Qualifications and training
PGCE, Art & Design, Institute of Education, University of London
Postgraduate Diploma, Tapestry/Printmaking (Commended), Edinburgh College of Art
BA Hons (1st), Design, Edinburgh College of Art
Solo exhibitions
2009 - The Shoemaker's Shrine, Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton
2008 - The Shoemaker's Shrine, jgallery, Moulton, Northampton
2004 - Installation 'Uncle Eric's Box II', Gallery II, University of Bradford
2002 - I Went to See the King, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Southampton
2002 - The Language of Ghosts, Southside Arts, Southampton
2001 - Uncle Eric's Box, The Otter Gallery, Chichester
Group exhibition
2023 - Wales Contemporary International Open, Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven
2023 – Home, Artcan, Downstairs at The Department Store, Brixton, London
2023 – The Ground Beneath Our Feet, GroundWork Gallery, Kings Lynn
2023 - 170 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2023 – Open_Open. CAS (Chapel Arts Studios), Andover
2023 – Procreate Project Archive, MAKESPACE, Oxford
2023 – Space/Place, NOHAT, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City
2023 – This Year’s Model ’23 Part III, Studio1.1 London
2022 - 169 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2022 – Relics, Groving project curated by Barbara Dougan, Bury St Edmunds
2022 - OXMARKET Open 2022, Chichester, West Sussex
2022 - Black Swan Arts Open 2022, Frome
2022 - Evolver Prize 2022 Exhibition, ACEARTS, Somerton
2022 - Insect Odyssey, Salisbury Museum, Salisbury
2022 - Doublethink, APT Gallery, London
2022 – Tapestry: changing concepts, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
2021 - Connect, The Vanner Gallery, Salisbury
2021 – The house protects the dreamer, Safehouse 2, Maverick Projects, London
2021 – Monument, Groving project curated by Barbara Dougan, Bury St Edmunds
2021 - Aesthetica Art Prize 2021 finalist, York Art Gallery, York
2021 - Pyramid Open Show 2021 online exhibition selected prize winning artist
2020 - You Are Here, Online Exhibition awarded Curators’ award
2020 - 168 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2020 - The Domestic — end of Residency exhibition,The Garage, Bristol
2020 - 30/30, Online project organised by 12ø and supported by Artquest.
2020 - Housebound, Online exhibition organised by CAS and curated by Susan Francis
2019 - Oxygen selected for Open Projection 3: Chiaroscuro, Coventry Cathedral
2019 - Drawn, The Young Gallery, Salisbury
2019 - 167 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2019 - Evolver Prize 2019 Exhibition, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2019 - Open studios Spike Island, Print Studio exhibition, Bristol
2019 - 36 Exposures: Fringe Arts Bath FaB19.
2018 - Cicatrix Imprimé: Atelier Circulaire Gallery in Montreal, Canada
2018 - Cicatrix: Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
2018 - 166 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2018 - Cicatrix: Black Swan Arts, Frome
2018 - Visions of Science Art Prize, The Andrew Brownsword Gallery, Bath
2018 - Cicatrix: Call and Response, The Cells at Town Halls Arts, Trowbridge
2017 - Curiosities, Air Gallery, Altrincham
2017 - 165 Annual Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2017 - Beyond the Archives, Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury Cathedral Medieval Library
2017 - Cicatrix at Spring Arts, Havant
2016 – Captain’s Cabinet, b-side multimedia arts festival, Portland, Dorset
2016 – Cicatrix – Call & Response, Salisbury International Arts Festival
2015 - The Plant Project, The Young Gallery, Salisbury
2015 - Rockpools, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester
2014 - Binocular Vision. b-side multimedia arts festival, Portland, Dorset
2014 - Cicatrix, Touring, The Atrium County Hall, Trowbridge, The Young Gallery, Salisbury and The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham
2014 - National Memory - Local Stories, National Portrait Gallery, London and The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum, The Close, Salisbury
2014 - Lost An artistic archaeology of the recent past, Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury
2013 - Cabinet of Curiosity, Room of Wonder, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle-Under-lyme
2013 - Collision , Nancy Victor Gallery, London
2013 - Void Open 2013, Hoxton, London
2012 - On The Map, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Hastings
2012 - Playing Games, The Point, Eastleigh
2011 - Elements, Wellcome Collection, London
2011 - Made To Last, Cathedral Cloisters, Salisbury
2011 - The Secret Language of Flowers, Andipa Contemporary, London
2011 - Unearthed, Warton House, Olympic Delivery Authority, London
2010 - Stroud International Textiles 2010, Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2009 - The Open West, Summerfield Gallery and Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
2007 - Arts Unwrapped , Space Morning Lane, London
2006 - Journals, Ale & Porter Gallery, Bradford-on-Avon
2006 - Selected Artist, The Art of Words, Fairfields Arts Centre, Basingstoke
2005 - Open Desk, Ragged School Museum, London
2004 - The Home Ideal Show, Hotbath Gallery, Bath
2004 - Trace of Memory, Drumcroon Gallery, Wigan
2003 - Metamorphosis, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2001 - Handbag, City Gallery, Leicester; Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Cheltenham; McManus Gallery, Dundee
2000 - A Sense of Occasion, Craftspace Touring, Birmingham; Harley Gallery, Notts; Cheltenham Art Gallery, Cheltenham; Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford; The Design Centre, Barnsley; The Bowes Museum, County Durham; 20-20 One, Scunthorpe; Welfare State International
2000 - Colle Verde - Residency, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Southampton
1999 - Subverted Suburbia, Gracefields Arts Centre, Dumfries, and toured around Britain for a year
1998 - In Dent, Stroud House Gallery, Stroud 1997 - Art In Boxes, Southampton City Art Gallery
1997 - Pull Up A Chair, Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery
1996 - Sitting Pretty, Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery
1994 - Eastend Open Studios in Association with the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1994 - National Print Exhibition, The Art Gallery, Scarborough
1994 - Paper Works, City Museum and Gallery, Plymouth
1994 - The First John Jones Open, John Jones Gallery, London
1993 - A Month Of Miniatures, New End Theatre Gallery, London
1993 - Open Mini Print Exhibition, London Print Workshop
1992 - Fundraising Exhibition, Geffrye Museum, London
1991 - Borders Biennial Competition, Tweeddale Museum, Scotland
1990 - McGrigor Donald Sculpture Prize, Exhibited at Glasgow, Edingburgh, London
1990 - Young Printmakers of the Year Awards, CCA Galleries, Bath, Farnham and Cambridge
Workshops & Talks
2021 – Chairing artists talk for Ground Collective at APT, London
2019 - Navigating Difficult Ground presentation: 2019 WW1 Engagement Centres Festival Shared Heritage - Legacies of the First World War, Queens University, Belfast, funded by the AHRC.
2017 - Symposium Animating the Archives, Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury Museum
2017 - Workshops with Wiltshire College Salisbury Foundation Diploma Art and Design student for Beyond the Archives exhibition part of Animating the Archives, Salisbury
2017 - Cicatrix sculpture workshop at Spring Arts, Havant
2015 - Cicatrix participatory mono-printing workshop at Trowbridge Arts Centre
2009 - Casting Workshop, Northampton Museum and Gallery, Northampton
2009 - Casting workshop , Sir William Romney School , Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Residencies
2023 – GroundWork Residency, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
2020 - Residency with artists Esmé Clutterbuck & Emma Gregory, The Garage, Bristol
2015/2016 - Residency, Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall
2013 - National Memory - Local Stories, National Portrait Gallery in association with The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury and London funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation
2013 - Residency, Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall
2000 - Awarded Residency, 'Colle Verde', Italy, Southern Arts
Public commissions
2020 - Touch-me-not commissioned by Procreate Project and supported by Arts Council England
2017 - Beyond the Archives, Salisbury International Arts Festival project: Animating the Archives, funded by Heritage lottery
2016 – Captain’s Cabinet, b-side multimedia arts festival, Portland, Dorset
2016 - Call & Response, Salisbury International Arts Festival
2015 - Rockpools, 1-0 Micro-Commission, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester
2004 - The Grandmother's Cupboard, The Hotbath Gallery, Bath
2000 - 'Birthwake', Craftspace Touring Exhibition
1999 - '10 Veils', Gracefield Arts Centre, Scotland
1999 - '5 Language Gloves' (installation), Ewing, New York
1998 - '12 Handbags' (installation), Anastasia Alexander, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
2023 - RWA 170 Annual Open Exhibition prize winner - Evolver Cover Award
2023 – a-n Artists Bursaries
2023 - CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #19
2021 - Finalist in Aesthetica Art Prize 2021, York Art Gallery, York
2018 – Funding & Support from Australian, Canadian and New Zealand Embassies
2018 - Arts Council England and British Council Artists’ international development fund - Montreal, Canada
2017 - Havant Borough Council exhibition funding
2016 - Awarded a-n Travel Bursary - Montreal, Canada
2014 - Awarded Area Boards Grants from Trowbridge and Salisbury Councils
2013 - Grants for the Arts, Arts Council, England
2009 - Grants for the Arts (Individuals) Arts Council, England , Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton
2004 - Grant for the arts (individuals), Arts Council, England
2003 - Project funding, Juliet Gomperts Trust, England
2000 - Awarded Development Funding (Investment in Individuals), Southern Arts
1985 - Awarded Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarship
1984 - Awarded Andrew Grant Travel Scholarship, New York
