EDUCATION

2017 Master of Applied Design and Art (Candidate) – Curtin University (Western Australia)

2017 Graduate Certificate in Applied Design and Art – Curtin University (Western Australia)

2016 Figurative and Still Life Painting (Summer Course) – The Florence Academy of Art (Götenborg- Sweden)

2013 Figurative Drawing (Summer Course) – The Florence Academy of Art (Florence- Italy)

2013 Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) – Curtin University (Western Australia)

2005-7 Studied techniques of classical painting under the one-on-one mentorship of Hamed Sadrarhami- Mehrfam Atelier (Isfahan, Iran)

2002 Drawing (Summer Course) – Isfahan University of Art, (Isfahan, Iran)

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 

2020 Winner Best Ellis House Member Award – City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2019 Overall Winner – 'To Infinity and Beyond' Art Award by Palliative Care Australia, WA

2018 Winner Best Ellis House Member Award – City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2016 Winner Best Ellis House Member Award – City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2010 Highly Commended – City of Wanneroo Art Award, WA

2009 Highly Commended – West Australian Society of Art Annual Prize, WA

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EXHIBITIONS

2023 Sunday Portraits (Group Exhibition), Midland Junction Arts Centre (MJAC), WA

2023 Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA

2023 Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude- Taree, NSW

2022 West Australian Society of Art Annual Prize, WA

2021 Minnawarra Art Awards, WA

2021 West Australian Society of Art Annual Prize, WA

2020 City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2020 'Persistence' by Live In Art, NSW

2019 'To Infinity and Beyond' Art Award by Palliative Care Australia, WA

2019 City of Wanneroo Art Award, WA

2019 Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA

2018 City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2017 Manning Art Prize: Naked & Nude- Taree, NSW

2017 Ellenbrook Art Award- Ellenbrook, WA

2017 Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA

2016 City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2014 Art for Reef Exhibition, WA

2010 Members of Ellis House Exhibition, WA

2010 City of Wanneroo Art Award, WA

2009 The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, QLD

2009 Metrochurch Art Award, WA

2009 City of Bayswater Art Award, WA

2009 West Australian Society of Art (WASA) Annual Prize, WA

2009 City of Swan Art Award, WA

2008 Members of Ellis House Exhibition, WA

2001 Zemun International Salon of Caricature, Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia)

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PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENTS

2021 Drawing Teacher – Balcatta Senior High School Gifted and Talented Visual Art Program, WA

2021 Facilitator – Art Therapy Workshops

2020 Judge – 'Palliative Care… It's more than you think!' by Palliative Care Australia, WA

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COLLECTIONS

Manning Regional Art Gallery, NSW

Churchie Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Private Collections across Australia and overseas.