Artist statement
I am curious about how we value, occupy and dream about space, both physical and imaginary. A playful examination of urban, rural and domestic space has always been intrinsic to my practice. The situations i initiate and objects i make seek to heighten the relationship between the viewer and the viewed, the self and 'elsewhere' or 'other'. Offering adapted views, a shift in scale or a direct intervention, my intention is to invite a closer inspection or interaction. Romanticism, notions of omniscient perspective, surveillance, ownership and virtual space all inform my practice, and i hope to examine these conventions. I'm intrigued by unresolved desire for idealised, even mythological spaces and states, and the potential for wonder or disappointment in any given experience.
Public realm
- 2010 Project Artist; Barrow x Design, Art Gene, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
- 2010 Design Charrette Facilitator, ARC architecture centre, Hull
Qualifications and training
- 2002 MFA Fine Art, Slade school of art, UCL, London
- 2000 BA Hons Fine Art, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Hull
Solo exhibitions
- 2009 My Spectacles, Durham Art Gallery, Aykley Heads, Durham
- 2007 err...orr..., MXXXII Gallery, Leeds
Group exhibitions
- 2010 You Future Needs You, Art Gene, Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
- 2004 STUFT, Red Gallery, Hull
- 2003 ARTfutures, The Contemporary Art Society, City of London School
Curated projects
- 2012 Spoken For, The 5x5 Project, Washington DC
- 2009 Broken Watch, northcabin, Bristol, UK
Intervention
- 2006 'Hide', Bookville publishathon, Hull Art Lab, various locations, Hull city centre
Artist talks
- 2009 Artists Talk, Xsite Architecture, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- 2009 Artists Talk, Spike Island, Bristol
- 2008 Visiting Artist lecture, University of Cumbria, Carlisle
- 2006 Visiting Artist lecture, BA hons Fine Art course, Leeds Met University
Workshops
- 2010 Small Change - public realm interventions, ARC architecture centre, Hull
Residencies
- 2011 South Shields Seafront Interpretation and Engagement, Grit & Pearl, South Shields
- 2010 Creative Residency, Xsite Architecture, Newcastle
- 2008 Artist in Residence: The Final Frontier (Rednile Projects), Riverside Park, Gateshead
- 2008 Open Studios Residency, Skolska 28, Prague
- 2003 AA2A Artists Access to Artschools, University of Lincoln, Hull
Public commissions
- 2012 Spoken For, The 5x5 Project, Washington DC
- 2011 A Common Treasury, Grit & Pearl / South Tyneside Council, South Shields Seafront
- 2009 Broken Watch, northcabin, Bristol, UK
- 2009 Stand By, Rednile Projects / Gateshead Council, Gateshead Riverside Park
- 2006 Turn over (animation for mutascope), Woodhorn Colliery Museum, Northumberland
