Luna Beauty Work with a fashion team (photographer Laura Alice Hart) was exhibited at Trinity Buoy Wharf’s Summer Arts Festival, through ‘Luna Beauty: A Collaboration’, adjacent to the project site on the Thames beach. ‘the back room’ formed a documentary and graphic novel influenced work conveying Luna Beauty from behind the scenes. Tower Hamlets, London (May-July 2010).
Glitter Tunnel, A carpet of fresh pink flowers and gold glitter in Cold Blow Lane tunnel, New Cross Gate, London (December 2009).
The Wheelhouse, the collaborative restoration of the cabin for an old boat, and transformation into a usable, transportable creative space. Exhibitions include ‘Lives of Buildings’ and ‘Riverside Regatta and Arts Festival’ and various space around Container City, Trinity Buoy Wharf (September 2008 – September 2009).
The Colour Bridge, intervention Wheatley Park School, Oxford, England (Spring 2009).
Project #e90293, text, photography and installation in varied spaces form a trigger for discussion and a means of expression and documentation of activity started online and took place across Israel, Palestine and Jordan, exhibited at Goldsmiths University, London (December 2008 – December 2009).
The Impossible Collaboration, improvisational performance with dancers, a band and an architect. Sanford Cooperative Arts Day, London, England (November 2008).
Jess Black, 16mm, 19 D’Arblay Street, Soho, London, England. Installation and exhibition in process (June 2008).
“I” Piece, three social sculptures / happenings organised in partnership with Fabrica and BHASVIC in Brighton, Turner Contemporary and Thanet Coastal Project in Kent and Sanford Housing Cooperative in London, South England (Spring 2008).
Q:2 exhibition, gallery:space, Finsbury Park, London (June – July 2007) Solo show and event/installation.
Paint Bombing the Park
Pink Marble Arch Urban interchange / event, Marble Arch Tube Station, London (Dec 2006).
Quarry Project documentation Touring Exhibition, spaces included Betchworth Quarry, Lockwood Day Centre, South Hill Park Art Centre, Guildford Council Offices, Dorking Library, South East England (2006).
Q:2, event, An intervention and durational event was executed with the local community that discussed land reclamation. Partners and sponsors include ACE and Surrey County Council, Betchworth Quarry, Surrey (June 2006).
3 Days 2 nights, Reception Space, Cremer Street, Hoxten, London (Nov 2005) Solo show.
Oxted Quarry Project, Oxted Quarry, Surrey (June 2005) Event, book and exhibition.
Sound Booth, Stories from the site played in a photo booth Marble Arch, London (July 2004).
Time Spaces, Posters draw attention to hidden spaces. Oxford Street, London (Feb 2004).
Outdoor Habitats MoDA, Hertfordshire, (April – July 2004), group show.
Environmental Art, The Tap Gallery, Sydney, Australia, (June 2003) Group show.
3 Days 2 Nights of Idea, Design Festa Gallery, Harajuku, Japan (Nov 2002) Solo show (3 day and 2 night event/performance inside the gallery and writing intervention on the gallery exterior that remained).
International Artists No. 17, UNESCO, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ueno, Japan (Feb 2002) group show.
Freeing Rainbows, Immigrant CafÈ, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan (Jan – May 2002) solo show.
Sea Piece Plymouth Primary Care Trust and Bantham Beach, Devon. A self-initiated residency that evolved to a site-specific collaborative project painting the beach and using food dyes to colour the sea in. This involved lifeguards, music and movement therapists, mental health patients and consultation with an art therapist. Supported by the NHS, Carlton television and Food Finders (June 2001).
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PUBLICATIONS
Public Art Online (Collaboration and Sustainability) Winter 2009
Refutation (Project #e90294) Winter 2008
Sanford Magazine (Life’s a Comic) Spring 2008
a-n magazine / website (Peripatetic Practices) Summer 2007
Arts Council England South East Publication (Quarry Project) Spring 2007
Public Art Review (Q:2) Winter 2006
Green Places Journal (Viewfinder), September 2006
Landscape Review (Coloured lambs) August 2006
Surrey Wildlife Review (Q:2) July 2006
Nalgao Magazine (Quarry Project) June 2005
Surrey County Arts and Arts Council England South East, book commissions (Garden Journeys) for Surrey History Centre, Surrey County Arts and The Surrey Institute, 2007
Lockwood Service, book commissions June 2005, August 2005, February 2006
Tap Gallery, Environmental Arts Award for artists book, June 2003
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OTHER PROJECTS
ARC Artist Advisor, South East England, (2005– present) six art organisations in partnership provide a resource for artists and artist led initiatives across South East England. This has involved work with more than 400 artists over five years, contributing to seminars and development of the project. www.aspex.org.uk/arc.htm
Artist led initiatives/voluntary groups, Sanford Coop member, South East London (2007-present) and Trinity Buoy Wharf, East London (2008-present), Crate Space member, Margate, Kent (2008, 2009), member and co-festival organiser alt.SPACE, London and Sweden (2006, 2007), lead artist, IOTA, Kent (2005, 2006), founding member of RAT, Shoreditch, London and Lockwood Artists Group, Guildford, Surrey (2005, 2006).
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EDUCATION
Ma Art Psychotherapy, (2008-present PT), Goldsmiths University of the Arts, London
Ma Design for Environment, (2003-2004 FT), Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
Ba Fine Art, (1997-2000 FT) John Moores University, Liverpool