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
2025 - Art on a Postcard, International Womens' DAY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Flights of Fancy, Enia Gallery, Athens, Greece
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
2024
Platforms Project, 2-person show with Alison Whitmore
Miniatures, Canal Boat Contemporary, London
Silent Disco, Invitation by Graham Crowley (winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2023)
2023
No Place Like Home, invitation to exhibit at Arthouse Jersey in a group show by Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson
Curated and exhibited - PLOT at Platforms Project 2023, Athens
'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
Art-Athina, Art Fair, Athens. Represented by Enia Gallery
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
Platforms Project, Athens, Greece
Light and Dark, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
Normal Service Will Be Resumed, group exhibition by Hatchery
Platforms Projects, Athe2020 - Hatchery, Self directed residency and exhibition set up by Chris A Wright
2020
Sunday Times Watercolour Willis 2020 - The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Art-Athena Art Fair, Athens, Represented by Enia Gallery
2019
Exceptional 2019, recent graduates selected by Jordan Kaplan, Kristian Day and Rosalind Davis
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
Back to basics: Painting, ENIA GALLERY, Athens www.eniagallery.com
They Sail Across the Mirrored Sea. Group show, SCI Artists, Liverpool
Honfleur, UK/French Exchange at Harrington Mill Studios
'When All is Said... and Done', Curated by Artemis Potamianou, Angus-Hughes, London,
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
London Group Open Part 2, Cello Factory, London www.thelondongroup.com
Art on a Postcard Secret Auction, London. By invitation
Royal Academy Summer show
'Untold, PLATFORMS 2017, Athens, CATALOGUE...
2016
LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
Landmarks Arts Centre Teddington, TLC Auction -Quentin Blake, Yinka Shonibare, Sir Peter Blake, Anthony Frost
Precious Little, Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece. Produced Catalogue
2015
LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
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
Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece
Carnival of Monsters, Chilwell, Nottingham
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
The Mark, Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4QE
Contemporary Art Auction, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012
Derby City Open 2012, highly commended, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
Games People Play, Quad, Derby, Derby DE1 3AS
Nottingham Painting Now, Nottingham Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
Recollections, Embrace Arts, Leicester LE1 7HA
The Darkness Of Light, Heyri KeumSan Gallery , Heyri, Seoul
2011
HMS @ Art On Armitage, Art On Armitage, Chicago, USA
OPEM Open Exhibition, selected by Richard Wilson, Deanna Petherbridge, Alan Parker, The Collection, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1LP
'Through A Glass Lightly' , GoCArtGallery, Visby, Sweden
2010
Louisa Harrison, Jackie Berridge, Penny Withers, Thoresby Gallery, Thorseby
Royal Academy Summer Show 2010, Royal Academy, London
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
2024 Invitation to Maderno, Lake Garda, Italy
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
2025 - Art on a Postcard, International Womens' DAY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Flights of Fancy, Enia Gallery, Athens, Greece
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
2024
Platforms Project, 2-person show with Alison Whitmore
Miniatures, Canal Boat Contemporary, London
Silent Disco, Invitation by Graham Crowley (winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2023)
2023
No Place Like Home, invitation to exhibit at Arthouse Jersey in a group show by Rosalind Davis and Laura Hudson
Curated and exhibited - PLOT at Platforms Project 2023, Athens
'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
Art-Athina, Art Fair, Athens. Represented by Enia Gallery
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
Platforms Project, Athens, Greece
Light and Dark, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
Normal Service Will Be Resumed, group exhibition by Hatchery
Platforms Projects, Athe2020 - Hatchery, Self directed residency and exhibition set up by Chris A Wright
2020
Sunday Times Watercolour Willis 2020 - The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Art-Athena Art Fair, Athens, Represented by Enia Gallery
2019
Exceptional 2019, recent graduates selected by Jordan Kaplan, Kristian Day and Rosalind Davis
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
Back to basics: Painting, ENIA GALLERY, Athens www.eniagallery.com
They Sail Across the Mirrored Sea. Group show, SCI Artists, Liverpool
Honfleur, UK/French Exchange at Harrington Mill Studios
'When All is Said... and Done', Curated by Artemis Potamianou, Angus-Hughes, London,
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
London Group Open Part 2, Cello Factory, London www.thelondongroup.com
Art on a Postcard Secret Auction, London. By invitation
Royal Academy Summer show
'Untold, PLATFORMS 2017, Athens, CATALOGUE...
2016
LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
Landmarks Arts Centre Teddington, TLC Auction -Quentin Blake, Yinka Shonibare, Sir Peter Blake, Anthony Frost
Precious Little, Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece. Produced Catalogue
2015
LAWRENCE ALKIN GALLERY LONDON MIX: WINTER GROUP SHOW
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
Platforms@Art-Athina, Athens, Greece
Carnival of Monsters, Chilwell, Nottingham
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
The Mark, Harrington Mill Studios, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4QE
Contemporary Art Auction, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012
Derby City Open 2012, highly commended, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Derby
Games People Play, Quad, Derby, Derby DE1 3AS
Nottingham Painting Now, Nottingham Museum & Art Gallery, Nottingham
Recollections, Embrace Arts, Leicester LE1 7HA
The Darkness Of Light, Heyri KeumSan Gallery , Heyri, Seoul
2011
HMS @ Art On Armitage, Art On Armitage, Chicago, USA
OPEM Open Exhibition, selected by Richard Wilson, Deanna Petherbridge, Alan Parker, The Collection, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 1LP
'Through A Glass Lightly' , GoCArtGallery, Visby, Sweden
2010
Louisa Harrison, Jackie Berridge, Penny Withers, Thoresby Gallery, Thorseby
Royal Academy Summer Show 2010, Royal Academy, London
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
2024 Invitation to Maderno, Lake Garda, Italy
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.