Artist Statement
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CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2008 - MA Contemporary Dialogues: Photography, Swansea Metropolitan University, Swansea
2004 - Mental Health Awareness Training, Swansea Council for Voluntary Service, Dragon Arts Centre, High Street, Swansea
2004 - Working With Vulnerable Adults, Swansea Council for Voluntary Service, Walter Road, Swansea
2001 - BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Swansea
Solo exhibitions
2008 - Nicola Kelly / Rebecca Spooner, Orial Mostyn Gallery 6&7, Llandudno
Group exhibitions
2010 - After the End, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2008 - MA Photography: Contemporary Dialogues, Ffoto Gallery, Turner House, Penarth
2008 - Through the Lens: 1st RWA Open Photography Exhibition , Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2007 - Dead Horse Arts Group, The Widcombe Studios, Comfortable Place, Bath.
2007 - Origins, Oriel Lliw Gallery, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Pontardawe, Swansea
2006 - Dead Horse Arts Group, Bridgwater Arts Centre, Bridgwater
2006 - House of Fog, Bath Fringe Visual Arts Festival, Unit 13, Shires Yard, Milsolm Street, Bath
2006 - National Eisteddfod of Wales, Felindre Park, Swansea
2006 - The Glynn Vivian Swansea Open, The Glynn Vivian Gallery, Alexandra Road, Swansea
2004 - Joy of 8, Watershed, Canons Road, Bristol
2004 - MA Show, Swansea School of Art and Design (Alexandra Road), Swansea
2004 - One Year On, Exposure Gallery, College Street, Swansea
2004 - Show and Tell, The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
2004 - The Glynn Vivian Swansea Open, The Glynn Vivian Gallery, Alexandra Road, Swansea
Degree shows
2008 - Entrance & Exit, Swansea Metropolitan University, Swansea
Workshops
2007 - Assistant Artist, Clyne in Bloom, City and County of Swansea, Parks Events Department, Clyne Gardens, Blackpill, Swansea
2007 - Lead Artist, Botanics in Bloom, City and County of Swansea, Parks Events Department, Singlton Botanic Gardens, Swansea.
2007 - Pinhole Photography Workshop, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Brecon Road, Merthyr Tydfil.
2006 - Artist , City and County of Swansea, Specialist Parks and Gardens Department, Singlton Botanic Gardens, Swansea
2006 - Artist, Clyne in Bloom, City and County of Swansea, Specialist Parks and Gardens Department, Clyne Gardens, Blackpill, Swansea
2005 - The Dead Horse Arts Group in conjunction with Dragon Arts, The Back Box, Princess Way, Swansea
Projects
2005 - Dead Horse Arts Group, The Black Box, Princes Way, Swansea
Educational experience - tertiary
2010 - Photography Tutor, Dragon Arts and Learning, Swansea
2003 - Photography Tutor (freelance), Dragon Arts and Learning, Swansea