Artist Statement
I am a British artist with an MA in Photography and a strong record in community projects. I am currently a Lecturer at the University of Brighton and I have been working as an artist using photography and mixed media for over 10 years. I have exhibited nationally and internationally and undertaken numerous commissions and residencies.
I have worked with many different communities, producing collaborative projects in order to engage wider audiences and share diverse stories. My work has been developed through living with different communities; reflecting a vision of the world concerned with identity, belonging and our relationship to the land, particularly in the context of national or regional mythmaking. I have a particular interest in combining a desire to experience the ‘sublime’ with the inexplicable seduction of the abyss, exploring the narrative potential of photography in relation to its abstract capacities, and now include drawing, text, mapping and moving image.
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2004 - Impact Training for Community Artists, City Arts, Nottingham
2003 - 7307 City and Guilds, Level 3 Certificate in Adult Teaching, Leicester Adult Education Centre, Leicester
2002 - MA Photography, De Montfort University, Leicester
2000 - Seeing the Light postgraduate course, Picture House Centre for Photography, Leicester
1996 - BA (hons) Graphic Design [2:1], De Montfort University, Leicester
Solo exhibitions
2009 - In A Different Light, Milton Keynes Contemporary - WHITEWALL, Milton Keynes
2009 - In a Different Light, Siddhatha Gallery, Kathmandu
2007 - Absence of Light, Charnwood Museum, loughborough
2006 - Memento Mori, Format Festival, Derby
2006 - Memento Mori, LCB Depot, Leicester
2005 - Homeless scape, The Dawn Centre, Leicester
2003 - Island Rites, Adult Education Centre, Leicester
2003 - Voice, De Montfort Hall, Leicester
Group exhibitions
2010 - Gathered World, Aberyswyth Arts Centre, Wales
2009 - In a Different Light, 1st Street Gallery, Colorado, USA
2008 - Nothing Special, Novas Centre, London
2007 - Abandoned Chairs, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
2007 - Curzon Street Station, New Art Birmingham Festival, Birmingham
2007 - Nottingham Open, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
2007 - Silent at Heart, The Air Gallery, Mayfair, London
2006 - Format Festival 06, The Voicebox, Derby
2006 - Inspired Art Fair, Christchurch, Spitalfields , London
2004 - Annual Open, The City Gallery, Leicester
2004 - Foursite, UCN Gallery, Northampton
2003 - Choices, Loughborough Town Hall, Loughborough
2003 - Kingdom Come (part of Liquid Light), Jamaican High Commission, London
2003 - Kingdom Come (part of Liquid Light), The Picture House, Leicester
2003 - Kingdom Come (part of Liquid Light), Various, Montego Bay, Kingston in Jamaica
2002 - Living Well (part of Lightgeist), Photofusion, London
2001 - Thik and thin, The Y Gallery, Leicester
2000 - Diatribe, City Gallery Touring Exhibiton, Leicestershire
2000 - Diatribe, Diorama Gallery, London
Residencies
2011 - Artist Residency, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
2009 - Colorado Artist Residency, Colorado Art Ranch, Colorado, USA
2008 - Himalayan Art Workshop , Esther Benjamins Trust, Nepal
2007 - KIDS residency, Photovoice/Young Peoples Inclusion Network, West Midlands
2004 - Creative Consultation (Coxmoor Estate), New Perspectives, Mansfield
2003 - Voice - Storytelling/Film Stills Residency, City Gallery, Leicester
2002 - Liquid Light Residency, The British Council, Jamaica
Public commissions
2007 - Silent at Heart, NHS Cardiac Network/Wellcome Trust, London
2007 - Write:muse, Leicestershire Museums Service, Charnwood Museum
2005 - Homeless-scape, Public Art Leicester, The Dawn Centre, Leicester
2003 - Rural Communities Bursary, Arts Council of England, East Midlands