Education:
1986/9 BA Fine Art Textiles Goldsmiths College, London
Selected Exhibitions:
Aug 10 None of Beauty's Daughters (solo), CoExist, Southend on Sea
May 10 Double Falsehood (To taste Molten Diamonds) , Backlit Gallery, Nottingham
April 10 Gloria's Crew, ARC, The Vaults, Birmingham
April 10 Worcester Open, Worcester
April 10 Backbid, Backlit Studios, Nottingham
April 10 Post, Coexist, Southend on Sea
April 10 Wysing Contemporary Presents, Cambs
Jan 10 Post, TROVE, Birmingham
Dec 09 Nil Desperandum, St. Ives, CornwallOct 09 Harrington Mills Studios, Nottingham
Sept 09 Sideshow, CoExist Arts Temporary Gallery, Southend
Sept 09 The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester
Sept 09 Small Moments of Fantastic Things, Galerie Antje Wachs, Berlin
Sept 09 Eco 09 Exeter Phoenix Arts & Media, Exeter
Sept 09 If...g39, Cardiff
Sept 09 Salon09, Vyner Street, London
Sept 09 SALE on tour, Liverpool
June 09 Suffolk Showcase, Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Suffolk
June 09 Neither Here Nor There, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambs
May 09 Flash Company, Cecil Sharp House, London
Mar 09 Resolve, Frame workshop, Ipswich
Jan 09 Heres looking at you, Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich
Jan 09 SALE,The Royal Standard, Liverpool
Dec 08 Kunstwerk Bazaar, Outpost Gallery, Norwich
Nov 08 Future50, PSL, Leeds
Aug 08 Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Jul 08 These Living Walls of Jet, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
Jun 08 Suffolk Showcase, Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Suffolk
May 08 Members Show, Key Arts, Suffolk
Dec 07 I came, I saw, Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich
Oct 07
Aug 07 Eyestorm Open, Eyestorm Gallery,Ipswich
Aug 07 Pin Mill Gallery,Chelmondiston, Suffolk
Jun 07 Suffolk Showcase, Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Suffolk
Jun 07 The Factory, Norwich Fringe , Norfolk
Jun 08 Triptych, Key Arts, Ipswich,
Jan 07 Forefront Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk
Dec 06 Town Hall Gallery, Ipswich,
Jul 06
Mar 06 Forefront Gallery, Ipswich,
Mar 06 Another Product, Cornerhouse, Manchester
I work within two dimensional and three dimensional structures using drawing, collage, painting and sculpture as a way to add objects of desire. The subject often depicts what can be considered vulgar from both a high and low social perspective. Works are derived initially from existing paintings, photographs and written works. Their adaptation comes to light through the mediums of paint, drawing and collage by translating them into the modern day, depicting current iconography and status with a huge dollop of humour.
My work has a tendency to be figurative within its subject of reworking old works, however it does allow for the surface to be manipulated in many ways by adding elements of frivolity.My work takes on many guises. It rarely remains static. My pieces can be worked over and over for a prolonged period of time allowing for constant reinvention.