Recent and Current Employment and Professional Activities:
- August 2003 to date
- Freelance Artist
- Education Team, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
- October 2006 to May 2011
- Academic Tutor and Visiting Lecturer
- Foundation Studies in Art & Design, School of Arts, Design & Media, University of Sunderland
- October 2003 - October 2008
- Member of steering and selection group
- Platform, North East regional forum for experimental, live art and multidisciplinary practice.
- March 2003 - 2007
- Member of Programme Board
- Waygood Gallery, High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- July 2002 - 2007
- Member of Board of Directors
- Waygood Gallery, High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Exhibitions / Installations / Performances:
- February 2011
- Bird in Hand.
- Live Performance, Freud Museum, London
- December 2010
- Walking in an Exaggerated Manner Around the Circumference of a Circle.
- Live performance, Platform Northeast, Star and Shadow, Newcastle upon Tyne
- September 2010
- Video documentation of live performance: Making a mess and clearing up
- Jerwood Drawing Prize Shortlist, Jerwood Space, London.
- March 2010
- Making a mess and clearing up: Live performance
- Garage Gallery, 25 Stratford Grove, Newcastle upon Tyne
- November 2009
- S.C.U.M.
- Live Performance in collaboration with Carole Luby, INX, Istanbul
- Newcastle Exchange as part of Wunderbar Festival, Star and Shadow Cinema Newcastle upon Tyne.
- August - September 2009
- Shelter: Group exhibition: With Or Without God,
- L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, Clerkenwell, London
- June 2009
- Late Shift: Live performance,
- collaboration with Carole Luby, Waygood Art Boutique, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- February 2009
- Avant Guard: Live performance as part of The Dream of Fluxus
- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
- February 2009:
- Performance Instruction for Three Star A La Carte as part of The Dream of Fluxus
- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
- October 2008: Labour Intensive
- Live performance, collaboration with Carole Luby, Saltburn Gallery,
- Saltburn by the Sea, Teeside
- October 2008
- Selected work, Newcastle/Gateshead Art Fair
- Sage, Gateshead.
- November - December 2008
- Bric-a-bracollage
- Waygood Boutique Christmas Salon, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- July 2008
- Drawings for a New Illustrated Reference Book. Waygood Art Boutique,
- Newcastle upon Tyne.
- May 2008
- Touch Wood
- Site specific installation, Castle Keep, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Part of Waygood Wood
- March 2008
- Stuff Happening
- Live performance as part of GalataPerform, IIstanbul, Turkey.
- November - December 2007
- Flotsam Fandango
- Video animation, group exhibition, Serious Playtime, Gallery Glue, Newcastle upon Tyne
- November 2005 - June 2006
- Holy Smoke and Holy Shit
- Two limited edition artist’s multiples, group exhibition, Multiplus III: Go Find the WMDs
- Newcastle upon Tyne, touring; and Aquarium Gallery, London.
- March - June 2005
- Gerbil's Guide to the Galaxy
- Installation, Bookville / Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- March - May 2004
- Soft Core
- Limited edition artist's multiples, group exhibition, Multiplus Reloaded, Saltburn Gallery, Saltburn by the Sea, Teesside; and Lowry Centre, Salford.
- May - June 2003
- Recipe
- Group exhibition, Resist: Protest Art, Crescent Arts, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
- November 2002 to date
- Shelter
- Site specific installation, Holy Island, Northumberland.
- September 2001 - August 2002
- Shack
- Site specific installation, Holy Island, Northumberland.
- May - June 2001
- Bad Hiding Place
- Installation, collaboration with Matthias Schamp, Waygood Gallery, High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- October 2000
- Thin Red Line
- Group exhibition, Contained, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne, part of VANE2000.
- January 2000
- Invitation to Kiss
- Group exhibition, video and interactive installations, digital, photography, and video screenings, Generator, Mid-Wynd, Dundee.
- January 2000
- Underdog
- Part of Live-Stock, Ram/fm, 72 hour audio event, The Arc,Stockton, Teesside.
- December 1999
- Waygood Boutique
- Group exhibition, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- October 1999
- Bed of Roses
- Installation, group exhibition, The Workhaus, Liverpool, NXN Film and Arts Festival, part of Tracey, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.
- October 1999
- Underdog
- The Workhaus, Liverpool, NXN Film and Arts Festival, part of Tracey, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.
- October 1999
- Shelter IV: Relocation
- Serial site specific installation, The Chapterhouse, Blackfriars, Newcastle upon Tyne, part of VANE 99.
- October 1999
- Shelter III: The Flood
- Serial site specific installation, Polestar Studios, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, part of VANE 99.
- October 1999
- Re:Searchers
- Group exhibition, Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, part of VANE 99.
- October 1999
- Underdog
- Video installation / sound performance collaboration, in group exhibition, node 5+5, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
- March 1999
- Waygood Boutique
- Group exhibition, VANE Export, Tensta Konsthal, Stockholm, Sweden.
- March 1999
- Replay
- Site specific installation, Childhood Memories Toy Museum, Tynemouth, North Tyneside, part of Hidden, commissioned by David Metcalf Associates and the Globe Gallery.
- November 1998
- Axis
- International website group January 1998, axis
- October 1998
- Shelter II: The Haunting
- Serial site specific installation, Polestar Studios, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, part of VANE 98.
- August 1998
- Prints
- Group exhibition, University of Western Australia, Macarther, New South Wales.
- July 1998
- Visible Philosophies
- International website group exhibition curated by Rose Frain
- axis
- June 1998
- Artists in Arms
- Group exhibition, British Red Cross, touring: St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Portfolio Gallery, Edinburgh; Royal Geographical Society, London.
- June 1998
- Shelter: Where Do We Draw the Line?
- Serial site specific installation, Polestar Studios, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- May 1998
- Free as a Bird
- Site specific installation, group exhibition, Fish Quay Festival, North Shields
- May 1998
- Bed of Roses
- Installation, group exhibition, Flower Power, Globe Gallery, North Shields.
- March 1998
- Hand
- Isis Arts group exhibition for International Women’s Day, touring: Buddle Arts Centre, Wallsend, North Tyneside; Woodhorn Colliery Museum, Ashington, Northumberland; Queensgate Art Gallery, Alnwick, Northumberland.
- January 1998
- Art for the Park. Group exhibition, Discovery Museum, Blandford House, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- July 1997
- Stars in Their Eyes
- Live art performance, Gulbenkian Studio Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne, commissioned by Northern Stage.
- October 1996
- Artists Challenge The Armouries
- Site intervention, in collaboration with Crystal Clear artists initiative, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.
- September 1996
- Transitional Goods
- Site specific installation, group exhibition, Shop, 7 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, in collaboration with Blue Cowboys artists group.
- July - August 1996: Slippery Blisses
- Site specific installation, Waygood Gallery, High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- June - July 1996
- Psycho Soma
- Site specific installation, group exhibition, On The Corner, Burdon House, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear.
- March 1996
- Towards A Place For Art: Works On Paper II
- Group exhibition, Surikov Institute, Moscow, Russia
- November - December 1995
- Our Natural History
- Sculpture, group exhibition, Open Art ’95, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Teesside (joint first prize).
- March 1995
- Towards A Place For Art: Works On Paper I
- Group exhibitions, Surikov Institute, Moscow, Russia
- February - March 1995
- Heart of the City
- Site specific installation, group exhibition, Sale, Newcastle upon Tyne, in collaboration with Blue Cowboys artists group.
- February 1995
- Words
- Group exhibition, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth.
- November 1994
- Putting My Foot In It
- Sculpture, group exhibition, Open Art '94, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Teesside (second prize).
- September - October 1994
- Who We Are: Women 94
- Group exhibition, Zone Photographic Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.
- September 1994
- Hot House Cold Storage
- Site specific installation, Isis Gallery, Melmerby Cumbria.
Education:
- 1990 - 1992
- M.A. Fine Art (Distinction), University of Northumbria at Newcastle upon Tyne.
- 1981 - 1982
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic.
- 1975 - 1977
- B.A. (Hons.) Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic.
- 1967 - 1968
- Diploma in Art & Design, Central School of Art & Design, London.