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An active practitioner since graduating, drawing has provided continuity in a practice that has spanned installation, small-scale multiples, film, set design and photography. I have exhibited in a range of contexts from film screenings in major London galleries, to museums, and regional galleries. Recent work has been in the form of large-scale installation and written research.

Education:

  • 2003 - 2008 MPhil, Swansea Metropolitan University

  • 1987 - 1989 PGDip Communications, specialising in film,Goldsmiths College

  • 1982 - 1985 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art, Middlesex Polytechnic

  • 1981 - 1982 Diploma, Foundation Art and Design Central School of Art and Design

Employment:

  • Current: Programme Director, Foundation Art and Design, Swansea Metropolitan University (appointed 2004).

  • 1991 - 2004 P/t, visiting and fractional post lecturer at various universities: Foundation Art and Design, Swansea Metropolitan University; BA Fine Art, UWIC, Cardiff; BA Fine Art, UWE, Bristol; Foundation Art and Design, Kent Institute of Art and Design.

  • 1985 - 1991 Artist filmmaker, see list below.

    Freelance set designer, films include: ‘Alex', dir. Beeban Kidron; ‘The State of the Union', dir. Nigel Bristow; ‘Blood Sister', dir. Juliet McKoen, Arts Council commission.

Exhibitions/Publications 1998 - present:

  • ‘Coffee', site-specific installation shown:‘In a Meeting', 1998, Grayson House, Clerkenwell, London with Jonathan Parsons, Roy Voss and Stewart Wilson UWIC staff show, 2002, BayArt, Cardiff.

  • ‘Day Dolls', diary project shown:‘Evidence', 1998, exhibition and intervention, Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery ‘Art of Recycling',1998, Courtyard Gallery, Hertford.

  • ‘Book Dolls', paper pulp,‘Recycling the Century', 1999, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen.

  • ‘Untitled', wood and paint‘ReForm', 1999, publication by Moving Houses artists group, collaborations between 16 contemporary artists.

  • Mphil work in progress and sketchbooks ‘Nascent Opus', 2007 Exhibition of work in progress by Foundation Art and Design staff.

  • Drawings ‘A Collection of Drawings', 2008, Mission Gallery, Swansea ‘Mission Open', 2008, Mission Gallery, Swansea.

  • "Reading Rooms' site-specific installation Practice-based based element of MPhil,2008, Y Lle Gallery, Swansea.

  • ‘Other Rooms' spatial drawing ‘On Drawing', 2008, Elysium ArtSpace, Swansea.

Films 1985 - 1991:

  • ‘Annunciation', S8 film, 8 min, b/w1985 (collab. Carole Bellon) shown: Arts Council New Film and Video Artists' Prize tour,venues include: ICA, London; Filmhouse, Edinburgh; Tate Gallery, London ‘A Camera of One's Own' Film and Video Umbrella tour venues include: Watershed, Bristol and Whitechapel Gallery.

  • ‘Clytaemnestra', 16mm fim, 25min, col 1986 (collab. Carole Bellon)funded by Greater London Arts, Haringey Council and Princes Trust.

  • ‘The Latch', 16mm film, 16 min, b/w 1989 shown: BP Expo ‘90, Riverside Studios Edinburgh Film Festival, 1990 London Film Festival, 1990 International Festival of Women's Film, Madrid, 1991.

  • ‘City', 16mm film, 1 min, col 1991 commissioned BBC2/Arts Council shown ‘The Late Show' BBC2, 1991 Clapham-Battersea Film Workshop ‘16mm Film Festival', 1991 ‘One Minute World Festival', Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1993.