ART EDUCATION
2006-2009 BA HONS: Fine Art, grade: First Class
2005-2006 Diploma In Foundation Studies Art & Design, grade: distinction
2005-2006 Life Drawing Award L3 FD A&D
2005-2006 Photoshop Award L1 FD A&D
1991 GCSE Art A*
AWARDS
2009-2010 Fellowship program at Wirral Metropolitan College
SOLO EXHIBITION
2010 Life In Paper Mersey Bio, Liverpool
TOURING EXHIBITIONS
2009 Mapping the West Touring Exhibition BYU Utah, Williamson Art Gallery Wirral & Victoria Building UCLAN
2008-2009 Triple Echo Touring Exhibition Victoria Building UCLAN, Wirral Metropolitan College Wirral, LJMU Liverpool & IMPACT 6 Print Conference, UWE Bristol
EXHIBITIONS
2010-2011 The Twelve Working Days til Christmas Mersey Bio, Liverpool
2010-2011 Special Choice Book Arts Part 1 & 2 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York
2010 Fractured Vision Exhibition The Gallery, Birkenhead Park, Wirral
2010 Tri-Fold : New Perspectives on Book Art Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York
2010 Liverpool Independents Biennial The Six Rooms Gallery, Wirral
2010 Liverpool Independants Biennial, Squaremile The Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool
2010 Fellowship Show Williamson Art Gallery, Wirral
2010 Wirral Society of Arts Open Williamson Art gallery, Wirral
2010 Rhino Mania Public Art Event The Groves, Queen’s Park Bridge
2010 Art Exhibition of local artists The Gallery Liverpool
2010 Recycling Exhibition Birkenhead Pavilion, Wirral
2010 Climate Change Rhyl library Arts Centre, Rhyl
2010 Set of Odd Volumes CoExist Gallery, Southend On Sea
2009-2010 Go Penguin Public Art Event Derby Square and Hope Street, Liverpool
2009 WMC Fine Art Degree Show Williamson Art Gallery, Wirral
2009 Go Pink and Blue Exhibition Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
2009 Wirral Spring Open Williamson Art Gallery, Wirral
2008 Metrospective Exhibition Liverpool Academy of Arts, Liverpool
PUBLICATIONS
2010 Commissioned article for a-n Artists Newsletter ‘2010 degrees Supplement’ and online
2010 Interview about my work from The Gallery Liverpool group Exhibition by Liverpool Confidential
2010 Images of my degree work were included in issue 17 of Cut Click magazine
2090 Artist of the week on the Artinliverpool website
COLLECTIONS
Yuko Nii Foundation Contemporary Art Collection, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York
ARTIST TALKS
2010 ‘A years work, what, why and how’ to a secondary school class
2010 ‘Altered book art’ to a foundation group at Wirral Metropolitan College
2007 'Learning changes lives' promotional dvd for Wirral Metropolitan College
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2009- Present art technician in a high school
2009 Led two family activities programmes at the Williamson Art gallery
2008 Volunteer for VIDA! Half term family activities program at the Williamson Art gallery
2006 A watercolour demonstation at Arts Café, Hoylake
COMMISSIONED WORK
2010 Wild in Art, painted a design onto a rhino for the Rhino Mania Public Art Event in Chester
2009 Wild in Art, created designs and painted them onto two penguins for the Go Penguin public art event in Liverpool
2008-2009 Lees Lloyd Whitley Solicitors, design a steel relief
2006 Commissioned for a series of four paintings
2006 Brimstage Flowers, designed and painted a shop logo and signage
2006 Arts Café, designed and produced publicity imagery and menu