B: 1981, Grimsby, UK
Qualifications
2016-2017 70,5: Bookbinding, Academie des Beaux Arts J.J. Gaillard, St Gilles, Brussels, BE
2011-2013 Distinction: Bookbinding, Academie des Beaux Arts J.J. Gaillard, St Gilles, Brussels, BE
2005-2006 PGCE Art and Design teaching qualification University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
2001-2004 1st Class Honours: BA (Hons) Contemporary Arts, The Nottingham Trent University
Awards
2016 Prix Hamesse # 32 Mention Patrick Lecomte for photography
2015 Prix Hamesse # 31, Prix du Public: Exhibition in Saint-Gilles at Maison Pelgrims
2010 Skylogue book – Photobook Of The Year, Digital Printer Awards London UK
2008 Second Prize in The Carter Jonas Prize For a Young Artist by Cambridge Drawing Society.
Teaching
2012 Art teacher, Summer School at ISB, Boitsfort, Brussels, BE
2006-2011 Art teacher at Longsands Academy to students aged 11-18, exams at KS3, GCSE, AS and A2 2006-2009 fulltime, 2009-2011 part-time, St Neots, UK
Work on permanent display
Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, BE
Will you remember me when you see the sky? 1.2m x 2m, oil paint on canvas, 2012. Burn baby burn (Disco inferno) 60cm x 120cm oil paint on canvas, work acquired in 2013
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Close (July 15th 2008), 1.6m x 2m, oil paint on canvas, 2008
Solo exhibitions
2016 REFLECTIONS AND ABSENCES, Maison Pelgrims, Saint-Gilles, Rue du Parme 69, Bruxelles, BE.
2014 Neess Encadrers, Rue du Page, Ixelles, Bruxelles, BE
2013 Royal Meteorological Institute, as part of their open day event, Bruxelles, BE
2013 Somewhere, Dreaming, rue du Viaduc 62, Brussels, BE
2010 31 DAYS exhibition at Williams Art gallery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK
2005 Reflections video installation, As part of the Sensitive Skin Season Of Interdisciplinary Arts, The Yard Gallery, Wolllaton Hall Nottingham, UK
Selected group exhibitions
2016 Prix Hamesse #32 La Maison du Peuple, Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles, BE
2015 Prix Hamesse #31, La Maison du Peuple, Saint-Gilles, Bruxelles, BE
2013 Over the Sea to the Sky exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge, UK
2012
ECHO exhibition. (Parcours d’artistes du Maelbeek/Ixelles). With artist Jocelyne Coster at Rue du Viaduc, 62, Brussels, BE
Labyrinthe Exhibition,Galerie Vertige, 60 rue de Veeweyde, Brussels, BE
Everything Will Be Alright, Christmas Exhibition. Byard Art, Kings Parade, Cambridge. UK
Summer Exhibition. Byard Art, Kings Parade, Cambridge, UK
2011
Christmas exhibition, Byard Art, Cambridge, UK
Summer exhibition at Byard Art, Kings Parade, Cambridge, UK
Breath of Fresh Air exhibition, Byard Art, Kings Parade, Cambridge, UK
2010
Fitz Favourites exhibition, Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK
Pieces of sky on display at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
2009
Cambridge Open Studios, 49 Vinery Road, Cambridge, UK.
Landscapes 2 show, Williams Art, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK
2008
5@5 Landscapes exhibition at Williams Art and Antiques, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK.
Candid Arts, ‘Flea Circus’ event. Angel Islington, London, UK.
55@5 at Williams Art and Antiques, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK.
Artist talks
2011 Ely Arts Society, Ely, UK.
Artist collectives
2008-2010 COS- Cambridge Open Studios
2008-2009 CAM- Cambridge Art Movement
2004 Graft Collective, Nottingham
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