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Education

  
2005 Post-graduate Diploma of Research Methods, James Cook University, Cairns
1995 Bachelor of Education in Visual Arts, University of Melbourne

 

Solo Exhibitions
2017 Mud on the wall, Vivo, Palm Cove, Cairns
2016 Whatnots, Vivo, Palm Cove, Cairns
2014 Popcorn, Vivo, Palm Cove, Cairns
2008 Sweet tooth, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns
2005 Heat, The Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns
2004 Otro Venera, Maroondah Art Gallery, Maroondah Federation Estate, Melbourne
2003 Alchemy, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
1994 Exposed, Limbo Gallery, Chapel Street, Melbourne

 

Collaborative Exhibition

2012                      Glimpse, Poulsen and Valmadre, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns

 

Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Arcade, Knock Knock Contemporary Artists’ Initiative, Cairns
2015 Art Now, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
  Sorority, Tanks Art Center, Cairns
2014 Sense & Sensibilities, Knock Knock contemporary artist initiative, Canopy Artspace, Cairns
  OXO, Vivo, Palm Cove, Cairns
2013 Paper, Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
  Collecting Art, Cairns Regional Gallery fundraiser, Cairns
  Paradise, Knock Knock contemporary artist initiative, Circa  1907, Cairns
 2012 Sub-150, a Knock Knock contemporary artist initiative, Circa 1907, Cairns
  A common thread, collaborative book: Knock Knock contemporary artist, travelling
  Collecting Art, Cairns Regional Gallery fundraiser, Cairns
  Women in the arts, a Knock Knock contemporary artist initiative, Circa 1907, Cairns
2011 Birds of a feather, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2010 The Salon, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
  Due North collections exhibition, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2009 Trio, Vivo, Palm Cove, Cairns
  Fire Cloud, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns
  Lunch Box, Vivo, Palm Cove, Cairns
2008 Big, Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns
  Hidden treasures, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2007 Flight, Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns
  Hidden treasures, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2006 Imports, Bryce Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
  Nanna is the New Black, Centre of Contemporary Arts Cairns
  Images of the North, Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns
2005 Home Front, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns
  Rush, The Reef Hotel Casino, Cairns, Qld
2004 Fingerprints, Emporium Gallery, Brisbane
  Glare, Centre of Contemporary Arts, Cairns

 

Selected Publications
2012 Savannah Country: the art of Julie Poulsen and Jenny Valmadre, a documentary film
  Catherine Hunter Productions Pty Ltd
2009 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, 48#3 November, front/back
Pgs 3, 44 to 47 Barbecued Clay, yum
2008 Sweet tooth,Arts Nexus, author Dominic Johns, posted, Wed Oct 15 KickArts:
  Feast for the sweet tooth at KickArts, Arts Queensland’s monthly, November
  City Life Magazine, 10/08,pg14
  Cairns Post, Timeout, 02/10/08 pg 14
2006 Qantas Airline Magazine, June, pg 181
  Images of the North, selected works from the Cairns Regional Gallery Collection, author Brinkman P.

 

Awards & Grants
2012 Cultural Tourism grant, Regional Arts Development Fund
2003 Major Grant, Arts Queensland: Arts and Cultural Project

 

Public Collections
2010 Sugar, Moving sculpture Project, Cairns Regional Gallery Outreach program.
2006 The Burn, held in the Cairns convention collection
2004 The Source, held in the Cairns Regional Gallery Collection
  Layers of Life, held in the Queensland State Government Collection

 

Corporate Collections
2004 Otro Venera, Smile Solutions Orthodontics, level 1, Manchester Unity Building, 220 Collins St, Melbourne, 3000

 

Commissions
2007 Horizons 1, 2 & 3, Shangri-La Hotel, Cairns

 

Gallery Representation
  Bryce Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns Queensland
Corporate Art, Burleigh, Queensland
Emporium Gallery, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Goya Galleries, Docklands, Melbourne, Victoria
KickArts Shop, Centre of Contemorary Arts, Abbott St, Cairns, Queensland