Exhibitions:
2019 - '50Fifty', Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 2017 - 'Family Style', Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln. 2017 - 'Home Sweet Home', Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 2015 - Diffusion: 'Looking For America', Cardiff International Photo Festival. 2013 - Diffusion: 'From Common Differences', Cardiff International Photo Festival. 2010 - The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Fine Art Pavillion, Blaenau Gwent. 2008 - 'Unreliable Truths: Transformation and Illusion in Contemporary Photographic Practice', Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2007 - 'Dark Victory', Tactile Bosch, Cardiff. 2006 - 'Sitting Room', Touring Exhibition, International. Curated projects: 2010 - 'Fugitive Testimony' (Still Restless: Photography, Evidence, Time), Mission Gallery, Swansea. Solo exhibition: 2005 - 'Apron', Mission Gallery, Swansea.
Publications:
'From Common Differences' (Co-editor, Artwork & Chapter), published by Ffotogallery 2013, ISBN 978-0-9561003-6-8. 'Family Ties' (Conference paper ‘200 Seconds: In Light of the Past’), published by Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London, 8-9/03/2011. The National Eisteddfod of Wales, (Artwork), Fine Art Catalogue, 2006, 2008, 2009. 'Unreliable Truths' (Artwork & Chapter ‘200 Seconds’), published by Glynn Vivian Gallery Swansea, 2008, ISBN 978-0-903189-78-1. 'Sitting Room', Exhibition Catalogue, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2008. 'Apron', (monograph) published by Mission Gallery and CLASI, 2005, ISBN 0-9545600-3-5. 'Family, Memory and Loss' Artist talk with Karen Ingham, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea 2008.
External Memberships:
Mission Gallery, Swansea (Chair of Board 2011-2014, Board Member 2008-present). Association of Photography in Higher Education.
Research:
Practice-based PhD (completed 2012/13): Photography, Melancholy, Family: Spaces Beyond Representation. Research participant within the Family Ties Network, a national research group of artists who explore space, place and the family in photography and moving image. Research participant: Photography, Bereavement and Grief: Interpreting personal loss through creative practice, an on-going research project initiated by De Montfort University, Leicester. Research participant within the Centre for Lens Arts and Science Interaction (CLASI), UWTSD.
Consultancy:
External Examiner - FdA Photography and Digital Arts, Exeter College, Plymouth University, 2011-2015. External Examiner - FdA Photography, FdA Graphics, FdA Illustration, Warwickshire College, 2017-2019. Partnership Team Leader – Hereford College of Arts, BA Photography, BA Fine Art, MA Fine Art, 2013-present. QAA - Art & Design Subject Benchmark Statement Review Committee, 2015-17 (The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education).
Academic Qualifications:
2013: PhD University of Wales. 2003: MA Photography (Dist), SIHE, University of Wales. 2000: BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts (1st Class) SIHE, University of Wales.
Employment:
2019-present: PhD Supervisor / Examiner, MA Photography Pathway Leader. 2007-2019: Programme Director, MArts & BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts, Swansea College of Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. 2005-2007: Lecturer (0.5), Swansea Metropolitan University, BA Photography Programmes. 2000-2006: Lecturer (0.5), Swansea Institute of Higher Education (SMU), Foundation Art & Deisgn. 2000-2007: Artist / Photographer, Self-employed. 1999-2003: Photography Tutor (part-time), Dragon Arts Centre, Swansea. 1995-1997: Stills Photographer, Freelance (main clients: MTV, Channel 4 Television). 1995-1997: Lighting Designer for stage and television, Freelance (London theatres and production companies). 1989-1995: Stage & Lighting Technician / Designer, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.
