biography

education

2008: BA Hons Fine Art, (1st class), University of Nottingham, Centre for Continuing Education, Nottingham, UK.

1990: PhD Organic Chemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

1984: BSc Hons Chemistry, Biological Science subsid., University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

 

residencies

Sep 2013: Meet the Artists programme, Embrace Arts, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

Oct 2012 – Sep 2013: BA Fine Art Graduate Residency programme, School of Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

 

commissions

2015-16: “Chicken wire for the planet…” Sustainable Chemistry Fine Art commission, University of Nottingham, UK.

2014: “The Smug and Silver Trent…” digital collage for Web of Water project, Artcore, Derby, UK.

2014:  “Untwist the sevenfold threads…”  wallpaper design for new Joseph Wright Study Room, Derby Museum & Gallery, Derby, UK.

2013: “Taxonomies”, assemblages and wallpapers for inclusion in  “Enlightenment: Ideas that Changed the World”, Derby Museum & Gallery, Derby, UK.

 

group exhibitions

2017: “Off the Shelf” with Socket at Bromley House Private Subscription Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, UK.

2016: University of Nottingham Graduate Residents Artists Show, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2016: “Precious Little” Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, UK, see online catalogue.

2015: “Socket Unplugged” with Socket at Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, UK.

2015: University of Nottingham Cedric Ford Art Exhibition, showing at Surface Gallery, Nottingham; on to Jubilee Campus and University Campus, University of Nottingham, UK.

2014: With Socket at Carnival of Monsters Festival of Contemporary Art 2014 , Bartons, Chilwell, Nottingham, UK.

2014: Web of Water, various UK venues including Atrium Gallery, ICCA, Nottingham; Carsington Water, Derbyshire; Curve, Leicester; Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, Swadlincote, Derbyshire; Deda, Derby.

2014: University of Nottingham Summer Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2014: Salon 5, The Old Lock Up Studio, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK.

2014:Stream: a continuing journey” with Socket at The Sock Gallery, Loughborough, UK.

2013: East Midlands Open 2013, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington, Derbyshire, UK.

2013:Stream” with Socket at Deda, Derby, UK.

2013: “Meet the Artists”  – Embrace Arts, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.

2013: University of Nottingham Summer Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2013: Salon 3, The Old Lock Up Studio, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK.

2013:Trust the Tale II” – Bromley House Private Subscription Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, UK.

2012: East Midlands Open 2012, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington, Derbyshire, UK.

2012: Salon 2, The Old Lock Up Studio, Cromford, Derbyshire, UK.

2012: Derby City Open 2012, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby, UK.

2012: With Socket at the Carnival of Monsters Festival of Art 2012, Bartons, Chilwell, Nottingham, UK.

2012: With Socket at the Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington, Derbyshire, UK.

2012: Six Streets Arts Trail, Derby, UK.

2011: Derby City Open 2011, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby, UK.

2011: University of Nottingham Summer Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2011: Trust the Tale” – Rainbow Gallery, Durban House Heritage Centre, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, UK. Exhibition website: www.trustthetale.co.uk

2010: Darklight,Skylight: A Rare Collection of Shadows, Forms and Frames – Bromley House Private Subscription Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, UK.

2010: University of Nottingham Summer Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2008:Interleave” – Bromley House Private Subscription Library, Angel Row, Nottingham, UK.

2008: BA Fine Art Degree Show, Angears Centre, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2008: University of Nottingham Summer Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

2007: University of Nottingham Summer Exhibition, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside, University of Nottingham, UK.

 

group membership

Socket, East Midlands based visual arts collective, est. 2011. socket-logo-70px