Born U.K. (1977) Lives and works in London
Education
2017-23 Practice-based PhD researcher, Sheffield Hallam Uni., in partnership with the William Morris Gallery, London. (Fully Funded)
Thesis title: The Future Needs the Past: Remaking William Morris through Contemporary Art Practice.
2008-10 M.F.A: Painting. Slade School of Fine Art, London
2002-03 P.G.C.E. Art and Design, Institute of Education, London
1996-99 B.A.(Hons) Fine Art: Painting. Bath Spa University College
Awards/Residencies
2024 18th Street Arts Centre, Los Angeles. Artist in Residence
2018 CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain. Artist in Residence
2015 Shortlisted for Dazed X Converse Emerging Artist Award
2015 Factory Floor residency, Modern Art Oxford, Love is Enough, Morris/Warhol, curated by Jeremy Deller
2012 CCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain. Artist in Residence
2011 East London Printmakers, Artist in Residence
2011 Abbey Scholarship in Painting, British School at Rome
Rosa Lee Travel Award, Abbey Awards, Italy
2010 Shortlisted- John Moores Painting Prize
Graduate Printmaking Prize, Jealous Print Studios
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Phantom Yarns, (second iteration), Cyprus High Commission, St. James's Square, London,
curated by Maria Stathi with catalogue text by Isabel de Vasconcellos
A Ghost for Today, William Morris Gallery, London. PhD presentation exhibition.
https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions-43/a-ghost-for-today/past/2022
Exhibition review by Susan Campbell: https://www.susancampbellartwork.com/review-1-1
2021 Phantom Yarns, Art seen Contemporary, Nicosia, Cyprus. Curated by Maria Stathi.
2018-19 Can We Hold On? Centre of Contemporary Art, Andratx, Mallorca
2014 Wonders of the System, Centre of Contemporary Art, Andratx, Mallorca
2011 Alpha Beta, R O O M, London
2010 Climbing, Falling, Intervention Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Stable, Bobinska Brownlee New River, London.
A Painting Show, Benjamin Parsons x Hannah Payne Gallery, Oxford
Montage, curated by Giulia Hess and Sebastian Lendenmann, Fabrik Baterswil, Switzerland.
Oh, tell me where your freedom lies- you'd rather cry, I'd rather fly, POSTROOM Gallery, London, curated by Sandie Macrae.
Seeds, Trees and Mountains, curated by Esen Kaya. The Aga Khan Centre Gallery, London.
Side Step, curated by Anna Lytridou. SETSETSET, Ealing, London.
Rose Garden, curated by Tony Benn and Glenn Ward, Terrace Gallery, London.
2022 Patternicity, curated by Christina Niederberger and John Walter, ASC Gallery, London, and Exeter Phoenix Gallery.
2020 Yesterday, Today & Forever: 5 Year Anniversary, Artseen Contemporary, Nicosia, Cyprus. Curated by Maria Stathi, with text written by
myself. http://www.artseeneditions.com/en/project-single/yesterday-today-and-forever-5-year-anniversary
. Contemporary British Painting Prize, ASC Gallery, London, 4/2-6/3/20
2019 Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield Art Gallery. 9/11-4/1/20
A Strange Weave of Time and Space, curated by Jeanine Griffin. Site Gallery Project Space, Sheffield, 12-28/7 & Project Space Plus,
Lincoln University, 1-11/11; https://medium.com/site-stories/a-strange-weave-of-time-and-space-5600ef4554c3
Al-Dente, curated by John Walter. Skelf. http://www.skelf.org.uk/ 17/5-16/7
https://skelf.org.uk/S_Q/ARCHIVE_PAGES/QUARTERLY/Archive_JohnWalter.html
Attempts to Escape, ArtSeen Contemporary, Nicosia, Cyprus, curated by Maria Stathi. 27/3-29/5
http://www.artseeneditions.com/en/project-single/attempts-to-escape
Re-assemble, Colyer Bristow Gallery, London, curated by Rosalind Davis. 4/4-29/6
2018 Annual Open, CGP Gallery, London.
Wells Art Contemporary, Somerset.
Like the Lines of a Hand, Centre for Recent Drawing, London.
2017 Like the Lines of a Hand, Paper Gallery, Manchester.
Threads: Taking up Needles & Yarn, with Celia Pym, curated by AleeChay, Centre for Recent Drawing, London.
2016 Part 5, lm06projectspace, London, curated by Marta Bakst and Lisa Penny.
An Interlude, lm06projectspace, London, curated by Marta Bakst and Lisa Penny.
2015 Screen, Turps Gallery, London, curated by Benjamin Deakin and Emma Elia-Shaoul.
Collaborators 4, ROOM Artspace, London.
2014 DrAwn 2Gether, Galerie im Gartenhaus, Munich.
Jealous Print Award, Saatchi Gallery, London.
2013 Carousel, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, curated by Adam Bridgland.
2012 Ex-Roma III, APT Gallery, London..
Collaborators 3, R O O M, London.
The Open West, Gloucester, UK.
2011 The Northern Print Biennale, Newcastle.
Two Peacocks, Gallery North, Newcastle, curated by John Walter.
Re-Make, Re-Model, Chelsea Future Space, London, curated by Mike Iveson..
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy, London.
Fountains and Drains, British School at Rome.
The Producers, British School at Rome.
Fabricecstasy, Studio 52, Hoxton Square, London, curated by Alys Williams.
Hybird, Vitrine Gallery, London.
2010 World Within Worlds, BEARSPACE Gallery, London.
Transfer, Strang Print Gallery, UCL, London.
2009 Make it. Print it. Pack it. Ship it, Fed-Ex, London.
There’s Something I'd like to Tell You, IMA, Berlin.
The Voice & Nothing More, Woburn Square, London.
Anger Management, Will Alsop Architects, London.
Commissions
2023 Aga Khan Centre Gallery, Wall painting.
2015 Royal Academy of Arts & National Heritage, Architectural Hoardings Project.
2012 Ljusne Kunst centre, Sweden. Public art murals commission (11m x 11m), with workshops.
2012 Hogarth International Advertising Agency, entire office floor mural.
2010 Heals, Tottenham Court Rd, Mural commission with Slade.
Collections
Ministry of Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Soho House, Mumbai.
V&A Museum, Prints Collection.
Saatchi Collection Prints.
Chelsea School of Art.
British Library.
Various Private Collections.
Lecturing
Sheffield Institute of Art, Sheffield Hallam University, (GTA as part of the PhD programme)
Bath College of Art & Design, Visiting lecture
Northumbria University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Visiting lecture
Oxford Brookes University, Visiting lecture
Haringey Sixth Form College, UAL Art & Design Diplomas
Symposia
2019 Morris: A Ghost for Today; research project hosting Benjamin Deakin, Clare Mitten, Nicholas Pankhurst, Eva Sajovic, Diana Taylor,
William Morris Gallery. Organised by Diana Taylor.
2019 Living Research: The Urgency of the Arts. National Society for Education in Art and Design. (NSEAD), Royal College of Art.
2018 Methods, Sheffield Hallam University.
Gallery education
CGP, London, print workshops
Parasol Unit, London, painting workshops
Modern Art Oxford, print workshops
Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, print workshops
Camden Arts Centre, London, various workshops
Orleans House Gallery, London, various workshops
2010 - present
2010 - present