Introduction

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (to be fully updated by April 2010)

I am currently working at an FE College and as a supply teacher as I try to set myself up for future possibilities.


SCHOOLS WORKSHOPS

I am available for Schools/College workshops. I have had experience in New Media (Photography/Video) as well as the traditional arts - painting, drawing, sculpture etc. Please email though CONTACTS for a consultation. I am more than happy to work on cross-curricular projects from KS1 - KS5 and Post 16.


ARTIST STATEMENT (as of 2009)

My artistic practice focuses on photography and new media.

I completed my BA (Hons) Fine Art degree at Sheffield Hallam University in 2001, PGCE Secondary/Post 16 Art and Design at Liverpool John Moores University in 2003 and more recent MA Contemporary Fine Art (Curation) at Sheffield Hallam University in 2009.

I am working as a part time lecturer, freelance artist and curator towards future exhibitions.

I worked as a Secondary Art and Design teacher / Lecturer in Art and Design for many years and always cultivated ideas with the students I taught. My interest in photography and new media continues to grow and I feel that the MA has helped me in revisiting and rediscovering my own creative practice. I love to meet new people and see this as the basis for all my work, whether this be as a performative piece such as my video work or as a way of initiating a conversation between strangers. I believe that the photographer and the sitter have to feel at ease with one another in order for there to be a visual response. I have developed this understanding through club photography and working with many bands.

I have been commissioned by Liverpool Biennial to work on projects with students and community groups. These projects have been 'Lighten Up, STAR*, Gossip and At A Glance’.

Permanent paintings are held at Holly Lodge Girls College and West Derby School, Liverpool and photographs purchased by Liverpool Housing Action Trust and photography at The Cotgrave Candleby Lane School, Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire.