EDUCATION
2003 - 04 GTP Teaching course QTS - Key stage 1&2
1992 - 94 Royal College of Art MA Printmaking
1986 - 90 Bradford College BA Art & Design Distinction in Printmaking
1985 - 86 Cambridge College of Art Foundation course
EXHIBITIONS
Group Shows
2015 At No 39 Walthamstow
2015 Whose Story Is it Anyway? Walthamstow Art Trail
2014 There Ain’t No Waitress On St Kilda St Barnabus Church Walthamstow
2013 Local Produce Walthamstow Art Trail
2012 Corner Shop Walthamstow Art Trail
2012 Dazed and Refused Arch Gallery Hackney
2009 Launch Hurwendeki Hackney
2008 Flock Wood St Market Walthamstow
2005 Will We Still Have A Dog Track ? Walthamstow Art Trail
2004 Happy Accident Pheonix Brighton
1998 Print Biennale Cartwright Hall Bradford
1998 The Left Bank Whitechapel Open
1995 Alternative Arts Ex Supermarket Marylebone High St
1994 Degree Show Royal College of Art
Solo Shows
2017 Toast on the Road Winns Gallery Walthamstow
2016 The Gasoline Rooms Hackney
1993 The Hockney Gallery Royal College of Art
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2016 Workshop leader Vulgar Fashion Exhibition Barbican
2016 Workshop leader Sew Your Own Walthamstow Garden Party coordinated by Create & the Barbican
2016 Giant Book Characters - Rosary School, Camden
Worked with whole school to create 10 large scale paper mache book characters to go in the library, alongside r related artworks such as book cover illustrations, small puppets and collaged characters.
2015 Workshop leader Words of Walthamstow Walthamstow Garden Party coordinated by Create & the Barbican
2015 Bird felting project - Rosary School, Camden
Worked with whole school, initially to raise basic drawing standards,then images generated were used to create large felts to illustrate renaming of each class with a bird name. Permanently displayed in schools reception area.
2015 History Time Line - Eleanor Palmer School, Camden
After working with each child in the school to create imagery and designs for a given era in history, I created a large scale metal timeline depicting the children’s images from stone age times through to present day along an exterior fence in the school’s playground. The timeline also features some made objects encased in resin that are reminiscent of having been dug up on an archaeological site. There are 14 panels depicting 14 different eras in history in all.
2014 Year 6 leavers legacy artwork - Coppermill School, Walthamstow
Worked with Yr 6 pupils to paint real life scale silhouettes of themselves encompassing stenciled representations of their personalities.
2011 Bridge-tastic, Westfield Community Festival, Stratford City
Prior to the event worked with 4 dads group to design and plan a fabric based bridge. On the day worked with festival goers to create a giant pompom bridge.
2009 Chinese Story Project Discover Children’s Story Centre, Stratford
Worked alongside a story builder in 3 primary schools in Newham to create felted art works based on 3 traditional Chinese stories. Artworks were for permanent display in each school.
2008 Fairy Tale Tower - Osmani Primary School, Tower Hamlets
Worked with Year 2 students to create drawings to be transferred onto metal and small collages that were set in resin. Both were incorporated onto a play tower in their school playground.
2008 Resin Tiles - Island House Community Centre, Isle of Dogs!
Worked with Community Centre users to create clay relief tiles that were cast in resin and inset into an external metal staircase.
2007 Centenary Tower - Southfields Primary School, Ealing
Worked with selected children to create artwork relating to the history of their school to be transferred to metal and added onto a Centenary Play Tower in the playground.
2006 Climbing Tower - Eleanor Palmer Primary School, Camden
Worked with Year 4 children to create imagery and clay relief tiles around the topic of flora & fawner. The art work was transferred onto steel panels using gloss paint and the tiles were reproduced in resin. Both were integrated into a playground climbing tower.
2005 Bird Fence - Eleanor Palmer Primary School, Camden
I worked with a year 2 class to create artwork on the theme of birds that was
then transferred into metal and perspex and attached to the schools exterior
fence.
2005 Calico Springs - Springfield Park, Hackney
As part of Springfield park’s centenary celebrations I worked with members of the local community to create create printed fabric maps depicting the park during 3 eras in the past 100 years. The final art works were turned into deck chairs to be used in the park.
2003 Exterior Design - Lloyd Park Children’s Centre
Worked with nursery children to produce imagery on the theme of William Morris. Then collaborated with the architects who were designing the new children’s centre building to choose an image to be printed wall paper style
all over the exterior walls.
EMPLOYMENT
2006 - present Artist in Residence Eleanor Palmer Primary School, Camden
Planning & delivering topic based art projects across the school.
2010 - 15 Joint owner of independent ethical fashion business Queenie and Ted
Ran a shop/workshop where we designed, made & sold up cycled women’s clothing, held sewing classes & ran our business. We were taken to Japan with our collection twice.
2010 - 12 Mighty Mega Plot Session leader Discover Children’s Story Centre, Stratford
Led a series of workshops over a 2 year period for children with special needs and their siblings that led to the creation of a story telling yurt, this involved screen printing the exterior walls & roof and making felts for the interior.
2006 - 09 Listen to Learn Project - Visual Arts session leader Discover Children’s Story Centre, Stratford
Planned & delivered consultation workshops, predominantly in Carpenters School Stratford which used visual arts as a means to gather information & young peoples views & ideas for the Stratford City Development. This included open day art sessions for parents and members of the local community to
input their views through various art activities.
2005 - 11 Artist in Residence Roger Ascham Primary School, Walthamstow
Planning & delivering topic based art projects across the school.
2004 - 05 Year 2 class teacher Roger Ascham Primary School, Walthamstow
1996 - 02 Printmaking Tutor Community Care Bromley By Bow Centre
Planned, budgeted and delivered screen and block printing sessions to community care clients and members of the local community.