Artist statement
I use a range of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture and video. I am interested in exploring the relationship between fantasy and the real and the locations in which these two worlds collide. I am drawn to effigies of the living, uncanny, half-alive objects such as puppets, automata, figures that were made with a specific purpose in mind such as to embody religious beliefs. Being in the presence of something borderline raises questions as to the nature and perception of reality and the nearness of death or absence of reality and possible insanity.
Another strand in the work is an exploration of attentive watchfulness for meaning, hermit-like craving for signs. I have long been fascinated by the texts of riddles or questions that have no answers. In recent work the locations in which the organic and the mechanical find an uneasy relationship has been satellite dishes and telecommunications masts. They seem alert to the giving and receiving of information in the air, looking for meaning that has gone astray.
Qualifications and training
- 2005 PGCE Post Compulsory Education, Cardiff University, Wales
- 1998 Electronic Art MA, Middlesex University, London
- 1990 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Painting, Slade School of Art, University College London
- 1986 BA Hons Degree Fine Art, Painting, Norwich School of Art, Norfolk
- 1985 Foundation Course in Art and Design, Maidstone College of Art, Kent
Employment
- 2011 Associate Tutor, Cardiff Metropolitan University, School of Art and Design
- 2008 Part-time Lecturer, Hereford College of Arts, Fine Art Degree
- 2005 Part-time Lecturer, UWIC, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Printmaking Department
- 2004 Part-time Lecturer, Carmarthenshire College, Fine Art Degree and Access Programmes
- 2003 Part-time Lecturer, Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, Dolgellau
- 2001 Part-time Lecturer, Art Practice Degree, University of Glamorgan, Wales
- 1999 Part-time Lecturer, Foundation Course, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Wales
- 1995 Part-time Lecturer, Graphic Arts Degree, University of Wales College, Newport, Wales
Solo exhibitions
- 2011 There are Receivers in the Woods, MOMA Wales, Machynlleth
- 2009 They leak through me, Hearing Voices International Congress, Maastricht
- 2009 They leak through me, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen
- 2003 Waiting for Something, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno and Ruthin Craft Centre
- 2003 Fragments of St Iwa, Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset
- 2002 Nestlings, Plas Newydd, Llangollen
- 2002 Reflections of Holiness, St Mary Woolnoth Church, London EC3
- 1997 Proposals for Saints, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Swansea, The Eich Gallery Hull, Gloucester Museum and Art Gallery Gloucester
- 1997 Breath of Walls, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
- 1995 Theatre of Love, Y Bont Gallery, University of Glamorgan
Group exhibitions
- 2011 Import/Export, Swansea Printworkshop & Edinburgh Printmakers, Swansea, Edinburgh
- 2011 Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
- 2011 Artemis, St Davids Hall, Cardiff
- 2010 Eisteddfod, Visual Arts Exhibition, South Wales
- 2010 Print Biennale, St Davids Hall, Cardiff
- 2007 Parc Life, Penpont, Brecon
- 2003 Women in the Directors Chair international film and video festival, Chicago, USA
- 2003 A tale told by an Idiot, Y Tabernacl and Theatre Clwyd, Machynlleth and Mold
- 2002 Artists in Residence at Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
- 2001 Something Funny in the Woodshed (curator & exhibitor), Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Howard Gardens Gallery Cardiff
- 2001 Eisteddfod Art Exhibition, Denbigh
- 2001 Wales: Unauthorised Versions, The House of Croatian Artists, Zagreb
- 1999 Housing and Homelessness, Candid Gallery, London
- 1997 The Print Fair (in affiliation with Pratt Contemporary Art), The Armory, New York City
- 1996 The London Original Print Fair (in affiliation with Pratt Contemporary Art), Royal Academy of Art, London
- 1994 The Contemporary Print Show part 2 (in affiliation with Pratt Contemporary Art), Concourse Gallery, Barbican, London
- 1994 SAGA, FIAC Edition (in affiliation with Pratt Contemporary Art), Paris
- 1993 Radhusgalleriet (in affiliation with Pratt Contemporary Art), Ystd, Sweden
- 1993 Group Show, Flowers Graphics, London
- 1992 3rd print Biennale of Amadora, Portugal
- 1992 Artists' Choice, Flowers East, London
- 1991 A View of the New, Royal Overseas League, London
Workshops
- 2011 Workshop Leader, Intaglio Printmaking, Arts Alive, Crickhowell
- 2011 Workshop Leader in Drawing and Printmaking, Sky Arts, Hay Festival
- 2002 Workshop Leader, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Ceredigion
- 2001 Workshop Leader, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire
Residencies
- 2007 "Good Ideas" Artist in Residency, Safle, Working with Voice-hearers in Wales
- 2006 Artist in Residence, Benenden School, Kent, Fine Art Department
- 2003 Artist in Residence, Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset
- 2002 Artist in Residence, Welsh National Opera, Cardiff and South Wales Schools
- 2002 Artist in Residence, Oriel Mostyn, Cywaith Cymru, Bardsey Island - Ynys Enlli
- 2002 Artist in Residence, Cywaith Cymru, Plas Newydd, Llangollen
- 2002 Artist in Residence, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
- 2001 Artist in Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, New York
- 1996 Artist in Residence, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester and Cheltenham
- 1994 Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado
- 1994 Artist in Residence, ArtsAcre, Calcutta, India
- 1992 Fine Art Fellow in Painting, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, Pittville, Cheltenham
Site specific
- 2011 Frederick J Fredericks, Powys Arts Month Event, Craig Y Cilau National Nature Reserve
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