EDUCATION

MA Art and Design
Leeds Beckett University

Distinction

2010 - 2012

BA Hons Fine Art
Nottingham Trent University

2:1

2004 - 2007

Display of blue and white ceramic pottery pieces, including a cat head sculpture, vases, bowls, and decorative items, arranged on a white surface inside a glass case in a museum or gallery setting.

EXHIBITIONS

2026

Owtside - No More Nowt, Peterlee.
Highs & Lows, like Everything in Life, Moving Gallery, Sunderland.

2025

Deep Seed: A digital folklore - Durham Oriental Museum, Durham City.
Summer Show - Redcar Contemporary Gallery, Redcar.
Beasts and Legends - Palace Green Library, Durham City.
Nana’s House - Castle Dene Shopping Centre, Peterlee.
Rivers Within - Palace Green Library, Durham City.

2024

This is STRIKE COLLECTIVE - Durham University, Durham City.
Many Hands - No More Nowt, Peterlee.

2023

Motion for the Ocean - Seaham Town Hall, Seaham.
Summer Exhibition - Heart Consett, Consett.
Place Lab x Bordello Collective - Peterlee Town Centre.
Inequalities of Ground - No More Nowt, Peterlee.

As well as exhibiting, my practice includes commissions, public facing engagement events and project production for organisations such as Place lab/Into the Light, Cultivate Commissions, NoMoreNowt, Redhills Durham Miners Hall, Pact House, Northern Monk, Durham University, Durham Sixth Form Centre, Gateshead Live, Cats Protection and Shotton Partnership.

2025

Digital Test Commission. Place Labs x No More Nowt X Ogre Studios

Durham Creative Community Fellowship, National Art Strategies X
Bowes Museum initiative - Durham Fellow

Nana’s House, Peterlee - Lead Artist, Co production and curation

2024

Rivers Within, Cultivate Commissions. Into the Light x No More Nowt x Northern Heartlands

Get Crafty, Peterlee. No More Nowt

Strike Collective Badge stall, Durham Gala, Redhills Durham Miners Hall. Lead Artist

COMMISSIONS, RESIDENCIES and
OTHER PROJECTS

2025

Finalist, Visual Artist of the Year - North East Culture Awards

Artist Network North East - Micro Bursary

Tees Valley Creates - Micro Bursary

2011

Edna Lumb Travel Award – Leeds Beckett University

AWARDS and
BURSARIES

Decorative wall with a painted cherry blossom tree, flowers, vegetables, a greenhouse with tomatoes, a basket of carrots, and a table with food and drinks. British flags and a clock are also visible.
Poster for 'Nana's House', featuring three vintage family photographs in ornate oval frames on a pink floral wallpaper background. The poster includes event details about a creative takeover celebrating women, taking place at Castle Dene Shopping Centre, Peterlee from March 17-30, 2025, with logos and a QR code at the bottom.
Group of women engaging in arts and crafts project around a large table covered with a polka-dotted tablecloth, with crafting supplies like pom-poms, glue, and decorations, in a room with wall decorations and a sliding glass door.