Curriculum Vitae
  Born December 1976, England
  Based in Derby
 

Education

1998 - 2001 Applied Arts BA (Hons.), University of Derby
1995 Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Chesterfield College
 

Selected Exhibitions

2009 Origin 2009, Somerset House, London
2009 Installation at Chatsworth
(please see exhibitions page)
2008 Imagine a City
Leicester
2007 Fragmented and Full Solo Show
Northampton
2006 ‘In Residence’ The Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham Solo show
2005 ‘Nesting Vessels’, Hove Museum and Art Gallery. Solo show
2005 ‘Expect the Unexpected’, Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery
2004 ‘Home Grown’, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
2004 ‘Secret Garden’, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
2004 ‘Stirrings in the Ivy’, Pickfords House Museum, Derby
2003 ‘Out There’, Crafts Council, London
2003 ‘Fresh Air 2003’ Cirencester
2003 ‘Contemporary Baskets’, Manchester Craft and Design Centre
2002 ‘Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail’, Hebden Bridge
2001 ‘100% Design’, London
2001 ‘New Designers, London
 

Selected Commissions

2009 Royal Derby Hospital
Commission created during October 2009
2009 Origin 2009, Crafts Council commissioned intervention
2008 Cotswold Water Park
2008 London Zoo
2008 Harehope Quarry, Co. Durham
2007 BBC Centre, Birmingham
2007 Sculptures for Chris Beardshaw's award winning garden, Hampton Court Flower Show
2007 Private commission in woodland, Co. Kerry, Ireland
2006 Charnwood Museum as part of Museum Maker Programme
2005 Paul Smith flagship store, Nottingham
2005 Timelines project, Derbyshire
2004 St. George’s Hospital, London
 

Selected Press

2008 BBC Radio 4, Open Country
2007 BBC1, Countryfile
2006 BBCWM Radio Interview
2006 Portrait and images of work used in poster campaign across Derby
2006 a-n magazine (feature)
2004/05 Crafts Magazine (feature)
2004 Observer Magazine
2004 Derbyshire Life and Countryside (feature)
2003 Makers News, published by the Crafts Council (feature)
2001 Italian Elle Decoration
 

Awards

2007 Pinolere 2007 (special mention)
2005 Nottingham Open Exhibition
2004 Crafts Council Development Award
2003 Quenington Sculpture Trust Bursary
 

Selected Teaching Events and Residencies

2006 ‘Finding Spaces’ Craftspace Touring, Birmingham
2005 Trinity College, Warwick - Residency
2004 Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
2004 Longroad College, Cambridge - Residency
2004 Broughton Castle, Banbury – Residency
2003 ‘Flexing the Willows’, Manchester Craft and Design Centre
2002 ‘Sculpture 2002’ Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham
2002 Hebden Bridge Sculpture Trail, Cresswell Crags - Residency
 

Project Management experience

2005 Shipley Perceptions - lens based art project for Fresh Air Creatives.
2005 ‘Cob Shelter Project’ , Derbyshire. Diverse activity surrounding the creation of an earth building, with additional artist-led workshops for 120 participants.

photographer - Alan Fletcher 2005

 

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