EDUCATION

2001 - 2003   

1996 - 1999   

1994 - 1996


SOLO EXHIBITIONS and PROJECTS

2011

2011

2010

2008

2008-ongoing





2007


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

April 2012

2012

2011

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2011

2010

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2010

2008

2008

2007

2007


CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2011 - 2012

2009 - 2010

2009

2008 - 2011

2008


2007

2007

2006


2005 - 2009

2006


RESIDENCIES

2009

2007

2004

2002


SELECTED OTHER

2011

2010 - present

2010 - 2011

2010

2009 - 2010

2008 - 2009

2008 - present

2008

2008

2006 - 2008

2006 - 2007

2003 - present

2003 - present


AWARDS

2011

2009

2009

2005

2005 - 2010


PUBLICATIONS

An Endless Supply

Leisure Centre


Porned

Galled

Vol2



REVIEWS

Summer 2011

March 2011

Feb 2010

Feb 2010

August 2009

Sept 2008

Sept 2007

August 2007

July 2007

Autumn 2006

Autumn 2006

MA(RCA)Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London.

BA(Hons)Fine Art, University of East London.

BTEC Dip Foundation Art & Design, Falmouth College of Arts, Cornwall



Rostra for a Shifting Stage, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol.

Rising Cities Float, The Agency, London.

Entertaining at the Dust Lounge, Phoenix, Exeter Arts Centre, Devon.

Cabin Tactics, North Cabin, Bristol. A commission for temporary off-site space curated by Katherine Daley-Yates.

Symbol Archive, project that considers the possibilities of research and learning occurring through collaboration and the layering of ideas. Events have included Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Back to Back (2008), Picture This, Bristol, marathon over-night screening of all the films of the legendary dancing duo; Ghosts, Landscape, Literature: A Walk with Dr Shelley Trower (2009), Yorkshire. A commissioned paper delivered as a walk on moorland near Haworth, Yorkshire; Study (2009), Royal Cornwall Museum, re-presentation of selected pieces from the museum’s stores; and Symbol Readings (2010-ongoing), a series of readings in different locations including The Waste Land on The Lizard Peninsular, Cornwall and News from Nowhere at a co-operative café in Bristol.

The Great War, W15a, The Old Grammar School, Redruth, Cornwall.



59.14 N 3.34 W, Brough of Birsay, Orkney. Curated by Laura Mansfield.

Hijack, Stapleton Road Tavern, Bristol.

To Pay Respect to The Generosity of The Three-Minute Punk-Rock Song, Crate Project Space, Margate.

The Potential for Windows and Scale, Contemporary Art Society, London, with Lucy Drane, Hannah James, Suzanne Mooney and Marie Toseland. Part of Rotate.

Strange Loops, Generator Projects, Dundee. Curated by Craig Mulholland.

A Theatre to Address: in excessive structure, Cartel, London. Curated by Bridget Crone.

Malgras|Naudet at Summer House, Castlefield, Manchester.

Happidrome, Lizard National Nature Reserve, Cornwall.

The Artists’ Wakes, Bury Art Gallery, Lancashire. A celebration of collective and collaborative practices including Symbol Archive, BMCA and Contents May Vary.

The Crystal Palace (Destroyed), Works|Projects, Bristol. Group show including works by Melanie Counsell, Heather & Ivan Morison and Roy Voss.

A Theatre to Address, Arnolfini, Bristol. A Media Art Bath ‘festival of textual form concrete, material, scripted and performed’.

This Matter, Royal Standard, Liverpool.

Clap Your Hands Say..., Rhys & Hannah Present..., Bristol.

OPENENDED, Rogue Project Space, Manchester. A national exchange exhibition co-ordinated by Maeve Rendle and supported by Castlefield.

gostopgo, Carnkie, Redruth, Cornwall. Please see Curatorial Projects.

Obstacle, Spectacle, Birmingham. Curated by Dan Mort and was as part of The Event.



The Potential for Windows and Scale, Contemporary Art Society, London, co-curator with Lucy Drane and Hannah James.

Control Point: A Temporary Facility, Plymouth Arts Centre. Co-curator with Steven Paige.

Art + Writing, co-programmer. A series of seminars and talks exploring the relationship of art and writing. Spike Island, Bristol.

Programmer, Spike Island Artists’ Book & Zine Fair, Spike Island, Bristol. In 2011 co-programmer with Marie-Anne McQuay & Book Works.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth, curator; selected for Transitions; Curators’ Edition, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. An exhibition using the 1959 film of the same name as a starting point. Included work from Matthew Houlding, Oliver Sutherland and Steven Paige.

gostopgo, Cornwall; co-ordinator/curator. A four-week residential project, six artists collaborated and produced new work each week for exhibition each weekend.

more, co-coordinator. A three month project raising the profile of independent activity in Cornwall.

Santa’s Secret £10 Tombola, Redruth, Cornwall; co-ordinator/curator. A one-night event; gift-wrapped artworks were won through a pot-luck tombola system; included work from Matthew Houlding, Sean Hawkridge and Debbie Lawson.

Spring Series, Cornwall; programmer. A fine art lecture series, speakers have included Olivia Plender, Ruth Claxton, Nav Haq, Hew Locke and Cathy Lomax.

eek, Redruth, Cornwall; co-ordinator/curator. A group show funded by Arts Council South West GFA.



Outhouse, Outpost, Norwich.

Research Residency, Spike Island, Bristol; funded by the Spike Associates.

Carwinion Gardens, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall; funded by Creative Skills.

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France; funded by the Royal College of Art.


         

Evaluator, Come to Ours, Plymouth. Review on Interface here

Member of Turning Point National Knowledge Share Group.

Member of Turning Point South West Steering Committee.

Recipient of ICA A-Frame mentoring with Maria Fusco.

Co-ordinator, Activities for Families, participatory pilot programme, Spike Island, Bristol.

Consultant artist, HiArt project, Tate St Ives, Cornwall. Development of on and off-site Families resource.

Consultant, ALIAS, South West, UK. Mentoring and advice for artist-led initiatives.

Project Co-ordinator, part-ilha, Spike Island, Bristol. Exhibition taking independent art activity in Portugal as a starting point.

Resident Artist Spike Associates,Spike Island, Bristol. Including mentoring, studio visits and facilitating peer critiques.

Co-ordinator and co-founder, BULID Residency, Cornwall College Camborne with ProjectBase and Creative Skills.

Steering Committee Member for Cornwall Visual Art Forum.

Artist Educator, leading workshops for all ages, within galleries and off-site locations.

Visiting Lecturer to HE and Post-Graduate Fine Art and Art & Design courses.



Visual Arts Grant, The Gane Trust.

Grants for the Arts for The Western Alliance exchange between the South-West and Turkey.

Grants for the Arts, for eek exhibition, Arts Council England.

Skills Development Fund, for research trips from Creative Skills.

Annual research funding from Cornwall College, Combined Universities Cornwall.



Another Satellite, 2009, p4-5 September 2009 edition of Birmingham based publication.

Gothic Edition guest edited by Marie-Anne McQuay, October 2009. Including work from Elizabeth Price, Craig Mulholland and Brin Frost.

Work included as part of the Symbol Archive.

Symbol for Porned, September 2008. Drawing selected for artist’s publication by Folded, Glued & Printed.

Story for Galled, September 2008. Short story selected for artist’s publication by Folded, Glued & Printed.

February 2008, issue 1, p6. Published by Folded, Glued & Printed and supported by Newlyn Art Gallery,

including work from Andrea Facco, Thomas Qualmann and Becky Shaw.



Art Review, p161,  review of Strange Loops by Susannah Thompson.

The Skinny, review of Strange Loops by Andrew Cattanach.

a-n, p11, review of Control Point: A Temporary Facility by Gabrielle Hoad.

a-n, p36, Aldo RInaldi and Katherine Daley-Yates discuss North Cabin.

artcornwall.org, review of Study at Royal Cornwall Museum by Rupert White.

a-n, p16, review of Cabin Tactics by Colin Glenn.

a-n, p8, review of more by Megan Wakefield.

a-n, p7, review of more by Megan Wakefield.

artcornwall.org, review of The Great War by Rupert White.

Contemporary, Issue 86, p72, review of eek by Michele Robecchi.

.Cent, Sept/Oct issue, guest edited by Stephen Jones, comment on contemporary art practice in Cornwall including eek.

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