EDUCATION
2009 University of New South Wales (Bachelor of Commerce)
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2026 Burwood Art Prize
2025 Inner West Council Cultural Connections
2024 Dyanmila Residency, Bankstown Arts Centre
2024 The Chey Fellowship
2024 Blacktown City Art Prize Finalist
2023 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award Finalist
2023 Hornsby Art Prize Finalist
2023 Ewart Art Prize Finalist
2023 Blacktown City Creative Arts Fund
2023 Blacktown City Art Prize People’s Choice Winner
2013 Peroni Young Designer of the Year Winner
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 ‘The House Always Wins The Home Always Loses’, Rogue Pop-Up Gallery, Sydney (Forthcoming)
2025 ‘Losses Disguised As Wins’, Firstdraft, Sydney
2024 ‘Surface Tension’, The Waiting Room Project at Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney
2023 ‘Playtime’, LUNA Studio, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2025 ‘Weeds Crack Concrete, Pari, Sydney
2024 ‘The Local’, McGlade Gallery at Australian Catholic University, Sydney
2024 ‘Individual and Universal: the World We Share’, Institute for Australian and Asian Arts & Culture, Western Sydney University
2024 Blacktown City Art Prize, Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
2023 Rogue Pop-up Gallery, Sydney
2023 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney
2023 Hornsby Art Prize, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Sydney
2023 Ewart Art Prize, Willoughby Arts Centre, Sydney
2023 Blacktown City Art Prize, Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
COLLECTIONS
State Library of New South Wales
Private collections in Australia and Singapore
LIVED EXPERIENCE EXPERTISE ENGAGEMENTS
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Fairfield City Health Partnership & Alliance
Financial Counselling Australia
Financial Counselling Victoria
GambleAware
SHARC Self Help Addiction Resource Centre
Wesley Mission
PRESS
Nelson’s Story, https://www.gamblinghelponline.org.au/tools-resources/stories/nelsons-story
Pokies to patronage: How an Australian billionaire is shifting his power, 11 May 2025 – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/australias-ainsworth-family-shifts-pokies-power-to-philanthropy/105212504
Inside The Gallery (Australia) – Nelson’s Losses Disguised As Wins, 19 March 2025 – https://insidethegallery.com.au/e/inside-the-gallery-australia-nelsons-losses-disguised-as-wins/
‘Prison, pokies and colour: Three artists who turned art into therapy’, The Art Show at ABC Listen, 8 May 2024 – https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/prison-art-gambling-josh-muir/103743384