Curriculum Vitae
Education & Art Training
Postgraduate in Painting The Royal Academy Schools, London 1985-1988
BA Hons, Fine Art (First Class) The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1980-1984
Roles & Associations
Stirling Maxwell Fellow for Text & Image Cultures, University of Glasgow 2014-present
Associate Art Adviser to the London Partnership for School Improvement 2013-present
Exhibitions & Projects
RAVEN TREASURE: With Sita Brahmachari Edinburgh International Festival , August 24th and 25th 2022
RAVEN TREASURE: With Sita Brahmachari The Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival May 2nd 2022
WHEN SHADOWS FALL, 2021 Little Tiger Group Author: Sita Brahmachari Illustrator: Natalie Sirett -a Times and Guardian Book of the Year 2021 & Michael Rosen's pick of the Year for BBC Front Row.
KEVIN, WISHES & CHARMS, Solo exhibition, Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A April 17th - May 15th 2021
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE, The Ashmolean, Oxford October 2020 - January 2021
MEDUSA & HER SISTERS, Solo Exhibition, Stelios Ioananou Gallery, University of Oxford, curator Fiona Macintosh, Autumn 2020
WITCHES, WARRIORS, WORKERS published March 2020
MEDUSA & HER SISTERS, Solo Exhibition. Burgh House and Hampstead Museum. London, October, 2019 launching the limited-edition anthology Medusa & her Sisters, with award-winning contemporary poets.
PANTHEON A Wollstonecraft presents commission, CELEBRATING UNSUNG HEROINES, National Portrait Gallery, 2019
MOVING OBJECTS: STORIES OF DISPLACEMENT The Octagon, UCL February 18th- October 1st 2019
REBELLES & OUTCASTS Featured Artist, Fearlessly Magazine January & February issue, 2019
ZOOMORPHIC ART 10, Featured Artist, 2018
ILLUMINATE HERSTORY with Helen Pankhurst, St Catherine’s Hall, Oxford, 2018
CAUTIONARY TALES Solo Exhibition, Old Diorama Arts Centre, London, 2017
ANTHOLOGY ART PRIZE 2017, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, (Long List) Selectors: Kate Bryan, Matthew Collings, Faye Dowling, Zavier Ellis
RSA OPEN, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2016
COLOUR WORKS MATERIALS, Group Show, Espacio Gallery, London 2015
RSA OPEN, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2015
EVOCATIVE, Members Group Show. Menier Gallery, London 2014
TIME = CHANGE, Menier Gallery, London 2014 & Espacio Gallery, London 2014
2005-2012 ~ FILM PROJECTS: UNCLE EDWARDS COLLECTION EU Media Animated Film
THE SYCAMORES M.I.A Productions LIFE IS BUT A DREAM Working Title Productions
NIGHT STORIES, Solo Exhibition, Diorama Arts Gallery, London 2007
TALISMAN GALLERY ARTISTS GROUP SHOW, Alchemy Gallery, London 2005
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, Solo Exhibition, Alchemy Gallery, London 2002
THE DELUGE, Solo Exhibition, Talisman Fine Art, London 1999
NEW PAINTINGS, Solo Exhibition, South Hill Park, London 1995
SUMMER SHOW, Royal Academy, London 1988
PICK OF LONDON POSTGRADUATES, Group Show, Royal Academy, London 1988
SUMMER SHOW, Royal Academy, London 1987
NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London 1986 (prize winner)
SUMMER SHOW, Royal Academy, London 1986
SPIRIT of LONDON, Royal Festival Hall, London 1985 (prize winner)
Postgraduate in Painting The Royal Academy Schools, London 1985-1988
BA Hons, Fine Art (First Class) The University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1980-1984
Roles & Associations
Stirling Maxwell Fellow for Text & Image Cultures, University of Glasgow 2014-present
Associate Art Adviser to the London Partnership for School Improvement 2013-present
Exhibitions & Projects
RAVEN TREASURE: With Sita Brahmachari Edinburgh International Festival , August 24th and 25th 2022
RAVEN TREASURE: With Sita Brahmachari The Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival May 2nd 2022
WHEN SHADOWS FALL, 2021 Little Tiger Group Author: Sita Brahmachari Illustrator: Natalie Sirett -a Times and Guardian Book of the Year 2021 & Michael Rosen's pick of the Year for BBC Front Row.
KEVIN, WISHES & CHARMS, Solo exhibition, Ro2 Art, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A April 17th - May 15th 2021
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE, The Ashmolean, Oxford October 2020 - January 2021
MEDUSA & HER SISTERS, Solo Exhibition, Stelios Ioananou Gallery, University of Oxford, curator Fiona Macintosh, Autumn 2020
WITCHES, WARRIORS, WORKERS published March 2020
MEDUSA & HER SISTERS, Solo Exhibition. Burgh House and Hampstead Museum. London, October, 2019 launching the limited-edition anthology Medusa & her Sisters, with award-winning contemporary poets.
PANTHEON A Wollstonecraft presents commission, CELEBRATING UNSUNG HEROINES, National Portrait Gallery, 2019
MOVING OBJECTS: STORIES OF DISPLACEMENT The Octagon, UCL February 18th- October 1st 2019
REBELLES & OUTCASTS Featured Artist, Fearlessly Magazine January & February issue, 2019
ZOOMORPHIC ART 10, Featured Artist, 2018
ILLUMINATE HERSTORY with Helen Pankhurst, St Catherine’s Hall, Oxford, 2018
CAUTIONARY TALES Solo Exhibition, Old Diorama Arts Centre, London, 2017
ANTHOLOGY ART PRIZE 2017, Charlie Smith Gallery, London, (Long List) Selectors: Kate Bryan, Matthew Collings, Faye Dowling, Zavier Ellis
RSA OPEN, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2016
COLOUR WORKS MATERIALS, Group Show, Espacio Gallery, London 2015
RSA OPEN, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2015
EVOCATIVE, Members Group Show. Menier Gallery, London 2014
TIME = CHANGE, Menier Gallery, London 2014 & Espacio Gallery, London 2014
2005-2012 ~ FILM PROJECTS: UNCLE EDWARDS COLLECTION EU Media Animated Film
THE SYCAMORES M.I.A Productions LIFE IS BUT A DREAM Working Title Productions
NIGHT STORIES, Solo Exhibition, Diorama Arts Gallery, London 2007
TALISMAN GALLERY ARTISTS GROUP SHOW, Alchemy Gallery, London 2005
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY, Solo Exhibition, Alchemy Gallery, London 2002
THE DELUGE, Solo Exhibition, Talisman Fine Art, London 1999
NEW PAINTINGS, Solo Exhibition, South Hill Park, London 1995
SUMMER SHOW, Royal Academy, London 1988
PICK OF LONDON POSTGRADUATES, Group Show, Royal Academy, London 1988
SUMMER SHOW, Royal Academy, London 1987
NATIONAL PORTRAIT AWARDS, National Portrait Gallery, London 1986 (prize winner)
SUMMER SHOW, Royal Academy, London 1986
SPIRIT of LONDON, Royal Festival Hall, London 1985 (prize winner)