CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1967
EDUCATION
2019 MA Fine Art, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
1989 BA Theatre Design, 1st-class honours, Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
1984 Foundation in Art & Design, Distinction, Reigate School of Art, Reigate, UK
EXHIBITIONS
SPINNING A YARN, Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury, UK. 2024
THE UNINVITED GUEST FROM THE UNREMEMBERED PAST, National Trust, Tyntesfield, North Somerset, UK. 2024
RWA OPEN, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK. 2024 RWA Academy Award Winner
THE MEDDLING FIEND, SUMMER EXHIBITION 2024, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
SCULPTURAL INTERVENTIONS, Sir Hilliers Gardens, Romsey, UK. 2024
CASTING SHADOWS, ACEarts, Somerton, Somerset, UK. 2024
A VISIBLE THREAD, Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran, Wales. 2024
THE SONG OF PYSCHE, Shtager & Shch, London, UK. 2023
A NEW DAY, A NEW DAWN, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London. 2023
A VISIBLE THREAD, Seam Collective, Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK. 2023
WE ARE FOR THE DARK, 195 Mare Street, London, UK. 2023
WELLS ART CONTEMPORARY, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, UK. 2023
STILL AND STILL MOVING, Od Arts Festival, East and West Coker, Somerset, UK. 2023
NORWICH ART PATH, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich Castle and Norwich Festival, Norwich, UK. 2023
HAWKSWOOD RESIDENCY, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. 2023
WINTER SCULPTURE PARK, Gallery No23, Old Bexley, London, UK. 2023
MYTH AND MIASMA, Skaftfell Centre for Visual Arts, Iceland, 2022
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION 2022, London, UK
LAPSES, Shatwell Farm, Bruton, UK. 2022
MATERIALITY, Walcot Chapel, Bath, UK. 2022
WINTER SCULPTURE PARK, Gallery No32, Old Bexley, London, UK. 2022
WELLS ART CONTEMPORARY, Wells, UK 2021
DOOResidency, Hembrugterrein, Zaandam, Amsterdam, NL 2021
STONE LANE GARDEN, SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Dartmoor, UK 2021
UNPRECEDENTED, Ovada Gallery, Oxford, UK 2021
THE SKY HAS NO SURFACE, Online Exhibition 2021
WINTER SCULPTURE PARK, Gallery No32, Old Bexley, London, UK. 2021
ABSTRACT MUSE IN TOGETHERNESS, Online Exhibition 2021
BEING HUMAN, Bart’s Pathology Museum, St Bart’s Hospital, London, UK. 2019
SHOW ONE, Locksbrook Campus, Bath, UK. 2019
MA SHOW, Bath Spa University, Sion Hill, Bath, UK. 2019
VITAL MORTALITY, 14th International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal, East Building, University of Bath, Bath, UK. 2019
WATERWEEK: VITAL WATER, Gallery North, Hailsham, East Sussex, UK. 2019
MA & OTHER POSTGRADUATES, selected Show, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street, Somerset, UK. 2019
BLUE MONDAY, 44AD, 4 Abbey St, Bath, UK. 2019
ABC BATH (Art Breeds Conscience) Walcot Street, Bath, UK. 2018
LAND TO LAND, site-specific, Cyghordy, Wales, UK. 2017
ORONOKO, The Other Place, Stratford-on-Avon, UK
FESTIVALS, joint show, The Orangery, Gunnersbury Park, London, UK
AWARDS
2024 RWA Academy Award, UK
2024 SKYARTS AWARD, Death in Venice, WNO, UK
2023 DCYP GRANT, Arts Council England, UK.
2023 CAS EMERGING SCULPTORS DEVELOPMENT AWARD, Chapel Arts Studios and Roche Court, UK.
2021 ASHBURNER PRIZE WINNER, Stone Lane Gardens, Dartmoor, UK
2019 HARBUTT FUND to support participation in the 14th International Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal, UK
2013 SOUTH BANK SKY AWARD for best dance production, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Scottish Ballet, UK
2007 GREENMAN AWARD for best design in opera, RUSALKA, Sydney Opera House, Australia
2007 HELPMANN AWARD for best opera, RUSALKA, Sydney Opera House, Australia
SCENOGRAPHY (selected)
MAKROPULOS AFFAIR, Welsh National Opera, UK
GRETE MINDE, Magdeburg Opera, Germany.
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Estonia National Ballet, Estonia and Nashville Ballet, USA
DER ROSENKAVALIER, Magdeburg Opera, Germany and Welsh National Opera, UK
FAUST, Magdeburg Opera, Germany and Welsh National Opera, UK
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, Royal Shakespeare Company, UK
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, Welsh National Opera, UK and San Francisco Opera, USA
KING LEAR, Royal Shakespeare Company, UK and BAM, New York, USA
ESTEEM INDICATOR
FORMica, Independent Collective of Artists, Director, Bath, UK
BATH ARTS DEPOT, CIC Director, Bath UK
ASSOCIATE ARTIST, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, UK
2009-2013 CREATIVE CONSULTANT, Bath Public Realm and Movement Design Strategy Panel, Bath, UK
CREATIVE ADVISOR, Craneworks, a group looking to create a creative centre in Bath, UK