Artist Statement
I am a visual artist with a passion for mixed-media layering and design. My work is inspired by many things such as a dream, a feeling, something suddenly remembered, a song, or a particular experience, and explores emotional responses to life, colour, pattern and language. I create a juxtaposition of reality, fantasy, aesthetic and sensation, which seeks to examine the transient moments of real life events within an autobiographical context. My artwork has been commissioned and represented in various publications, with solo and group exhibitions showing in the UK, France, Holland, Spain, Germany, Italy and the USA. I have also taught adult classes and workshops in drawing, printmaking and painting.
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2009 - Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Creative Business Project, University Centre Folkestone, Folkestone
2009 - Project Management - Creative Business Project, University Centre Folkestone, Folkestone
1994 - BA Hons, Studio Art and History of Art, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge
Solo exhibitions
2011 - L'Etoiles Magiques, Edge, Margate
2009 - Collages, Bromley Arts Centre, Bromley, Kent
2008 - In Natuura, Landmark, Deal
2008 - Open Studios, SEAS, Deal
2003 - Torsos, St. Barnabas Press, Cambridge
2000 - Angles, Wisbech, UK
1999 - CB2, Cambridge, UK
1999 - Gallerie Sonnenberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Group exhibitions
2011 - 14 Printmakers, Pie Factory, Margate, Kent
2011 - Post Nude, Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable, Kent
2009 - Folkestone Art Society Autumn Exhibition, Grand Hotel, Folkestone
2009 - Labyrinth, Charlton Art Centre, Dover, Kent
2009 - SEAS Open Studios, Ringwould, Ringwould, Kent
2008 - A1 , Horsebridge, Whitstable
2008 - Art A La Carte, The Grand, Folkestone
2008 - FAC Summer, Chimaera, Folkestone
2008 - Margate Rocks, Margate, Margate
2007 - Canterbury Art Fair, UCCA, Canterbury
2007 - Roman Canterbury, Gallery in The Friars, Canterbury
2006 - Brighton Art Fair, Brighton Pavillion, Brighton
2006 - Graffiti, Haddenham Galleries, Ely
2006 - Great Art Fair, Alexander Palace, London
2005 - Printmaking 2005, Galeriazero, Barcelona
2004 - Sculpture, Haddenham Gallery, Haddenham
2003 - Cos 2003, Babyon Gallery, Ely
1999 - Contemporary Printmakers, London
1999 - Spike Island Printmakers, Bristol
Intervention
2011 - Folkestone Triennial Fringe events, Public areas, Folkestone, Folkestone, Kent
Publications
2011 - Geist, Canada
2011 - The Sails: Headful of Stars, USA