QUALIFICATIONS

2000-2003 First Class, BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture), University of Northumbria
1999-2000 Distinction, Foundation Studies in Art and Design, University of Ulster

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

Under The Sun, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne

2010

Life. Blood., Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris

2008

Periphery, James Hockey and Foyer Galleries, UCA, Surrey
Gone With The Wind, Great North Run Cultural Programme, The Laing Gallery, Newcastle
Chasing Rainbows, Selfridges (Orchard Street windows), London, and Fluid, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London
The Fall, curated by Adventure Ecology, The East Room, London

2007

If you go down to the woods today, The Hospital, London
Head in the Clouds, Wooda Farm, Cornwall

2006

Crowdpleaser, Persistence Works Studios, Sheffield

2005

Hunter Gatherer, OMAC, Belfast

2004

"All that is solid...", Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London
Emotional response, Lagan Lookout, Belfast

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

Repetition, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
Counterpoint, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

2010

Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Inaugural exhibition at The Museum of Old and New Art, Tazmania
Heart of Glass, 20 Hoxton Square Projects, London
Tracing Reality, Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich

2009

Consumer, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (curated by COAL)
Editions, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
Caught In A Moment, ROLLO Contemporary Art, London
Building With Colour, Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne

2008

Landscape, 18 @ 108, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
EchO wanted, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
Domestico, Ierimonti Gallery, Milan
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, touring to various venues nationally

2007

Radiance 07, Glasgow's International Festival of Light, Glasgow
Die Green, Live Pretty?, curated by Adventure Ecology, hosted by Pia Getty, London
Miniartextil 2007, Church of San Francesco, Arte & Arte, Como, Italy
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007, Jerwood Space, London, touring nationally
Waste and The Natural World, The Gallery @ Adventure Ecology, London

2006

Your Gallery @ The Guardian, The Guardian Gallery in association with the Saatchi Gallery, London
Unnatural Selection, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shropshire
Inside Out at Cragside, Northumberland, works commissioned by National Trust
Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Prize for Young Sculptors, Fondazione Pomodoro, Milan

2005

Out There, (CAN 05), Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Hardcastle Crags, Yorkshire
Bolwick Arts 3, Bolwick Hall, Norfolk

2004

RBS Bursary 2004, RBS Gallery, 108 Centre, London
Exposure, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

2003

12X12, University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Shrewsbury Sotheby's Exhibition, Shrewsbury Art gallery, Shropshire
40nine, University of Northumbria Fine Art Degree Show, Newcastle upon Tyne

2002

Konturen, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany

ART FAIRS

Art Cologne 2010, Cologne, with Galerie Karsten Greve

FIAC 2009, Paris, with Galerie Karsten Greve

DNA @ Form Art and Design Fair 2008, London

AWARDS, BURSARIES AND RELATED ACHIEVEMENTS

2008

Arts Foundation Fellowship Awards 2008 - shortlisted

2007

COURVOISIER The Future 500 rising stars - ranked top 10 Art & Design in The Observer
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2007 - shortlisted
Wooda Arts Award, Wooda Farm, Cornwall www.woodafarm.co.uk

2006

Your Gallery @ The Guardian, voted top 10 artists on www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery
Premio Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, first prize of 10,000 Euro for 'Red or Dead'
Arts Council England, North East, Grants for the Arts

2004

Roy Noakes Award, selected by Royal British Society of Sculptors
Royal British Society of Sculptors, Annual Bursary Award
Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts
Arts Council England, North East, Graduate Placement Scheme Bursary

2003

Lisburn Arts Advisory Committee, Grants for Individual Artists
Short-listed for the Shrewsbury Sotheby's Prize & winner of the Peoples Choice Prize

FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

2007

Artist in Residence at Adventure Ecology
Wooda Arts Award, February - March, Wooda Farm, Cornwall

2006

8 week 'Art and the Public Realm' residency at Persistence Works, Sheffield
Artist in Residence, Belfast Print Workshop, Northern Ireland

2005

Sculpture at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
Out There, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
Bolwick arts 3, a site-specific art residency at Bolwick Hall, Norfolk

2004

ACE Graduate Placement with Nexus, Art in Transport

2003

Fine Art Fellowship, Northumbria University, School of Art

2002

Konturen, a 10-day international workshop, based in Bentlage, Germany

COMMISSIONS

2010

To Woo You, a permanent installation for the Town Hall Hotel, London
Mandala (Dead Space), a temporary public work for Portobello Road, London

2009

Canopy, a temporary installation for The Big Chill Festival 2009, Herefordshire
Pressure Makes Diamonds, a permanent installation at Assembly Square, Cardiff Bay

2008

Untitled works designed in collaboration with Selfridge's for Christmas 2008
Spooning, Sheffield Millennium Galleries, temporary commission
Re(a)d, HLC, Telford
Commissions for private collections

2007

Vital Signs, Cardiff University Optometry Dept Commissions for private collections

2006

A New Moon (below), toured to Bristol Broadmeads
Rising Tide, a commission for Temporary Address, Blyth, Northumberland

2005

A New Moon, a light installation for Whitstable Harbour commissioned by Canterbury Council
Shift, a temporary installation for Tynemouth Station, Tyne and Wear, commissioned by Nexus

2004

Threshold, commissioned by Shrewsbury Advisory Service for Climate Change
Leave, a temporary piece for Westonbirt Festival of the Garden 2004
Parallel, commissioned for Art in the Market by Newcastle City Council

COLLECTIONS

Installations and works on paper are in private collections in the UK, Europe, and Australia, including Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania.