Now more than ever we need to use our imaginations, to be critical and curious of the world around us.
As a socially engaged artist I seek to use art as a way of bringing issues to visibility and a way of exploring paths to the horizon together.
Contact me to discuss purchasing artworks, exhibitions, commissions or proposals for collaborative projects. I look forward to hearing from you.
Biography
Download a full current CV or read an article presented by Theatre Bristol.
Art Exhibitions/ Presentations:
2021 Evil Uses Album Cover Design
Lockdown Residency At Home II (February): Transmission
2020 Lockdown Residency At Home I (September): Turbulence
2019 Exquisite Book Project, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE.
Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (selected but not hung).
A Colour Chart for Killing – the legacy of ‘the war to end all wars’ exhibition, Central Library, Bristol (National festival ‘Commemoration, Conflict and Conscience’).
‘A Pressing Matter Print Project’, Cato Press Community project & exhibition, Bristol Cathedral. A short project film is available here.
Bristol Artists Books Exhibition, Arnolfini.
2018 MA Fine Art Graduates exhibition, University of West of England, Bristol
A Little Book of (Utter) Bastards published, Bristol.
2017 Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
Aargh! Artist-Activist Research Group, University of West of England, speaker & committee member.
Liberating Arts Conference lecture, University of Exeter.
Di: woman without a shadow Residency and collaborative exhibition with Wesley Storey, photographer, The Island, Bristol.
De|select group exhibition, Bath Artists Studios, Fringe Art Bath.
Art in Activism/ Activism in Art Symposium Uni West England, co-founder and speaker.
2016 World Thumb Wrestling Championship, Festival de Marrionettes, le Poet Laval, France.
Deep Inside I’m A Wrestler, solo exhibition and performance, SPACE/ The Island/ Trinity, Bristol.
White & Black, Bath Arts Fringe, group exhibition.
2015 A Game of Consequences, The Exchange, Penzance, group exhibition.
2011 Looking for Love in Electric Times, solo exhibition, The Runcible Spoon, Bristol.
2008 Land from Sea, solo exhibition, Aberdour Festival, Fife, Scotland.
Behind Closed Doors, joint exhibition, Leith Festival, Edinburgh.
2007 Images of Morocco, solo exhibition, Saraswati Centre, Edinburgh.
Island & Fairy Tale Forest, site specific group exhibitions, Edinburgh.
2002 Banka/ Bank, group exhibition, Mostar International Festival, Bosnia Herzegovina.
Art Residencies:
2017 The Island, Bristol.
2016 SPACE, Arts West side, Bristol.
2015 Red Earth/ 101 Outdoor Arts residential collaboration at Greenham Common.
2015 Ishuakara Taller Galleria, Oaxaca, Mexico.
2014 University of Aberdeen, Dept of Archaeology, Northern Picts Project, Scotland.
Design Commissions:
2015 Venue Frontage Design & Painting for Shambala Festival ‘Barrio Afrika’ Bristol.
2010 Logo Design, Puppet Lab, Edinburgh.
2009 Illustration Competition Winner, Big Man Walking show, Puppet Lab, Edinburgh.
1999 Illustrations ‘Kolaps’, Multi-ethnic Creative writing publication, Bosnia Herzegovina.
Education/ Training:
2019 – 2020 ABCD Assets Based Community Development
2015 – 18 MA Fine Art University of West England (distinction), Bristol.
2006 Managing & Supervising People, SCVO, Glasgow.
2004 PG Diploma Art Therapy, QMUC, Edinburgh (distinction).
2003 Certification in CBT Techniques for management, education & counselling, Glasser Institute, Edinburgh.
2000 Citizens Advice Bureau Training, Edinburgh.
1998 BA Hons History of Art & English Literature, University of Leeds, (2:1).
1997 Community Mediation Skills, Leeds Community Mediation Service.
1994 BTEC Foundation in Art & Design, GLOSCAT, (merit).