Biography
BORN
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