Solo Shows______________________________________________________

 2020 Cote D'Azur Violet, Tete, Berlin,                                                                                                                             2016 Present Continuous, Vane, Newcastle, UK
 2014 Kammerspiele, September Galerie, Berlin
 2012 Better Place Portraiture (with Darren Banks), Vane, Newcastle, UK
 2009 Better Place Portraiture, (with Darren Banks) Auto Italia, London

Selected Group Shows_______________________________________

2022 Jubilee, Vane, Newcastle, UK

2020 Remember September, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin

2019 Salon Philadelphia, Gasthaus Philadelphia, Storkow,  Germany (curated by Maik Schierloh (Autocenter) and  Zuzana Skibba)

2017 Parallel Lives, Vane, Newcastle

Mindscapes, Galerie Nanna Preußners, Hamburg

Power Grab, (commissioned painting for a performance by Nicola Singh) BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

2016 Doppelgänger, Lewisham Arthouse, London

2015 Ten, Vane, Newcastle

Beyond the Goldmine Standard (curated by Matt Hearn), RPM, Newcastle

2014 Palace Projects, Online project (curated by Darren Banks)

2013 Winter Show, September Galerie, Berlin 

Old Master Dialogues, 

Collyer and Bristow Gallery, London (curated by Lucy Day and Eliza Gluckman)

Suppose an Eyes, touring exhibition: alpha nova- kulturwerkstatt & galerie futura Berlin; Transition Gallery, London; Vane, Newcastle 

Luminous Language Launch F18, New York

2012 Guests and Hosts, Northampton Contemporary, 

Day in , Day out, Aid and Abet, Cambridge, 

dis/place, person, thing, 

Parkhaus Projects, Berlin

The Nail, The Colours, The Mast, The Kotti Shop, Berlin

Omnia Mea Mecum Porto, The Kotti Shop, Berlin

Press __________________________________________________________

2015 Artist Feature The Moth Issue 23 Winter,

2014 James, Sarah, Exhibition Review, Frieze, Summer,

2008 Clark, Robert, Exhibition Preview: Through Dark Glasses, The Guardian 08/11/08 ,

Awards_________________________________________________________

2015 Arts Council England (ACE): Exhibition Funding, UK

Atelierförderung,  BBK Germany

2013 ACE: Research and development grant, UK

2010 The Whitechapel Gallery East End Academy studio award

2009 ACE: Research and development grant,

2004 ACE: Research and development grant

Education

2010-2011 PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication (merit)

2008-2009 MA Fine Art: Chelsea College of Art and Design

1998-2002 BA  Fine Art: 1st class hons, Newcastle University

1997-1998 Apprenticeship in Printmaking: 

Atélier Contrepoint, Paris

1996-1997 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Banbury College

Teaching posts

2009 – 2012: Wimbledon College of Art and Design (London)
Associate lecturer: I devised and taught the drawing elective for three consecutive years, planning, teaching and assessing the course; I organised trips, workshops, and invited visiting artists.

2009 – 2011: Canterbury College (Kent)

BA lecturer: As a part-time lecturer on the BA fine art course, I organised trips, ran workshops and supported students through one-to-one tutorials for both studio practice and written work. The course was particularly structured to be accesible to people claiming Personal Independance Payments, so I gained experience of working with many students with specific learning support requirements. 

2010-2011: Brunel University (Hillingdon) 

Course leader: I ran adult education evening courses, one for the general public and another that was specifically organised for carers. The latter required a careful and sensitivity assessment of students’ needs, most of whom had no background in art. 

Visiting Lectures / Workshops

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Oxford Brookes 2022- present, lecturer in drawing / fine art.

Northumbria University (Newcastle UK) 2017 Visiting lecturer 

Vane (Arts Space, Newcastle UK)  2016 Workshop leader

Winchester School of Art  (University of Southampton, UK)  2014 Visiting lecturer
Manchester College of Art 2013 Visiting lecturer

Vane (Arts Space, Newcastle UK) 2013 Artist In conversation

Goldsmiths (University of London)  2011 and 2012 Workshop leader

Chelsea College of Art and Design 2011 Visiting lecturer

Newcastle University (Newcastle UK) 2009 Visiting lecturer

Research________________________________________________________

Using painting, drawing and at times performance and installation, my solo practice works with a personal archive of collected images; suggesting and questioning narratives and exploring visual poetry. The oblique but visually seductive paintings and drawings shift from representation to abstraction, working together in a complexity of meaning. 
 I have used regular collaborative discussion and research to challenge me to pursue new ideas, the longest lasting of these projects was Better Place Portraiture. Darren Banks and I worked in installation, film, performance and drawing, discovering and exploring deception, magic and fetishism in our shared practice. 

In teaching, my specialist subject has been drawing, emphasising its role at the heart of artistic dialogues; drawing as a means of thinking out loud, an aid to shared creative discovery. I look at drawing on the page and in an expanded sense. This has broad applications beyond a fine art framework. I use practical, technical and conceptual approaches within a series of workshops to enable art and design students to develop drawing skills that suit their particular requirements and interests.  I have also taught painting, in particular colour theory, composition and narrative construction and taught fine art more broadly at an undergraduate and graduate level, always addressing the work from critical, conceptual, practical and visual perspectives.