Artist’s Recent Biography
2022
West Midlands Open
selected works at The New Art Gallery Walsall
2021
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Members and Associates Exhibition 2021
Black Country Radio Xtra
Drawing Songs Interview with Bill Laybourne
Beautiful Freak
Big City Radio (Birmingham) and Hive Radio UK (Manchester)
Collective Brum
ArtRooms Kings Heath and Red Brick Market, Digbeth, Birmingham
Drawing Songs
Exhibition, Performances and Workshop
General Office, Stourbridge
Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Candidates Exhibition 2021
The Drawbridge
Exhibition by members of the Facebook Group
Drawn In
Glitterball Showroom Online solo exhibition
Enköping, Sweden
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Friends Exhibition 2021
Drawing Songs
Arts Council England funded project
General Office Stourbridge
Winter Open Exhibition Online – Highly Commended
Adventitious
Daphne Francis Gallery Online Group Show
2020
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Selected work in Prize Exhibition – Highly Commended
Drawing Songs
Arts Council England funded project
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Friends Exhibition Online
Connections Daphne Francis Gallery Birmingham
2019
Cause and Effect (solo show) General Office Studios and Gallery
Cause and Effect (podcast) General Office Studios and Gallery
Drawing Your Space does The Big Draw General Office Studios and Gallery with Sarah Goudie
Drawing Your Space General Office Studios and Gallery with Sarah Goudie
PoArtry Collaboration with poet Leah Atherton
Textile Workshops:
Text and Textiles,
Ostentatious Mending,
Pockets are a Feminist Issue
General Office Studios and Gallery Stourbridge
Art Digbeth Group Show Custard Factory Digbeth Birmingham
Birmingham Weekender Cobalt Blue group show and Sitting Room performance
2018
Black Country Radio The Sitting Room feature spot
The Sitting Room at No Covers Club, Newhampton Arts Centre, Hexagon Theatre, Arena Theatre Wolverhampton, The Platform, Tower of Song, Kitchen Garden Cafe
CD artwork for Joe Bayliss
General Office Monthly Open Crit sessions for artists
Studio Workshops Text and Textiles; Lyric Writing, Ostentatious Mending
General Office Drawing your Space (with Sarah Goudie)
General Office “Body of Work” Inaugural exhibition of studio artists
Artist teacher mentoring scheme with Carol Wild
2017
Artist Teacher Scheme Birmingham City University and New Art Gallery Walsall – Tutor
Alternative Portraits Group Exhibition, Access Gallery, Sheffield
Regeneration Open Exhibition ArtistsWorkhouse – Highly Commended
Nine Women ArtistsWorkhouse Studley Warwickshire – solo exhibition and performance with Dan Whitehouse
Text and Textiles: an exploration of memory and narrative ArtistsWorkhouse – Artist talk and workshop
Circle on the Road Arena Theatre Wolverhampton – “The Sitting Room” performance
Wolverhampton University New Art Gallery Walsall – PGCE Arts Tours
2016
Open Weekend Old Library Studios Stourbridge – Exhibition and performances with “The Sitting Room”
Family Workshops New Art Gallery Walsall
Wolverhampton University New Art Gallery Walsall – BEd. Arts Tours
a-n Professional Development Bursary
Junction Festival of Contemporary Art Wolverhampton Art Gallery – Group Show
The Life of a Song (made at mac) mac Birmingham – Featured Artist
Practice Imperfect Symposium for Artist Educators at Birmingham City University – Event Organiser
AWE1 Artists’ Workhouse Studley Worcestershire – “The Sitting Room” inaugural performance
Artist Teacher Scheme Birmingham City University and New Art Gallery Walsall – Tutor
2015
Life & Other Art Forms ArtSpace Dudley – Group exhibition
Artist Teacher Scheme Birmingham City University School of Art – Lead Tutor
Mouth and Music Boars Head Gallery Kidderminster – Performance of songs from Nine Women with Dan Whitehouse
Nine Women ArtSpace Dudley – Arts Council England funded project
WORN 3rd on 3rd Gallery Jamestown New York USA (Elements from Nine Women)
ARTMobile Vasteras Sweden (Elements from Nine Women)
From the Grass Roots – Emerging Strategies for Art and Design Education Symposium Birmingham School of Art Birmingham City University – Invited speaker
2014
The Send Off Knole House Kent – First World War commemorative exhibition of contemporary art for The National Trust
Artist Teacher Scheme Tutor Birmingham City University in conjunction with New Art Gallery Walsall
Colonize Revisited Arena Gallery Liverpool – Biennial Independents programme
United States of Art Custard Factory Birmingham – Group exhibition
Freelance Researcher and Education Team – New Art Gallery Walsall
LOAF 2014 – Coach House Stourbridge – Events Organiser & performing artist
One(2) ArtSpace Dudley – Joint exhibition with Bo Jones
COLONIZE Dykeman Young Gallery Jamestown New York USA – Group exhibition
Collaborate Mitchell Arts Centre Stoke on Trent – Artist talk and presentation for a-n and Appetite Stoke
Collaboration Workshop Ikon Gallery Birmingham with Bo Jones in conjunction with Birmingham City University
Junction 5 Wolverhampton Art Gallery – Group exhibition
Expert Subject Advisory Group Department for Education – Reference member
Text and Textiles Workshop Newman University
2013
Craftswomen’s Club Rural Warwickshire for Arts on Our Doorstep
Artist/Teacher presentation NSEAD National Annual Conference,
LOAF 2013 Coach House Stourbridge – Events Organiser & contributing artist
ONE Weavers’ Gallery Ledbury – Joint exhibition with Bo Jones
2012
Junction Festival of Contemporary Art Chapel Ash Wolverhampton – Featured Artist
This Doesn’t Add To The Debate But… School of Art Birmingham City University – MA Exhibition,
National Gardens Scheme Cutnall Green Worcestershire – Shed as retreat, gallery and performance space.
LOAF 2012 Coach House Stourbridge – Events Organiser & contributing artist
My Cool Shed book by Jane Field Lewis – featured artist
Inside Tracks Wolverhampton WCRFM Radio – interview
Qualifications
2012 MA Art Practice and Education
2009 BA (Open)
1994 Cert Ed (Further, Adult and Higher Education)