Date and Place of Birth: 1975 Sheffield U.K
Lives and Works in East Sussex
Qualifications & Training:
2001-2003 MA Textiles, Royal College of Art, London
1997-2000 BA (Hons) Art & Design, Bradford College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 'Into the Dark Woods', Long and Ryle Gallery, London
2018 ‘Forests, Folk Tales and the Sea’, Long and Ryle Gallery, London
2015 ‘Dwelling’, Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo
2012 ‘Tales from The Enchanted Forest’, Long and Ryle Gallery, London
2012 ‘Pretty Maid Ibronka’, Faculty of Fine Arts, Montenegro
2011 Bishop Faculty Fellow 2011, ‘Selected Works’, TheCenter for Book Arts, New York
2010 ‘Happily Ever After’, Long and Ryle, London
2010 ‘Remnants’, The Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, UK 2009 ‘All the Things I love are going to Disintegrate’ The Scottish Gallery’ Edinburgh
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Vituos, Gustav-Lübcke-Musuem, Hamm, Germany
2018 The Second Skin. Nature - Clothing, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
2017 Book Worlds, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany
2014 ShowStudio, London
2013 Sotheby’s Presents, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
2013 Victoriana – The Art of Revival, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
2012 The First Cut, Manchester Art Gallery, UK
2009 Can Art Save Us? Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
2009 Slash: Paper under the Knife, Museum of Modern Art and Design, New York
Work in Public Collections:
V&A Museum, London
National Art Gallery, Cardiff
The National Trust, Croome
Marriott Hotel Group, Germany
Fairmont Hotel Group, UAE
Palgarve Macmillan Headquarters, London
Sir Kenneth Green Library, Manchester Metropolitan University
The Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, West Yorkshire
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
The Burns Museum, Alloway, National Trust Scotland
Projects and Commissions:
2019 Peckover House, Art Installation at the National Trust
2018 Art Installation, Spinocchia Freund London
2018 Art Installation, Hide Restaurant, Mayfair, London
2017 Art Installation, Christmas at Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
2016-2018 Plumlines,Art Installation at the National Trust, Croome Court, Worcester
2013 Curator, Beyond the Book Exhibition, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
2013 Design for Liberty Art Fabrics, A/W14 Collection, Liberty London
2012 Illustrations for The Fairy Tale Princesses for ‘Thames and Hudson’ (Thames and Hudson Books, 2012)
2011 Set Design forThe Snow Queen, Rose Theatre, Kingston Upon Thames
Selected Commercial Projects:
2015-2017 Campaign for British Airways, Worldwide
2011 Campaign for Fairmont Hotels, Worldwide
2010 Window Display for Nicole Farhi, London Stores
2010 Campaign for Crabtree and Evelyn, Worldwide
Awards:
2012 The Fairy Tale Princesses ‘Thames and Hudson’, Crescer’s Best Children’s Book of 2012
2010 Window Display for Nicole Farhi, London Stores,Winner of VM & Display Awards, Best Christmas Window 2011
2008 Beringer “Vineyard” Commercial, Voted Best Ad on TV, 2007
Selected Teaching:
2016 Putney School of Art and Design, London
2012 Faculty of Fine Arts, Montenegro
2011 University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
2010 Institute of the Arts, Sheffield Hallam University
Selected Residencies:
2005-2007 Creative Partnerships Cumbria
2004 Craft Scotland
Selected Publications:
2013 Victoriana ‘A Miscellany’ by Sonia Solicari
2011 Anti-Tales ‘The Uses of Disenchantment’ by Catriona McAra
2011 Book Art ‘Iconic Sculptures Made from Books’ by Paul Sloman
2009 Slash ‘Paper Under the Knife’ by David Revere McFadden