Be it literally or symbolically, home crafts are recurrent in my practice. Working with animation, installation, drawing, photography and sculpture, I make links between the past and the present, the real and the imaginary. Collected stories, found textiles and objects feed into my work, exploring relationships between the transient and the permanent, suggestive of forgotten memories or folk tales. At first, seemingly naive and innocent, the work slowly unfolds, revealing subtle uncertainty and destruction. 

Born:     Beverley, East Yorkshire, 1980
Based:  Glasgow

Education:

2003 – 2007      BA(hons) Fine Art, Painting and Printmaking
                             Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

2005                    Erasmus Exchange Programme
                             Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

2002 – 2003     Diploma in Foundation Studies (Art and Design).
                            Riley Centre, Hull College, England

Exhibitions/Screenings:

August 2009             Artists Film and Cinema Programme
                                    Stereo, Glasgow (Southside Gallery Presentation -                                       curated by Gregor Johnstone)

July 2009                   ‘Tales of the Wild Folk’
                                     With Vivien Opiolka and Sarah Ingersoll, Glasgow

June 2009                ‘Books and Boats’ (Commission)
                                    Animation Screening at Ben TD’s Album Launch, London

December 2008      Open Studios Winter Show
                                   Napiershall Street Studios, Glasgow

August 2008            Open Studios Summer Show
                                   Napiershall Street Studios, Glasgow

July – Sept 2007     ‘Terra Nova IV’
                                    Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art

June 2007                Degree Show
                                   Glasgow School of Art

April 2007                 ‘Image in Action’
                                    Group Screening of Contemporary Animation, CCA, Glasgow

                                    ‘Print Matters 2007’
                                    Group Show, Glasgow Print Studio

February 2007         ‘Despite Yourself - Work in Progress’
                                    Solo Show, Vic Gallery, Glasgow

                                    RSA Student Exhibition
                                    Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

October 2006           ‘Just Folk’
                                    Group Show, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
   
May 2006                 ‘Documented’
                                    with Pio Abad and Masako Ueda, Vic Gallery, Glasgow

April 2006                 ‘The Bakery’,
                                     Group Show, Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Glasgow

December 2005      ‘Gloves’
                                    Liszt Ferenc Ter, Budapest, Hungary

Future Exhibitions/Screenings:
 

November 2009      Group Show Opening 27/11/09 6pm - 9pm
                                  "The Secret Stramash of Spectacular Shenanigans!"
                                   The Cammy Leon Gallery
                                   90 Mitchell Street
                                   Glasgow G13NQ

Awards/Grants:

2009                           Glasgow Visual Arts Grant Scheme 2009/2010