1946

Born Melbourne, Australia


1960s

Arrived Paris. Studied for Baccalaureate.

Attended Ecole des Beaux Arts and Universite de Paris, la Sorbonne, Paris

Arrived in New York [1969].


1970s

Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College, CUNY, New York.

Influenced by Mark Rothko, Joel Shapiro, Ralph Humphrey and the drawings of Joseph Beuys. Exposure to Groote Eylandt artworks by indigenous artists on frequent return visits to Australia.

Participated in 'New Image Painting' exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and 'Exxon National Exhibition' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York


1980s

Collaborated as editor of Semiotext(e), published by Columbia University [1978-1981]. Participated in the intellectual milieu centered around Telos and Heresies.

Traveled in Asia including India, Indonesia, Burma, Japan, the People's Republic of China and Sri Lanka. Returned subsequently to India for residencies at Sarabhai Foundation in Ahmedabad.

Became acquainted with writings of A.K. Ramanujan and Alan Roland.

Three residencies at Centre d'Experimentation Marie-Louise Jeannert, in Boissano, Italy.

Three residences at Edward Albee Foundation, in Montauk, New York.


1990s

Joined Graduate Faculty at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Traveling retrospective exhibition launched at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/Museum of Modern Art, New York and traveled within the United States.


2000s

A second version of the retrospective traveled to venues in Poland, Hungary and Austria.

A 25 year survey show traveled within Australia.

Chosen as Next Wave Festival artist, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York. [2001]

Traveling retrospective exhibition was launched at Saarland Museum, Saarbrucken in September, 2003 and will continue on to the Museuem Kurhaus Kleve in April 2006.


Throughout these years, writings on art appeared in Arts Magazine, New York; Art Press, Paris; Art Monthly Australia and Art and Australia.

Lectured at Universities and Museums including Kunsthochschule, Berlin; California Institute for the Arts; Brown University; Maryland Institute of the Arts, Victorian College for the Arts, Melbourne and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, Paris.

Received grants from the Australia Council for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Has lived in New York since 1969.