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