PERFORMANCES:
November 2021                    Untitled (creativity). No Trace Without Resistance. Star & Shadow cinema, Newcastle.
March 2020                           Story Of Fear. Spoken word event, Rotunda Museum, Scarborough.
February 2016                       Safecracker. Station Arts Gallery, Robin Hoods Bay.
November 2012                    Spoken word events, TAKE: New Voices, & JibbaJabba, Newcastle.
November 2009                    Perfect. Wunderbar Festival, Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle.
August 2008                          So lange es dauert. Amphis, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge.           
May 2008                               Flagrante delicto cacophony, Immerse, Dance City, Newcastle.
February 2008                       Auslander. National Review of Live Art, Tramway, Glasgow.
February 2007                       Flagrante delicto. National Review of Live Art, Tramway, Glasgow.
October 2005                        Flagrante delicto. PlatformNortheast, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead.
February 2005                       Untitled. PlatformNortheast, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
October 2004                         And the one with no hair is ascending the stair trying to make the grand entrance.                                                                             PlatformNortheast, St Ann’s Steps, Newcastle.
May 1998                               Conflicting psychotic disorders. Klangstorm11, The Custard Factory, Birmingham.                   
March 1998                           This could be you. Elastic Frontiers, Sheffield Hallem University.
 
EXHIBITIONS:
July-August 2022                        Mushroom drawings (x2). The Specimen Cabinet, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield.
November-December 2019       Mould and mildew... and ​Untitled. Footnotes4, group show, Crescent Arts, Scarborough.
February 2017                              Flamboyance. Coastival, St Martins-on-the-hill, Scarborough.
October-January 2005                Multipl-i’s in Multiplus, group show, The Lowery, Salford.
August 2004                                 Postcards. Postal Room project, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle.
June 2004                                     Untitled.  International Art Fayre, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle.
April 2004                                      Paraplegic, group show, Town Hall, Bishop Auckland.

EDUCATION:
July 2010                                           Summer School, Forkbeard Fantasy, Taunton, Somerset.
May-August 2009                             NCFE Level Technical Theatre Lighting, Newcastle College.
February 2008                                   Winter School, Station House Opera, Tramway, Glasgow.
January-December 2003                 MA Fine Art, Sunderland University.
September-July 1996-1999             BA Fine Art, Loughborough University.                                               
September-July 1995-1996             City&Guilds Further Adult Education Teaching Stage 1, Basford Hall College,                                                                                   Nottingham.                                                
September-July 1995-1996             BTEC Nat Dip. Art&Design, Clarendon College, Nottingham.
September-July 1991-1992             BTEC Nat Dip Art&Design, York College (1st year).
September-June 1989-1991            City&Guilds Signwork & Advanced Signwriting, Scarborough Technical Collage.
 
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Sept 2021-Present         Resident Artist/Studio holder at The Old Parcels Office, Scarborough.
Nov 2018-Jan 2021       Resident Artist/studio holder at Crescent Arts, Scarborough. Also invigilating and installing                                                              exhibitions in the gallery.
May 2012-Nov 2018      Making things to sell at local markets, bags/waistcoats/jackets/drawings/photos and montage.
Nov 2011-Aug 2013       Volunteer, The Peoples Theatre, Newcastle. Wardrobe/lighting/set building & designing the                                                         lighting for the 2012 pantomime.
Aug-Sept 2011                Part of a group spoken word project, Northern Stage, Newcastle.
Dec 2010                          Performer & set-up/de-rig on the Ice Queen new years eve parade Newcastle, Walk the Plank                                                       outdoor theatre company.
Jul-Sept 2008                  Artist’s assistant/builder, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge. Building an Amphitheatre from                                                             recycled materials, using machinery, drills/saws/etc, and gardening using strimmer/mower.
Sept-Dec 2007                 Model making/plan drawing/research/designing costumes & lighting for a production of                                                             Othello, Castle Keep, Newcastle.
Jan-Apr 2007                   Participant, Leonardo da Vinci Programme, Berlin. Language school & work placement English                                                   Theatre Berlin, lighting/prop making assistant.
Oct & Nov 2005                Front of House Assistant, Empire Theatre. Sunderland.
Jul 2005                            Steward, Live Art/Music events, M.S. Stubnitz, Newcastle.
Aug 2004                          Assistant, Edinburgh Fringe Society, & Assistant, Derevo physical theatre group, selling                                                                 merchandise.
May-Jul 2004                   Assistant, Postal Room project, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle.
Jun 2004                          Artist’s assistant, Harminder Singh Judge, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle.
May 2004                         Artist’s assistant, Alison Knowels. Waygood Gallery, Newcastle.
Nov 2003                          Artist’s assistant, Yvonne Droge Wendel Newcastle Quayside.
Aug 2003                          Assistant, Edinburgh Fringe Society.
Aug 2002                          Assistant, Green & Lenegan Production Company, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Sept 2000-Aug 2001      Co-worker, Coliseum, Whitby. Live-in assistant for people with learning disabilities, voluntary                                                       projectionist in the cinema & helping with various arts workshops.
Aug-Sept 1999                 Artist’s assistant, Domenico Declario, 13 performances, 7 different sites, Liverpool Biennial.
Nov-Dec 1999                  Costume Designer/Maker, The Friendly Giant, Liverpool Youth Theatre.
 
Funds Awarded:
2010         Equipment & education, Arts Council England.
2008         Developing, showing new work & education, Arts Council England.
2007         Equipment & showing work, Arts Council England.
2006         Artist development, Arts Council England & Northern Cultural Skills Partnership.
 
Published:
Dec 2010 & Feb 2011      Illustrations & Dad (Poem), Byker Phoenix magazine.
Apr 2007                            Documentary photo of Flagrante delicto (performance) AN magazine.
2005                                   Salout not sal out (poem) Mixed Emotions, United Press.
2003                                   Architecture avalanche (poem) Smelter, Mudfog.
Summer/Autumn 2002   Mouse poo (poem) Recovery magazine.