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 The Hyphae Collective
Member of Dorset Visual Arts
Member of Dorset 20:20 Art Society
Teaching my Expressive Watercolour Workshops at both Walford Mill Gallery and Shire Hall Museum, Dorchester
Residency:
Resident artist at Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne (2019 – 2022)
Exhibitions:
Dorset 20:20 Summer Exhibition (2024)
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)
Artists & Illustrators Editors Pick Portfolio – Selected Spring 2023
SAA Artist of the Year 2019 – Longlisted
I have worked as a member of an artist co-operative at Walford Mill Gallery, Dorset collaborating with fellow residents to help curate and steward exhibitions, host open studios and attend management meetings. I now work from my own private studio in rural Dorset.