Biography

BORN

St. Albans, 1969

EDUCATION

1992-95 Royal Academy Schools - Post Graduate Diploma in Painting
1988-91 Birmingham Polytechnic - BA (hons) in Fine Art
1987-88 Herts College of Art and Design - Foundation Studies

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2003 Works on Paper- Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2002 Woodcutter’s Contract- 2060 Vision Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2001 Show 1- Hat on Wall, London (with Christina Neuderberger)
2001 Mappin Open Solo Show- Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
2000 Negative Exposure- Static Gallery, Liverpool
1997 You Think You’ve Flown Before- Proud Gallery, London (with Steven Rendall)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 Saxon - Schwartz Gallery, London
2009 Reconstructing the Old House - Nunnery Gallery, London and Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
2009 Drawing with Dolphins - Crimestown Gallery, London
2008 Worlds End, Future Perfect - Carlton Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Seeking Tacit Utopias- Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2006 Inaugural - Cube Noir Gallery, Liverpool
2006 10th Planet - Tower Bridge Business Complex, London
2006 Fantasy Island - Metropole Galleries, Folkestone
2004 - 05 Weekending - The Globe Gallery, Newcastle; R.M.I.T. Project Space, Melbourne, Australia(2005)
2004 20c (DACS 20th Anniversary Exhibition)- Mall Galleries
2004 Over2You - WetterlingTeo Gallery, Singapore
2004 Tiergarten - 2060 Vision Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2003 Reduced - Century Gallery London
2003 Drawing Show - Vertigo Gallery London
2002 Free Market - Liverpool Biennial Independent Exhibition, St John’s Centre, Liverpool
2002 Simpatico - Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2001 Back to Reality - Vertigo Gallery, London,
2001 - 02 Liverpool 11 - 2060 Vision Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium; Hope St, Gallery, Liverpool
2001 Synergy - Orebro Slot, Orebro, Sweden
1999 John Moores 21 - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1999 London to Londinium - A.T.Kearney, Berkley Sq, London
1997 Group Show - Blue Gallery, London
1997 Summer Exposure - Proud Gallery, London
1996 Ida Branson Bequest - Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street
1995 Out of The Nineties - Mall Gallery, London
1994 - 95 Germinations 8 European Biennial for Young Artists - Breda, Holland (and touring to Warsaw, Bologna and Athens)

AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS

2008 Anglia Ruskin University - Research Award
2001, 2008 Arts Council England – Individual Artist Award
1999, 2001,04,05 Liverpool John Moores University Research Award
2003 British Council (Artist’s Exhibiting Abroad Award)
2001 - 2002 Major Commission for London City Airport
2001 Mappin Open, Prize-winner
2001 Arts Council England – Individual Artisrt Award
1998 Malvern Open (First Prize)
1995 Unipart Reflections of Technology (Runner Up)
1994 Andre Segonzac Travel Award to the USA
1994 Leverhume Trust Award

PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOGUES

2009 Reconstructing the Old House - Pub. Anglia Ruskin University, ISBN 978-0-907262-73-2
2008 Worlds End, Future Perfect - Pub. Monash University, ISBN 1-921179-34-1
2008 Marmite Prize 2008 - Pub. Susakpress, ISBN 978-1-905659-08-1
2004 20c DACS 20th Anniversary Exhibition Catalogue Pub. DACS ISBN : 0-9548158-0-7
2004 Over2You Pub. Liverpool Art School ISBN : 0-9542326-9-0
2002 Simpatico Pub. Liverpool Art School ISBN : 0-9542326-0-7
2001 Mappin Open Solo Show Pub. Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
2000 Synergy Pub. Liverpool Art School ISBN : 0-9523161-10
1999 John Moores 21 Pub. National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside ISBN : 1-902700-05-8
1999 London to Londinium Pub. A.T. Kearney
1996 Ida Branson Bequest Pub. Atkinson Gallery
1994 Germinations 8 Pub. Germinations Europe

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2006 ‘Fantasy Island’ The Metropole Galleries, Folkestone Featuring : Phillip Allen, John de Veras, Geraint Evans, James Ireland, Benet Spencer
2004 / 05 ‘Weekending’ (co-currated with Miranda Whall), the Globe Gallery, Newcastle (2004); the RMIT Project Space, Melbourne, Australia (2005) Featuring : Geraint Evans, Neil Bromwich, Miranda Whall, Zoe Walker, Justin Carter and Benet Spencer
2004 ‘Tiergatren’ 2060 Vision Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (British Council Funded) Featuring : Featuring : Ann Marie Coxon, Miranda Whall and Benet Spencer

COLLECTIONS

London City Airport
Rowe and Mawe
Cable and Wireless
Old Mutual
Mustard Catering
University of Central England

LECTURING EXPERIENCE

2008 - present Anglia Ruskin University - Pathway Leader in Fine Art (Cambridge School of Art)
1998 - 2007 Liverpool John Moores University – 0.5 Fractional Lecturer in Fine Art - BA Hons
2002 - 2007 London College of Fashion – Associate Lecturer in Visual Studies - Foundation Studies
2007 Central St Martins College of Art – Short Course Lecturer – Life Drawing
2005 RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia - Visiting Lecturer (Fine Art - BA Hons)
2003 Shanghai University, China - Visiting Lecturer (Fine Art - BA Hons)
2001 University of Westminster, London - Visiting Lecturer in Architecture (Diploma)
2000 Leeds Metropolitan University - Visiting Lecturer (BA Hons - Fine Art)
1998 - 99 Blake College, London - Subject Leader in Fine Art, Foundation Studies
1995 - 96 Icknield High School, Luton - Artist in Residence