biography

 Contemporary Artist and Educator


BORN

1971           Macclesfield, UK

 

EDUCATION

1998          PGCE Postgraduate Certificate in Education - FE & HE

1993          BA (HONS) Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University


Galleries | Exhibitions

CURRENT:

2024 November 15 - 17 Manchester Art Fair, UK with Darl.e and the Bear Stand 419


PREVIOUS:

2023 April - May Spring Exhibition . Darl.e and the Bear, Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Group show

2021 August Cheltenham Fresh Art Fair, UK with Darl-e and the Bear

2019 Oct - Nov Lane House Arts, Biddestone: Group show

2019 September BEAT, Open studios, Ealing, London

2019 May - present Darl.e and the Bear, Woodstock, Oxfordshire

2018 Oct - Feb 2019 JP Art Gallery, Blackheath, London

2018 September BEAT, Open studios, Ealing, London

2018 Mar - April Spring Exhibition . JP Art Gallery, East Dulwich, London

2017 September BEAT, Open studios, Ealing, London

2016 October The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK with JP Art Consultancy and Gallery

2016 September Decorex International, Syon Park, London, UK with JP Art Consultancy and Gallery

2016 September BEAT, Open studios, Ealing, London

2016          May 'Insight'  Group Exhibition . JP Art Gallery, Clapham, London

2015          May JP Art Gallery, Clapham, London

2014          November JP Contemporary Art, Belgravia, London

2014          September Blackheath Contemporary Art Gallery, London

2013          August The Cockpit Theatre, London, Photographic work and Drawings as slideshow,  with SpiralArts Dance Theatre - The Desert

2012          July Open Ealing, London, Mixed Media Drawings (solo) in Collaboration with SpiralArts Dance Theatre Company - The Mountain

2012          June The Chelsea Gallery, London, with Victoria White 'Retrospective' and Elizabeth Duncan Mayer

2012          March Pitzhanger Manor Art Gallery, Ealing, London. Open Exhibition

2011           December The Great western Studios, London

2011           August The Cockpit Theatre, London, Mixed Media Drawings (solo) in Collaboration with SpiralArts Dance Theatre  - The Lake


COLLABORATIONS


2020 - 2021 During the lockdown - Continuation of ENVIRONMENTAL theme. Exploratory project with SpiralArts Dance Theatre Company

2017 - 2019 Experimental work with SpiralArts Dance Theatre Company

2014          SpiralArts Dance Theatre and West London University - War Poetry Project - Movement Drawing and Photographic Works

2013 December M A D Music Art Dance exploratory project - with Jennifer Bliss Bennet, Bryony Williams and David Home

2013          August SpiralArts Dance Theatre and Michael Ormiston and Candida Valentino - The Desert, Photographic Works

2012          July SpiralArts Dance Theatre - The Mountain, Mixed Media Drawing and Photographic Works

2011           August SpiralArts Dance Theatre - The Lake, Mixed Media Drawing and Photographic Works


TEACHING


2023 - present Observational and Expressive drawing / painting classes & One-to-one tuition, Cheshire, UK & Online

2021 - 2022 Art & Design Lecturer, Essex, UK

2013 - 2021 Observational and Expressive drawing / painting classes & One-to-one tuition, London, UK

1994 - 2001 Visual studies and A’level tutor, Cheshire, UK