EDUCATION

Fine Art- BA (Hons) 1^st Class, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 2008

 

EXHIBITIONS AND STALLS

• Conjunction 08, ‘Fantastic, Found and Fake’, Stoke-on-Trent, November - December 2008
• Who are we? Who are you? Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, August 2008
• Free Range, Brick Lane, London, July 2008
• Splash! Art and Design Degree Show, Staffordshire University, June 2008 The Burslem Arts Festival, Stoke-on-Trent, May 2008
•  The Wall commissioned artwork for The Axis Festival, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, April 2008.
• Level Two Fine Art Exhibition, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, 2007
•  The Burslem Arts Festival, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 2007
• Temporary Autonomous Art Exhibition (T.A.A), Manchester, 2006
• The Art of Living, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, 2005

 

 

RELEVANT WORK

·         Art and Design workshop assistant, The Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, October 2008

·         Artist Placement, REAP (Rural Education and Arts Project) ‘Strawberry Moon Festival’, Tittersworth, Staffordshire, June 2008

·         Degree Show Workshop Guide, Staffordshire University, June 2008

 

COURSES AND TRAINING

·         Woodland Skills and Management, Woodland Skills Centre, Wales, August 2008

·         Combined Cob and Ceramics, The Dartmoor Arts Project, Devon, July 2008

·         Flying Start programme for women entrepreneurs, 2007            

 

ACHEIVEMENTS AND AWARDS

‘Benjamin Boothroyd Prize’ Highest achiever award, Staffordshire University, 2008

 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS

·         Conjunction 08, ‘Fantastic, Found and Fake’, Stoke-on-Trent, 8^th November- 13^th December 2008

·         Wrapped and encased in Liverpool 08-An exhibition of envelopes as containers and messengers, Liverpool, 15^th & 16^th November 2008

·         The Burslem Arts Festival, Stoke-on-Trent, December 2008

·         Place, Space and Identity II, Artist’s Placement, Stoke-on-Trent, February 2009

·         Chorlton Green Festival-  Recycled Art Workshops, Chorlton, Manchester, April 2009

 

ART BASED SKILLS

Collograph print

‘Cob’ traditional building method

Felting

Hand stitch/embroidery

Handmade cards

Handmade natural paint

Handmade sketchbooks

Lino-cut print

Machine stitch

Mould making

Painting and drawing in clay

Paper making

Silkscreen print

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Digital Photography

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe In-Design

Microsoft office

 

References available on request