Date and Place of Birth: 1975 Sheffield U.K
Lives and Works in East Sussex
Qualifications & Training:
01-03 MA Textiles, Royal College of Art, London
97-00 BA (Hons) Art & Design, Bradford College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions:
21 'Into the Dark Woods', Long and Ryle Gallery, London
18 ‘Forests, Folk Tales and the Sea’, Long and Ryle Gallery, London
15 ‘Dwelling’, Pola Museum Annex, Tokyo
12 ‘Tales from The Enchanted Forest’, Long and Ryle Gallery, London
12 ‘Pretty Maid Ibronka’, Faculty of Fine Arts, Montenegro
11 Bishop Faculty Fellow 2011, ‘Selected Works’, TheCenter for Book Arts, New York
10 ‘Happily Ever After’, Long and Ryle, London
10 ‘Remnants’, The Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, UK
09 ‘All the Things I love are going to Disintegrate’ The Scottish Gallery’ Edinburgh
Selected Group Exhibitions:
22 Vituos, Gustav-Lübcke-Musuem, Hamm, Germany
18 The Second Skin. Nature - Clothing, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
17 Book Worlds, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany
14 ShowStudio, London
13 Sotheby’s Presents, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
13 Victoriana – The Art of Revival, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
12 The First Cut, Manchester Art Gallery, UK
09 Can Art Save Us? Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
09 Slash: Paper under the Knife, Museum of Modern Art and Design, New York
Work in Public Collections:
National Art Gallery Cardiff
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:
19 Peckover House, Art Installation at the National Trust
18 Art Installation, Spinocchia Freund London
18 Art Installation, Hide Restaurant, Mayfair, London
17 Art Installation, Christmas at Chatsworth, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
16-18 Plumlines,Art Installation at the National Trust, Croome Court, Worcester
13 Curator, Beyond the Book Exhibition, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
13 Design for Liberty Art Fabrics, A/W14 Collection, Liberty London
12 Illustrations for The Fairy Tale Princesses for ‘Thames and Hudson’ (Thames and Hudson Books, 2012)
11 Set Design forThe Snow Queen, Rose Theatre, Kingston Upon Thames
Selected Commercial Projects:
15-17 Campaign for British Airways, Worldwide
11 Campaign for Fairmont Hotels, Worldwide
10 Window Display for Nicole Farhi, London Stores
10 Campaign for Crabtree and Evelyn, Worldwide
Awards:
12 The Fairy Tale Princesses ‘Thames and Hudson’, Crescer’s Best Children’s Book of 2012
10 Window Display for Nicole Farhi, London Stores,Winner of VM & Display Awards, Best Christmas Window 2011
08 Beringer “Vineyard” Commercial, Voted Best Ad on TV, 2007
Selected Teaching:
16 Putney School of Art and Design, London
12 Faculty of Fine Arts, Montenegro
11 University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury
10 Institute of the Arts, Sheffield Hallam University
Selected Residencies:
05-07 Creative Partnerships Cumbria
04 Craft Scotland
Selected Publications:
13 Victoriana ‘A Miscellany’ by Sonia Solicari
11 Anti-Tales ‘The Uses of Disenchantment’ by Catriona McAra
11 Book Art ‘Iconic Sculptures Made from Books’ by Paul Sloman
09 Slash ‘Paper Under the Knife’ by David Revere McFadden