THE HIGHLIGHTS

2020
| ESTABLISHED: ‘THE FUTURE ANCIENTS’ PODCAST
| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: CHINA, AUSTRALIA
| FESTIVALS: ONE EARTH LIVE, 4E SYDNEY, RED DIRT POETRY FESTIVAL

2019
| SINGLE RELEASE: WELCOME TO PARADOX
| TOURS: AUSTRALIA, LONDON, ATHENS
| FESTIVALS: BLEACH FESTIVAL, MELBOURNE SPOKEN WORD + POETRY FESTIVAL
| PUBLISHED: ‘POEMS FROM A GREEN AND BLUE PLANET’ EDITED BY SABRINA MAFOUZ (HACHETTE, UK), ‘SOLID AIR" EDITED BY DAVID STAVANGER + ANNE-MARIE TE WHIU (UQP)

| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, MALAYSIA, VIETNAM, SINGAPORE

| FACILITATED: RHODES POETRY RETREAT

2018
| ESTABLISHED: ‘THE FUTURE ANCIENTS’ PTYLTD (CEO)
| WORK IN PROGRESS SHOWING: ‘ODYSSEUS’, FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE | SINGLE RELEASE: LIVING ARTEFACT
| TOUR SUPPORTS: TIKI TAANE (NZ), NAHKO + MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE (USA)
| FESTIVALS: WAVE FESTIVAL, HORIZON FESTIVAL
| COMMISSIONS: ‘MACQUARIE’ QUEENSLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, VIETNAM, HONG KONG
| FACILITATED: RHODES POETRY RETREAT

2017
| RESIDENCY: SCOTTISH POETRY LIBRARY
| FESTIVALS: EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL (UK), WANDERLUST (NZ), SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS (AUS)
| TOUR SUPPORT: AKALA (UK)
| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, CHINA, SCOTLAND
| ESTABLISHED: RHODES POETRY RETREAT, GREECE

2016
| FIRST WORK IN PROGRESS SHOWING: ‘ODYSSEUS’ - SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC

| TOUR SUPPORT: AKALA (UK)
| FESTIVALS: SOMERSET CELEBRATION OF LITERATURE
| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, CHINA, NEW ZEALAND

2015

| ALBUM & BOOK RELEASE ‘ANTIDOTE’

| TOURS: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA

| TOUR SUPPORTS: DR CORNEL WEST (USA)

| FESTIVALS: ONE BLOOD FESTIVAL (SA), QUEENSLAND POETRY FESTIVAL, UPLIFT FESTIVAL

| PUBLISHED: ‘HOME IS WHERE THE MIC IS’ EDITED BY MANDI VUNDLA (BOTSOSO)

| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, CHINA

2014
| ALBUM RELEASE: ‘EXIT’
| TOURS: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND
| RESIDENCY: BEIJING BOOKWORM WRITERS FESTIVAL
| FESTIVALS: SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS, RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL

| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND

2013
| EP RELEASE ‘PERASMA/PASSAGE’
| BOOK RELEASE: THE FUTURE ANCIENTS
| TOURS: AUSTRALIA, GREECE
| FESTIVALS: WORD TRAVELS FESTIVAL, UPLIFT FESTIVAL, HONG KONG YOUNG READERS + WRITERS FESTIVAL, MAKASSAR LITERATURE FESTIVAL, BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL
| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA, CHINA

2012
| ALBUM RELEASE: ‘PLEASE RESIST ME’
| TOURS: UNITED STATES, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA
| TOUR SUPPORT: SHANE KOYCZAN (CANADA), JIVE POETIC (NYC)), KEN ARKIND (USA),
MAHOGANY L. BROWNE (NYC)
| FESTIVALS: UPLIFT FESTIVAL, AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL, SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL, BEIJING BOOKWORM LITERATURE FESTIVAL, UBUD WRITERS FESTIVAL
| HEADLINE SHOW: NUYORICAN POETS’ CAFE (NYC)
| EDUCATION PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIA

2011
| COMMISSION: ‘LUKA LESSON ART SERIES’ NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA
| POETRY SLAMS: WINNER - AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM NATIONAL FINAL, PLACED - 19TH OUT OF 80 - INDIVIDUAL WORLD POETRY SLAM (IWPS), CHARLOTTE, USA
| TOURS: UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA
| PUBLISHED: ‘SOUTHERN SUN, AEGEAN LIGHT: POETS OF SECOND-GENERATION GREEK- AUSTRALIANS’ EDITED BY NICK TRAKAKIS (ASP)

2010
| EP RELEASE ‘CHILD’S PLAY’
| POETRY SLAM: WINNER - MELBOURNE OVERLOAD POETRY FESTIVAL SLAM, WINNER - GREENS POETRY SLAM

| CO-CURATOR: ‘TELL IT LIKE IT IS’ SPOKEN WORD SERIES, FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE

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TERTIARY EDUCATION HISTORY

| MASTERS IN SOUND DESIGN (PERFORMANCE POETRY), VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

| FIRST CLASS HONOURS, INDIGENOUS STUDIES, MONASH UNIVERSITY
| BACHELOR OF ARTS (ANTHROPOLOGY), UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND

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