CV

  • Born: Northampton, 1961
  • 1983:   Leicester Polytechnic 2:1 BA(Hons) Fine Art Sculpture
  • 1985:  Postgraduate Diploma in Art Therapy – St Albans

I have made a full-time living solely from making my own sculptural work since 1998

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2013 Oct: Cambridge Contemporary Art – “Heavenly Creatures”
  • 2010 Sep: Cambridge Contemporary Art – “Supernature”
  • 2004 June: Cambridge Contemporary Art – “if you go down to the woods today”
  • 2001 July: Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Derbyshire – “Animalism”

SMALL-GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2017 Oct: Cambridge Contemporary Art  –  “In the forest” – 2-person show with the painter Flora McLachlan
  • 2007 June: Cambridge Contemporary Art – “Telling Tales” – 2-person show with painter Nicola Slattery

ART FAIRS

  • 1999-2008: Glasgow Art Fair – with the Lost Gallery (April)
  • 2000-2022: Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London (Hayloft Contemporary)

ARTS FESTIVALS

  • 2013 May: Chelsea Flower Show (www.thesculpturepark.com)
  • 2008 July: Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (RHS)
  • 2006-2018: Wirksworth Festival, Derbyshire (September)
  • 2008-2010: Art in Action, Ireland
  • 2000-2025: Potfest in the Park, Cumbria (July) – (except 2005)
  • 2025-2026: Potfest Southeast
  • 2026: Potfest Scotland
  • 2000-2008: Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Herts (August)
  • 2003-2004: Gouda, Netherlands (May)
    2002 May: Swalmen and Milsbeek, Netherlands

ART RESIDENCIES

  • 2019 April: Ceramics residency (4 weeks) in Jingdezhen (organised by Froots Gallery)

AWARDS AND PRIZES

  • 2000 Aug: The Derbyshire Prize at the Derbyshire Open
  • 2004 Nov: Highly Commended in the Zelli Porcelain Award
  • 2014, 2016 and 2017 July: Potfest in the Park, Cumbria. Public vote (Friday) for “Rocketdog”, “Birdman” and “Darwin”, respectively