work in progress from; 'on the road'
Graphite on paper
Education
MA Arts by research (merit) - University of West of England - 2003 - 2006
Awards/grants
2017 - Studiobook 2017 development award
2017 - An (Artist News) - Travel bursary
2008 - Emerging Enameller Award - British Society of Enamellers
2007 - ACE - Grants for Arts - Arts Council England
2007 - Emerging Designer Maker Award - Devon Guild Craftsmen
Residencies
The Observatory - Look in Look Out, Lymington Salt Marshes - 2015
Visual Arts in Rural Communities Residency, Northumberland - Oct 2009 - Sept 2010
KHN Centre for the Arts Residency City, USA, Nebraska - 2007
Selected solo & group shows
2018 to 2019
Traveling around Asia for one year collecting ideas and inspiration
2017
40 years - Centrespace Gallery - Bristol
In Nothing Flat - Old Granada Studios - Manchester
Studiobook 17 - Old Granada Studios - Manchester
'Drawn' - Royal West Academy - Bristol
Pay & Display - Centrespace Gallery - Bristol
2016
Black Swan Open - Frome
Drawing Show - West Dean College, West Sussex
'Shifting Divides' - Centrespace Gallery - Bristol
Outlines - Heritage Courtyard Studios - Wells
The Observatory Residencies - St.Barbes Museum - Lymington
2015
162 Annual Open Exhibition - Royal West Academy - Bristol
Lithograph Print commission VARC - Breeze Creatives, Newcastle
Look in Look Out - Coastal Gallery - Lymington
'Drawn' - Royal West Academy - Bristol
'Collectables' - Studio Fusion - London
2014
Pinnies From Heaven - Craft in the Bay - Cardiff
Shadow & Line - Select - Museum In The Park - Stroud
2013
161 Annual Open Exhibition - Royal West Academy - Bristol
The Big Draw - Tokarska Gallery - London
Open Drawing Exhibition - Salisbury Arts Centre - Salisbury
'Drawn' - Royal West Academy - Bristol
Pairings 11 - Contemporary Applied Arts - London
2012
Stitch & Think - Bristol Museum - Bristol
Drawing Permanence & Place - Kulturhaus Kroenbacken - Erfurt -Germany
'Surface Disturbances' - The Searchers Contemporary - Bristol
Pairings 11 - Conversations & Collaborations - SIT- Museum in the park - Stroud
Centrespace Group Show - Bristol
Contemporary Drawings - Gallery 55 - Surrey
2011
'Jilly Goes North' film screening - Cube Cinema - Bristol
Drawing Permanence & Place - Kunstverein - Coburg - Germany
2010
1,873,333 Steps, A Peripatetic Investigation - Solo Show - VARC - Northumberland.
Cheltenham Art Gallery - Gloucestershire
2009
Bilston Craft Centre - Wolverhampton
Spring Show - View Gallery - Bristol
20-21 Visual Arts Centre - Lincolnshire
2008
New Designers (applied arts) - London - Independently organised with group.
'The Spoon That Feeds the Soul' - ETC Research Group - UWE Bristol
'Aging in the 21st Century' - UWE collaboration with BRACE, Bristol
2007
Memories of Nebraska'- Solo show - KHN Centre for the Arts, USA
Get Fresh - Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Pyramid Gallery - York
New Ashgate Gallery - Surrey
2006
Rising Stars - Studio Fusion - Oxo Tower - London
MA show - UWE - Bristol
Teaching
Visual Language, marks, textures & surfaces - West Dean - July 2017
Textural Play - West Dean - October 2016
Mark Making - The Observatory, Lymington - 2015
Textural Play Take Two - Hawkwood College, Stroud - 2015
Textural Play - Hawkwood College, Stroud - 2014
Enamel workshops - VARC Highgreen, Northumberland - 2010
Gifted & Talented Workshops - University of west of England, Bristol - 2008/9
Enamel workshops - Meriton School, UWE, Bristol - 2007
Enamel workshops - Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, Bristol - 2007
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