
Welcome
I am an interdisciplinary artist and project manager, based in Shrewsbury, working solo and in collaboration with other practitioners and community groups.
I use walking and mapping to explore how people interact with places, informed by experience of over 30 years in engineering and environmental consulting.
My practice includes painting, collage, photography, printmaking, books, and digital media. My work has been shown in both solo and group exhibitions, and I have created commissioned work and curated exhibitions. I am a member of Meadow Arts’ network of creative practitioners, experienced in delivering arts engagement projects with schools, community groups and in public workshops.
See my projects page and community and learning page for further details.
Some of the organisations I have worked with:
Age UK Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin | Arts Territory Exchange | DASH | Historic England | Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust | Mary Webb School and Science College | Meadow Arts | Natural England | Participate Contemporary Artspace | Shropshire Council | Shropshire Wildlife Trust | Telford and Wrekin Council | Telford Primary Schools | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum | Wrekin Housing Trust

Solo Exhibitions:
June 2017 Shrewsbury Open Studios
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2017 In Parallel and Entwined, The Hive, Shrewsbury, including Space Explorers! walking event
Jan 2017 In Good Hands Café, Shrewsbury
Mar 2016 In Parallel, Participate Contemporary Artspace, Shrewsbury
Feb 2014 Land in Hand, joint commission with Mairi Turner to document the development of Coton Hill allotments, published book and exhibition at Visual Art Network Market Hall Gallery, Shrewsbury
July 2011 Shrewsbury Open Studios
July 2010 Shrewsbury Open Studios
Jan 2010 Imperfectly Natural, Gallery3, Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury
Feb 2007 C45P3R.com, No.35 Penson Chambers, Oswestry
Nov 2006 Phantom Cities, Bear Steps Gallery, Shrewsbury; joint exhibition with Colin Blundell
July 2006 This is Art Festival, Shrewsbury
Nov 2005 C45P3R.com, Frank café bar, Shrewsbury
July 2005 This is Art Festival, Shrewsbury
June 2005 Stone Works, Shrewsbury Music Hall Photographic Gallery
Group Exhibitions:
Aug 20 Light! online exhibition hosted by Participate Contemporary Artspace CIC
May-Jun 20 F50 online arts festival
Dec 19-Mar 20 A Stitch in Time, Fourth Today’s Documents (my collaborative work with artist Gareth Jones featured with other Arts Territory Exchange artists), Today Art Museum, Beijing
Oct-Nov 19 Scaffolds of Nature, Participate Contemporary Artspace, Shrewsbury
Oct-Nov 19 VAN at 20, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Oct 2019 Encounters, VAN Gallery, Shrewsbury
Sept 2019 Put this in your window and think of me (my collaborative work with artist Kim Goldsmith featured with other Arts Territory Exchange artists, curated by Art Language Location), Cambridge Artworks Artspace
Oct 18-Feb 20 Selected VAN members exhibitions, University Centre Shrewsbury
Aug 2018 Lawn and Meadow, Participate Contemporary Artspace, Shrewsbury
June 2018 Brownfield Research Centre, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Mar 2018 Encounters, VAN Street Gallery, Shrewsbury
Nov 2017 Shropshire Open 2017, Gateway Gallery3, Shrewsbury
Aug 2017 Eden, Participate Contemporary Artspace, Shrewsbury
June 2017 Collage Now, VAN Street Gallery, Shrewsbury (co-curated with Peter Williams)
Oct 2016 Qube Open, Oswestry
Sep 2016 Loitering with Intent, People’s History Museum, Manchester, featured a special edition of Stepz magazine “Between the Rollerama and the Junk Yard” including my article “A View on the Street”.
Sep 2015 Voyage of Enterprise, curator, Market Hall, Shrewsbury
Sep 2015 “Quotidian” part of A Voyage of Enterprise exhibition celebrating 50 years of the Market Hall, Shrewsbury
Sep 2012 Much Wenlock Open, The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock
Jun 2011 Visual Art Network Market Hall Gallery, Shrewsbury
Nov 2010 Much Wenlock Open, The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock
Apr 2010 Worcester Open, Pitt Gallery
Dec 2008 Postcards – an exhibition of affordable art, Gallery 3, Gateway Arts Centre, Shrewsbury
Aug 2008 The Shropshire Open Exhibition, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
May 2008 The Telford & Wrekin Open, Oakengates Theatre
Feb 2008 Cloud Space and Art Walk, with Cloud Gallery Artists Collective, Shrewsbury Music Hall, part of Greenhouse Shropshire exhibition
Jan 2007 Abandoned Chairs, Group Exhibition, Norwich Arts Centre
Aug 2004 Dedicated to Art, Eighth Art Exhibition, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire
Public Events
I am experienced in leading public workshops and events, often using walking and collage as inspiration for creating art works. I have also delivered artist talks and organised public events alongside curated exhibitions. A selection of events:
- walking event “Act of Resistance” at the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography (4WCOP) in Dewsbury, staged in association with Creative Scene (2019),
- participated remotely in a festival at Skeidarahlaup in Iceland, co-ordinated with Arts Territory Exchange, by livestreaming a walk from Charles Darwin’s birthplace to his childhood garden next to the River Severn in Shrewsbury (2019),
- co-curated an exhibition “Collage Now“, featuring 11 contemporary collagists at the VAN Street Gallery in Shrewsbury (2017),
- curated the “A Voyage of Enterprise” exhibition to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Market Hall, Shrewsbury on behalf of Shropshire Council. The exhibition featured art (including commissioned work), architecture, history and narratives of people associated with the market past and present (2015),
- worked with a group of five other artists on environmental art projects for around three years promoting the development of a visual art gallery (The Cloud Gallery) using eco-design and sustainable construction. The Cloud Gallery artist collective led a number of local authority supported events and activities, including an eco-architecture weekend event (2007) and Cloud Space featured in the Greenhouse Shropshire exhibition (2008).
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Creative Art, Open College of Art accredited by University for the Creative Arts
MA Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Diploma in Water & Environmental Management, De Montfort University
Chartered Engineer
Member, Institution of Civil Engineers
Member, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management