Artist statement
I am a printmaker using a variety of media to explore qualities of composition, mark making, texture and colour in my work. Inspiration comes from found images collected from advertising, cinema, art, TV and photography used to create new visual compositions combining photographic material with drawings and/or accidental marks. I also create picture assemblages & collages.
In my visual explorations I order and sort shapes, gestures and colours. In some pieces I aim to create balance, rhythm and harmony, in others I subvert elements to create jarring and discord. I use tessellations or grid arrangements and enjoy the exploration dualities: the positive and negative and reversed images, revealing my fascination with printmaking processes. Some of the prints I make are one of a kind while others are printed as a numbered edition.
Some works incorporate different materials. I enjoy the collisions created when incorporating textures and decoration within imagery, blurring the boundaries between printmaking and textile techniques and prompting different cultural responses to their inclusion.
Current and forthcoming events
- April 2012 - December 2013: The 8th International Mini Print Exhibition, London Print Studio, London (more info)
Qualifications and training
- 1999 MA Fine Art, Coventry University, West Midlands
- 1992 BA Fine Art, Wolverhampton University, West Midlands
Solo exhibitions
- 2008 Love Me Prints, lucky Roars and other work, Priory Lodge, Malvern Hills District Council Chambers, Malvern, Worcestershire
- 2008 Printmaker of the Month April 2008, Wrexham Arts centre, Wrexham, Wales
- 2007 Velvet Noir, Bloomfield Art Gallery, Essex
- 2004 Things Half Forgotten, Haden Hill Museum, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Museums, Haden Hill, West Midlands
- 2004 Red Echoes Installation, The Window, Birmingham
- 2003 Arrangements for Impulse and Order, Library Gallery, Kidderminster
- 1995 States of Mind, Solihull Sixth Form College, West Midlands
- 1994 Selected prints, West Midlands Regional Arts Board Headquarters, Birmingham
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Royal Society of Painter Printmakers RE Open, Bankside Gallery, London SE1 9JH
- 2012 Royal Society of Painter Printmakers RE Open, Bankside Gallery, London (more info)
- 2012 The 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition, Printmakers Council, Touring the UK until the end of 2014
- 2011 Bainbridge Open Print Show, Bainbridge Gallery & Studios, West Norwood (more info)
- 2011 Birmingham Printmakers at We Are Birmingham, WAB Shop, Birmingham
- 2011 Wrexham Print International, Oriel Wrecsam & Memorial Gallery, Yale College, Wrexham, Wales
- 2010 Print Exhibition, Staff House Gallery, Birmingham University, Birmingham
- 2009 Pushing Print, Ingoldsby Gallery, Pie Factory & The Old Town Gallery, Margate
- 2009 Impress 09 National Printmakers Festival, Gloucestershire Printmaking Co-operative, Stroud
- 2008 Print Open Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham
- 2007 ArtsFest 2007, Birmingham Council House, Victoria Square., Birmingham (more info)
- 2007 Birmingham Printmakers Show, Keele University Art Gallery, Keele
- 2007 New Art Birmingham 07, Art Market at Curzon Street Station, Birmingham
- 2007 The Birmingham Open, Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham
- 2006 Virtual, Ernst & Young in association with Arts & Business, Birmingham
- 2006 A Stich in Time, Riverside Gallery, Richmond, London
- 2006 Virtual, The City Inn in association with Arts & Business, Birmingham
- 2005 Small Works II, Periscope Gallery, Birmingham
- 2004 Derby City Open, Derby City Art Gallery, Derby
- 2004 Blue Skies, Birmingham Artists Show, Custard Factory, Birmingham
- 2004 Small works, Periscope Gallery, Birmingham
- 2003 Flipside, St Paul's Gallery, Birmingham
- 2003 Birmingham Works II, Chuck Works, Birmingham
- 2002 Selected Prints, Warehouse Cafe Gallery, Birmingham
- 2002 Access All Areas, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
- 2002 Birmingham Works, Chuck Works, Birmingham
- 2002 Birmingham Print Workshop Selected Show, Warstone Gallery, Birmingham
- 2002 Birmingham Print Workshop selected show, Warehouse Cafe, Birmingham
- 2001 A century of Art at Warstone, Warstone Gallery, Birmingham
- 2001 Birmingham Printmakers, Keele University Gallery, Keele
- 2001 Birmingham Print Workshop, Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
- 1999 Spike Island Print Show, Spike Island, Bristol
- 1998 Pressing Forward, Aberystwyrth Art Centre, Wales
- 1997 Pressing Forward, Cotton Gallery, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
- 1997 4 Birmingham Printmakers, London Print Workshop, London
- 1996 Making a mark, Custard Factory, Birmingham
- 1995 Twilight Shift, The Bond Gallery, Birmingham
- 1995 Proof, Cotton Gallery, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
- 1995 Birmingham Print Workshop, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton
- 1992 First Bite, Cotton Gallery, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
- 1992 Two Printmakers, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham
Live/Performance
- 2008 Performance commission part of 'Flux-Fest', Vivid, Flummoxed at Rainbow Warehouse, Birmingham
Residencies
- 2000 Printmaking Residency, Coventry University, West Midlands
- 1995 Siyawela South African Art Exhibition, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
- 1993 Printmaking residency, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2004 Local Arts Fund Award, Arts in Sandwell, West Midlands
- 2003 Creative ambition Award, Arts Council England, West Midlands
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