Fiona E Gray

CV & Education

Qualifications and training 2009 - Teaching Thinking (Creative Partnerships), Arts Council North East, Newcastle 2008 - PGCE Adult Teaching, Sunderland University, Sunderland 2003 - 730/6 Further & Adult Teaching Certificate, North Tyneside College, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 2001 - Computer Applications in Art and Design, Newcastle College, Newcastle 1990 - BA hons. Combined Studies in Crafts, Crewe & Alsager College, Alsager Group exhibitions 2009 - Off The Shelf, Saltburn Gallery, Saltburn 2008 - Open Studios, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle 2007 - Designed & Made, Designed & Made Gallery, Newcastle 2006 - Designed & Made, Blackfriars, Newcastle 2004 - Christmas Presents, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear 2004 - Mixed Media Collages, Dial Gallery, Warkworth. Northumberland 2003 - 25 x 25 exhibition - All work had to be this size, University Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2003 - Material Spaces, Tullie House, Carlisle 2002 - Clocks, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight 2002 - Collages, Wharf, Restaurant, Wapping, London 2002 - Open Studio, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle 2002 - Text Messages, Rufford Craft Gallery 2001 - La Sagesse, Newcastle 2001 - Open Studio, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle 2001 - Wedding gifts, Beatrice Royal 2000 - Christmas Exhibition, Beatrice Royal, Hampshire 2000 - Christmas Exhibition, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead 2000 - Clockers, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Hampshire 2000 - Crannach Gallery, Aberdeenshire 2000 - Open Studio, 36 Lime Street, Newcastle 1996 - Living at Belsay, Northumberland Workshops 2012 - Banner workshop, Burradon Nursery School, Tyne and Wear 2012 - Sculpture Day, Hartside Primary School, Tyne and Wear 2012 - Sculpture workshop, Bishop Auckland Primary, Co Durham 2012 - Soap sculpture, Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, Co Durham 2012 - The Lambton Worm, Barmston Primary, Tyne and Wear 2012 - Wire sculpture, Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, Co Durham 2011 - Craft classes, Stanhope Hospital, Wearside 2011 - Sundial Workshop, Ouseburn Festival, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne 2010 - Domino Project. The group helped to create a set of personalised dominoes., Alzheimers Society, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 2009 - Craft Classes with visually impaired adults., Pearey House, North Shields, Tyne & Wear 2008 - Banner workshop, Urban 11 project, Robin Todd Centre, Hetton 2008 - Crafts class with older learners, Kirkdale Court, Burradon 2008 - Designing a panel for a shop window, Urban 11 Project, Streetz Cafe, Houghton Le Spring 2008 - Designing a seat with teenagers, Urban 11 Project, Lisa Dixon Centre, Haswell 2008 - Designing an outdoor sign for a building, Urban 11 Project, Flatts Youth Centre, Easington Lane 2008 - Mosaic Workshop with Adults, Urban 11 project, Hetton Community Centre, South Hetton 2008 - Tree Dressing, Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle 2007 - Carnival head dresses & costumes, Thomas Gaughn Centre, Walker 2007 - lantern workshop, Youth Club, Leamington 2007 - Making Sundials, Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle 2007 - Tree dressing, Ouseburn Farm, Ouseburn, Newcastle 2006 - mask workshop, Queens Hall, Hexham 2006 - Ouseburn Festival, head dresses, Various, Byker 2006 - plaster casting, Ouseburn farm, Ouseburn, Newcastle 2006 - tree dressing, Ouseburn farm, Ouseburn, Newcastle 2006 - windsocks, Trewitt Road, Heaton, Newcastle 2005 - Banner making workshops for the Walker & Leamington Riverside Festivals, various venues, Tyne & Wear 2005 - Silk painted banner, Blackhall community centre, Blackhall, Easington Residencies 2010 - Seat and Bird Boxes, Barley Mow Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 2008 - Seating project. A group of students designed a seat for the playground, St Johns School, Bishop Auckland 2004 - Making Banners, Bishop Hartland School, Sunderland 2004 - 'My Best Time'. workshops were run with children from each year group, making clocks or sundials., George Washington Primary School, Washington 2001 - Residency, East Boldon Primary School, Sunderland 2000 - Constructing a 3ft long boat with cargo, Monkwearmouth Museum, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 1997 - Residency, Chantry Middle School, Northumberland 1997 - Residency, Thomlinson Middle School, Northumberland Private commissions 2010 - Clock, Private Individual, North Shields, Tyne & Wear 2008 - Aluminium & Teak clock, Private residence, Midlands 2008 - Side table in Ash & sandblasted glass, Private residence, North Shields 2005 - Urn for cremated ashes - Made in Oak, Tyne & Wear 2004 - Commemorative Cross in Oak & Etched Stainless Steel, Private, Tyne & Wear 2000 - Holy Communion Box - Made in Oak with metal embossed detail 1998 - Commemorative Bench in English Oak - Inscription carved along back panel, Warkworth Church Yard. Northumberland 1998 - Dining room table & six chairs - Made in Ash with copper detailing, Newcastle Upon Tyne 1996 - Christmas Tree, Coutts Bank, London Public commissions 2012 - Memorial Seat, Kingston Park Primary School, Kingston Park Primary School 2011 - Mosaic, Outdoor, St Michaels Church, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne 2011 - Subway To The South, Outdoor, East Howdon, Tyne and Wear 2009 - Ridgeway School Gates, Ridgeway School, , South Shields. Tyne & Wear 2008 - Wheel of Time, High Street, Birtley 2007 - Journey, City Stadium, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne 2007 - Next Stop Byker, Byker Metro Station, Byker, Tyne & Wear 2004 - Clock made in Birch ply & Aluminium, George Washington Primary School, Washington, Tyne & Wear 2004 - 'Echo' - 4m high brushed Stainless steel sculpture with acid etched text, Pedestrian & Cycle Tyne Tunnel, Howdon, Tyne & Wear 2004 - 'The Ones That Got Away' - 1.5m high cast fish heads & tails, sprayed in Flip Flop paint, Pedestrian & cycle Tyne Tunnel, Howdon, Tyne & Wear 2001 - 4 Sculptural Signs for a Business Park, Newcastle City Council, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2000 - Laser cut mild steel gates with curved bars, Stepney Bank Stables, Ouseburn, Tyne & Wear 1996 - Trellis to surround the Eco Office - Made from recycled clutch plates, Eco Office, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear Corporate commissions 2013 - North East England Tourism Awards 2012, Various, Various 2012 - Side table, John Gerrard Hair Salon, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2010 - Trophy 2010, Equality North East, Swawell, Tyne & Wear 2008 - Trophies, Equality North East, Tyne & Wear, Tyne & Wear 2007 - Trophies, Equality North East, Tyne & Wear 2006 - Trophies, Equality North East, Tyne & Wear 2005 - 3 trophies - Made in wood, metal & Perspex, 'Equality North East', Tyne & Wear 2005 - 5 clocks in wood, metal & glass, Northern Rock Foundation, Gosforth, Tyne & Wear 2003 - Board room clock in glass & Aluminium, Northern Rock plc, Gosforth, Tyne & Wear 2003 - Trophy commissioned by DFDS Ferries for 'Magazine of the Year', Private, Tyne & Wear 2000 - 7 clocks in mixed materials, Arts Council North East offices, Newcastle Upon Tyne Projects 2010 - Great British Art Debate. We created a stylised lighthouse sculpture with a series of panels using different mediums., South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, South Shields. Tyne & Wear 2009 - Sensory Garden project. Working with young offenders & a partially sighted gardening group to produce a seat & birdboxes., Barley Mow Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 2008 - Urban II Project. Working with 5 comminity groups to produce pieces of public art, a seat, mosaics, banner, sign for community centre & window panel, Various, Easington & Sunderland 2006 - BBC Blast, Newcastle college, Newcastle 2006 - 'Building Schools for the Future'. Working with the coincils involved in the project, I ran workshops with 10 schools to help shape the new build & refurbished school designs., Secondary schools, South Tyneside & Gateshead 2006 - Family learning, various, North Tyneside 2006 - Sculpture day for anyone to come along and make something out of the wood provided, Saltwell Park, Gateshead 2004 - Calendar project - 3 youth groups created images/sculptures that were included in a printed calendar, various venues, Tyne & Wear 2004 - Ouseburn Festival, Various, Newcastle 2003 - Creating plaques for the 'Education Action Zone' - Using images on ceramic tiles from the 18 schools they had provided funding for Educational experience - early years 2012 - Banner workshop, Burradon Nursery School, Tyne and Wear 2011 - Teddy Bear Banners, School, Usworth Colliery Nursery Educational experience - primary 2012 - Sculpture Day, Hartside Primary School, Co Durham 2012 - Sculpture workshop, Bishop Auckland Primary, Co Durham 2012 - Soap sculpture, Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, Co Durham 2012 - The Lambton Worm, Barmston Primary, Tyne and Wear 2012 - Wire Sculpture, Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, Co Durham 2010 - Living willow structure, 4m high 12m long, Fordley Primary School, Cramlington, Tyne & Wear 2009 - Automata devices using cams & pulleys, South Beach School, Blyth, Northumberland 2009 - Carnival costumes, Peases West School, Durham, Tyne & Wear 2009 - Recycled Robot, 6ft high, Ryhope Infants School, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 2009 - Recycled Seating, Fordley Primary School, Cramlington, Tyne & Wear 2009 - Silk Painted Welcome Banner, Ryhope Infants School, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 2009 - Stitched, Caribbean themed banner, Peases West School, Durham, Tyne & Wear 2008 - Sculpture with withies, Blackfell Primary School, Washington 2005 - 'Big Oceans' project, making sea monsters, 5 schools in the West End of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2005 - Several 1 day projects with primary schools, based on sculpture, various venues, Durham, Tyne & Wear 2003 - Constructing a 3D model of the River Tyne after a boat trip up the river, All Saints School, South Shields, Tyne & Wear 2003 - Making decorative ceramic bricks, St Peters School, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 2002 - Residency - Making pebble mosaics, Malverns Close School, Blyth, Northumberland Educational experience - secondary 2010 - Recycled Xmas Trees, John Spence school, North Tyneside 2008 - Workshop as part of the Birtley sculpture project, Lord Lawson School, Birtley 2007 - Sculpture with withies & collage materials, Stanley School of Technology, Co Durham 2007 - Six sessions to develop sculptures based on the learners personal projects, Mortimer Comprehensive, South Shields 2006 - Two day Education Conference for pupils of King George V & Brinkburn schools, Stadium of light, Sunderland Educational experience - tertiary 2011 - Craft classes, Stanhope Hospital, Wearside 2011 - Creative Card Making, Churchill Pavillion, North Tyneside 2007 - card making, Longbenton community college, Longbenton, Newcastle 2007 - Crafts for partially sighted, Pearey House, North Shields, Tyne & Wear 2007 - Sculpture with withies, Ouseburn Farm, Newcastle 2005 - Designing & making clocks, Fyndourne College, Sacriston, Durham 2005 - General Crafts Class, Royal Quays Community Centre, North Shields, Tyne & Wear 2005 - Woodwork Class, The Barn, North Shields, Tyne & Wear 2003 - Creativity day with a group of art teachers - making containers, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear 2002 - Silk Painting classes, The Meadows, North Shields, Tyne & Wear Educational experience - special needs 2010 - Aunt Sally project. A group of teenage NEATS, made a set of Aunt Sally boards 5-6ft high. They are usually on piers, you put your head through & get your photo taken, South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, South Shields. Tyne & Wear 2009 - Crafts class with visually impaired older people, Pearey House, North Shields 2004 - Working with excluded children, to produce designs for ceramic tiles., Tudor Grove, South Shields 2001 - WOW Festival, making banners & decorating a mini bus, Linskill Community Centre, North Shields, Tyne & Wear Publications 2010 - Seat at Barley Mow Park 2009 - Peases West Carnival parade 2008 - Clocks, Saturday Times magazine 2008 - Journey, City Life 2008 - The Journal 2007 - Journey is Completed, Journal 2005 - 'What makes a Memorable Journey' a guide to the Nexus Public art on transport programme, Tyne & Wear 2005 - Echo, Artist Newsletter 2004 - Fiona Tops & Tails story of River Tyne, Journal 2004 - Sculptures mark our rich heritage, News Guardian 2004 - Tunnel gets new vision, Herald & Post 2004 - Women learn how to DIY, Evening Chronicle 2004 - Wood you give DIY a chance, Evening Chronicle 2003 - Art show no strings attached, Journal 2003 - Designer Banks on River Business, Journal 2003 - Fiona's Inspiration, News Guardian 2003 - 'Textile Perspectives in Mixed Media Sculpture' a book by Jac Scott 2000 - Furniture maker gets back to basics, Journal 1997 - Contemporary design at Belsay, Furniture & Cabinetmaking