CV

Born: Aberdeen


Education

2015 - 2016  UCL, Institute of Education, PGCE 

2004 – 2006  Royal College of Art, MA Painting

1999 – 2003  Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, BA (Hons) Fine Art

Solo Exhibitions

2019 The Wrong Idea Forever, Gray's School of Art,  Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

2016 All Sorts of  Trouble, Galleri Gro, Campus Allegro, Jakobstad, Finland

2014  ill - trickit. New Court gallery, Repton, Derbyshire

2011  Gulsh,  Limousine bull Project space, Aberdeen. (collaboration)

2004  Foyer gallery, Aberdeen


Group Exhibitions

2018 Submit, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen

2014  Arteles Project Review x2014, Arteles Creative Center, Hahmajärventie 26, 38490 Haukijärvi, Finland

2014 Beep Wales International Painting Prize 2014:  A Portrait of the Artist as....  Swansea

2014  Paint like you mean it, Interview Room 11, Edinburgh

2012  Throwing Perfume on Violets, Blyth gallery, London

2012  Mark Making,  Foyer gallery, Aberdeen

2011  Gilding the Lily, Transition gallery. London

2011  Landscape Past and Present (with Constable) Duff House, Banff, Aberdeenshire

2010  Cream, An exhibition of work from Scotland’s elite artists.  St James Place wealth management, Aberdeen

2010  Beyond Fontana, Studio 1.1, London

2009  Metro Land, (curated by Flora Fairbairn ) Merriscourt Farm, Oxfordshire

2008  Life is only have the story, Christ Church, Spitalfields, (contemporary art show and silent auction).

2008  Civilization – spurns – the Leopard! Blyth gallery, London

2008  The Marmite prize for Painting 2008,  Studio 1.1, London

2007  Anticipation,  One,One,One gallery, London

2007  My Penguin, 39 gallery, London

2006  Degree Show, RCA, London

2006  Zenith 06,  Nomoregrey gallery, London

2006  Arcade, 6 galleries in Marble Arch of Painting graduates from RCA

2005   Short and Sharp, Howie Street Show, RCA, London

2005  Interim Show, RCA, London

2004  Something is already Happening.  Rosie Wilde gallery, London

2003  Degree show, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen

2003  Aberdeen Artists Society, Aberdeen Art Gallery

2003  Withinity, Generator Projects, Dundee

2003  Ten of The Best BA Graduates chosen by Art Review, Lux gallery, London

Residencies

2017  Artist in Residence, Repton School, Derbyshire

2016 Ateljé Stundars,  AiR Artist-in-Residence in Korsholm, Finland

2014 Artist in Residency Programme, Arteles Creative Center, Hahmajärventie 26, 38490 Haukijärvi, Finland

Grants/Awards

2016 Creative Scotland, Open Project Funding Award

2014  Arts Trust of Scotland Award

2010  Aberdeenshire Council Visual Arts Award

2006  Aberdeenshire Council Visual Arts Award

Publications

May 2014  Paint Like You Mean It 2014 , 1R11 Painting Prize  (IR11 Publications)

March 2011  On the Cover feature a-n (artists newsletter) Magazine

2008  Times newspaper supplement - Raconteur Media- Investing in Art

2008 The Marmite Prize for Painting 2008  (Susak Press 2008)