026 Swatch this Space, curated by Nathan Sims, SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2025 Little Wonder, Artpuff, Castlemaine
2025 Hold The Line, curated by Natham Sims, Eaglehawk Commons, EagleHawk
2025 No Vacancy Annual Group Show [shortlisted], No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2025 HANKY CODE: an exploration of queer colour, curated by FOOT, Artemisia Gallery, Windsor
2025 Men on Men, Art Exhibition & Competition, The Laird, Abbotsford
2025 Queerthentic, The Old Auction House, Kyneton
2025 Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award [Finalist], No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2025 Queer Country, Dudley House, Bendigo
2025 SOULS / Midsumma Festival 2025, SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2024 Hue & Cry Art Prize, Hue & Cry Gallery, Geelong
2024 No Vacancy Annual [shortlisted], No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2024 The Robots are Coming, curated by Ivan Sun, Dudley House, Bendigo
2024 SEX, curated by Nathan Sims, SOL Gallery, Melbourne
2024 We’re Serious, Let’s Play, curated by Ryan F Kennedy, Radical Fields Harvest Arts Festival, Glenlyon
2023 Queer Country, curated by Chris Butler, Dudley House, Bendigo
2022 Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award [Finalist], No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2022 ILFORD CCP Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
2022 Queer Country, curated by Chris Butler, Dudley House, Bendigo
2021 Contemporary AF, Midsumma Festival, Mission To Seafarers Victoria, Melbourne
2021 Queer Country, curated by Chris Butler, Arts Hub, Valentines on View, Bendigo
2021 Midsumma and Australia Post Art Award [Finalist], No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Bulleke-bek Brunswick International Screen Marathon, GalleryGallery Inc, Melbourne
2019 #fromwhereistand, curated by Dr. Kim Donaldson, VCA Art Space, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2022 Queer Country, curated by Noel Hourigan, Dudley House, Bendigo
2018 Whatever Doesn’t Works, curated by Dr. Masato Takasaka, Assembly Point Exhibition Space, Melbourne
2018 While they decide… , curated by Dr. Kim Donaldson, VCA Art Space, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2018 Embodied Materialities, curated by Dr. Kate Just, Assembly Point Exhibition Space, Melbourne
2018 Queer Country, curated by Noel Hourigan, Dudley House, Bendigo
2017 The Readymade, CASPA Gallery, Castlemaine
2017 GCVA 2017, VCA Art Space, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2017 Parameters/Framework, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2025 Martin John Lee Reimagines the Bushranger in the West Wimmera, by Elizabeth Davies, Edenhope & District Echo, Vol.3, 116, September 10 2025 2025 Queer today, gone tomorrow – Queries Journal No.2, edited by Helen Back, https://www.queriesjournal.com
2024 Out-Side: Queer Words and Art from Regional Victoria – inaugural anthology celebrating over 30 writers and artists from Regional Victoria
Edited by Michael Earp. Published by Q-lit: Victoria’s Queer Festival of Words
2024 Big Book of Queer Bendigo – an exploration and celebration of LGBTQIA+ history of the Bendigo and Goldfields Region
Edited by John Richards. Published by Bendigo Queer Arts Festival Inc.
2021 Where art meets… footy! – Midland Express, Tuesday March 30, cover story by Eve Lamb
2019 Majlis Award – Graduation exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2019 Melbourne Global Scholars Award – University of Melbourne
2025 (Oct) Vice President – Committee of Management 94.9 MainFM
2024 Committee member – Committee of Management 94.9 MainFM
2022 Still Life with Pansy – (ongoing) host of a weekly show exploring contemporary queer art and artists on Castlemaine community radio, 94.9 MainFM
2022 Cover art for Riptide – Issue 6 of Tales from Outer Suburbia, by Thomas Vowles
2022 Cover art for Suburban Angel – Issue 4 of Tales from Outer Suburbia, by Thomas Vowles
2021 PLAY ON – pre-show screenings, Melbourne International Film Festival, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
2020 250 Billion Stars in the Milky Way – album artwork for Smythesdale, EP release by Wally Gunn, with Maria Zajkowski and Terrence Hunt
2018 Insert-Self-Here (ISH) – board member and co-curator with Director, Terry Jaensch, of 2018 program of Queer Arts, Ideas & Activism, Castlemaine
2013 Biome Project – ongoing artistic collaboration with Wally Gunn (composer), Terrence Hunt (film maker) and Anthony Jarvis (visual artist) creating works in response to the Scotia region, Murray Darling Depression, NSW
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