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Biography |
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1999 - 2000 |
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Distinction, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, University of Ulster |
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2000 - 2003 |
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First Class, BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), University of Northumbria |
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Awards, Bursaries and related achievements |
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2008 Arts Foundation Fellowship Awards 2008 - shortlisted |
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2007 COURVOISIER® The Future 500 rising stars - ranked top 10 Art & Design in The Observer |
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2007 Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 - shortlisted |
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2007 Wooda Arts Award, Wooda Farm, Cornwall www.woodafarm.co.uk |
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2006 Your Gallery @ The Guardian, voted into an exhibition of the top 10 artists on www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery |
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2006 Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, first prize of 10,000 Euro for 'Red or Dead' |
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2006 Arts Council England, North East, Grants for the Arts |
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2004 Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors |
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2004 Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award |
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2004 Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts |
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2004 Arts Council England, North East, Graduate Placement Scheme Bursary |
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2003 Lisburn Arts Advisory Committee, Grants for Individual Artists |
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2003 Short-listed for the Shrewsbury Sotheby's Prize & winner of the Peoples Choice Prize |
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Fellowships and Residencies |
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2007 Artist in Residence at Adventure Ecology (online) |
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2007 Wooda Arts Award, February - March, Wooda Farm, Cornwall (see awards) |
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2006 8 week 'Art and the Public Realm' residency at Persistence Works, Sheffield |
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2006 Artist in Residence, Belfast Print Workshop, Northern Ireland |
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2005 Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire |
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2005 Out There, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich |
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2005 Bolwick arts 3, a site-specific art residency at Bolwick Hall, Norfolk |
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2004 ACE Graduate Placement with Nexus, Art in Transport |
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2003 Fine Art Fellowship, Northumbria University, School of Art |
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2002 Konturen, a 10-day international workshop, based in Bentlage, Germany |
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Commissions |
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2009 Konturen, a 10-day international workshop, based in Bentlage, Germany |
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2008 Untitled works designed in collaboration with Selfridge’s for their atriums over Christmas 2008, in collaboration with ROLLO Contemporary Art |
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2008 Spooning, Sheffield Millenium Galleries temporary commission |
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2008 Re(a)d, HLC, Telford (Impact Arts) |
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2008 Commissions for private collections |
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2007 (Curently untitled) light-based work for Arc [Architecture Centre], Hull (RKL) * |
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2007 WEEEBOTS, ecological collaborative commission for RKL consultants (RKL) |
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2007 Vital Signs, Cardiff University Optometry Dept (Artworks Wales) |
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2007 Plus commissions for private collections |
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2006 A New Moon, toured to Bristol Broadmeads (InSite Arts) |
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2006 Rising Tide for Temporary Address, Blyth, Northumberland (Rednile Projects) |
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2005 A New Moon, large-scale light installation for Canterbury Council (InSite Arts) |
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2005 Shift, a temporary installation for Tynemouth Station, Tyne and Wear (Nexus) |
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2004 Threshold, commissioned by Shrewsbury Advisory Service for Climate Change |
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2004 Leave, a temporary piece for Westonbirt Festival of the Garden 2004 (InSite Arts) |
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2004 The Coquet, a collaborative, community-linked project for County Life Houses |
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2004 Parallel, commissioned for Art in the Market (Newcastle City Council) |
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Commissioned Proposals (ongoing) |
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2012 Olympic Energy Centre proposal for permanent installation |
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Light based work for Arc (Architecture Centre), Hull |
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Permanent commission for Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre |
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Collections |
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Installations and works on paper are in private collections in the UK, France, Switzerland, Italy and Australia, including Museum of Old and New Art, Tazmania, and the Sylvie Fleming Collection |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich |
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2009 |
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Caught In A Moment, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London |
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2009 |
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Building With Colour, Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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2009 |
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris (solo) |
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2009 |
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Drawing Blood, 1-5 Exhibition Road, curated by Arts Co, London (solo) |
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2008 |
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Periphery, James Hockney and Foyer Galleries, UCCA, Surrey (solo) |
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2008 |
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Gone With The Wind, Great North Run Cultural Programme, Newcastle (solo) |
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2008 |
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Chasing Rainbows, Selfridges (Orchard Street windows), London in collaboration with ROLLO Contemporary Art (solo) |
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2008 |
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Fluid, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London (solo) |
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2008 |
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The Fall, curated by Adventure Ecology, Shoreditch (venue to follow), London (solo) |
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2008 |
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Landscape, 18 @ 108, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London |
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2008 |
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EchO wanted, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris |
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2008 |
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DNA @ Form Art and Design Fair, London |
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2008 |
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Domestico, Ierimonti Gallery, Milan |
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2008 |
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Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, touring to various venues nationally |
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2007 |
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If you go down to the woods today, The Hospital, London (solo) |
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2007 |
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Head in the Clouds, Wooda Farm, Cornwall (see awards) (solo) |
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2007 |
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Radiance 07, Glasgow's International Festival of Light, Glasgow |
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2007 |
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Die Green, Live Pretty?, curated by Adventure Ecology, hosted by Pia Getty, London |
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2007 |
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Miniartextil 2007, Church of San Francesco, Arte & Arte, Como, Italy |
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2007 |
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Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Jerwood Space, London, touring nationally |
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2007 |
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Waste and The Natural World, The Gallery @ Adventure Ecology, London |
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2006 |
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Crowdpleaser, Persistence Works Studios, Sheffield (see residencies) (solo) |
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2006 |
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Your Gallery @ The Guardian, The Guardian Newsroom Gallery in association with the Saatchi Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Unnatural Selection, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shropshire |
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2006 |
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Inside Out at Cragside, Northumberland, works commissioned by National Trust |
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2006 |
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Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Competition for Young Sculptors, Fondazione Pomodoro, Milan |
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2005 |
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Hunter Gatherer, OMAC, Belfast (solo) |
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2005 |
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Out There, (CAN 05), Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (see residencies) |
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2005 |
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Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags, Yorkshire (see residencies) |
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2005 |
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Bolwick Arts 3, Bolwick Hall, Norfolk (see residencies) |
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2004 |
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"All that is solid...", Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London (solo) |
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2004 |
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Emotional response, Lagan Lookout, Belfast (solo) |
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2004 |
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RBS Bursary 2004, RBS Gallery, 108 Centre, London |
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2004 |
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Exposure, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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2003 |
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12X12, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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2003 |
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Shrewsbury Sotheby's Exhibition, Shrewsbury Art gallery, Shropshire |
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2003 |
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40nine, University of Northumbria Fine Art Degree Show, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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2002 |
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Konturen, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany |
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Literature |
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Official Festival Guide, Westonbirt Festival of the Garden 2004 |
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Threshold, Climate Change Shropshire 2004 |
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Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Wimbledon College of Art 2007 (cat) |
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Filare Il Tempo, miniartextilcomo 2007, Arte & Arte 2007 (cat) |
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8 Weeks, Yorkshire ArtSpace Residency Programme, Yass 2007 |
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Die Green Live Pretty?, Arts Co and Pia Getty 2007 (cat) |
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Crowdpleaser, Art Editions North, Cornerhouse 2007 |
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Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, 2006 (cat) |
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Inside Out at Cragside, National Trust 2006 (cat) |
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Sparks, Insite Arts 2006 |
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Out There, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts 2005 (cat) |
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RBS Bursary Awards 2004, RBS 2004 (cat) |
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