Education:
86-94. John XXIII College. Perth.
Completed year 12 and Tertiary Entrance Exam in 1994.
95-98. St Oswalds Art Academy. London. United Kingdom.
A three year intensive, traditional, skills based course in fine art. Teaching everything from egg tempera & flemish painting to stone carving & geometry. The course also combined meditative practices within its curriculum.
95-01. Curtin University. Perth.
Bachelor of Arts. Visual Art. Major in painting. Minor printmaking.
Included 6 months study at Sydney College of the Arts.
02-03. Julian Ashton School of Art. Sydney.
‘Mosman Youth Art Prize’ scholarship in 2002 & Brett Whiteley scholar for 2003.
2004. Sydney College of the Arts. Sydney.
Master of Studio Art. Coursework. Supervised by Dr Lindy Lee.
Exhibitions:
1995. Catholic Schools Exhibition of Western Australia
1995. Year 12 Perspectives Exhibition. Art Gallery of Western Australia.
1998. St Oswalds Studios. London. - Degree show.
1999. Mosman Youth Art Prize. Sydney.
Eden Creative Arts Centre. Sydney. - Solo show.
1999. Curtin University. Perth. - Undergraduate degree show.
1999. Greenhill Galleries. Perth. - Group show.
99-02. Australian Art Informs. Sydney.
Displayed at the Hilton, IBM Darling Park, & the Fairmont Resort.
2000. Art in Action. Oxford, UK. - International arts festival.
Exhibited in the younger generation section.
2001. Loading Bay Gallery. London. - Four man show. ‘States of Being.’
2002. Julian Ashton Art School. Sydney. - Group show.
2003. Xzibit Gallery. Sydney. - Group show. Mar - June.
2003. School of Philosophy. Sydney. - Group show.
2003. Art in Action. Oxford, UK. International arts festival.
Exhibited in the Contemporary Spiritual Art section.
2003. Xzibit Gallery. Sydney. - Group show. Sept - Dec.
2004. Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery. Sydney.
Currently represented by Trevor Victor Harvey in Sydney.
2004. Melbourne Affordable Art Fair. Australia
2004. Sydney Affordable Art Fair. Australia.
2004. Firstdraft Gallery. Sydney. - Group show. ‘De Ja Vu/ Jamais Vu.’
2004. Royal Automobile Club. Sydney.
2004. Church Gallery. Perth. - Group show. ‘The White Show’.
2004. Sydney College of the Arts. - Postgraduate Show.
2005. Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery. Sydney.
“Nature of Consciousness.” Jonah Cacioppe & Jane Kellahan.
2005. Metro5 Gallery. Melbourne.
“The Openness of Being.” Jonah Cacioppe & Emma Langridge.
2006. Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery. Sydney.
“I am the sun & the moon, the night & the day.”
2006. Art in Action. Oxford, UK. International arts festival.
Awards:
1995. Catholic Schools Exhibition of WA. Perth.
Commendation for painting.
1999. Mosman Youth Art Prize. Sydney
A one year scholarship to Julian Ashton Art School. Taken up in 2002.
Also awarded third prize for senior painting.
2002. Brett Whiteley Scholarship. Sydney.
A one year scholarship to Julian Ashton Art School. Taken up in 2003.
2002. Phillip Musket Landscape Prize. Sydney.
Commissions & Projects:
95-98. St James Primary School, London UK - Set designer. 95-98. Mr Jeffery Courtney. - Studio assistant. 96-98. Art in Action. International Arts Festival. Oxford UK - Volunteer.
1998. Talana Arts Trust. Cape Town. South Africa - Teacher.
Taught drawing and painting during a week long art course involving teachers from across the globe.
00-01. Waterperry House Fresco Project. Oxford UK - Artist’s assistant.
Worked full time with a team of 10 other artists to design and paint a series of fresco paintings to decorate Waterperry house. The project is one of the largest fresco paintings to be completed in the UK and is based upon the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, one of the main philosophical schools of Indian thought. Completed in Dec 05.
2002. School of Philosophy. Sydney. - Commission.
Commission based upon the idea of Dharma.
2003. School of Philosophy. Sydney. - Curator.
2005. Waterperry House Fresco Project. Oxford. UK - Project assistant.
2006. Art in Action. Oxford, UK. International arts festival.
Curator of the Christian Art section of the Abrahmic Arts tent.
Collections:
Mrs C Kubrick. Mr & Mrs Fox. School of Economic Science, London. John Colet School, Sydney. School of Philosophy, Sydney.
Teaching Experience:
1998. Talana Arts Trust. Cape Town. South Africa.
Taught drawing and painting during a week long art course involving teachers from across the globe.
02-04. School of Philosophy. Sydney.
Tutor in non-dual philosphy, & Advaita Vedanta for teenagers and young
adults, through regular evening classes, weekends & week retreats. Also
lead an art group every second weekend.
05-06. St Oswald’s School of Painting. London.
Part-time Project work and Drawing teacher for full-time students, aswell
as evening classes in painting & drawing.
02-04. School of Economic Science. London.
(Affiliated with the School of Philosophy Sydney.)
Tutor in non-dual philosphy, & Advaita Vedanta for teenagers and young
adults, through regular evening classes, weekends & week retreats.
05-06. The Art Academy. London.
Head of Painting, Marketing Director & tutor. Assisted in the
development and implementation of the three year Diploma course,
among other course development and marketing work.