CV
Recent Highlights
2020 - present PhD (by Practice) in Painting and Performance, Manchester School of Art
April 2024 Feckless Gallery x K-House – two-person show, K-House, Manchester
July 2022 Discourses on Motherhood: International Conference, Birkbeck, University of London - paper How does the Cult of Busy Affect Mother Artists?
July 2022 Artists Residency - Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh
May 2022 PAHC Symposium - poster and presentation Making Time
Oct 2021 The Last Cartwheel - Solo Show, Existential House, Liverpool
Selected Employment
Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
University Centre St Helens – Associate lecturer BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting
General teaching duties including lecturing, seminars, tutorials, assessment, feedback; module leadership (L4 Painting and Drawings Modules) with duties including administration, curriculum and assessment design, preparing handbooks, managing course information and communications via the Moodle VLE.
Jan 2012 –Nov 2019
University Centre St Helens - Module leader BA (Hons) Photography
General teaching duties including lecturing, seminars, tutorials, assessment, feedback; module leadership (L4 and L5 Research Methods and Extended Essay) with duties including administration, curriculum and assessment design, preparing handbooks, managing course information and communications via the Moodle VLE. Assisting students with UCAS application, portfolios and writing references.
March 2002 - Present
Freelance workshop co-ordinator/lecturer
Working as a freelance artist/educator at various schools, colleges and galleries. Facilitating workshops in conjunction with exhibitions or within an educational context. Facilitating a wide range of school workshops from short-term indoor displays to permanent outdoor features. Projects have run from a half-day to a programme over a whole term using knowledge of current primary curriculum.
March 2003 – Nov 2003
Raffles La Salle College, Sydney: Lecturer (PT)
Delivering and developing learning opportunities in Figure Drawing and Visual Studies on an Advanced Diploma Course. Maintaining and providing administrative records, including assessment, and taking part in curriculum development and implementation.
Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
Drumcroon Education Arts Centre: Artist-in-Residence
Continuing own practice, education training and workshops with students
aged from 4 + in a variety of
mediums and in a variety of environments (Gallery, school, workshop and
community), organising and running
Life Classes.
Jan 1999-Jan 2000
Manchester Metropolitan University: Lecturer (PT)
Unit Leadership - Giving Individual and Group tutorials on BA Photography. Administration and assessment.
Sep 1999
Liverpool Biennial (Voluntary)
Working with international artists across all areas of exhibition production - including marketing, administration and installation.
Qualifications
September 2020 Start PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University
2017-2018 MRes Art and Design (Distinction) LJMU
2014-2016 MA Fine Art (Merit) LJMU
1989-1992 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Sheffield City Polytechnic
1996-1997 P.G.C.E (Further Education) Art and Design, Bolton University
Dec 2012 Awarded QTLS Status, IFL
Exhibition Highlights
The Last Cartwheel, part of Feckless Gallery x K-House, K-House, Manchester April 2024
“We are all Going to Die” Existential House Aug 22 Single Figures, Projects Gallery, Sheffield Dec 21 Mixed Show, Royal Standard, Liverpool, Jun 2015 Solo Show, Stockport Art Gallery, Feb 2012
“Head On” Red Gate Gallery, London, Mar 2010 Liverpool Biennial, NCC, Sep 2008 UAMO Festival, Munich, Germany, Mar 2007 Shortlisted for Saatchi/Guardian Show, Sep 2006
North Sydney Collective, Sydney, Australia, Oct 2003 Solo Show, Cornerhouse, Manchester, May 2000
Conferences
May 2022 PGR Conference, MMU – presentation of practice and research
June 2021 Time / Space / Paint: A Conversation – Symposium arranged by Liverpool Independents Biennial
April 2018 Body.Method.Time Symposium Tate Liverpool Delivered Paper “Making Time”
Performance
Sep 2023 Scratch Performance Domestic performance with my children
May 2018 Space, Time and Motherhood performance and seminar as part of the TimeTunnel Multi-Media Collaborative Festival, Fabric District, Liverpool.
Feb 2017 Bonneting Arts Council funded collaborative painting performance at Leydon Gallery, Whitechapel
Curation
Nov 2017 - present Feckless Gallery at Make, Liverpool. Building and curating a pop-up space and producing a number of short-term events providing exhibition, curation and performance opportunity for emerging artists.
Collections
Private collections in Europe, USA and Australia
