Artist CV

B: 1975 in Bolton, Greater Manchester

Raised in Falmouth, Cornwall

Currently living in Wimborne, Dorset

Education:

Contemporary Art Academy Alumni - Personal Practice (PG-1) with Zavier Ellis, Mathew Gibson & Sam Jackson (2023)

Art & Design at Arts University Bournemouth (2017)

Classical Art Academy, Southbourne (2017)

Various artist led workshops developing painting, monoprints, collage and mixed media techniques.

Development:

Exhibiting Artist with Bath Contemporary Artists Fair

Member of Visual Artists Association

Member of Dorset Visual Arts - Emerging Artist Group

Member of Bournemouth Arts Club

Member of Otter Artists Society

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Teaching my Expressive Watercolour Workshops at both Walford Mill Gallery and Shire Hall Museum, Dorchester

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Residency:

Resident artist at Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne (2019 – 2022)

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Exhibitions:

BCAF Bath (2023)

Red House Museum Open, Christchurch (Selected 2022)

Walford Mill Gallery (Dorset Art Weeks, 2022)

Picture My World Exhibition (International Online/Tara Axford 2022)

Art In Poundbury Christmas Exhibition (2022)

Walford Mill Gallery, Wimborne (curated & exhibited, 2020)

Purbeck New Wave Gallery, Swanage (2020)

The Gallery Upstairs, Poole - Dorset 2020 Art Society (2020)

Walford Mill Gallery, Wimborne (2019)

The Gallery Upstairs, Poole - Broadstone Art Society (2019)

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• Artists & Illustrators Editors Pick Portfolio – Selected Spring 2023

• SAA Artist of the Year 2019 – Longlisted

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I have also been involved with an artist co-operative at Walford Mill Gallery, working alongside fellow residents to help curate and steward exhibitions, host open studios and attend management meetings. I now work from my own private studio near to Poole Quay in Dorset.