Artist Statement
My current work interests circulate around notions of image-making, the value of an image, and the framing of that image through its creation by an artist. Central to my work is an emphasis on the durational work and/or vision of the artist imbuing value on an image/object; that through a visual understanding of the effort both manual and inspirational of the journey of the artist in making, a viewer can better empathise with and value an individual aspect view. Inherent within this is an exploration of traditional methods of art-making and aestheticisation.
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2006 - MA Fine Art, Slade School of Art, London
1996 - BA Visual Arts, De Montfort University, Leicester
Solo exhibitions
2011 - Artist of the Day, Flowers Gallery, London
2010 - a vestige, ghosted, Barbican Arts Group Trust, Project space, London
Group exhibitions
2011 - Abort, Retry, Fail, South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford
2011 - Small is Beautiful, Flowers Central, Cork St, London
2010 - Shelf, Peckham, London
2010 - Shelf, Whitstable Bienale Satellite programme, Whitstable
2009 - Artsfest, Various, Birmingham
2008 - In its wake, Elevator Gallery, London
2008 - London/Centrum, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2008 - Olympolis, Litohoro, Pieria, Greece
2007 - Foldback, Reception Space, London
2007 - Phase Space , Brunswick Gallery, London
2007 - Transformer, Woburn Square Research Centre, London
2006 - Film screening, Camden Arts Centre, London
2006 - Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London
2006 - Postgraduate Printmaking in London, Canary Wharf, London
2005 - Incestuous Beginnings, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Curated projects
2008 - In its wake, Elevator Gallery, London
2007 - Phasespace, Brunswick Gallery, London (www.phasespace.info)
2007 - Transformer, Woburn Square Research Centre, London (www.trans-former.net)
Live/Performance
2005 - dayofdamagedgoods, Whitechapel Gallery (cafe nights), London
2005 - performance-scope, Scope - various venues, London
Artist talks
2011 - Artist's Talk, Slade School of Art Easter Courses Expanded Drawing, London
2008 - Meet the Makers, in conjunction with the Whitechapel Gallery 'Collecting Contemporary Art' course, Hackney Wick
Residencies
2008 - Centrum Artist's residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, Seattle, Washington
Public commissions
2007 - Hull Lift NHS, Hull, UK
Projects
2008 - Where the light was less - set design, The Place Prize, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
2007 - Awards for Artists, British Council, London, for residency in Seattle
2007 - Shortlisted for MaxMara Art Prize, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2006 - Clare Winsten Memorial Award, Slade School of Art, London
2005 - Slade School Prize, Slade School of Art, London
2004 - South Square Trust Award, South Square Trust, London
Publications
2009 - ‘Untitled (and unknown)2', Rubric, The Grid, Issue 2. (rubricjournal.org)
2008 - 'Treatment for a psychosomatic institute’, Site gallery, commissioned writing for Platform Project, Sheffield
2008 - Untitled essay on the occasion of exhibition ‘Its not what we want but we’ll settle’, Sean Edwards at Moot Gallery, Sheffield
