Education

  • 1974
  • Art Foundation Year, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, Kent
  • 1974 - 77
  • Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Graphic Design, Liverpool Polytechnic
  • 1978
  • Post Graduate Art Teacher’s Diploma, Liverpool Polytechnic
  • 1998 - 2000
  • Master of Arts Degree in Fine Art, part time, Kent Institute of Art and Design

Employment

  • 1991 - 2001
  • South Kent College, Dover, Folkestone and Ashford, Kent Head of Art and Design
  • 1996 - 2000
  • Assistant Examiner, International Baccalaureate
  • 1998
  • Artist in Residence, Dover District Council Museum
  • 1998 - 2001
  • Moderator for Kent and Medway Open College Network (KMOCN)
  • 2000 - 2003
  • Stour Valley Arts Advisory Board/Committee
  • 2001
  • Canterbury College, Canterbury, Kent, Visiting Lecturer
  • 2001
  • Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent Lecturer in Art and Design
    Technology for the Primary and 7-14 Post Graduate Certificate in Education,
    B.A. Hons. Primary Education and Secondary Graduate & Registered
    Teacher Programme

Awards

  • 1977
  • Bluecoat Society of Arts, Liverpool Won competition to design promotion materials for their anniversary year
  • 1977
  • Allott Jones & Co. Ltd., Liverpool 2nd prize for poster design for reprographic equipment and materials company
  • 2002
  • Southern and South East Arts Personal Development Award for Lourdes
  • 2005 - 2006
  • Arts Council England SE Grants for the Arts for Individuals for Virgin Archive
  • 2008
  • Canterbury City Council, Arts Development Grant for Virgin Archive Newsletter

Commissions

  • 2002 - 2003
  • Rochester Cathedral and Rochester Gallery Medway Council
  • 2004
  • Whitefriars Public Art Programme Land Securities Plc and
    Canterbury City Council
  • 2005
  • A13 Artscape Project London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
  • 2005 & 2007
  • Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire
  • 2008
  • Painted Mural, Cecil Road Primary School, Kent County Council
  • 2009
  • Mosaic Mural, Ifield School, Kent County Council
  • 2011
  • Sculptures, Brede and Beckley Primary Schools, East Sussex
  • 2012
  • Sculpture, Orchard School, Canterbury

Tate Britain

  • 2011
  • Virgin Archive DVD and Virgin Archive Newsletter and Badge are available to researchers in the Tate Britain Library and Archive in the Hyman Kreitman Research Center at Tate

Exhibitions

  • 1999 & 2000
  • Hemispheres, Auckland Institute of Technology, New Zealand
  • 1999
  • The Point, M.A. Show, Kent Institute of Art & Design
  • 2000
  • Location, Installation at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London Arts Week
  • 2001
  • Lovely Jubbly, A Contemporary Exhibition for the year of the Golden Jubilee, Georges House, Folkestone
  • 2002 - 2003
  • Lourdes, Rochester Art Gallery and Rochester Cathedral Crypt
  • 2003
  • Artists and Galleries, George’s House, Folkestone
  • 2003
  • Artists’ Open Houses, Canterbury Festival
  • 2004
  • Shopping, Eastbridge Hospital Undercroft, Canterbury
  • 2005 - 2006
  • Lourdes, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
  • 2006
  • Virgin Archive, The Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre, Whitstable
  • 2006 - 2007
  • Our Lady of Lourdes statues featured in Faust A Punchdrunk Production in collaboration with the National Theatre
  • 2007
  • As if one wasn’t enough, Artists’ multiples, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
  • 2007
  • Projected Weekends, Digital Hub Development Agency, Digital Exchange, Dublin
  • 2007
  • Virgin Archive, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
  • 2008
  • Virgin Archive Newsletter and Badge, Whitstable Biennale Satellite Project
  • 2010
  • Dispersal, St Thomas Becket, Capel a partner exhibition to Cross Purposes Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood
  • 2012
  • The Landmark Show 2012, New and Digital Media, Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington
  • 2012
  • Little Blue Beach Hut, Canterbury City Council, Arts Residency and Whitstable Biennale Satellite Project
  • 2012
  • Science Nature and Identity, Stour Valley Arts, Ashford
  • 2011 - 2015
  • Save the Children Charity Exhibition, Lilford Gallery & Stark Gallery, Canterbury Festival
  • 2016
  • Siren’s Grotto in the Big Green Beach Hut, Whitstable Biennale Satellite
  • 2018
  • Waterbodies, Whitstable Biennale
  • 2020
  • Museum of You, The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury
  • 2021 - 2022
  • Turner Contemporary Open, Margate