Scottish in upbringing I have gravitated back to art as it allows me to express and explore myself and others in a way that cannot be explained in a purely intellectual way.
Studying design at Edinburgh College of At 2003- 2006 then Masters in Fine Art 2014-2016, I originally went back to art when studying Art therapy in 2000. I am interested in the use of art in understanding human behaviour, history, nature and at times politics.
Art Education
2014-2016 :-Studied Masters in Fine Art gaining MFA -Arts and Humanities with Merit – Duncan Jordanstone School of Art, Dundee
2003-2006 :- BA. (Design and Applied Arts) Edinburgh College of Art
1999 – Foundation in Art Therapy – (Queen Margaret University)
1982-1984 – Diploma in Illustration (Telford College, Edinburgh)
Memberships
Ordinary member of Visual Arts Scotland
Professional member of Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Selected Exhibitions
October 20th – November3rd 2019- Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Hawthornvale Space, The Rat Park and the Smaller Glass (solo show)
– Cupola Gallery, Sheffield Human
September 7th – 12th 2017 – Takeover at Generators Project, Mid Wynd, Dundee
September 2016 – Oscillations, Aegina, Greece
August 2016 – Masters show DJCAD, Dundee
September – October 2015 – Hannah McLure Gallery, Abertay University – Hearts and Minds
May 2015 – Master Interim show group show
April 2014 – Train Hypnotics longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize and exhibited at shown in St Marys, York
December 2013 – Film Train Hypnotics selected for open exhibition RSA, December 2013
March 2012- Exile also shown at Stanza Poetry festival, St Andrews in March 2012
2011 – Participation in Cupar Arts festival 2011 – Collaborative work with poet Maureen Sangster, Film poem entitled Exile: Imperfect trees showing in the bandstand and the Silo.
2009 – Selected for SSA and VAS 2009 exhibitions.
Mixed exhibitions in Linlithgow Line Gallery and Aberdour No. 8 Gallery, Shoreline Gallery, Aberdour and Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh, Quay Gallery, Aberdour.
1999-2003 – Selected for Open exhibitions (Scottish Society of Artists and Visual Arts Scotland in the RSA, Mound, Edinburgh) 1999 and 2000 and 2003. Winner of Sally Schofield Prize for printmaking 2003,
Awards
2003 – Won Sally Schofield prize for printmaking for Visual Arts Scotland.
2011 – Awarded a grant for development of work from Fife Cultural grant resulting in solo exhibition in Merchants House, Kirkcaldy, September 2010 and film Exile shown at Cupar Arts Festival.
2014 – Longlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize with Group show in York.
2017 – Awarded Project Grant from Fife Contemporary Art and Craft