I am an artist, educator and researcher based in the West Midlands.
I am an artist, educator and researcher based in the West Midlands.
I work with painting and printmaking, between spaces for making and writing, drafts and notes, where the textual slips into the visual. Text and graphic forms are a recurring motif that are to be read through one another. My work is connected by experiences of learning, reading and writing, how patterns of meaning are generated, articulated and repeated. I am interested in the provisional and fragmentary quality in learning – a kind of drafting or notational space; ‘notation, has the additional advantage of showing clearly those structural elements that do not appear on the surface.’*
A feminist approach to education undercurrents this thinking, how can spaces of teaching and painting learn from each other? I utilise the writing of female authors and archival materials as a guide, where histories and voices intersect, enabling blankness to speak.
*Anni Albers (1965) On Weaving.
I am a studio holder at Eagleworks, Wolverhampton.
Education
2017 MA Art and Education Practices (Distinction), Birmingham City University
2015 PGCE (M) Post Compulsory Education, University of Wolverhampton
2013 BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1st Class, University of Wolverhampton
Current Employment
Lecturer in Fine Art, University of Wolverhampton
Gallery Assistant, Grand Union, Birmingham
Exhibitions
2018 A seat in which to read, Wolverhampton
2017 Repeat, Recite, Restate, Group Show, Brixton
2017 Margaret, MA Degree Show, Birmingham School of Art
2017 PULPA III, group show, RK Burt Gallery, London
2016 Women In Art, group show, Light House Media Centre, Wolverhampton
2016 Staff Show, Wolverhampton School of Art
2016 Broken Spaces, group show, Rye Attic, Nottingham
2015 Insert Groovy Title Here, group show, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
2015 Insert Groovy Title Here, group show, Eagle Works, Wolverhampton
Research and Projects
2018 Paper Presentation, NAFAE, with Gavin Rogers. Paper Presentation
2017 Paper Presentation, New Modes of Art Writing, Manchester Metropolitan University
2017 Artist/researcher, Maker Centric, Co-making Communities, Wolverhampton (ongoing)
2017 Paper Presentation, Foundations of a Creative Curriculum, BALTIC, Newcastle
2016 Paper Presentation, International Journal of Art & Design Education (iJADE), University of Chester
2016 Artist in Residence and Paper Presentation, Art as Research in Learning and Teaching International Conference
2016 Paper Presentation, ‘Research Practice, Practice Research’ Conference. National Association for Fine Art Education (NAFAE)
2016 Co-Founder, Temple Street Studios, Wolverhampton
2016 Publication contribution, Q-Arts ‘Transitions out of Fine Art Education
2015 Researcher, Successful Research Bid, Vice Chancellors Excellence Initiative
Teaching, Talks and Workshops
2017 Artist Talk, ‘Accelerator’ event hosted by Engine, New Art West Midlands, Worcester Arts Workshop
2014/16 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wolverhampton
2015 Workshop Ikon Youth Programme, Ikon, Birmingham
2015 Workshops, Black Country University Technical College
Bursary, Membership, Awards
2017 Micro-Bursary to fund visit DOCUMENTA 14, Engine Programme, New Art West Midlands
2017 Shortlised, Lecturer of the Year, University of Wolverhampton Student Union
2017 Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
2016 Membership, National Association for Fine Art Education (NAFAE)
2015 Membership, Extra Special People (ESP)
