Education
2005-2008  MA Printmaking: Royal College of Art 
1990-1993 BA[hons] Fine Art: Staffordshire University

Exhibitions / Papers / Residencies
2009
Artist in residence. Leeds Art Gallery
Interventions. The Heritage Centre. Wirksworth Festival
Made Things That Want Needing. National Trust Longshaw Estate

re:place, Year long Site-Specific commission.
Artist in residence. The Collection. Lincoln

2008

Multitude. East Street Arts. Leeds

The Discerning Eye Bursary. Mall Galleries. London

Ten. Royal College of Art

Negotiated Meaning. Leeds

Conran Foundation Prize Winners 2008. Conran House. London

Clifford Chance. London

New Work at Old House. Bakewell.

System of Objects. Association of American Geographers Conference. Boston. USA

Mann Drawing Prize. London

Landslide. Cafe Gallery. London

15er. Collaborative publication

Linkage. Artforms, Leeds
2007

Awards
2008National Trust Award. Longshaw Estate

Commissions / Employment / Training

2009: Part Time Lecturer. Leeds University
2009: Public Art Commission. The Base. Blackpool.
2009: Interactive Large Scale Artworks. Surestart. Yorkshire
2009: Childrens Links: Development and Delivery of of creative play projects in public spaces

2009: Creative Consultant. Whitworth Art Gallery. Manchester.

2008: Manchester Museums – The Hub. Development and delivery of training for Museum and Gallery Curators

2008: Companion Stones. Public Art commission in collaboration with 2 poets. Arts in the Peak. Derbyshire

2008. Artforms Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery and Artemis. Development and delivery of training to primary and secondary school teachers in response to collection, our residency and new arts curriculum

2008. Leeds City Art Gallery and Leeds School of Medicine. Development and delivery of training

2008: Visiting Artist: Central St Martins, University of East London and Hertfordshire University.

2008: Artist in residence. National Coal Mining Museum, Yorkshire.

2006/7: Extra Mile - Mentor to front line Kirklees council staff as part of the Open Art Extra Mile Training Programme to explores creative community engagement.

2006: Artist in Residence Golcar, Huddersfield. 6-month residency.

2006: Lead artist and project co-ordinator for Artswork at Leeds City Art Gallery. A yearlong project giving practice based research and development time to artists working within education

2006: Around Haiku - a collaborative yearlong project with Haiku poet and musicians to deliver cross discipline and collaborative workshops. Artforms Leeds and Arts Council Yorkshire

2005/6 Artist in residence, Cowlersley. Huddersfield.18 month residency involving the production of both small and large-scale public arts interventions and sculpture, the brokering and delivery of creative projects within education, local authority, health, museum and gallery contexts