Professional Experience
2022 - Ongoing: 11-17 Youth Club Art Facilitator at Bracknell Library in collaboration with South Hill Park, Berkshire, UK
2022 - 2023: Key Stage 1&2 Art Facilitator at Nine Mile Ride School, Finchampstead, in collaboration with South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire, UK
2022: Printmaking workshop at New Directions College, Reading, Berkshire, UK
2022 - Ongoing: Art Tutor at Artspiration (Various Locations), UK
2021 - Present: Art Tutor at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire, UK
2020 - Present: Art Tutor at Activate Learning, Berkshire, UK
2019 - Present: Self Employed SEND Tutor for Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4
1998 - 2019: General Manager, Penta Foods Limited, Farnborough, UK
1996 -1998: Head of English, Hurst Lodge School, Ascot, UK
1994 -1996: Secondary English Teacher, Al Sadiq School, London, UK
Education
2017- 2019: Postgraduate Diploma in Management– Henley Business School, Henley, UK
1996 -1997: Open University, Postgraduate Certificate in Education in English and Art, UK
1988 -1991: University of Roehampton, BA (Hons) English & Art with History of Art London, UK
Personal Development
2023-2024: Advanced Printmaking: Experimentation and Development , City Lit, London, UK
2023-2024: EDAM - Extended Drawing for Artists and Makers, City Lit, London, UK
2022-2023: Advanced Printmaking: Practice and Discourse, City Lit, London, UK
2020: Present: New Skills Academy - The Complete SEND Diploma
2020: Certified Coach of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP)
2018 - 2019: Foundation in Printmaking, Red Hot Press, Southampton, UK
2009: Art intern in the Visual department for 8 months, South Hill Park Art Centre, Bracknell, UK
2008: Master Practitioner of NLP
Artist Residencies/Seminars/Projects
2023: Paper Folding with Richard Sweeney, Messums Studios, Wiltshire
2023: Introduction to Paper Folding with Kate Colin, West Dean College,West Dean, Chichester, UK
2023: Mixed Media, West Dean College,West Dean, Chichester, UK
2019 October: MI-LAB Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory artist-in -residence program, Fuji-Kawaguchiko, Japan
2019: Monoprinting with artist Tessa Pearson, Ochre Print Studio, Guildford, UK
2019: Photo Transfer workshop with Katherine Anteney, Red Hot Press, Southampton, UK
2018: Photopolymer workshop with Susie Turner, Red Hot Press, Southampton, UK
2018: 5 Day Mokulito/Budkalito with Ewe Budka at Art Print Residency, Barcelona, Spain
2018: Japanese woodcut with Laura Boswell, Ardington School of Crafts, Wantage, UK
2018: Collagraph Masterclass with Katherine Jones, The Art Academy, London, UK
2018: Japanese woodcut with Master printmaker Motoharu Asaka, Spike Print Studio, Bristol, UK
2017: Etching masterclass with Jason Hicklin, Red Hot Press, Southampton, UK
Memberships
2023: Ochre Studios, Guildford, UK
2022: Ochre Studios, Guildford, UK
2019: Ochre Studios, Guildford, UK
2018 - 2019: Red Hot Press, Southampton, UK
2017: South Hill Park Printmakers, Bracknell, UK
Group Exhibitions
2024: Citylit Group Exhibition,'Shuffle.Print.Wear'
2023: Citylit Group Exhibition, 'Told in Pieces'
2022: South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK
2021: Boudica Collective,The Packhouse, Farnham, UK
2020: Online Festive Emporium, The Landmark Art Centre, Teddington, UK
2019 - 2020: 4th Red Dot Art Mini Print Exhibition, Aldeburgh, UK
2019: South Hill Park Art Centre, Bracknell, UK
2019: Leith Hill, National Trust, Dorking, UK
2018: Red Hot Press, Southampton, UK
2017: South Hill Park Art Centre, Bracknell, UK
Catalogues
2021:'Circtangles, 2019', print published in MI-LAB, Mokuhanga Handbook for Contemporary Artist
2020: MI-LAB Report 2019 MI-LAB artist-in-residence Lake Kawaguchi Residence Studio
Art Fairs
2021: The Landmark Printmaking Festival, Teddington, UK
2020: Landmark Spring Fair, London, Teddington, UK
2019: Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, UK
Group Teaching Experience
Crawley'sCreative Playground
2024: WORDFEST, Crawley Library
2023: 3 x Free Friday Workshops
Activate Learning, Guildford College
2023: Easter Print, Collage and Paint with the Guildford Recovery Centre
2023: Summer Print, Collage and Paint with the Guildford Recovery Centre
South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK : 5 - 11 & 11-17 YRS Workshop
2024: Easter Lino Printing at St Margarets Clitherow, Bracknell, Berks
2023: Junk Modelling at Wilde Week for Schools
2023: Summer Lino Printing
2023: Summer Modroc Masks
2023: Easter Lino Printing
2022: Summer Monoprinting
2022: Easter Lino Printing
2022: Easter Cardmaking Monoprinting
South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK : Adult Workshops
2023: Beginners Adult's Mokulito Workshop
2022: Beginners Adult's Mokulito Workshop
2021: Beginners Adult's Mokulito Workshop
Artspiration Workshop
2022: 11-16 Summer Drypoint Workshop Art Tutor, Reading and Windsor, Artspiration, UK