Through appropriation and interruption I look to challenge expectations and raise questions about and essentially subvert, respectable social norms and assumptions. I offer up propositions; alternatives to the banal and the sensible.
Through appropriation and interruption I look to challenge expectations and raise questions about and essentially subvert, respectable social norms and assumptions. I offer up propositions; alternatives to the banal and the sensible.
Exhibitions
Forthcoming:
Blueprint for Happiness Residency, Banff Arts Center
2015:
For Posterity, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2014:
From Chaos to Comprehension, Atta Gallery, Bangkok
Unofficial Georgetown Arts Fest Opening Ceremony, Lebuh Armenian, Georgetown, Malaysia
Collaborate-Makers Dozen, Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Random String Symposium, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
2013:
MAGIC CITY, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
From Chaos to Comprehension, Danske Kunsthåndværkere, Copenhagen
More than Gold, Studio Huddle, Toronto
MADE TO MAKE, Bilston Craft Gallery
Matching Items Available, Online Exhibition
2012:
60/40 Starting Point Series, Siobhan Davies Studio, London (July- Sept 2012)
WOOD, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
Donning Oxford, O3 Gallery, Oxford
Meddle, Guest artist with ‘Life’s a Bench’ jewellery group, Munich
2011:
Made U Look, Contemporary Jewellery exhibition, Birmingham
MAdness in the Method, MA Show, School of Jewellery, Birmingham
Open for Business, Inhabit, Pavilions, Birmingham
2010:
Back in Five Minutes, Soho Road, Birmingham
The Moment of Privacy has Passed, The Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Table Manners, School of Jewellery, Birmingham
2009:
Suspend Your Disbelief, Oxford
Residencies
2014: WAA, Penang, Malaysia
2013: Random String, Ludic Rooms, Coventry
2010-2011: Open for Business, Strange Ways Collective, Birmingham
Curation
2013: MAGIC CITY, Co-curation with Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
2012: Donning Oxford, Co-curation of Site Specific Jewellery, O3 Gallery, Oxford
2011: MAdness in the Method, Co-ordinator, MA Show, School of Jewellery, Birmingham
2010: Table Manners, Co-Curator, Birmingham School of Jewellery
2008: Winding Thoughts Museum, Collaborator and Co-Curator, Papatowai, New Zealand
Articles and Publications
2014: Art Jewelry Today: Europe, Catherine Mallette, Sciffer Publishing
2012: Specimens from the Dance Laboratory, Marilyn Zapf, Crafts Magazine (Sept/Oct)
2011: MAdness in the Method, Exhibition Catalogue, BIAD
Awards
2015: Mary. E. Hofstetter Legacy Award for Visual Arts.
