Education                                                                                                   

2014-21           Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, University Of East London

2008-09         PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE, University Of The Arts, London

1991-93           PG Higher Diploma in Theatre Design, Slade School Of Fine Art, UCL

1979-82           BA (Hons) Theatre Design, Wimbledon School Of Art

 

Exhibitions

2024 upSCALE, Project 78, St Leonards.

2024 In Out, collaboration with Hive Curates, UEL, Alice Billing Connects, BOTH, London

2023 Museum of Rooms Gift Shop, London (co-curated)

2023 Mother of All, Blue On The Hill, London

2023 As Above So Below, Small House Gallery, London (solo show)

2023 Open Studios, Bow Arts, London

2023 Mother’s Ruin, 53 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany

2023 Bound, Stone Space Gallery, London (solo show)

2023 States of Exchange, Hypha Studios, London

2022               Passaggi Atina: Memento Mori, hART’s Lane Gallery, London

2022               Toil & Trouble: How We Find Out Who We Are, APT Gallery,  Deptford, London (co-curated)

2022 Common Place, Micro, Air Gallery, Manchester

2022 Beastly, Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire (selected) (curated)

2022               Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral

2022               Passaggi Atina: Memento Mori, Cortile di Palazzo Ducale, Atina, Italy

2022               Micro-Vestiges, One to Ten Gallery, Instagram

2022               Open Studios, Bow Arts, London

2022               Vestiges, hART’s Lane Gallery, London (co-curated)

2022               London Independent Short Film Festival

2022               Paris Short Film Festival

2021                Memento Mori, AIR Gallery, Manchester

2021                Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, Viva Exhibition, AVA Gallery, UEL

2020               Between Walls, Safehouse Gallery, London (co-curated)

2020               Passagiatina, hARTs Lane Gallery, London                                  

2019                Research Space, Way Out East Gallery, UEL                                 

2019                Beyond the Body, The Belfry Gallery, St John’s Bethnal Green (co-curated)              

2019                Yakumo Koizumi, Lefkadio Museum, Greece                    

2019                Open Studios, Bow Arts, London                                          

2019                East London Artists, AVA Gallery, UEL                                

2019                Bring to Light, Deptford Does Art, London (co-curated)                         

2019                Fragments, The Biscuit Factory, London

2018                Yakumo Koizumi, Thessaloniki International Art Fair, Greece       

2018                Open Studios, Bow Arts, London                                          

2018                East London Artists, AVA Gallery, UEL

2018                The Glimpses, solo exhibition, Container Space Gallery, UEL. (curated)

2017                Echoes from the Cave, The Crypt Gallery, London. (co-curated)

2016                Kokkalis Cave Project, Psarades Old School, Psarades, Greece.              

2016                East London Artists, AVA Gallery, UEL

2016                Time and Again, Safehouse Gallery, Maverick Projects, London (co-curated)

2016                Interior,  AVA Gallery UEL

2015                Art Masters, Old Truman Brewery, London                     

2015                Open Museum, The Canning Factory, Psarades, Greece

2015                Virus, Platform 1, Wandsworth Station, London (co-curated)                       

2015                East London Artists,  AVA Gallery, UEL

2012                Resonate, The Crypt Gallery, London                                 

2010                Reflections on Performance,  Wimbledon Space, WCA, London     

                            

Residencies

2024 Draw International: Caylus, France

2022 Passagiatina: Atina, Italy

2021                Waves Collective: Research and Development Residency, Ramsgate.

2019                Passagiatina: Atina, Italy

2019                Summer Lodge: Nottingham Trent University

2016                Directional Forces: Kokkalis Cave Project, Psarades, Greece

2016                Summer Lodge: Nottingham Trent University

2015                Directional Forces: The Open Museum, Psarades, Greece

 

Conference and Symposia

2022 APT Gallery, Toil & Trouble: Research Forum, Public Discussion chaired by Andrew Bracey

2021    Psycho-Social Bodies, APSS, University of Essex, paper presentation ‘Between Here And There’

2021    Cultural Manoeuvres: UEL. ‘Virtually (Im)Possible’

2020   Research Is Open, University of East London. ‘Think Aloud: Virtually (Im)Possible’

2017    AVI PG ‘Connections’, University of East London. ‘Between Here And There’

2016    Symposium, Nottingham Trent University, Fine Art Residency Conference, The Wild

2011    ACTD Scene Change Symposium: Wimbledon College of Art, UAL, ‘LEM, Body in Space workshop’

2011    Academic Working Group Symposium, University of the Arts London (UAL), Feral Space

 

Teaching

2011-13           Pathway Leader (Acting), BA (Hons) Theatre Design, Wimbledon College of Art

2004-05         Theatre Design Lecturer, Mountview Theatre Academy

2001-13           Associate Lecturer, Design for Performance: University of the Arts, London

 

            Wimbledon College of Art                  BA (Hons) Theatre Design

                                                                        MA Theatre Design

                                                                        MA Drawing

            London College of Fashion                BA (Hons) Costume for Performance

                                                                        BA (Hons) 3D Effects for Performance and Fashion

                                                                        BA (Hons) Hair, Makeup, Prosthetics for Performance

                                                                        MA Costume for Performance

            Central Saint Martins                         BA (Hons) Performance Design and Practice

 

 

 

Theatre And Film Production Design, 1982 - 2012 (includes)

The Seagull, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (Theatre of Thin Air) Carousel, Parade, Anne Frank, Rags, Honk (Mountview Theatre Academy) Leitmotif,  Andrew Dawson, Aurora Nova, Edinburgh Kind Hearts and Coronets, (National Theatre Studio, Palace Theatre Watford and National Tour) The Seal Wife(Croydon Warehouse, London) Bondagers  (Wimbledon Studio Theatre) Fair Game  (New End Theatre, Hampstead) Peter Pan, Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast  (Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham) Pendragon, (National Youth Music Theatre, International Tour) Burning Love, Beans and Blood in Notting Hill (Monkey in Heaven Films)           

 

           

Animatronic Puppet And Creature Costume Design 1984 - 1990 (includes)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Witches, The Bear                    Jim Henson Creature Shop

The Story Teller,  Labyrinth, Dream Child, 

Legend, Little Shop Of Horrors,                                                         Warner Brothers

 

 

Illustration Work - Published And Broadcast, 1982 - 1990 (includes) 

The Ice Journey, Aladdin                                                                   Dent Children’s Books

The Nightingale, Thumbelina,                                                           Methuen Children’s Books                

Upside Down Stories, Every Poem Tells a Story, If Only                  Penguin Children’s Books

The Living Garden, The Living House, Dragon Days,                       Bodley Head  

Japanese Folk Tales, A World of Stories, Hallowe’en Special         Jackanory BBC TV