Personal Details
Born in Leicester 1974
Lives and works in Birmingham
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Billboard commission. Bloc Projects, Sheffield
2009
‘If distance was an object between us.’ Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, NL
2008
‘Tiny Details Grotesque Proportions.’ The New Art Gallery Walsall, West Midlands
2006
‘My Sponsor is the Leader of the Country.’ MAC, Birmingham
‘My Sponsor is the Leader of the Country.’ The City Gallery Off Site. Phoenix Arts. Leicester
2004
‘Autonomy, Homogenisation, Categorisation, Choice.’ RAID Projects. Los Angeles. USA
Group Exhibitions
2011
‘Memory of a Hope’ Ceri Hand, Liverpool
‘Summer Fayre’ Outpost Norwich
2010
‘The Jerwood Drawing Prize’ Jerwood Space, London then touring
‘The Art of Witchcraft’ Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, curated by Matthew Collings & Matt Price
‘Slash Seconds’ www.slashseconds.org
’48 Sheets’ Billboard commission, EC-Arts, Birmingham
‘Meanwhile in Birmingham…’ Rogue Project Space, Manchester
‘Video Progetto’ 26cc, Rome, Italy
HALLelujah2′ Janie Nicholls House, Glasgow
‘Hagiwara_Marsh_Rowe’ Elephant & Castle, Coventry
2009
‘Works on Paper’ Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands
‘HALLelujah’ Janie Nicholls house, Glasgow
‘SALE’ The Royal Standard, Liverpool
2008
Zoo Art Fair, London, represented by Eastside Projects, Birmingham
2007
Zoo Art Fair, London, represented by MOOT, Nottingham
‘Orange Box.’ New Generation Arts Festival, Birmingham City University
‘Martin Kippenburger with Fries and a Shake.’ Plan 9, Spike Island, Bristol
‘DC Dusseldorf.’ Art Fair Dusseldorf, Germany. Represented by MOOT, Nottingham
‘Ariston.’ Curated by Candice Jacobs for New Art Birmingham, Moor St Station, Birmingham
‘Textual Healing.’ The Embassy, Edinburgh
2006
‘Year 06 Projects.’ London. A Keith Talent Production. Represented by MOOT, Nottingham
‘Anti-Talent.’ Ten4 Magazine (Channel 4) Curated by Gavin Wade
‘Six Shows.’ MOOT, Nottingham
‘Haddon Tower Project.’ Curated by Behind Closed Doors. Birmingham
‘Open Architecture.’ Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Silverlake Film Festival. Los Angeles. USA. Off-Site Projects.
‘Active Imagination.’ Curated by Sandra Bridie. International Project Space.
Bournville Centre for Visual Arts, Birmingham.
2005
‘All At Once, Together, At The Same Time.’ Curated by Colony. Birmingham
‘Best of Collage Party.’ Outpost for Contemporary Art. Los Angeles, USA.
2004
‘Collage Party.’ Curated by Paul Butler. Geffen Centre. MOCA. Los Angeles. USA.
‘Inbetween.’ Spectacle. Birmingham.
‘SEEN.’ Leicester.
Residencies
2009
Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 3 month residency supported by ACE West Midlands and Rotterdam Artist’s in Residence (RaiR)
Dudley Library, West Midlands, UK. A 6 month residency supported by ACE West Midlands resulting in a commission to celebrate the centenary of the library
2007
‘Shining Cliff.’ My House Projects. Derbyshire. UK.
4 days in the Derbyshire countryside with 20 International artists.
2004
Raid Projects, Brewery Arts Colony, Los Angeles, USA. 3 Month residency.
Projects
‘Collage Party’
A social production space where others join me to make collage.
‘Self Service’
A group project focusing on critical dialogue. Activity ranges from presentations and conversations from invited speakers, to regular group critique. 2004-2007.
www.pubconversations.co.uk
Work
‘Wolverhampton University’
Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art. 2010.
‘BIAD, Birmingham City University’
Visiting Lecturer, BA Negotiated Study, BTEC Foundation. 2005-present.
‘Eastside Projects’
Co-ordinator of the professional development programme, ‘Extra Special People’ designed to support the connections and careers of artists, designers, writers and curators in the West Midlands. With a current membership of 80+ the role includes running a weekly event ranging from group critique, to the delivery of specific skills in response to members needs, organising away days to meet artists and groups in other cities and programming artists talks. 2008-present.
www.extraspecialpeople.org
‘Under A New Sky’
Assistant curator and project manager to Peter Lewis in response to Generator 1+2 supported by Arts Council England, West Midlands and the University of Central England. ‘Under A New Sky’ was the first in an 18 month series of events and exhibitions by 8 international artists. 2007.
www.reduxprojects.org.uk
‘IKON Gallery’
Since 2008 I have been working with the Learning Team at IKON Gallery to plan, deliver and evaluate educational projects at the gallery and off site. I also deliver workshops in conjunction with my own exhibitions and projects.
Education
2003-2004
MA. Fine Art. Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. University of Central England.
1996-1997
PGCE Secondary Art and Design Education. University College London.
1992-1996
BA. Fine Art. De Montfort University. Leicester.
Collections & Commissions
The New Art Gallery Walsall
The collection of David Lachapelle
Various other private collections
Dudley Library, Centenary Commission