Biography
1982
Born in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
1999
Diploma of Fine Arts, Hunter Institute of Technology, Newcastle, Australia (-'01)
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Major, National Art School, Sydney, Australia (-'04)
Grants/Awards/Residencies
2003
Winner of the Australian Children's Health and Welfare Painting Award
2004
William Fletcher Trust Painting Grant, Sydney, Australia
Winner of the Art on the Rocks Young Artist Award, Sydney, Australia
Finalist Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Australia
Winner of the National Art School Painting Award, Sydney, Australia
Reg Richardson Travelling Art Scholarship, Australia
2005
Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, Cauz Group, Australia
Artist in Residence for the film Jindabyne–Australian Film Commission
Studio Residency Award, La Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
National Art School Studio Residency, Paris
La Cité Internationale des Arts, Studio Residency, Paris
2006
Finalist Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, Australia
2008
Portia Geach National Portrait Prize, Highly Commended, Sydney, Australia
Leipzig International Art Programme Residency (LIA), The Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Winner of the Fleurieu Biennale Landscape Water Prize, South Australia
2009
Winsor and Newton/Artist Profile, On this Island, New Zealand Artist Grant
2010
Art Cologne Young Artist Open Space Booth Award, Cologne, Germany
2011
Art in Progress Residency, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Germany
2012
AWIPEV Koldewey Station Artist Residency, Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard
Art in Progress Residency, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Germany
Expedition Art and Science, Arctic residency and fellowship, German Polar Institute, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
2019
P.I. Professional Development Grant, New York, USA
Solo exhibitions
2006
Placement Europe, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007
From Leipzig to Mallorca, Tres Temps Galeria, Mallorca, Spain
From the Studio Spinnerei, Leipzig, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010
Art Cologne, Open Space with Galerie EIGEN + ART, Cologne, Germany
Mankind, Nature, Myth, ANDO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Beneath These Clouded Skies, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany
2012
Expedition Kunst-Wissenschaft, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany
Drawn into the Light, ANDO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Expedition Art and Science, Alfred Wegener Institute für Polar und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
2015
A Time of Plenty, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
2016
Countenance of the Sky, ANDO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2017
Modern Landscapes, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2020
A Minute to Midnight, ANDO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
Group exhibitions
2004
Art on the Rocks, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Sydney, Australia
Degree Show, National Art School, Sydney, Australia
2005
New Talent, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006
Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2007
The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008
Leipzig International Art Programme at Cavanacor Gallery, Cavanacor Gallery, Ireland
Australian Painting-Shonah Trescott and Euan MacLeod, Leipzig International Art Programme, Leipzig, Germany
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Leipzig/Travnik Partner Stadt Exhibition, Cultural Centre of Travnik, Bosnia
2009
Hab und Gut, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Labor, Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin, Germany
Leipzig Calling, New York Academy of Art, USA
2010
Labor, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
2011
Art Cologne, with Galerie EIGEN + ART, Cologne, Germany
2012
Art Cologne, with Galerie EIGEN + ART, Cologne, Germany
2013
Missing Link, Momentum Worldwide, Berlin, Germany
on paper, EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin, Germany
2014
Das flüssige Element. Seestücke des 17. Und 21. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop, Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, Germany
2015
Drawn into the light, Shonah Trescott & Osvaldo Budet, Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Gallery Weekend Berlin, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
Puerto Rican Institute of Culture Triennale, Puerto Rico
2016
Plastic Obsession, Umweltbundesamt Dessau, Germany
close up - European Month of Photography, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany
2017
Modern Landscapes, Kirow Werk with Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany
Group show, Kunst werk-Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
DOWN UNDER, MOMENTUM, Berlin, Germany
2018
Spinnerei Werkshau group exhibition, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Ping Pong 2018, Projektraum M54, Basel, Switzerland
CHEERS, Galerie EIGEN + ART Lab, Berlin, Germany
2019
The Collection of Michael Hobbs, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
Guns to Roses, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Rainbow of Chaos, St. Charles, Maryland, USA
Gifts for you, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin, Germany