EDUCATION

1996-1999  BA(Hons)Textile Design And Surface Decoration, Buckinghamshire University, High Wycombe.

 1995-1996  Btec Diploma Foundation Studies In Art And Design,  Staffordshire University,  Stoke-On-Trent.

EXHIBITIONS/CREATIVE PROJECTS

2012

Cultural Olympiad Commission - Godiva Awakes Commissioned as part of a team working with lead textile artist Julia O'Connell to design and make the costume for a ten metre high puppet that, powered by a cyclopaedia, will travel from Coventry to London to celebrate the 2012 Olympic Games.

2011

Wish You Were Here, Group Exhibition, A.I.R Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Localise Selected participant in a collaborative project with the Creative Communities Unit at Staffordshire University and Warsaw University, Warsaw, POLAND.
The Craft and Design Gallery, City Gallery Group Exhibition, Leeds.
New Ashgate Gallery, Group Exhibition, Farnham, Surrey.
Number Four Gallery, Group Exhibition, St.Abbs, Berwickshire.
The Shire Hall Gallery, Group Exhibition, Stafford.
Sevens Barnaby Festival Group Exhibition, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
European Whispers Exchange project creating dialogue with European arts partners, Lingen, GERMANY.
Spring Commissioned Artist with B Arts at this community event that brought together visual arts, performance and music.
100 Stories Commissioned Artist with B Arts animating public spaces on a digitally guided performance through a city centre.
The Biscuit Factory Group Exhibition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Cambridge Contemporary Art Gallery Group Exhibition, Cambridge.
Barewall Gallery  Group Exhibition, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Cambridge Contemporary Craft Gallery   Group Exhibition, Cambridge.
Creative Communities Unit Guest Lecturer, Staffordshire University.

2010
Sevens Solo Exhibition, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Finding Echoes  Joint exhibition with artist Nicholas Hudson Paine, Burslem School of Art, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Cambridge Contemporary Arts Group Exhibition, Cambridge.
A Sense Of Place Commission  Commissioned by the Shire Hall Gallery Stafford to lead a programme of workshops with Newcastle-under-Lyme College students and various community groups, followed by the creation of new artwork for exhibition and permanent collection at the Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.
Shire Hall Gallery  Solo Exhibition, Coffee Bar Gallery, The Shire Hall, Stafford.
Longton Plots Commission  ‘Warming Up’ – A programme of community engagement that resulted in a knitted installation in Longton town centre, Stoke-on-Trent, commissioned by Urban Vision North Staffordshire.
Cambridge Contemporary Crafts   Group Exhibition, Cambridge.
Staffordshire Open 10   Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.
Burslem Arts  Group Exhibition, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
The Artbay Gallery  Group Exhibition, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.
Barewall Gallery  Group Exhibition, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

2009

Romantic Proposals  Group Exhibition, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Three Counties Open 09  Keele University, Staffordshire.
ArtWaves Gallery   Group Exhibition, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
Longton Buzzes Commission 'Under One Roof' – Three month  residency in a vacant market stall in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, resulting in an exhibition/installation, commissioned by Urban Vision North Staffordshire.
Fishmarket Gallery   Guest Lecturer on the ‘Reach’ artist’s professional development programme.  Northampton.
Place, Space and Identity Commisson ‘Living Room’ – Three month residency in the village of Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent resulting in an exhibition/installation in an empty terraced property that was awaiting demolition.
Staffordshire Open 09   Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.
Barewall Gallery   Group Exhibition, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
The Artbay Gallery  Group Exhibition, Fenton Stoke-on-Trent.
Living Gallery  In conjunction with ‘Glassball Arts’ using a series of mixed media works digitally altered and printed on hoardings affixed to empty properties on a busy main road into the City of Stoke-on-Trent.
AA2A Residency Six month residency in the textiles Department of Wolverhampton University.

 2008
Art 34 Commission  Artwork created in response to Chatterley Whitfield Colliery. Exhibited at Burslem School of Art and in the permanent collection of Chatterley Whitfield Enterprise Centre.
Heirloom Solo Exhibition, Burslem School of Art, Stoke-on-Trent.
Stoke-on-Trent Open 08   The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Making Sense - Motherhood and Identity Collaborative exhibition with Textile Artist Jane George. Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton
The Big Draw Commission Lead Artist with Urban Vision North Staffordshire. Smallthorne Primary School, James Brindley High School and Burslem School of Art.
The Embroiderer's Guild Lectures and workshops delivered to adults via the Birmingham and Solihull Embroiderers’ Guild.

2007

Place Space & Identity 1 Commission ‘Inside Out’ – A socially engaged commission that resulted in an exhibition of stitched and mixed media work erected on the external walls of empty homes awaiting demolition in a Stoke-on-Trent Clearance area.
Longhouse Artist’s Professional Development Residency  A three day residency in Stoke-on-Trent designed to develop skills in working within, and in response to, the public realm.  
AirTrade Auction   AirSpace Gallery and Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent
Smallworks  Four mixed media panels exhibited across Leicestershire with Mantle Arts in a 6’x4’ converted shed.Midlands Textile Forum Launch Exhibition  Group Exhibition. Birmingham City University and Droitwich Library Gallery
Arts and Crafts Show Group Exhibition, Borough Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
Stafford Open 07  Group Exhibition, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.
Views  Solo exhibition, Coffee Bar Gallery, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.
Viewing Change-Changing Views  Solo exhibition, Burslem School of Art, Stoke-On-Trent.

2006 

Longhouse Action Research Commission Examining individual experiences of housing market renewal in Stoke-On-Trent and the role of the Artist in relationship to the process. LONGHOUSE, West Bromwich.
Artist in Reminiscence  A six week residency within a reminiscence group exploring themes of changing views and identities through reminiscence and mixed media artwork. Funded by Arts Council England. King Charles VI Community Centre,  Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent.
The Postcard Show 06  Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
Stoke-On-Trent Open 06   Group Exhibition, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent.
Threads of Creativity   Guest Lecturer and exhibitor.  St. Martins in the Bullring, Birmingham.
Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration Guest Lecturer, Coventry University.

Permanent Public Collections

The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford.  
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent
The Civic Centre, Stoke-On-Trent
Chatterley Whitfield Enterprise Centre, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-On-Trent
Whitfield Valley Community Centre, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-On-Trent

Contributions to Publications

Workbox Magazine Featured Artist,  February 2011.
A-N Collections 2008 Community Engagement.  Editor - Catherine Wilson,  Author - Charlotte LevineGendered Journeys, Mobile Emotions 2009 An Edited Collection exploring connections between gender, travel and emotion.Published by Ashgate. Editors - Professor Gayle Letherby and Dr Gillian Reynolds
Longhouse  Publications available through www.Longhouse.uk.com

• Professional Artist Development 2007   

• Action Research 2006

Raw Material 2008 Limited edition publication documenting the ‘Place, Space & Identity 1’ programme. Authors – Liz Lock and Mishka Henner
Living Room 2009  Limited Edition photographic publication documenting the ‘Living Room’ project as part of the ‘Place, Space & Identity 2’ programme. Copies of which are available on request.