Education
2004 - MA Degree Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2002 - 1st Class BA (Hons) Degree Fine Art, Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design, London
2001 - Universität der Künste Berlin (UDK) - Socrates/ Erasmus International Exchange, Berlin
Residencies/Exhibitions/Projects
2014
A-Z of the Bishopsgate Institute Archives - invited to curate an online project to coincide with the Explore your Archive Campaign 2014
Travelling Light - Greenbelt Festival, Boughton House, Kettering
Artist talk - panel discussion as part of Travelling Light, Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
Stick 'Em Up - open call exhibition, Husk Gallery & Project Space, London
Create Art Award 2014 - shortlisted for this annual prize of £40,000 sponsored by Bank of America awarded to support and develop a participatory art project working with an East London community group
Your Ad Here - commissioning East London artists to help promote local businesses with winning designs sited for up to five years in and around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford selected by Create and Monika Projects
Limited Edition - Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
2013
Young Roots - workshop with Michelle Johansen, Schools and Community Learning Officer, Bishopsgate Institute, London
The Matchgirls - Dumbwise in collaboration with Red Ladder Productions and UNITE the Union, Wilton's Music Hall, London
The Matchgirls - a 10-week community musical production based on the Bryant and May Factory Strike in 1888 which led to the founding of the first workers union - a series of painted trade union and protest banners (later taken to Durham Miners Gala event), Wilton's Music Hall, London
2012
Bureau de Change Sociale - publication launch, Whitstable Biennale, Kent
Lindome to Gothenburg Walk - in association with Molndal City Museum, Sweden
There is Thunder in Our Hearts - Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Workshops with Year 7 Classes in association with Whitstable Biennale - Whitstable Community College, Kent
2011
Charter 77 - screening at Whitstable Library, Kent
Bureau de Change Sociale - Research trip to Dainville, France
Bureau de Change Sociale - Research trip to Ricany, Czech Republic
Café Esperanto - Whitstable Museum & Education Space, Whitstable, Kent
ArtSmart - artist talk & panel discussion, Chelsea College of Art, London
STOP LOOK LISTEN - site specific work commissioned by Lincoln Arts Programme, The Trivia of Eccentric England, Lincoln
STOP LOOK LISTEN - live performance at the Usher Gallery, The Trivia of Eccentric England, Lincoln
Bureau de Change Sociale - Research trip to Borken, Germany
2010
Bureau de Change Sociale - Research trip to Molndal, Sweden
Bureau de Change Sociale - Research trip to Albertlund, Denmark
Bureau de Change Sociale - Whitstable Biennale : UK launch event for a two-year commissioned project
Roadworks - a series of interventions liberating parking bays in the city to support Birmingham's bid to be European City of Culture 2013
2009
Together, at the Junction - curated by Jotta Contemporary at The Elephant Rooms, London
I like to be in Australia - film screening at the launch of Runway Magazine Issue 15, Sydney, Australia
Welcome to Australia - a site-specific public art project commissioned by Parramatta Artist Studios (PAS), Sydney, Australia
Market Day Event: The Good The Bad The Muddy - Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia
OZ 09 - 3-month residency at Parramatta Artist Studios (PAS), Sydney, Australia, in association with Artquest
Art of Emergency - Artneuland Gallery, Berlin
Frans Masereel Centrum - artist in residence at the Flemish Centre for Graphic Arts, Kasterlee, Belgium
2008
Salon 08 - selected by Andrea Tarsia (Head of Exhibitions & Projects, Whitechapel Gallery), Cath Ferguson and Kate Jones, VINEspace, Vyner Street, London
Tate Modern Bookshop - second artist product for sale in the Tate Modern Bookshop. A silk-screen printed slogan on a tea towel.
Achkiy Project, Peru - commissioned to provide training and run art workshops in Lima
V&A Museum of Childhood - video editing workshop for Year 9 students from Raines Foundation School, Tower Hamlets in association with Toynbee Hall
2007
Meriton School, Bristol - assisted Artsadmin artist/mentor David Blandy in a music video workshop as part of his Spike Island off-site residency at the school for local teenage mothers
Artsadmin/Toynbee Hall Internship – a 6-month placement providing training through introduction to local community projects, including working towards greater social inclusion
Tate Modern Bookshop - produced a limited edition artist‘s product for sale in the Tate Modern Bookshop. A hand-made, signed edition of 200 ‘Revolution Banners‘
2006
Peace Camp - curated by Bob & Roberta Smith at The Brick Lane Gallery, London
Art U Need - Commissions East : short-listed for the Southend-on-Sea commission for neglected open spaces in Thames Gateway and led by artist Bob & Roberta Smith
From My Mind To Your Mind - Stephen Willats - a two-year collaborative group project. Documentary techniques employed to record movements and observations at the Barbican Centre, London, shown at Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Milton Keynes Gallery
2005
NEW ART Birmingham - The Artist with Two Brains – a commission curated by Chris Hammond (MOT Gallery), St Paul’s Church, Birmingham
Flea Market II - Temporary Contemporary, London
La Fabrik - one-month residency at Frankfurter Allee 53, Berlin
2004
Arrivals - selected by Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, Emma Dexter and TomCat - (Tom Morton and Catharine Patha), Pump House Gallery, London
Edible School Yard - 8-month project at Bagley’s Lane, Chelsea College of Art , London
Unfolding Cul-De-Sac : Klaus Weber - curated by Emily Pethick – artist assistants at Cubitt Gallery, London
Urban Marmitta : 3rd Berlin Biennial - participated in the mobile kitchen event in collaboration with Atelier d’Architecture Autogeree (AAA), Berlin
Freedom Fries - one-day event organised by Nick Symes, London
The Temple of Multi-Faith : ACAVA - selected by artist Bob and Roberta Smith - Cremer Street, London
Now is Good (ne travaillez jamais) - Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA), Sunderland
2003
Group shows are a waste of time - curated by Colin Lowe - Hoxton Distillery, London
Independence Day - one-day event organised by Nick Symes, London
NO PASSARAN!! - curated by Y-Productions at Galeria T4, Barcelona
2002
Future Maps 02 - The London Institute Gallery, Davies Street, London
Awards
2005 - Awarded Arts Council funding for the commission of new work for NEW ART Birmingham
2003 - Awarded two AHRB (Arts and Humanities Research Board) bursaries (£16,000) to undertake and complete the MA Fine Art course at Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
2002 - Awarded a First Base free studio for one year by ACAVA - (Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art) - selected by artist Bob and Roberta Smith
Publications
Bureau de Change Sociale, September 2012
The Trivia of Eccentric England, Lincoln Arts Programme, 2012
Runway Issue 15 Lies - published by The Invisible Inc. Sydney, Australia, November 2009
Locksmith Project Issue 2 - published by Locksmith Project Space Inc. Sydney, Australia, September 2009
Growing Stuff: an alternative guide to gardening - Black Dog Publishing 2009, edited by Duncan McCorquodale - a publication featuring our Edible School Yard Project in Wandsworth
Almanac of Political Art - a B+B Reunion Project 2007 edited by Sophie Hope - Reunion Project’s 2nd Anniversary
Articles
Observer Magazine, 6th April 2014, Your Ad Here, Life & Style, Vannessa Thorpe
Molndal Posten, Sweden 23 May 2012, Kenny Schonberg
Norra Halland, Sweden 22 May 2012, 'Vandring Langs Stolarnas Vag'
Lincolnshire Echo - May 2011
ArtForum International, January 2005, ‘All Together Now - Crowd Scenes In Contemporary Art’ - Katy Siegel
Wandsworth Borough News, September 29, 2004, ‘Art in the marketplace’ - Craig Nelson
The Guardian, September 21, 2004, Comment & Analysis - Diary: Marina Hyde
Wandsworth Guardian, September 30, 2004, ‘Palatable Art’ - Craig Nelson
Art Monthly, March 2004, No. 274 – ‘Now is Good (ne travaillez jamais)’ - Exhibition review - Martin Herbert
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