Brisbane artist, writer, musician and Visual Art educator working across photography, painting, drawing, ceramics, music and prose under the name HolyGreenCow. Work held by Artbank and regional galleries in Australia. Returned to exhibiting in 2025 while continuing studio work, teaching and a first novel.
Education
2011 — Bachelor of Photography (Honours First Class), Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2010 — Bachelor of Photography, Photographic Art Practices, Queensland College of Art
2010 — Drawing short courses, Brisbane Institute of Art
2006 — Photography short courses, Brisbane Institute of Photography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 — They Came, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2011 — Interrupting Suburbia, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2009 — Faces, Solo Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 — Cats, Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2012 — The Greatest Story Ever Told 2, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2011 — austrALIENation, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2011 — Prometheus Art Award, Finalist, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2010 — Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Biennial Emerging Art Prize (Acquired)
2010 — Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards, Finalist
2009 — Olive Cotton Portrait Prize, Hanger's Choice Award, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2009 — Churchie Emerging Art Prize, Finalist, Brisbane
2008 — Nundah Art Prize, Winner (Photography), Brisbane
2008 — Moreton Bay Regional Art Awards, Finalist
Awards, Grants & Recognition
2012 — Janet Holmes A' Court Australian Artists Grant
2011 — Prometheus Art Award, Finalist
2011 — Griffith Award for Academic Excellence
2010 — Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Biennial Emerging Art Prize (Work Acquired)
Major series include They Came (created 2009; solo exhibition 2012), austrALIENation (created 2010; exhibited 2011), The Greatest Story Ever Told 2 (created 2011; exhibited 2012), Cataclysm (2010), and Dreams of an Ordinary Man (2010). Constructed narratives made with early iPhone technology, practical effects and post-production montage.
Painting & Ceramics
Portraits, religious figures, HolyGreenCow characters and Australian scenes across painting, drawing, ceramics and soft sculpture. Current work includes studies for a larger Birdsville painting planned for 2026.
Music
Released albums under Animal Boy (Walking Stick, 1995; Attack of the Stickmen, 1996) and U-then8 (U-then8, 2000; Liar A, 2002). These four releases are available on Spotify.
Writing
Drafting debut novel HolyGreenCow Chronicles (begun 2025; in progress), drawing on characters and ideas developed across earlier music and visual work.
Professional Experience
Current — Visual Art Educator, Secondary Level, Brisbane, Queensland
Returned to exhibiting in 2025; studio work and writing continue alongside teaching
Artist Statement
HolyGreenCow is where photographs, objects, songs and writing live together. The work returns to ordinary Australian places when something feels slightly off. Humour is deliberate, but not necessarily reassuring.