Born:

Bolton, Lancashire, 1956

Studied:

1974 - 1976 Foundation studies, Bolton College of Art & Design

1976 - 1979 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Central Lancashire

1984 - 1986 MA Fine Art, Nottingham Trent University

1988 - present:

Lecturer in Art & Design, School of Creative Arts, West Nottinghamshire College, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2009          Across the Divide, Artroom, Parkgate,Wirral

2007          Thomas Henry Fine Art, Nantucket, USA

2006          Group show, Byard Art, Cambridge

2006          Art Now, Atticus Arts, Bath

2005          Thomas Henry Fine Art, Nantucket, USA

2005          Land, Byard Art, Cambridge

2005          Under construction, Gallerytop, Rowsley, Derbyshire

2004          Sea Spirit, Byard Art, Cambridge

2003          Location, Location !, Byard Art, Cambridge

2003          Affordable Art Fair West, Bristol

2003          Art London Art Fair

2002          Affordable Art Fair, London & New York

2002          Bishop Phillpotts Gallery, Truro, Cornwall

2000          Lennox Gallery, London

2001          Affordable Art Fair, London

2001          Summer Exhibition, Moreton Contemporary Art, London

2000          Art Ireland, Dublin

2000          Battersea Art Fair, London

2000          ‘Mai’, BBK Galleries, Karlsruhre, Germany

1999          Artzone Showrooms, St. James, London

1998          City of London Contemporary Art Fair

1997          ‘A Road Less Travelled’, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal

1996          Oriel Mostyn 7th Open Exhibition, Llandudno

1994          Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition

1994          ‘Three Views’, Byard Gallery, Nottingham

1994          ‘Colour and Place’, Oldknows Gallery, Nottingham

1993          ‘Art in Boxes’, Castle Museum, Nottingham

1992          Palace of Culture, Poznan, Poland

1989/90     ’A Dozen of Each’, East Midlands Arts Touring Exhibition

1988          ’Inside/Outside’, Castle Museum, Nottingham

1988          ’Living Spaces’, Kimberlin Gallery, Leicester Polytechnic

1987          Open Exhibition (prize winner), Castle Museum, Nottingham

1984          Peter Scott Gallery, University of Lancaster

1982          North-West, People and Places, Grundy Museum & Art Gallery, Blackpool

1981          Bolton Museum & Art Gallery

1977          Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

1998          Chalk Farm Gallery, London

1995          Le Chat Noir Gallery, London

1992          Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham

1990          Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield

1989          Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University

1984          Preston Polytechnic Arts Centre, Preston

1982          Rochdale Art Gallery

Public and Private Collections including:

C.C.N Group Plc, Nottingham

Nottingham Trent University

Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield

Dale Duesing, Wisconsin, USA

Critical Reviews:

Angela Summerfield, Exhibition review, Galleries Magazine, March 1995

Exhibition preview, Royal Academy Magazine, Spring 1995

Inside/Outside, Arts Review, November 1987

Represented by:

Artroom, Parkgate, Wirral, Cheshire, UK

Thomas Henry Fine Art, Nantucket, MA, USA