CurriculumVitae
ART EDUCATION:
1985 Falmouth School of Art BA(HON) FINE ART (1st)
2001 Manchester Metropolitan University MA (ART as ENVIRONMENT)
Artist Work / Residencies
1985 – 88 Artist in Residence at Budock Hospital Falmouth + ARTSHARE
1986 – 88 Artist with ARTSHARE Cornwall
1988 – 93 Artist based in ROVERS team MRI Manchester
1993 - Artist in Residence / coordination. St Lukes Art Project, Manchester
1996 - Artist / tutor The Arts on Prescription. Stockport
1999 - Artist + Advisor with POOL ARTS Manchester
2002 - Curator / Artist transition arts programme at Victoria Baths Manchester.
2008 – 09 Curator Community Network 4 Manchester / Culture Pool 2010 - Artist: Buddleia Projects Cheetham Hill, Manchester
SELECTED SHOWS / WORK / CURATING
1985 NEW DIRECTIONS, COMPASS Penwith Gallery , St Ives , Cornwall .
1985 ST MAWES CASTLE EXHIBITION, COMPASS Truro Cornwall
1986 COMPASS ANNUAL " Falmouth Arts Centre , Falmouth , Cornwall .
1986 Film Screening of "WALL" at Penzance Arts Centre and Falmouth School of Art .
1987 ARTSHARE ARTISTS. Touring Show Cornwall
1988 ART SHOW Manchester Royal Infirmary .
1990 HEAR NO. One person Show. ZION Hulme
1993 TREEWORKS. Chapman Gallery, Salford University with St Lukes Art Project/ Projects Environment 1993 LINDISFARNE ART SHOW St Lukes Manchester 1994 WISE AND FOOLISH Insight Gallery Manchester (curator).
1995 KING AND QUEEN project Melbourne Australia (collaboration with Claire H Hunt)
1996 3 The Link Gallery. M.R.I , Manchester
1997 INGENIOUS CREATOR Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham. (Gallery Talk about Carl Peploe)
1998 TIME AND SPACE a group show by artists from St Lukes Arts Project (curator)
2000 A BUNCH A’ROUSES. St Helens Group Show.
2000 REMEMBER TO BREATHE. Year of The Artist. Victoria Baths Manchester
2001 CAST Holden Gallery Manchester
2002 BIENAMADA (WELL LOVED) – Victoria Baths, Manchester (artist+curator)
2002 THE COBWEB LABORATORY – Holden Gallery (curator+artist)
2003 SWIM – Victoria Baths Manchester (curator+artist)
2004 FOR THE TIME BEING / A PROMISE OF PROGRESS – Victoria Baths (curator)
2005 NOTHING TO BREAK YOUR FALL – Pool Arts open studios (co-curator + Artist)
2006 CENTENARY ARTS PROGRAMME - Victoria Baths (curator and coordinator)
2007 PINK AND BLUE Pool Arts at The Gaskell House (co-curator)
2007-9 CN4M I don’t know about community networks but I know what I like (curator)
2008 STUCK CITIES Aly Wallace, Victoria Baths (curator)
2009 ONE AND ALL Castlefield Gallery (curator)
examples of Public Art Projects
2010 Buddleia Commissions in Cheetham Hill Manchester - R+D
2009-2010 PICU commissions FACT Liverpool
2009 Alison Kershaw's All New Abstract Nail Art, Anti-Freeze Manchester
2005 and 2009 INTERNATIONAL POUND WORLD – with Pool Arts
2004 - 2009 SHED GALLERY– collaboration with pool arts various shows
2004 HEART (text installation) – Manchester (collaboration with Tess Lomas and Paul Jelen).
2002 WELL LOVED – Lit Sign for Victoria Baths, Manchester
