CV

Education



2010 – 2012      MFA

                             University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.



2001-2005         BA Honours, Fine Art (1st Class)
                             University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

2000-2001         BTEC Foundation Studies in Art and Design (Distinction)
                             Coventry University, Coventry, UK

Recent Employment History and Other Related Experience



Freelance Artist, 2005-ongoing
• Developed and presented interactive events, performances and exhibitions nationally and internationally
• Successfully tendered for and completed commissions for a number of state and private commissioning bodies
• Traveled to Ontario in order to research historical and contemporary Canadian landscape art and genre painting
• Acted as a founding member and Treasurer of the arts collective Black Dogs
• Contributed to a number of artists publications



Executive Director, a delicate matter, January 2004-December 2006
• Built, renovated and maintained the miniature gallery space
• Curated and promoted eight exhibitions by eleven artists
• Sought, received and managed funding from public and private sources
• Wrote, designed and distributed promotional material for exhibitions
• Provided professional development advice and mentorship to artists, including studio visits, portfolio reviews and promotional advice



Assistant sculpture Technician, Arts Council Collection, Longside, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK 2005-7



Selected Exhibitions, Events, Performances and Projects

 

September 2013   Invisible Sculptures, Stanley & Audrey Burton Art Gallery, Leeds, (solo show)

September 2013   ASMbly Lab, The Superposition, Leeds (residency)

May 2013             Open 2013, Winner of People's Choice Award, Leamington Spa Pump Rooms (group show)

February 2013       Royal Society of British Artists 2013, Mall Galleries, London (group show)

January 2013        Touch Interactive 2013, The Public, West Bromwich (group show)

October  2012       Aleph Projects, Exploring Landscape Residency, Pennine/Lancs (curatorial artwork)

​June 2012             MFA 2012 University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland (group show)

Febuary 2012         Multiples University of Ulster Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland (group exhibition)
January 2012         Line of Scrimmage University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland (group exhibition)
December 2011     ¥£$, ¥£$, ¥£$, Glass Box University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland (group exhibition)
November 2011     Junk, Glass Box University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland (Instillation/ performance)
May 2011                Every One Thing, Platform Belfast, Northern Ireland (group exhibition)
December 2010    Station Project Three Police Station, Belfast, Northern Ireland (group exhibition)
November 2010    Forest F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, Northern Ireland (group exhibition)
November 2010    Tree Burning Gleam Festival of Light, Derby, UK (Video Screening / Instillation)
November 2010    Digital Media Lab Exhibition 1 Humber Street, Hull, UK (group exhibition)
October 2010        Digital Media Lab Hull Film & Hull College of art & Design, Hull, UK (Conference)
March 2010           A test-bed for Trees Union Gallery, Kingston, Canada (solo exhibition)
February 2010      Climate Change Rhyl library and Arts Centre (group exhibition)
June 2008             EGGS FLOUR MILK CHEESE Gallery 42, Leeds, UK (group exhibition)
April 2007              Careless Talk Costs Nothing Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds, UK (collaborative exhibition)
March 2007           Wager Slave Leeds Gallery 42, Leeds, UK (collaborative event and exhibition)   
Dec. 2006              Black Dogs Pantomime Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (collaborative performance)
Nov. 2006              Book Performance Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK (collaborative performance)
Sept. 2006             For The North Generator Projects, Dundee, UK (collaborative performance and exhibition)
Sept. 2006             Wager Slave BLOC space, Sheffield, UK (collaborative event and exhibition)
June 2006             A Dog’s Dinner Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (collaborative performance)     
Mar/Apr 2006        Consequences Whitehall Waterfront, Leeds, UK (collaborative exhibition)
March 2006           A Night at the Pub Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (collaborative performance)
May 2005              Situation Leeds Festival of Art in the Public Realm, Leeds, UK (solo and group events)        
May 2005              ADM The Office, Round Foundry Media Centre, Leeds, UK (solo performance)       
Sept. 2005             How To Put On An (Art) Show Vitrine, Leeds City Station, Leeds, UK (collaborative project) 
Dec. 2004              Ex(mas)change = art + fun Round Foundry Media Centre, Leeds, UK (collaborative event)        
Dec. 2004              Booze Art East Street Arts' Patrick Studios, Leeds, UK (collaborative event)        
Nov. 2004             Technically Wrong White Cloth Hall, Leeds, UK (collaborative exhibition)       
May 2004              Arte et Labore White Cloth Hall, Leeds, UK (collaborative exhibition)             
June 2000            A Summer Picking Oranges Jane Powel Studio, Warwickshire, UK (solo exhibition)    



Public Artworks and Permanent Instillations
August 2011         Touch Screen Magnets, Wilberforce Health Centre, Hull, UK. (Solo Commission)
May 2010              Integral Art, Allen’s Croft School, Birmingham UK (solo commission)
July 2009              The Robin Hood Replay Theatre Robin Hood School, Birmingham, UK (solo commission)
June 2009            Pods Starbank Primary School, Birmingham, UK (solo commission)

Selected Talks/Presentations
Artist Talks, Union Gallery, Kingston Ontario, Canada, March 2010
• Gave artist talks to gallery audiences
• Delivered a presentation about this exhibition and my work to 2nd year BFA Sculpture students form Queens University.
• Organised live filming and burning of a match tree event
Facilitator, Artel Speaker Series, Kingston, Canada, April 2008
• Facilitated a discussion on grass-roots art production and was interviewed for radio
Curatorial Presentation, University of Leeds, UK, February 2006
• Prepared and delivered a presentation about the development of a delicate matter gallery for the MA Fine Art class
Artist Talk, Career Centre, University of Leeds, UK, January 2006
• Prepared and delivered a talk on professional development for undergraduate students from The School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies
Artist Talk, Bloc Gallery, Sheffield, UK, September 2006
• Prepared and delivered a group presentation on the development of Black Dogs and the ideas behind the Black Dogs exhibition Wager Slave, hosted at Bloc Gallery, Sheffield
Artist Talk, East Street Arts, Leeds, UK, April 2006
• Prepared and delivered an interactive presentation on the development, ethos and working practices of Black Dogs for arts professionals from across the country



Publications and Artists Bookworks

Black Dogs Almanac Second Edition, (Black Dogs: Leeds, June 2006)
Black Dogs Almanac First Edition, (Black Dogs: Leeds, June 2005)
Read, (Unpublished bookwork, Leeds 2002)