Curriculum Vitae


 

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Qualifications:

1990 – 91

The City Lit., London.

Art Foundation Course

1991 – 94

Chelsea College of Art & Design

BA (Hons) Textile Design (Weave)

Group Exhibitions:

2002 - 07

Group Exhibitions for Somerset Art Week & Wylye Valley Art Trail.

2003

Group Exhibition at Ruskin Mill, Stroud.

2003

Exhibition with David Oakley, in aid of ADD, Frome.

Feb 2004

Mixed Exhibition, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol.

May 2004

Group Exhibition at The Brewery Barn Gallery, Norton St. Phillip.

Nov 2004

Group Exhibition at La Strada, Frome.

Nov 2004

“Wrapped”: exhibition by Paperweight members at Farfield Mill, Cumbria.

Dec 2004

“Way Out West”: Open Exhibition at Town Mill Gallery, Lyme Regis.

Feb 2005

“Islands & Cities”, Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol.

Mar 2005

“New Inspiration”, Cotehele Gallery, Plymouth.

Sept 2005

“Works on Paper”, BayTree Gallery, Bradford on Avon.

Oct 2005

“Before the Storm”, NB Gallery, Trowbridge.

Xmas 2005/6

Athenaeum Contemporary Crafts, Warminster.

March 2006

“Paper Allsorts”: PaperWeight Exhibition at Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury.

Oct - Nov 2006 'Smoke and Water', NB Gallery,Trowbridge.
Jan - Feb 2007 'The Significance of Paper', Walford Mill, Dorset.
   

Solo Exhibitions:

August 2003

Solo Exhibition at Taunton & Somerset Hospital, Art for Life Project.

June 2006

“Song of Life”, Town Mill Galleries, Lyme Regis.

August 2006

ArtCare, Salisbury District Hospital.

Awards & Commissions:

2003

Winner of the Enigma Textile Award, Frome Festival.

2004

Winner of the Enigma 2-D Award, Frome Festival.

2004

Winner of the Blue Lias Gallery Prize, Lyme Regis Arts Festival.

2005

Highly Commended, Salisbury ArtCare Open Exhibition.

2005

Commission for Action for Disability & Development, Frome.

2006

Commission for new Wells branch of Starbucks.

Membership:

2004

Member of Paperweight:  National group for paper artists.                                                                          Currently Southern Region Exhibitions Officer.

2006 Full Craft Member of Somerset Guild of Craftsmen.

Other Work Experience:

1994

Freelance Design Work for Canasta Design Ltd., London.

1995 - 97

Work sold at Craft shows and shops around the South West.

1999 – 01

Freelance Greetings Card Designs for Fountainhead Studios

2003

Co-curator of “Belonging to Man” – Frome Festival Exhibition.

2003

Art Workshops with 6 – 7 year olds at Trinity First School, Frome.

Spring 2006

Childen’s Art Workshops at Glastonbury Rural Life Museum & Frome Festival.

Summer 2006

Art Workshops with 8 – 12 year olds at The School in the Woods, Bath.