Biography

Education

2003-6 BA (Hons) (First)
Interior Textiles/Surface Design
Somerset College of Arts and Technology

2001-3 Textiles 1 (Distance Learning)
Open College of the Arts

1988 City and Guilds Certificate 730 (Teaching Adults)

1979 SRN (Charing Cross Hospital)

 

Awards

2005 Winner Student Medal for Textiles
(National competition for 2nd year students)
Chartered Society of Designers

2005 Runner-up, Art for Life in-house competition,
Musgrove Park Hospital

2006 Ian Logan Award for Innovation

2009 People's Choice Award, Thelma Hulbert Open, Honiton Devon

2009 People's Choice Award, Focus on Great Britain, Art Works Galleries, Newcastle

2010 People's Choice Award, Renewal and Regeneration, Thelma Hulbert Open, Honiton, Devon

2012 First Prize, Equality and Endeavour, Thelma Hulbert Open, Honiton

 

Publications

2006 Devon Today, Dec. 2006

2007 Art in Devon, Spring 2007

2008 Devon Life, feature on Devon Open Studios, Sept.

2009 The Guardian Feature on Devon Open Studios, 22.08.09

2009 Western Morning News, 04.09.09

2009 The Sun 14.09.09

2009 Express and Echo (Exeter) 09.11.09

2009 Western Morning News 10.11.09

2009 The Guardian 10.11.09

2009 WMN Sunday Independent 15.11.09

2010 Western Morning News 27.01.10

2010 Express and Echo 27.01.10

2010 WMN Sunday Independent 31.01.10

2010 Western Morning News; 06.03.10

2010 Exeter Living; What's On March 2010

2010 Devon Life; March 2010

2010 The Times; 04.06.10

2010 Magic Way with Everyday Items, Express and Echo, 17.09.10

2011 Exeter Living, Plastic Fantastic, 29.04.11

Grout (Modern Mosaic) Winter 2011

2011 Exeter Living, Summer 2011

2011 House and Gardens, October

2012 Exeter Living, Christmas Issue Front Cover, December

2012 Daily Telegraph online, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee: unusual portraits, 17.05.12

2012 Daily Mail online From a Jellybean Queen to a Monarch made from Money, 30.05.12

2012 Metro International (Colombia, Canada, Lima) 30.05.12

2012 Express and Echo 18.07.12

2012 EX 09, "The Fabulous Bowerbird"

 

Television

2013 Totally Rubbish, cbbc, Feb

2010 Regional News ITV Jan

2009 BBC Spotlight South West, Sept.

2009 The Alan Titchmarsh Show, ITV1, Oct.

 

Exhibitions

2005 Keeping Pace
Blue, Teal and Silver Gallery, Wiveliscombe

2006 New Designers, London

2007 Paintworks, Bristol

2007 Art and the Vines, Kenton Vineyard

2007 Icons and Cameos, (Devon Art Works)

2008 Wonderworks, Chagford

2008 Unconventional Settings, (Devon Open Studios)

2008 Exeter Central Library

2009 Age and Memory, Richmond London

2009 Focus on Great Britain, Artworks Galleries, Newcastle

2009 Thelma Hulbert Open, Honiton, Devon

2009 Devon Open Studios, The Cafe, Topsham

2010 The Affordable Art Fair, Brussels

2010 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London

2010 Otterton Mill, Devon

2010 Affordable Art Fair, New York

2010 Renewal and Regeneration, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton

2010 Devon Open Studios, The Cafe, Topsham

2010 The Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

2010 Making It/Faking It, Orleans House Gallery, London

2011 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London

2011 Artfest, West Hill, Devon

2011 The Affordable Art Fair, New York

2011 Devon Open Studios, The Cafe, Topsham

2011 The Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath

2011 The Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

2012 ArtBelow Pimlico, London

2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park

2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

2012 Britishness Collected, Plymouth

2012 Delamore House, Cornwood, Devon

2012 JL Galleries, London

2012 Equality and Endeavour, Thelma Hulbert Open, Honiton, Devon

2012 Devon Open Studios, The Cafe, Topsham

2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath

2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Singapore

2012 The Art of Collecting, Tallinn Triennial, Estonia

2012 Noah's Art, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea

2012 The Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong

2012 Boston Tea Party, Exeter

 

School/Community Projects

1999 Millennium Tapestry Project
Kenton Primary School

2003 Golden Tapestry Project
Kenton Primary School

2005 Workshop (Constructing Birds from Driftwood)
Kenton Primary School

2006 Artist in Residence, Kenton Primary School
Colours of the Continents (county wide schools project) Class 4's canvas 'Colours of India' awarded Foot Anstey prize for the people's vote at 'Life's Journeys' exhibition, Exeter Cathedral Feb. 2008

2007 Drawing Skills Workshop
Kenton Primary School

2007 Co-led event at Kenton Vineyard for The Big Draw
Children's drawings bound into books using vine prunings

2008 Art in Landscape, Kenton Primary School
Organized and mounted photography exhibition at Exeter Central Library

2008 Silk Painting (DAISI), St. Michael's School, Exeter

2008 Mini Beasts (RAMM) Children's holiday workshop, Exeter

2008 Sculptures from Driftwood and Beach Debris Teachers' workshop

2009 Colours of Devon: Heaven in Devon, Kenton Primary School

2010 ITV Fixers/Youth Parliament campaign for fairer bus fares

2011 Public workshop using recycled materials, London Affordable Art Fair

2011 Recycled Materials in Art, Bradninch Junior School, Devon