CV • EXHIBITIONS • COMMISSIONS • PROJECTS
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CV • Exhibitions • Commissions • Projects:
Memberships and Affiliations:
- Elected Academician of the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, 2024
- Selected member of the Royal West of England Academy Artist Network, 2019
Public Collections:
- The ProCreate Project Archive of work by artist mothers, 2023
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024
- The Royal West Of England Academy 171st Open Exhibition, the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
- Evolver Prize 2024, ACE Arts, Somerton, plus publication in Evolver edition 138
- East Quay Open: About Identity, East Quay, Watchet, Somerset
- South West Academicians’ exhibition, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
- Delamore Arts, Delamore Estate, Cornworthy
- Mothers of Invention, The Mount Without, Bristol. An exhibition of work by Bristol-based artist-mothers
- English Riviera Open 2024, Artizan Gallery, Torquay
- Elected Academician of the South West Academy of Fine & Applied Arts, January 2024
2023
- The South West Academy Open Exhibition, Kennaway House, Sidmouth
- Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. National touring Arts Council exhibition, curated by Turner Prize-winning artists and cultural activist Lubaina Himid CBE, from the Arts Council Collection. The exhibition included invited Bristol artists including Valda Jackson MBE and Beth Carter RWA.
- Turning Points - Through the Eyes of Bristol Women Artists, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
- The Royal West of England Academy Photo Open Exhibition, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
- Procreate Project Public Activations, Lewisham Shopping Centre, London
- Women in Photography, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow. An exhibition of international women artists working in the medium of photography.
- Bath Society of Artists 118th Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
- Portishead Arts Festival, North Somerset. Site-specific installation of ‘Freedom of Movement’ triptych, installed as part of an extensive site-specific arts trail across Portishead during the 2023 Arts Festival. ‘Freedom of Movement’ is a triptych consisting of 3 life size canvas panels of a female figure. These were installed in the window of Muse, a women’s boutique, hanging amongst the mannequins and women’s clothes: drawing contrasts and associations, creating a dialogue about women’s lives.
- RWA Secret Postcard charity auction, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2022
- ‘Spotlight’ • Ambassador Theatre Group, Arts Council England, Arts & Heritage, Artizan CIC. Princess Theatre, Devon
- Above and Below - In association with Prof Corinna Wagner (University of Exeter); the UK Climate Resilience Programme & the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); in association with Marcus Verget’s Time & Tide Bell Project.
- Evolver Prize Finalists’ Exhibition, Ace Arts, Somerton and publication in Evolver Magazine 126
- Bath Society of Artists 117th Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
- English Riviera Summer Open Exhibition, Artizan Collective, Devon
- RWA Secret Postcard charity auction, RWA, Bristol
2021
- Finding a Way Home: The South West Photography Collective Showcase. Curated by Robert Darch. One of eight spotlighted artists
- Wish You Were Here, Bristol. Community film screening
- Bath Society of Artists 116th Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
- The South West Academy Open exhibition, Kennaway House, Sidmouth
- The English Riviera Open exhibition, Artizan Collective, Torquay, Devon. Prize winner, ‘Innovation in Digital Practice’
2020
- The VAO Visual Art Open Emerging UK & International Artists Awards Finalists exhibition, Chester. Final stage finalist in the digital and photographic category
- Artizan Collective Winter Open exhibition, Artizan Gallery, Devon
- The South West Academy Open Exhibition Kennaway House, Sidmouth. Prize winner
- The English Riviera Summer Open Exhibition, Artizan Collective, Devon
2019
- Small & Mighty, Black Swan Arts, Frome
- Selected to the Royal West of England Academy Artist Network. Royal West of England Academy (RWA) Artist Network
- The English Riviera Open exhibition, Artizan Collective, Devon
2003
- Degrees of Separation, ’a’ gallery, London SW19. An exhibition of WSA graduates juxtaposing artists’ new works alongside images from their degrees and MA shows.
1998
- Sculpture in the Park, Cannizzaro Park, London
1997
- Camden Arts, Swiss Cottage Gallery, London
1996
- Cannizzaro Sculpture, Cannizzaro Park, London
1995
- The Mythic Garden, Stone Lane Sculpture Gardens, Chagford, Devon
Commissions:
Melville Cultural Heritage Installation (2024)
The brief: Drawing on local expertise and community storytelling to create a heritage narrative unique to the historic and ancient Melville area of Torquay, on the South Devon coast. The installed panels will celebrate the significant historic and cultural associations of the area, focussing on the great literary figures who have links to the area - Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, Alfred Lytton - and the diverse and vibrant community of the present day. This project will continue an extensive piece of place making and public realm work that has been undertaken. The trail will tell Melville’s unique cultural heritage story across 10 artworks in ten locations.
Ambassador Theatre Group and Arts Council England | Commission, residency & installation (2022)
The brief: to explore and celebrate the life of regional theatres after 500 days of pandemic-forced closure; a commission to create artwork specifically focusing on some of the regional theatres in the international Ambassador Theatre Group, which owns and operates theatres across the globe, from Broadway to the West End. The project was made possible by an award from the Arts Council Culture Recovery Fund, facilitated by Arts & Heritage and ably supported by Artizan CIC in Torbay. 12 selected works from the project archive are currently installed and on public display at Devon’s largest theatre, the Princess Theatre.
Arts Projects:
- ArtPort | Portishead Arts Festival
- Instrumental in the artistic and strategic development of ArtPort, a community arts festival on the Severn Estuary, near Bristol, UK.
- Marketing Director: strategy, social media, PR.
- Experience in the commissioning and execution of community arts projects and art installations.
- Arts project management, curation, commissioning and installation experience; artist liaison; community liaison.
- ArtStories