CV
EDUCATION
2019 Turps Banana Correspondance Course
2007 MA Children’s Book Illustration, APU Cambridge, Final Project 91%
1996 Post Grad Certificate in Arts Practice. University of Derby
1995 Fine Art BA (Hons). First Class, Nottingham Trent University
FORTHCOMING
2024 - Silent Disco, Invitation by Graham Crowley (winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2023)
2024 - Solo Exhibition, Flights of Fancy, Enia Gallery, Athens (October 2024 - March 2025)
2024 - TLC Auction
2024 - Doves of Peace Auction for War Child
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Invitation by Kate Geneva to exhibit, The Noticeboard, Uffington
2019 - Living Rooms, The Angelus Gallery Winchester College
2017 - Fantastical Landscapes, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
2016 - Lost, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, Wilts
2014 - Perfume and Savages, Angears Centre, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
2012 - Short, Sharp, Blow to the Head, Solo Show, Trade Gallery, Nottingham
2009 - Play or Not to Play, DEDA, Derby
2007 - Play, Harrington Mill Studios Exhibition Space, Long Eaton, Nottingham
2007 - Grace:Sequential Drawings, Frances Bardsley Visual Arts Centre, Romford
2002 - Unnatural Selection' Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
2002 - Selected paintings - Royal College of Pathologists, London
2002 - 'Extracting Anatomy' The Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
1995 - Graduate solo exhibition, Habitat, Nottingham
AWARDS & OPEN EXHIBITIONS
2024 - W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award , RSA
2023- Shortlisted Discerning Eye.
2022 - RSA Maude Gemmell Huchinson Prize, Invitation by Robbie Bushe to exhibit at the Scottish Royal Academy 2022
2021 - Shortlisted Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2021 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2020 - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke, Mall Galleries, London
2019 - Shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2019 - Awarded the Kaipo Che Residency, Baroda, India by Artcore, Derby
2019 - Exceptional - graduate award, Collyer Bristow Gallery
2017 - Royal Academy Summer Show
2017- The Cello Factory,The London Group Open 2017 - Part 2
2016 - Nottingham Castle Open - awarded the John E Wright Prize
2016 - Royal Academy Summer Show
2016 - Columbia Threadneedle Prize
2014 - Nottingham Castle Museum & art Gallery, Nottingham Castle Open Tarpey Prize winner
2013 - SKETCH2013, Exhibition Prize, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough
2012 - Nottingham Castle Open Prize Winner
2012 - Derby Museum Open, Highly Commended
2011 - Nottingham Castle Open Prize Winner
2011 - SKETCH Drawing Prize 2011, Rabley Drawing Centre,, Marlborough, Shortlisted
2010 - Royal Academy Summer Show
2010 - AN Publications Seasonal Greetings Prize
2007 - MA Dragon Prize, Anglian Ruskin University
1995 - Leicester Open prize winner
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - No Place Like Home, invitation to exhibit at Arthouse Jersey in a group show by Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson
2023 - Curated and exhibited - PLOT at Platforms Project 2023, Athens
2023 - 'Contrafibularities', Invited by Sean Williams to show at the Frontier Gallery, Sheffield
2022 - Transplant Community Links, exhibition and auction to raise funds for overseas kidney transplants. Ewebanks Auctioneers
2022 - Art-Athina, Art Fair, Athens. Represented by Enia Gallery
2022 - Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Touring Show, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, Salisbury Museum, Wilstshire, Jersey
2022 - Telling Tales, Platforms Projects, Athens. An exhibition of 17 artists curated by Jackie Berridge
2021 - RSA AnnualOpen Exhibition, invited artist
2021 - Platforms Project, Athens, Greece
2021 - Light and Dark, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
2021 - Normal Service Will Be Resumed, group exhibition by Hatchery
2021 - Platforms Projects, Athe2020 - Hatchery, Self directed residency and exhibition set up by Chris A Wright2020 - Sunday Times Watercolour Willis 2020 - The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2020 - Art-Athena Art Fair, Athens, Represented by Enia Gallery
2019 - Exceptional 2019, recent graduates selected by Jordan Kaplan, Kristian Day and Rosalind Davis
2019 - Group Show by 8 Indian artists and 3 UK artists, Reliance Arts Centre, Baroda, India
2018 - TLC Auction Designing Jack of Hearts playing card. Artists include Quentin Blake, Grayson Perry, Jake and Dinos Chapman
2018 - Back to basics: Painting, ENIA GALLERY, Athens www.eniagallery.com
2018 - They Sail Across the Mirrored Sea. Group show, SCI Artists, Liverpool
2018 - Honfleur, UK/French Exchange at Harrington Mill Studios
2018 - 'When All is Said... and Done', Curated by Artemis Potamianou, Angus-Hughes, London,
2018 - Two-person show with Sam Francis Read curated by David Scarborough for Modern Painters, New Decorators, Loughborough
2017 - DEDA, Derby People; What are they like? And how do we see them? Group Show curated by David Manley
2017 - London Group Open Part 2, Cello Factory, London www.thelondongroup.com
2017 - Art on a Postcard Secret Auction, London. By invitation
2017 - Royal Academy Summer show
2017 - 'Untold, PLATFORMS 2017, Athens, CATALOGUE...
2016 - LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
2016 -Landmarks Arts Centre Teddington, TLC Auction -Quentin Blake, Yinka Shonibare, Sir Peter Blake, Anthony Frost
2016 - Precious Little, Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece. Produced Catalogue
2015 - LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
2015 - INBOX curated by Jackie Berridge Platforms@art-athina, ATHENS, Greece &HMS Exhibition Space
2014 - Salon 7, curated by Rachael Pinks, The Old Lock Up, Cromford Derbyshire
2014 - Lawrance Alkin Gallery, Mix : Winter Group Show with Banksy, Peter Blake and Chapman Brothers
2014 - Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece
2014 - Carnival of Monsters, Chilwell, Nottingham
2014 - Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm. Invited by Mary Ellen, Art on Armitage, Chicago
2013 - SKETCH 2013, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough. Touring Plymouth College of Art
2013 - The Mark, Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4QE
2013 – Contemporary Art Auction, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012 - Derby City Open 2012, highly commended, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
2012 - Games People Play, Quad, Derby, Derby DE1 3AS
2012 - Nottingham Painting Now, Nottingham Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012 - Recollections, Embrace Arts, Leicester LE1 7HA
2012 - The Darkness Of Light, Heyri KeumSan Gallery , Heyri, Seoul
2011 - HMS @ Art On Armitage, Art On Armitage, Chicago, USA
2011 - OPEM Open Exhibition, selected by Richard Wilson, Deanna Petherbridge, Alan Parker, The Collection, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1LP
2011 - 'Through A Glass Lightly' , GoCArtGallery, Visby, Sweden
2010 - Louisa Harrison, Jackie Berridge, Penny Withers, Thoresby Gallery, Thorseby
2010 - Royal Academy Summer Show 2010, Royal Academy, London
2010 - SUPERMARKET Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 - Unique Perspectives, Cambridge School of Art Children's Book Illustrators, Exhibition Hall, Paju Book, Seoul, Korea
2007 - MA Children's Book Illustration, Coningsby Gallery, Tottenham St, London
2002 - Linking Rhythms, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
RESIDENCIES
2020 - Hatchery Self directed residency with ACE bursary of £500
2019 - Artist in Residence Winchester College
2019 - Kaipo Che Residency, Baroda, India
2014 - Research Residency - Summer Lodge, Nottingham Trent University
2014 - Lakeside Arts resiedency to coincide with Perfume & Savages exhibition
2011 - Art on Armitage, Chicago, USA – collaborative drawing with Alison Whitmore
2005-6 Artist in Residence, Frances Bardsley School, Romford
WORKSHOPS & WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-18 Established and managed Harrington Mill Studios 18 workspaces and gallery.
2019 Winchester College, Winchester - working with YR 10 and Yr 12 pupils
2005 - 06 Artist in Residence, Frances Bardsley School, Romford
2003 -04 Set up and hosted ‘French Painting Holidays’ in the Dordogne, France
2002-03 P/T Tutor University of Nottingham, School of Continuing Education
2002-03 Set up Craft session for homeless clients - Frameworks Housing Association, Nottingham.
2002-03 Part-time lecturer at West Notts College teaching Introduction To Multimedia
2002-03 Mentor to students on Certificate in Arts Practice, Derby University.
EDUCATION
2019 Turps Banana Correspondance Course
2007 MA Children’s Book Illustration, APU Cambridge, Final Project 91%
1996 Post Grad Certificate in Arts Practice. University of Derby
1995 Fine Art BA (Hons). First Class, Nottingham Trent University
FORTHCOMING
2024 - Silent Disco, Invitation by Graham Crowley (winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2023)
2024 - Solo Exhibition, Flights of Fancy, Enia Gallery, Athens (October 2024 - March 2025)
2024 - TLC Auction
2024 - Doves of Peace Auction for War Child
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Invitation by Kate Geneva to exhibit, The Noticeboard, Uffington
2019 - Living Rooms, The Angelus Gallery Winchester College
2017 - Fantastical Landscapes, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
2016 - Lost, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, Wilts
2014 - Perfume and Savages, Angears Centre, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
2012 - Short, Sharp, Blow to the Head, Solo Show, Trade Gallery, Nottingham
2009 - Play or Not to Play, DEDA, Derby
2007 - Play, Harrington Mill Studios Exhibition Space, Long Eaton, Nottingham
2007 - Grace:Sequential Drawings, Frances Bardsley Visual Arts Centre, Romford
2002 - Unnatural Selection' Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
2002 - Selected paintings - Royal College of Pathologists, London
2002 - 'Extracting Anatomy' The Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham
1995 - Graduate solo exhibition, Habitat, Nottingham
AWARDS & OPEN EXHIBITIONS
2024 - W Gordon Smith & Jay Gordonsmith Award , RSA
2023- Shortlisted Discerning Eye.
2022 - RSA Maude Gemmell Huchinson Prize, Invitation by Robbie Bushe to exhibit at the Scottish Royal Academy 2022
2021 - Shortlisted Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2021 - Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2020 - Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke, Mall Galleries, London
2019 - Shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
2019 - Awarded the Kaipo Che Residency, Baroda, India by Artcore, Derby
2019 - Exceptional - graduate award, Collyer Bristow Gallery
2017 - Royal Academy Summer Show
2017- The Cello Factory,The London Group Open 2017 - Part 2
2016 - Nottingham Castle Open - awarded the John E Wright Prize
2016 - Royal Academy Summer Show
2016 - Columbia Threadneedle Prize
2014 - Nottingham Castle Museum & art Gallery, Nottingham Castle Open Tarpey Prize winner
2013 - SKETCH2013, Exhibition Prize, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough
2012 - Nottingham Castle Open Prize Winner
2012 - Derby Museum Open, Highly Commended
2011 - Nottingham Castle Open Prize Winner
2011 - SKETCH Drawing Prize 2011, Rabley Drawing Centre,, Marlborough, Shortlisted
2010 - Royal Academy Summer Show
2010 - AN Publications Seasonal Greetings Prize
2007 - MA Dragon Prize, Anglian Ruskin University
1995 - Leicester Open prize winner
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - No Place Like Home, invitation to exhibit at Arthouse Jersey in a group show by Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson
2023 - Curated and exhibited - PLOT at Platforms Project 2023, Athens
2023 - 'Contrafibularities', Invited by Sean Williams to show at the Frontier Gallery, Sheffield
2022 - Transplant Community Links, exhibition and auction to raise funds for overseas kidney transplants. Ewebanks Auctioneers
2022 - Art-Athina, Art Fair, Athens. Represented by Enia Gallery
2022 - Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Touring Show, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, Salisbury Museum, Wilstshire, Jersey
2022 - Telling Tales, Platforms Projects, Athens. An exhibition of 17 artists curated by Jackie Berridge
2021 - RSA AnnualOpen Exhibition, invited artist
2021 - Platforms Project, Athens, Greece
2021 - Light and Dark, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
2021 - Normal Service Will Be Resumed, group exhibition by Hatchery
2021 - Platforms Projects, Athe2020 - Hatchery, Self directed residency and exhibition set up by Chris A Wright2020 - Sunday Times Watercolour Willis 2020 - The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2020 - Art-Athena Art Fair, Athens, Represented by Enia Gallery
2019 - Exceptional 2019, recent graduates selected by Jordan Kaplan, Kristian Day and Rosalind Davis
2019 - Group Show by 8 Indian artists and 3 UK artists, Reliance Arts Centre, Baroda, India
2018 - TLC Auction Designing Jack of Hearts playing card. Artists include Quentin Blake, Grayson Perry, Jake and Dinos Chapman
2018 - Back to basics: Painting, ENIA GALLERY, Athens www.eniagallery.com
2018 - They Sail Across the Mirrored Sea. Group show, SCI Artists, Liverpool
2018 - Honfleur, UK/French Exchange at Harrington Mill Studios
2018 - 'When All is Said... and Done', Curated by Artemis Potamianou, Angus-Hughes, London,
2018 - Two-person show with Sam Francis Read curated by David Scarborough for Modern Painters, New Decorators, Loughborough
2017 - DEDA, Derby People; What are they like? And how do we see them? Group Show curated by David Manley
2017 - London Group Open Part 2, Cello Factory, London www.thelondongroup.com
2017 - Art on a Postcard Secret Auction, London. By invitation
2017 - Royal Academy Summer show
2017 - 'Untold, PLATFORMS 2017, Athens, CATALOGUE...
2016 - LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
2016 -Landmarks Arts Centre Teddington, TLC Auction -Quentin Blake, Yinka Shonibare, Sir Peter Blake, Anthony Frost
2016 - Precious Little, Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece. Produced Catalogue
2015 - LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
2015 - INBOX curated by Jackie Berridge Platforms@art-athina, ATHENS, Greece &HMS Exhibition Space
2014 - Salon 7, curated by Rachael Pinks, The Old Lock Up, Cromford Derbyshire
2014 - Lawrance Alkin Gallery, Mix : Winter Group Show with Banksy, Peter Blake and Chapman Brothers
2014 - Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece
2014 - Carnival of Monsters, Chilwell, Nottingham
2014 - Supermarket Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm. Invited by Mary Ellen, Art on Armitage, Chicago
2013 - SKETCH 2013, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough. Touring Plymouth College of Art
2013 - The Mark, Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4QE
2013 – Contemporary Art Auction, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012 - Derby City Open 2012, highly commended, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
2012 - Games People Play, Quad, Derby, Derby DE1 3AS
2012 - Nottingham Painting Now, Nottingham Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012 - Recollections, Embrace Arts, Leicester LE1 7HA
2012 - The Darkness Of Light, Heyri KeumSan Gallery , Heyri, Seoul
2011 - HMS @ Art On Armitage, Art On Armitage, Chicago, USA
2011 - OPEM Open Exhibition, selected by Richard Wilson, Deanna Petherbridge, Alan Parker, The Collection, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1LP
2011 - 'Through A Glass Lightly' , GoCArtGallery, Visby, Sweden
2010 - Louisa Harrison, Jackie Berridge, Penny Withers, Thoresby Gallery, Thorseby
2010 - Royal Academy Summer Show 2010, Royal Academy, London
2010 - SUPERMARKET Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 - Unique Perspectives, Cambridge School of Art Children's Book Illustrators, Exhibition Hall, Paju Book, Seoul, Korea
2007 - MA Children's Book Illustration, Coningsby Gallery, Tottenham St, London
2002 - Linking Rhythms, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
RESIDENCIES
2020 - Hatchery Self directed residency with ACE bursary of £500
2019 - Artist in Residence Winchester College
2019 - Kaipo Che Residency, Baroda, India
2014 - Research Residency - Summer Lodge, Nottingham Trent University
2014 - Lakeside Arts resiedency to coincide with Perfume & Savages exhibition
2011 - Art on Armitage, Chicago, USA – collaborative drawing with Alison Whitmore
2005-6 Artist in Residence, Frances Bardsley School, Romford
WORKSHOPS & WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-18 Established and managed Harrington Mill Studios 18 workspaces and gallery.
2019 Winchester College, Winchester - working with YR 10 and Yr 12 pupils
2005 - 06 Artist in Residence, Frances Bardsley School, Romford
2003 -04 Set up and hosted ‘French Painting Holidays’ in the Dordogne, France
2002-03 P/T Tutor University of Nottingham, School of Continuing Education
2002-03 Set up Craft session for homeless clients - Frameworks Housing Association, Nottingham.
2002-03 Part-time lecturer at West Notts College teaching Introduction To Multimedia
2002-03 Mentor to students on Certificate in Arts Practice, Derby University.