Born U.K. (1977) Lives and works in London
Education
2017-22 Practice-based PhD researcher, Sheffield Hallam Uni., in collaboration with the William Morris Gallery, London. (Fully Funded)
Thesis title: The Future Needs the Past: Deconstructing William Morris, Rematerialising Archives, Assembling Contemporaneity.
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
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
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
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