!951, Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England.

Lives and works in Yorkshire.

COLLECTIONS:     Works in private collections

PUBLIC

COLLECTIONS.    Touchstone Gallery, Rochdale

STUDIED

1970-71          Stourbridge College of Art.

1971-74          Goldsmiths College,London.

1978               Goldsmiths College, London

AWARDS

1974    B.A. Fine Art. First Class Hons

1978    Art Teachers Certificate.

1981   Greater London Arts Association, Financial Award.

2005    Arts Council Financial Award.

2019. Arts Council Funded. Installation Touchstone Gallery Rochdale’

2021. Arts Council, Developing Your Creative Practice Award.

EXHIBITIONS

1978   Three  Artists, Kettles Yard, Cambridge.

1980   Summer Show, Serpentine, Gallery, London.

1982   Prophecy and Vision, Arnolfini, Bristol. 

Third Eye Centre, Glasgow.  

Camden Arts Centre, London. 

Orchard Gallery, Londonderry.

1983   The Sculpture Show, Hayward, Gallery. London.

1984 Whitechapel Open, London.

1986  Stoke on Trent Garden Festival.

1986   Axiom Centre, Cheltenham.

1986   Critics Space, Air Gallery, London.

1989   Out of the Wood, Crafts Council Exhibition.

Crafts Council Gallery, London.

1990 Out of the Wood’ showing at:

  Cleveland Arts Centre.

  Abbots Hall Art Gallery, Kendal.

Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery.

Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Stoke on Trent Museum and Art Gallery.

1992   Dean Clough Artists, Show. Halifax.     

1993 ‘Benchmarks,’ Sculptural Seating, Tatton Park, Cheshire.                

1993    Artists at Dean Clough, Bury Museum and Art Gallery.                           

1994    Manchester Academy of Fine Art, Open Exhibition.     

1994    The Conference Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax.

1994   Site Gallery, Woodhouse Square, Leeds.

1995   Dean Clough Artists. The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate.

1996   10 Artists de Leeds. Escuela de Arte de Oviedo, Spain.

1996   Large Sculptural Works, Dean Clough, Halifax. 

1996 Commissioned by IOU Theatre. Large Wooden Fish, for performance of “Another Part of the Island’.

1996 Commissioned by lOU Theatre.  Armchair, made from woven hazel 

branches  for performance of,  'Another Part of the Island’.  

1996 Exhibition of Sculpture at Darlington Arts Centre.

1996                    Edinburgh Theatre Workshop.

1996   Forestry of Leeds, Temple Newsome House, Leeds.

1997   Artists at Dean Clough. Dean Clough, Halifax     

1997   Forestry of Leeds, Tree Dressing Project. Roundhay Park, Leeds.

1998   Dean Clough Artists Show. Dean Clough, Halifax.

1998   Kirby Library, Liverpool.

2000    2000 DC  - The Millennium Show. Dean Clough, Halifax.

2002    Woodcuts. The Studio Gallery, Halifax.

2003  The Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2004    The Gateway Arts and Education Centre. Shrewsbury.

2004   The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2004   Shropshire Open Print Exhibition. 

The Gateway Arts and Education Centre. Shrewsbury. 

2004  Arts Festival Shop, Hebden Bridge. One Person Exhibition

2005 Originals 05. National Print Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London.

2005 The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2006  Gallery 11, Bradford University - One Person Exhibition.

2007   Edgar Modern Fine Art, Toronto Art Fair, Canada.

2007   Mauger Gallery Bath,  Art London.

2007 The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2008    The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2009 The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2010 Sculptural Benches, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

2010 The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

2011 I08 Fine Art, Harrogate. Solo Exhibition

2011 Artsmill Gallery, Hebden Bridge, 

2012 Water Street Gallery, Todmorden.

2012 108 Fine Art, Harrogate.

2012 Artsmill Gallery, Hebden Bridge.  Solo Exhibition.

2013 108 Fine Art, Harrogate.  Solo Exhibition

2013 Goole Arts Centre. Fulcrum, set designs,  I.O.U Theatre

2014. Barnsley Civic Theatre. Fulcrum, set designs , I.O.U Theatre.

2014 Artsmill Gallery, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.  Solo Exhibition.

2015. Water Street Gallery, Todmorden, Lancashire.   Solo Exhibition.

2016 Taking in the View.  Gallery Different.  London.

2017. Works from the Water’s Edge. Studio 2. Todmorden. Solo Exhibition

2018. Works from the Water’s Edge. UCLan, Preston. Solo Exhibition.

2019 “Shelter” Touchstones Gallery Rochdale.

Large Sculptural Installation. Funded by the Arts Council.

2019 Manchester Contemporary Arts Fair.

2020. “Getting Closer To Nature”  Vedo Corporate Art  London.

2023. Studio 9a, Todmorden. Two Rivers. Sculptural Installation, Commissioned by IOU Theatre

2024. Dean Clough, Halifax. Two Rivers. Sculptural Installation, Commissioned by IOU Theatre

2024 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, Gallery Different.

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