Education

2000–2001 MA, The School of Art, The Manchester Metropolitan University
1996–1999BA (Hons), The School of Art, The Manchester Metropolitan University
1998Visiting student at Kunsthogskølen i Bergen, Norway
1992–1995BA (Hons), Philosophy, The University of Manchester

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2010 Hive Gallery, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Assembly: Chapter Gallery, Cardiff
2009Vital Arts Gallery, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel
2007The World Is Larger in Summer MAC, Birmingham*
Cornerhouse Projects, Manchester
*read the catalogue for this show in the writing section

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010Tatton Park Biennial, Tatton Park, Cheshire
Paint, Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, London
London Art Fair with Paul Stolper Gallery
2009Fringe MK Painting Prize, Middleton Hall, Milton Keynes
Pairs, Paul Stolper Gallery, London
Coller-Elective, Arena Gallery, Liverpool
Creekside Open Part 1, A.P.T Gallery, Deptford, London
Sale, The Royal Standard, Liverpool
London Art Fair with Paul Stolper Gallery
2008Future 50, Project Space, Leeds
Swap/Vaihto, Bureau, Salford and The Cable Factory, Helsinki
2006)Bracket This(3, Arena Gallery, Liverpool, Biennial Independents*
Pattern, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Frenzy: L’Art Decoratif D’Aujourd Hui, Metropole Galleries, Folkestone
New Trends in Painting Since 2000, City Gallery Offsite, Leicester
2005Region, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester
Lost and Found, MAC, Birmingham
2003The Eve of Destruction, The International 3, Manchester
Thermo 03, The Lowry, Salford Quays
The Dog and Partridge, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2002Art Take Away, The Cornerhouse, Manchester
Pattern Crazy, The Crafts Council, London*
Crawford Open 2, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland*
*catalogue available

Awards/Commissions

2010Finalist for the Guasch-Coranty International Painting Prize
2009Short Listed for the Abbey Painting Fellowship
at The British School at Rome
Commission from Vital Arts
for The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London
2008 – 2009International Artists Residency at The Florence Trust, London
2008Launch of a collection with The Rug Company, London
2004Research and Development Award, The Arts Council England

Writing

2008‘The Space of Language’, essay in exhibition catalogue for
Anne Charnock: Certainty Suspended
2006 ‘Should We Have Stayed At Home and thought of Here?’, Garageland: Nature, 3, p24–25*
‘In Search of The Sensual’, Essay to accompany Frenzy exhibition, Metropole Galleries*
2005‘Let us leave to the clothes dyers the sensory jubilations of the paint tub: Painting and the Decorative’. Paper given at Collections and Creativity Conference, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester.
1999‘Touching the Subject and Imagining the Texture of Absence’ Paper given at Theory in Art History 1960–1999 Conference, The Courtauld Institute, London.
*read these pieces in the writing section

Teaching

2005–Present0.5 Senior Lecturer in The School of Art, The Manchester Metropolitan University
1999–2005Associate Lecturer in Art History/Contextual Studies, The Manchester Metropolitan University.