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CV
​Born: 1971 Reading, UK
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Studied:
MA (Fine Art), BIAD, Birmingham City University, 2012-2014
BA Sculpture (Fine Art), Wimbledon School of Art, 1997-2000
Foundation (Fine Art), Chelsea School of Art, London, 1996-1997
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 This Quiet House, General Office Gallery, Stourbridge
2012 Repair: Drawings & Sculpture, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
2006 We Dance Together An Exhibition of Drawings, Artrix Contemporary Arts Centre, Bromsgrove
2005 Carry Me An Exhibition of Drawings, Worcester Arts Workshop, Worcester
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 Back Garden Residency, Group Show, Daisy Lang Gallery, Penzance
2023 Back Garden Residency Instagram takeover, invited artist
2022 Hope Central Invited artist response to sound piece, GO Gallery
2022. West Midlands Open The New Art Gallery, Walsall
2021 PoArtry collaboration with poet Alison J Lester, group exhibition
2019 Unity Open Exhibition​, General Office Gallery, Stourbridge
2019 Sculpture Open 2019, Selected Artist, RWA, Bristol
​2018 Body of Work Invited artist, GO Gallery, Stourbridge
2015/2016/2017 Open Studio Event, Old Library Studios, Stourbridge
2015 Pulpa, Group Show, R K Burt Gallery, London
2015 Drawing Conversations, Conference and Exhibition, Coventry University. Spoken Word Performance: ‘Stitch-Paper-Stitch’
2014 Pulpa, Group Show, R K Burt Gallery, London
2014 Twice Upon a Time: Magic Alchemy & the Transubstantiation of the Senses, Conference & Exhibition, BIAD
2013 Birth Rites Exhibition at Media City UK (shortlisted Bi-Annual Competition)
2008 Beneath the Surface, Artlink, Hull
2008 Womens work - Inside Out, Link Gallery, University of Winchester
2007 Group Show, The Pitt Studio & Gallery, Worcester
2006 Women’s Art Show, Group Show, Fairfields Arts Centre, Basingstoke
2004 Evolution, The Whittingham Riddell, Shrewsbury Open Art Exhibition, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
2004 Ladyfest, Group Show, Harborne Gallery , Birmingham
2004 Women’s Work Exhibition, Group Show, West End Centre, Aldershot
2004 The Figure and the Face, Group Show, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
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Curation:
2024 Film programming and 'in conversation' exhibitions at GO Gallery,
Stourbridge, 'The Nettle Dress', 'Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War'
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Residency:
2024 The Museum of Loss and Renewal' Orkney Drawing with Place: Air, Sea, Soil
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Award/ Bursary/ Grant:
2024 West Midlands Combined Authority, Skill Development
2024 Curatorspace, Travel and material bursary
2022 A-N #TimeSpaceMoney, Professional/Skill Development, bursary
2014 Gertrude Aston Bowater Bequest for Excellence – MA Final Exhibition
1998 School of Art Drawing Prize, Wimbledon School of Art
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Selected Publications:
2015 ‘The Summons’ ZÄ“tÄ“sis Vol.1 No.3. June 2015
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Creative Practioner :
2014 (Current) Drawing workshops and 1-1 drawing sessions (via zoom) focused on large scale / material making ; developing creative confidence.
2019 (Current) Exhibition curation, programme development at General Office Gallery, Stourbridge
2023 Thinking Through Drawing Symposium, Drawing Ground: Drawing Practices to support Earth, film presentation, Sensing space – an exeriential response to the land through drawing’
​2023 Invited artist: Rural Art Hub, Ellesmere, Landscape intensity weekend workshop
2023 Workshop for families Creative Black Country, Arts Council England, Cosy Community Programme
2023 Invited artist: Glass Museum Stourbridge – ‘Intuitive Drawing Workshop’
2020/2021
Foundation Art Therapy Certificate (online course) with Oxford College of Arts and Therapies.
Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing, Certificate, (online course), Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy.​​
2016 Practice Imperfect, Artist/Teacher Development Day, Birmingham School of Art (BCU)
2014-2017 Artist/Teacher Scheme, Drawing in Space two day workshop, Birmingham School of Art (BCU)
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