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Education
2002 - 2003
MA Textiles, Distinction, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Photography, installation, making: notions of home and the suburban landscape beyond. Thesis: Home and the Heart of the Wood: An Aesthetic of Suspense.
1997
Teacher Training, City & Guilds 7307, Clarendon College, Nottingham.
1990 - 1993
BA (hons) Textiles, 1st Class, The University of Derby. Specialised
in printed textiles. Thesis: Geo-synthetics in land management.
Selected Group Exhibitions/Events
(work exhibited since 1992)
2007
Eyes, Lies & Stories, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool.
Wish Ribbons, Loughton Festival, Essex.
2006
Light Night, one of four artists selected to make an installation for a night of illumination in Hull for Hull Art Lab.
Wish Ribbons, Walthamstow Festival, London.
Park Show, Mile End Park, London.
Hidden Worlds, Art in allotments and Urban Green Spaces,
Nottingham.
2005
Open Studio, N17 Studios, London.
2004
Creative Connections, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
2003
Postgraduate Textiles, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
House Hold, The House Gallery, Camberwell, London.
2002
The Wold's Longest Poem, Touring Exhibition, Yorkshire.
Big Skies, Open Spaces, The Pearoom, Lincolnshire.
2001
The Crafts Council Shop, London.
Corn Exchange, Open Studios, Newbury, Berkshire.
Drawing On Our Past, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham.
2000
Auction, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery.
Art & Architecture Trail, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Print Works, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire.
1999
Objects From A Lifetime, Derby Museum & Art Gallery.
Fibres, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire.
The Dress Project, Djnogly Art Gallery, Nottingham.
Solo Exhibitions
2005
Knitwit, London Metropolitan University.
2001
Send My Roots Rain; with artists talk and tour around
exhibition, The Pearoom, Linconshire, touring to The Harley Gallery,
Nottinghamshire.
2000
Touring Exhibition, East Staffordshire Borough Council.
1999
New City College, Nottingham.
Braving The Elements; with artists talk and tour around
exhibition, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery.
Selected Commissions
2004
Creative Connections, Year 2, photograph sited in Holloway
School, London.
The Women's Library, London, Produced replicas of suffragette
artefacts for their handling collection.
2001
Three banners, Whisby Nature Park, Lincolnshire.
1999
Banner, Brierley Park Visitors Centre, Sutton in Ashfield.
Teaching Posts/Other Employment
2007
Year 11 Project, EduAction, London Borough of Waltham Forest.
Art class for pupils who have English as a second language, or who
have been excluded from mainstream education.
Waltham Forest's Community Learning and Skills Service (ClaSS)
Family Learning Arts & Crafts tutor, fun activities for children and
their parents, learning, sharing and playing together.
2006
Summer Tutor, Hammersmith and Fulham Youth Service. Banner
and T-shirt printing projects.
2005
Project Officer for the Design History Society Annual Conference:
'Locating dEs1gn' at the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media &
Design, London Metropolitan University.
2003 - 2005
Westminster Adult Education Service, London. Tutor; textiles
and sketchbook skills course.
1999 - 2001
Broxtowe College, Nottinghamshire. Tutor; A & AS Level Textiles,
Foundation, GNVQ.
1998 - 1999
South-East Derbyshire College, Ilkeston. GNVQ, A Level Textiles.
1997 - 1998
West Nottinghamshire College, Mansfield. GNVQ.
Nottinghamshire County Council Education. Arts Plus Tutor.
Selected Workshops:
Have led workshops with children and adults in
schools, galleries and community centres since 1994. Most recent CRB
check in 2007(enhanced disclosure). I have Public Liability Insurance.
2007
Making Waves, Creative Partnerships London North. A project involving 20 schools and artists creating a climate in which sustainable and creative change can happen. From September 07 to March 08 I will be working with St Michael's School in Wood Green.
Shaping Places, Ocean New Deal, The Building Exploratory, The Big Draw, London. Regeneration in the Ocean Estate, Stepney provided the starting point for this youth and community project. Culminated in a community day for the Big Draw launch on 30th September.
Spider Weaver, The Building Exploratory. This Ghanaian legend about the origin of Kente cloth inspired us to explore patterns in spider's webs.
Fellowship 2012 Art Exhibition for Young People, Waltham
Forests Arts and Events Team. Developed ideas with four local
schools and delivered a variety of projects for summer exhibition.
Sell Yourself! PEER in partnership with The Building
Exploratory, London. Developed and ran workshops for local schools
and community groups, inspired by the SHOP LOCAL project by Bob &
Roberta Smith located in various sites around Shoreditch.
VerbalEyes: finding a voice through art, Tate Britain, London. This fantastic project focused on literacy in its broadest context. Working in Newham primary schools I led whole day INSETS and school visits in Tate Britain. In collaboration with teachers and Tate I devised, planned and delivered a two-week tailor made art project in school. Outcomes from VerbalEyes were exhibited and performed in Tate Britain.
2006
Victorians and Our Stories: Sutton House,
London. After school clubs exploring Victorian childhood and Punch
& Judy puppets and history, family heritage and identity in this National
Trust property.
Outside In! Summer workshops at The Building Exploratory.
Groups of children built a giant tent inside the exploratory. Inspired
by tipis, yurts and summer in the city we used withy sculpture, screen-printed
cloth, weaving and clay work to make our tent. The huge grins on every
child's face as they crawled inside the tent reflected the success
of this project.
Deptford Stories: Memory Maps. Primary school pupils
used memories and stories gathered during oral history interviews
to inspire their maps to celebrate the history of the Albany Community
Centre and Theatre.
Tallest Totem Pole (for young people) and Zig
Zag Zoom inspired by William Turnbull's sculpture and Clay
Poke inspired by Rebecca Warren's sculpture (Under 5's) Tate
Britain.
Space House, The Building Exploratory. A place to live
far from Earth.
Deep Time in Lyme; Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2006.
The Jurassic Coast in Dorset has inspired a huge education event for
the 2006 Fossil Festival. Schools are linked on an urban/rural basis
and I worked with Southwell Primary in Ealing. Portland stone provided
our link to Dorset; used to dramatic effect in St Paul's. The children
photographed the Cathedral, a selection of these photographs were
exhibited at the festival.
Memory and Landscape, October Gallery, London. With
mainstream and special needs pupils we explored the themes and techniques
used by Aboriginal artists to create large dot filled canvases.
Cloth of Gold - Screen Printing in Education, freelance print
artist. Various projects in London 2002-2006.
2005
Stripe Delight, Tate Britain. Workshops for children
inspired by Jim Lambie's taped floor in the Turner Prize exhibition.
A-Z of Drawing (for the Big Draw), Twenty-Four
Hours in Ridley Road, and A Block of Summer,
family workshops at The Building Exploratory.
Living City, The Building Exploratory in partnership
with The Science Museum. Devised and ran a series of workshops
looking at issues of recycling, sustainable buildings and community.
A visit to The Hackney Empire provided our initial inspiration. Children
at Berger School in Hackney then made a large cardboard model, which
was displayed at the Science Museum during the summer.
2004
Paper Cut, Drawing Room/SPACE, London. Devised and ran
a series of workshops using the Hew Locke/Diana Cooper show at the
Drawing Room. Children from London Fields Primary built a large cardboard
installation complete with tunnels and 'room' like structures.
October Gallery. Devised and led a series of workshops for
mainstream and special needs groups of children. We studied the painting
techniques of Aboriginal artists.
Tate Britain. Worked on the family day event on an activity
inspired by Michael Landy's Semi-detached, also ran workshops for
children alongside the Art in the Garden exhibition.
Constructive Photography, Tower Hamlets Summer University,
London. Model making and photography course for young adults.
2003
Picture Postcards, The Women's Library, London.
Tile Collage/Garden Delights The Victoria & Albert Museum,
London.
Wear it with pride! The Women's Library.
2002
Windows of Colour, Victoria & Albert Museum.
Bold Banners, Tower Hamlets Summer University.
Performing Parangoles, Whitechapel Gallery, London.
Selected Residencies
2004
Artist in Residence, Open Studio, Victoria & Albert Museum.
7-day residency; work inspired by the Christopher Dresser exhibition.
2003-2004
Creative Connections: Whitechapel Gallery Artists in Schools.
Forge closer links between artists and secondary school teachers and
pupils through a series of studio visits, gallery and school workshops.
Working collaboratively with Holloway School, Islington.
2001
Whisby Nature Park, Lincolnshire.
1999
Portland Park, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Grants and Awards
2002
Arts and Humanities Research Board Postgraduate Award
1999
Design Consultancy Grant, Nottingham City Council
1998
Exhibitions Grant, East Midlands Arts
1996
Development Grant, East Midlands Arts
1994
Residency Grant, East Midlands Arts
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