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RECENT WRITING //

Coming July 2025 | Timeless Objects, journal article, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 64 No 2, JULY 2025.

2025 | When Buildings Remember: How Art Can Reclaim Architectural Memory [PhD Thesis], University of Southern Queensland.

EDUCATION //

2021 - 2025 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2020 | Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours), First Class Honours, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2017 - 2019 | Bachelor of Creative Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS //

2024

21 June – 2 August 2024 | Existing in Space, Dwelling in Memory, solo exhibition, UniSQ Art Gallery, A Block University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2022

14 February – 2 April 2022 | Gravitas, solo exhibition, Brouhaha Gallery, Banter Coffee Kitchen, Margaret St Toowoomba, Queensland.

2019
12 September – 2 October 2019 | Absent Presence, debut solo exhibition, Red Door Project Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS //

2025

9 – 11 May 2025 | FACETS: Fairholme Open Art Prize finalist, Fairholme College, Toowoomba.

20 March – 29 April 2025 | Previous Owner, group exhibition, UniSQ A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2024

5 November – 6 December 2024 | Graduart 2024, group exhibition, UniSQ Art Gallery, A & B Block University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

21 November – 1 December 2024 | Terrain, group exhibition, Ipswich Community Gallery.

20 September – 18 October 2024 | Telling Tales: Person-centred Narratives in Art, group show, UniSQ Art Gallery, A Block University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

12 – 30 September 2024 | Fresh Crop, group exhibition, Field Trip Gallery, 1 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington.

3 September – 25 October 2024 | Park Perspectives: A Vision of Laurel Bank Park, group exhibition, UniSQ Art Gallery, B Block University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

10 – 12 May 2024 | FACETS: Fairholme Open Art Prize finalist, Fairholme College, Toowoomba.

22 March – 26 April 2024 | Fill Your Eyes II, group exhibition, UniSQ Art Gallery, A Block University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

15 February – 23 March 2024 | Soil & Mortar, duo exhibition, Warwick Art Gallery.

7 February – 3 March 2024 | Terrain, group exhibition, Rosalie Gallery, Toowoomba Region Art Galleries, Goombungee.

2023

11 August 2023 – 14 February 2024 | Undercurrent: Arts and Wellbeing, group exhibition, Medical Oncology Corridor, St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital.

6 – 29 September 2023 | Creative Interconnections, research exhibition, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

19 – 21 May 2023 | FACETS: Fairholme Open Art Prize finalist, group exhibition, Fairholme College, Toowoomba.

3 – 26 May 2023 | Time in Place, duo exhibition, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

5 – 28 April 2023 | I’m Picking Up (What You’re Putting Down), group exhibition, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

8 – 31 March 2023 | Fill Your Eyes, group exhibition, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2022

10 December 2022 – 22 January 2023 | All In!, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.

16 September – 14 October 2022 | Undercurrent, group exhibition, A Block Foyer Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

20 – 22 May 2022 | Facets: An Art Exhibition at Fairholme, group exhibition, Fairholme College, Toowoomba, Queensland.

8 May – 24 June 2022 | A Walk Amongst the Trees, group exhibition, B Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

8 – 29 April 2022 | Threshold Songs, group exhibition, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2 January – 13 February 2022 | Party Mix, LASSO group exhibition, Banter Coffee Kitchen, Margaret St Toowoomba, Queensland.

2021

24 September 2021 | ALCHEMY EMBODIMENT TRANSMUTATION, A USQ School of Creative Arts Research Exhibition and Symposium, Red Door Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

6 – 28 August 2021 | Fragile States, group exhibition, LASSO Gallery, 482 Ruthven St Toowoomba, Queensland.

27 July – 25 August 2021 | All Things 3D, group exhibition, USQ A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

June 2021 | Window Display - LASSO Gallery, group exhibition, LASSO Gallery, Ruthven St Toowoomba, Queensland.

21 – 23 May 2021 | Facets: An Art Exhibition at Fairholme, group exhibition, Fairholme College, Toowoomba, Queensland.

2020

7 – 29 November 2020 | Graduart 2020, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland.

2019

8 November – 6 December 2019 | Graduart 2019, group exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery & University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

21 – 28 September 2019 | Fresh Crop, group exhibition, First Coat Studios presents Silo Gallery Space, The Mills Precinct, Toowoomba, Queensland.

6 July – 28 August 2019 | Art Haus V, group exhibition, USQ Foyer Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2018

3 – 15 December 2018 | More More More, group exhibition, First Coat Studios, Toowoomba, Queensland.

21 – 29 September 2018 | Downlands College 2018 Art Exhibition, group exhibition, Downlands College, Toowoomba, Queensland.

24 July – 19 August 2018 | Art Haus IV, group exhibition, USQ Foyer Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

18 June – 6 July 2018 | Headspace, group exhibition, Red Door Project Gallery USQ, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2017

28 July – 13 August 2017 | Art Haus III, group exhibition, USQ Artsworx Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2016

30 July – 4 September 2016 | Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art, group exhibition, Darling Downs/South West Queensland Regional Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.

CURATED EXHIBITIONS //

21 June – 2 August 2024 | Existing in Space, Dwelling in Memory, curator, UniSQ Art Gallery, A Block University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

15 February – 23 March 2024 | Soil & Mortar, co-curator, Warwick Art Gallery.

5 – 28 April 2023 | I’m Picking Up (What You’re Putting Down), co-curator, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

14 February – 2 April 2022 | Gravitas, curator, Banter Coffee Kitchen, Margaret St Toowoomba, Queensland.

2 January – 13 February 2022 | Party Mix, co-curator, LASSO at Banter Coffee Kitchen, Margaret St Toowoomba, Queensland.

6 – 28 August 2021 | Fragile States, co-curator, LASSO Gallery, Toowoomba CBD, Queensland.

12 September – 2 October 2019 | Absent Presence, curator, Red Door Project Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

COLLECTIONS //

Goodbye (2016), permanent collection, Christian Outreach College Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Works held in private collections throughout Australia and internationally.

ACHIEVEMENTS //

2024 | Stellar Award Commendation, received formal recognition for work as Drawing Lecturer for VIS2020 2D Studio Foundations, University of Southern Queensland.

2022 – 2024 | Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship Recipient on behalf of the University of Southern Queensland.

2021 | Awarded the Rugby Farms Three-Dimensional Art Award 2021 at Facets: An Art Exhibition at Fairholme, Fairholme College, Toowoomba, Queensland.

2020 | University Medal Awardee, in recognition of exceptional academic performance, University of Southern Queensland.

2019 | The New Colombo Plan Scholarship Program Recipient.

RESEARCH //

2025 | When Buildings Remember: How Art Can Reclaim Architectural Memory [PhD Thesis], University of Southern Queensland.

6 – 29 September 2023 | Creative Interconnections, UniSQ School of Creative Arts research exhibition, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2022 | Beata Batorowicz, Kate Cantrell and Tarn McLean, Creative Returns: Reformation, Recovery, Renewal, An Arts and Wellbeing Symposium and Showcase, exhibition catalogue, Loophole Press, University of Southern Queensland, ISBN: 9780645024333.

2021 | Tarn McLean, Rhi Johnson & Beata Batorowicz, ALCHEMY EMBODIMENT TRANSMUTATION, A USQ School of Creative Arts Research Exhibition Catalogue, A Block Gallery, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

2020 | CRUMBLING RUINS: Can purpose be found in the expanse between spaces and the lost memories existing within? [Exegesis], University of Southern Queensland.

COMMUNITY //

26 October 2024 | Guest speaker for Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art, Darling Down’s South-West Region, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery.

December 2021 – January 2023 | Board Director and Company Secretary, First Coat Studios Ltd.

June 2021 – December 2022 | Co-director of LASSO Gallery, Studios and Projects, an artist-run-initiative via Creative CBD Toowoomba, Renew Australia, Toowoomba Region and Walton Stores.

March - May 2021 | Studio artist in residence at Alexandra Lawson Gallery & Studios, Toowoomba CBD.

January 2020 | Attended Traditional Japanese Woodblock (Mokuhanga) workshop totalling 52.5 hours with Terry McKenna, McGregor Summer Retreat, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

May 2019 | Workshop facilitator, Visual Arts at Play: Introduction to Drawing, Year 11 - 12 Student Experience Day, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.

September 2018 | Co-designer of USQ's first place winning entry in the Carnival of Flowers Corporate Float Competition, Marketing and Student Attraction, USQ, Toowoomba.