Bio

Born Hertfordshire (UK) 1965

EDUCATION

1982 – 1983                             Diploma in Art and Design, Harlow Technical College

1983 – 1986                             BA (Hons) Sculpture, Canterbury College of Art

1991 – 1992                             Gateshead College, Teaching Certificate 7401 City and Guilds – Special Needs

1998                                        Basic Computer Certificate TOFC

1999                                        Membership of Royal Society of British Sculptors

RELATED WORK

1987 – 1990                             Artist in Residence. Kent and Canterbury Castings Ltd, Kent.

1987 – 1988                             Visiting Lecturer. Winchester College of Art

1988 – 1989                             Visiting Lecturer. Canterbury College of Art

1988 – 1989                             Commissioned to model a life size horse and model St Sebastian

1991                                        Commissioned by Mr B. Mead to make a bronze sculpture

1992                                        Chalk and Grime, sculptor on wall relief for Liverpool Underground

1992                                        Learning Support Assistant for special needs, Gateshead College

1992                                        Gateshead Schools and Family Sculpture Day

1994                                        Public commission, Oxford Terrace Surgery, Gateshead

1994                                        Private Sculpture Workshops, Gateshead

1994                                        School Sculpture Projects, Kingsmeadow School

1994 – 1996                             Sculptor Tutor, Open College of the Arts (Open University)

1995                                        Private commission for Dr Dowe Smith

1996                                        Year of Visual Arts, Banner for the Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne

1996                                        Gateshead Schools and Family Sculpture Days

1996                                        South Shields Museum, sculpture workshops for schools

1997                                        Sculpture commission, Lobley Hill Library, Gateshead

1997                                        Angel of the North (Antony Gormley) workshops in schools: Caedmon, Oakfield, Joicey Road

Special Needs and Glynwood Schools, Gateshead

1998 – 2000                             Private sculpture workshops, Cluny Studios

1999                                        Private commission: public house interior, Sunderland

1999 – 2000                             Portrait caricatures: DC Events, Newcastle upon Tyne

2000                                        Private portrait commission

2001                                        Oversize caricatures: DC Events, Newcastle upon Tyne

2001                                                            Sculptor on The Bus of Fools millennium event: DC Events

2002                                                            The Earl of Folly, Wallington Hall

2002                                        Meet the Middletons, figures for the Middleton in Teesdale Museum

EXHIBITIONS

1985                                        Canterbury Cathedral

1986                                        Sculpture at Canterbury, St Augustine’s Park

1986                                        Harlow Carr Sculpture Park, Harrogate, Yorkshire

1990                                        ’The Human Image as Sculpture’ travelling exhibition. Venues: The Royal Museum, Canterbury;

The Hove Museum, Brighton; The Morley Gallery, London; The University of Surrey Gallery

1990                                        Roy Miles Gallery, London

1991                                        The British Month, Roy Miles Gallery, London

1991                                        TUC Building, Great Russell Street, London

1992                                        A Woman’s Art is Never Done, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

1992                                        The Rainbow Gallery, London

1992                                        ’The Critics’ Choice’ Tabernacle Gallery, London

1992                                        In House Exhibition, Ernst and Young, Docklands, London

1992                                        In House Exhibition, Babcock and Brown, Docklands

1992                                        The Roy Miles Exhibition, Permanent Collection, London

1993                                        ’Art ’93′ The Design Centre, London

1993                                        ’Human Form’ A one person show, Gateshead Gallery

1994                                        Starlings Migration Tour, Barough Hall, Cumbria; Blackheath Gallery, London;

Tennants Auction House, Yorkshire; Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

1994 – 1997                             Clayton Gallery, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne

1995                                        Oxford Medical Centre, one person show

1995                                        Saltburn Gallery, Middlesborough, one person show

1995                                        Chalk Farm Gallery, Camden, London

1996                                        Newcastle Central Library Gallery, one person show

1996                                        ’Sense and Sensuality’ St John’s College, Durham

1996                                        ’Artists from Gateshead’ Design Works, Gateshead

1997                                        Open Studio Exhibition, Lime Street, Newcastle

1998                                        The People’s Show, University Gallery, Newcastle

1998                                        Open Studio Exhibition, Lime Street, Newcastle

1998                                        Glasgow Art Fair

1998                                        Vital Spark Gallery, Aberdeen

1998 – 1999                             Bath Lane Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

1998 – 1999                             Live Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne

1999                                        ’Art Space’ Henly upon Thames

1999                                        ’Sculpture Lawn’ Henly Festival

1999                                        The Unknown Gallery, Edinburgh

1999                                        Open Studio Exhibition, Lime Street, Newcastle

1999                                        Bluebell Gallery, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne

1999                                        The People’s Show, University Gallery, Newcastle

2000                                        Bluebell Gallery, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne

2000                                        The People’s Show, University Gallery, Newcastle

2000                                        Open Studio Exhibition, Lime Street, Newcastle

2000                                        Upfront Gallery, Hutton in the Forest, Nr Penrith, Cumbria

2000                                        Ranby Hall, Ranby, Nr Retford, Lincolnshire

2001                                                            The Bruton Gallery, Leeds

2001                                                            Open Studio Exhibition, Lime Street, Newcastle

2002                                                            Tallantyres Gallery, Morpeth, Northumberland

2002                                        Battersea Art Fair

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