"We Shine Like Stars - When We Say No to Violence was created in 2010. The beginining, the first artwork connected to this series was created while making the Peace Montage in 1999 while studying at La Trobe University Bendigo. The Peace Montage was a creative response to the Kosovo War, 1999. Ten years later, in Manila I met Olivera Simic who is a survivor of this war. We became friends and colleagues. "We Shine Like Stars" was created for the article Olivera was writing called "Crossing the Lines" a play performed by women survivors of war. Performed at the Belgrade "Dah Theatre", actor survivirs explore reconciliation and healing as a result of artistic expression of voices being heard through artistic experience, a process of letting go creatively to develop a space for growth and hope where imagination can deliver a new life.

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"We Shine Like Stars" was exhibited at Narelle Byrne Gallery Kew in 2012.
Opened by Andrew McIntosh MP
Project currently being further developed: TBA

The NB Gallery
Listed below are the towns and cities as the exhibition toured. Eventually, in 2005 the work was donated to the city of Dublin in honour of Veronica Guerin as a tribute and recognition of a life lost uncovering illegal drug trade.

Kew Gallery 2008 - 2012
Kew Gallery opened in 2008 and supported over 15 artists.

Williamstown Gallery and Photographic Studio 2012 - 2014
After relocation from Kew, the Gallery supported art exhibitions and art projects.

Kindred Studios Yarraville, October 2015