About
I am a British and Canadian multi disciplinary visual artist and educator, living and working with gratitude on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh nations. I hold a BFA from Oxford University, a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Goldsmiths College, and an MA in Museums and Galleries in Education from London University. I also recently participated in the post graduate painting correspondence course facilitated by Turps Art School in London. My work explores ideas situated in the intersection between environmental issues, consumerism, and psychology and often takes the form of a bricolage of found images, objects and materials in both two and three dimensions. Underlying the different manifestations is an enquiry into cycles of growth, collapse or decay and rebirth or reconstruction in both the natural and man-made worlds.
I worked for many years in art and gallery education, including at Tate Modern and the National Gallery in London before immigrating to Canada in 2008. I now teach at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Burnaby Art Gallery and the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
Photo Credit: Rennie Brown 2018
CURRICULUM VITAE
b. Leeds, UK
Lives and works in Vancouver, Canada
EDUCATION
2016-19 Post Graduate Painting Correspondence Course, Turps Art School, UK
2003 Master of Arts, Museums and Galleries in Education (Distinction), University of London
1996 Post Graduate Certificate of Education, Art and Design (Secondary) Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
1994 BFA Honours Painting, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University, UK
1991 Art Foundation Certificate, Mid-Cheshire College of Further Education, UK
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023. Doris Crowston Gallery, Sechelt, BC
2022 ‘Re-Wilding’, Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver BC
2018 Ranger Station Art Gallery, Harrison, BC
2017 Firehall Arts Centre, Vancouver BC
Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons BC
District Library Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2016 Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver Airport, Vancouver BC
2015 District Foyer Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2014 Art in the Garden, West Vancouver BC
2006 ‘A Walk in Time’, Sutton House Gallery, London UK
2006 ‘Husks of Summer’,E17 Art Trail, London UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023. ‘Garden of Delights’, Atelier 8.18, Vancouver, Canada
2022 ‘Collage’, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada
‘Revision, The Art of Recycling’, Main Alley Gallery, Vancouver, BC
‘From Trash to Treasure’, Touring exhibition to West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Whistler, Squamish, Lions Bay and Bowen Island
as part of the ‘Diving In: The Art of Cleaning Lakes and Oceans’ environmental art project
2020. ‘Changing Horizons: Art and our Ecological Footprint’, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby
2018 Harmony Arts Showcase Exhibition, Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver
2017 'Canada 150 Art Show', Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC
'Discovery: Balance', Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver BC
2016 'You are Here', District Foyer Gallery, North Vancouver BC
West Vancouver Art Instructors Exhibition, West Vancouver Library Gallery, West Vancouver BC
Harmony Arts Festival Group Exhibition, ‘Community: Metamorphosis’, Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver BC
2015 Harmony Arts Festival Group Exhibition, ‘Harmony and Discord’, West Vancouver B
2014 Harmony Arts Festival Group Exhibition, West Vancouver BC
2007 Café Gallery Open, Café Gallery Projects, London UK
Inspired by William Morris, Walthamstow Indoor Market, London UK
2006 Drawing from Turner, Tate Online
‘Twisted, Cognitive, Sublime’, Sun and Doves Gallery, London UK
Café Gallery Open, Café Gallery Projects, London UK
1997 Refrigerator Studios, Brixton, London UK
1993 Middle Common Room, Hertford College, Oxford UK
Dolphin Gallery, St Johns College, Oxford UK
LOANS AND DONATIONS
2017 Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, North Vancouver
2015 iHope Centre, Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, North Vancouver
2008 Art Projects Ltd, London
2007 Torture Care Art Auction, London
AWARDS
2017 Joseph Plaskett Memorial Scholarship, Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC
2017 Carole Badgely Emerging Artist Award, presented by Seymour Art Gallery
1992 Oxford University Scholarship for Distinction in Preliminary Examinations
RESIDENCIES
2022 ‘Creating Connections’, three month community residency, North Vancouver Recreation and Culture
2017, 2018 Toni Onley Artist Project, Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC
TEACHING AND PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
2022-present Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Art Instructor, adult programs
2019-present Emily Carr University, Art Instructor, Continuing Studies & Teen programs
2019-2020 Art Instructor, Place des Arts, Coquitlam
2018-present Burnaby Art Gallery, Art Instructor
2015-2020. West Vancouver Community Services, Art Instructor, Adult Drawing and Painting Classes
2014-2019 North Vancouver Community Arts Council, Art Instructor
2014 Burnaby Public Library, Teen Programme, Art Instructor
2012-13 Tutor Doctor North Vancouver, Grade 12 Art Tutor
2002-08 Tate Modern, London, UK. Artist Educator, Project Manager, Resources Manager
2006-07 Goldsmiths College, University of London. Visiting Tutor 'Contemporary Art in Schools' Research Project
2006-08 Creative Partnerships, London, UK. Artist in Schools and Case Study Researcher/Writer
2006-07 Café Gallery Projects, London UK. Artist in Schools
2001-07 National Gallery, London, UK. Freelance Lecturer
2004-05 National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. Family Programme Manager
1997- 2001 Camden School for Girls, London, UK. Art Teacher
1996-7 Darrick Wood School, Bromley, UK. Art Teacher