Profile
Commissions
- 2023
- 'The Snods', Snodland Library window vinyl installation.
- 2021
- 'These 4 Walls'. ACE
- 2021
- 'Healing Flowers for Milton Chantry'. Bloomin' Lovely, Make It GBC.
- 2021
- 'Shrimpers and Mudlarks'. LV21, Estuary 2021.
- 2021
- 'Zee zine'. Ebb & Flow Festival, Estuary 2021.
- 2021 to date
- 'Squirrels Shopping Safely'. Medway Council.
- 2020
- 'Shrimpers and Mudlarks research'. Make It GBC.
- 2019
- 'Summer Island'. Splat! bOing! festivals. Medway Council, Kent Uni.
- 2018
- 'The Great Thames Disaster'. tour North Kent. ACE, GBC, KCC.
- 2017
- 'Princess Alice'. ACE, Nat. Maritime Mus. Royal Boro Greenwich.
- 2014 - 2016
- IN-SITE. Rochester riverside, Cutty Sark. Winner of Medway's Culture, Design and Tourism Awards 2015.
Exhibitions
- 2022/23
- 'Babies in Lockdown', Blake Gallery, Gravesend & SVAF, Sevenoaks.
- 2016
- 'West End Studios', Creek Creative, Faversham.
- 2016
- 'The Cache Dressmaker', Stairwell Gallery, IDEAS TEST.
- 2015
- 'IN-SITE', Rochester Art Gallery.
- 2014
- ‘Digital Encounters’, The Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury.
- 2014
- 'White Dress', Textiles Open Innovation Centre, Ronse.
- 2014
- 'Lace Effects 1', International centre for Lace and Fashion, Calais.
- 2013
- 'Gifts from the Forest', Stour Valley Arts.
- 2013
- ‘Purses’ & ‘Ceramics’, MADE, Hastings.
- 2013
- 'Never have in your boat', Making Art, Maidstone.
- 2012
- ‘Making It Project.’ The Discovery Centre, Winchester.
- 2012
- ‘The Folding Room’, Room, Faversham.
- 2012
- 'Save Our Woodland', Stour Valley Arts, Ashford.
- 2012
- 'Handkerchiefs', The Pie Factory, Margate.
- 2012
- 'Deaths & Entrances', St Mary of Charity Church, Faversham.
- 2012
- 'Fludde', The Assembly Rooms, Faversham.
Artist in Residence
- 2018
- 'Belongings', Aspirations/Porchlight, Involve, Maidstone.
- 2016
- 'The Cache Dressmaker', at No. 34, IDEAS TEST.
- 2014
- 'Blankets', The Sittingbourne Blind Fellowship, an IDEAS TEST.
- 2013
- 'The Lost Room', The Beaney & Porchlight, Canterbury.
- 2007
- 'The Canteen', Tunstall School, Sittingbourne.
- 1994
- Warsaw Academy of Fine Art, Poland - Frontiers Exchange.
- 1993
- 'The Bacchae', Opera Factory, South Bank, London.
- 1989
- School residencies: Hoo St Werburgh, Dartford West, Thamesview.
- 1988
- Linton Geriatric Hospital, Maidstone.
- 1988
- Arts in Medway, Gillingham.
- 1985
- School residencies: The Herbert Read Gallery, Hereward FE College & Coventry Hearing Impaired Unit.
Employment
- 2021 to date
- PLAYGROUND LEAD ARTIST, Kent Libraries.
- 2018 to 2021
- Associate Lecturer, BA Graphics and Illustration, UCA Canterbury.
- 1992 to 2021
- Associate Lecturer, Foundation Diploma, UCA Canterbury.
- 2019
- PLAYGROUND artist, Kent University, Kent Libraries.
- 2007-2009
- Lecturer, MA Communication/Design, Central St Martins.
- 2002-2010
- Lecturer, Foundation Degree, Graphic Media, UCA Maidstone.
- 1996-2001
- Arts Officer/Curator, KCC. Maidstone, Ashford Library Galleries.
- 1997
- Interpreter “Blue Skies”, Tim Head, Chatham Dockyard.
- 1991-1993
- “ARTSWORK’, Kent Co-ordinator, KCC/TVS.
- 1990-1992
- Youth Arts Development Officer, West Kent, KCC Youth Service.
- 1988-1989
- Tutor, HM Prison, Maidstone.
- 1988-1992
- Tutor, Gillingham Adult Education Centre.
Education & Qualifications
- 2017
- Cert. Counselling Skills for Children using Arts, IATE.
- 2016
- The Art of Puppetry in Education & Therapy, LSP.
- 2016
- Mental Health First Aid Youth lite.
- 19993-1994
- MA Communication/Design, Central St Martins.
- 1991-1993
- Post Graduate Diploma Illustration, Central St Martins.
- 1981-1984
- BA (Hons) Embroidery, Manchester Polytechnic.
- 1980-1981
- Foundation Diploma, York Art College.
- 1981
- 2 'A' levels, Richmond Comprehensive, N. Yorkshire.
- 1979
- 9 'O' Levels, Polam Hall, Co. Durham.
Publications
- 2023
- 'Out of the Box', sensory box, Kent Libraries.
- 2022
- 'Baby Playground', baby book, Kent Libraries.
- 2015
- 'Stitch Diaries', by Cas Holmes.
- 2014
- 'Digital Encounters', The Herbert Read Gallery.
- 2013
- 'The Lost Room', The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge.
References
- 2022
- Please contact Artist.