PROFILE

B. 1981, Perth, Western Australia.

Lives and works in Mt Lawley, Western Australia.

Proud member of NAVA, WA Portrait Artists, Portrait Society of America

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Nakhon Sawan International Art Festival, Nakhon Sawan Thailand
2024 23rd Int. Art Exchange, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo Japan
2024 Lethbridge 20000 Art Award - Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington QLD
2024 Conversations II, Inglewood Arts Hub, Inglewood WA
2024 Lumiere, Le Vivant, Highgate WA
2023 Archibald Prize Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks NSW
2023 City of Stirling Art Awards, Council Centre, Innaloo WA
2023 Hidden Corners, Vinyl Gallery, Leederville WA
2022 Portia Geach Memorial Award- SH Ervin Gallery, NSW
2022 The Percival Portrait Painting Prize - Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville QLD
2021 The Lester Prize for Portraiture - Art Gallery of WA, Northbridge WA
2020 Lester Prize for Portraiture - Salon des Refuses, Perth WA
2020 City of Busselton Art Awards - ArtGeo Complex, Busselton WA
2020 Lethbridge 20000 Art Award - Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington QLD
2020 WA Portrait Artists - PS Art Space, Fremantle WA
2019 Incontro Di Artisti in Salento -Palazzo Gallone, Citta di Tricase Italy
2019 La Machina Di San Cresci - Greve in Chianti, Tuscany Italy
2019 First Look - Buratti Gallery, Subiaco WA
2018 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture - Art Gallery of WA, Northbridge WA
2018 City of South Perth Art Award - South Perth WA
2018 Ellenbrook Art Award - The Gallery, Ellenbrook WA
2018 Meraki VI – Whitespace Gallery, Fremantle WA
2018 The Big Splash - Public Art Exhibition, Community Art Project, WA
2016 Mt Hawthorn Laneway Festival - Mt Hawthorn WA

AWARDS

2021 Baldock Family People's Choice Award, The Lester Prize
2020 People's Choice Award, City of Busselton Art Awards
2020 Highly Commended, City of Busselton Art Awards
2020 Highly Commended, City of Bayswater Art Award

EDUCATION

Edith Cowan University, WA – B Arts (Visual Arts)
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, WA - Adv Dip. Set and Costume Design
Central TAFE - Cert IV Visual Art and Contemporary Craft
Studio Geneve - Visual Art

RESIDENCIES

Desiree has been awarded a 2024 residency in Thailand and 2019 residencies in Tuscany, Italy, and Tricase Porto, Italy.

WORKS

Works held in private collections in Australia, Canada, South Korea, Germany, United States.