Curriculum Vitae
 Born December 1976, England
 Based in Derby
 

Education

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

Selected Exhibitions

2007 Fragmentend and Full
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 Teaching Events and Residencies

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

Project Management experience

2005Shipley 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.
 

Awards

2005Nottingham Open Exhibition
2004Crafts Council Development Award
2003Quenington Sculpture Trust Bursary
 

Selected Press

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

Selected Commissions

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
2006Charnwood Museum as part of Museum Maker Programme
2005Paul Smith flagship store, Nottingham
2005Timelines project, Derbyshire
2004St. George’s Hospital, London

photographer - Alan Fletcher 2005