2008 Artist Residency at the Australian Residency Cairo, Egypt, at the personal invitation of the Australian Ambassador.

2006 Awarded tenancy of Cite Internationale Des Arts Studio, Paris for 2007 by the Art Gallery of New South Wales

2003 Allen Gamble Memorial Art Prize, Sydney

2003 Portia Geach Memorial Prize Award, S.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1999 Appointed as Australian Official Artist attached to the Australian Army History Unit in Dili, East Timor, Australian War Memorial ACT

1998-99 Commissioned by the City of Sydney for Olympic pool murals based on the life of Annette Kellerman (8 panels), Cook & Phillip Aquatic Centre

1998 Bathurst Art Prize, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery

1996 Archibald Prize Winner, Art Gallery of New South Wales

1995 Kedumba Drawing Prize, New South Wales

1995 Portia Geach Memorial Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney

1992 Robert Le Gay Bereton Drawing Prize

1991-92 Australia Post Graduate Research Award

1990-95 Waverley Art Prize, New South Wales

1989 Mercedes Benz Art Scholarship

1986 Awarded tenancy Cite International Studio, Paris

1986 Dyason Bequest

1986 Marten Bequest, Travelling Art Scholarship

1986 The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales (judge Albert Tucker)