Cv 2011
Education
- Edinburgh College of Art 2003 – 2005 : Master in Fine Art ( Sculptural Ceramics )
- Edinburgh College of Art 2000-2003 : B.A.(hons) in Design and Applied Art ( Ceramics ) First Class
- Cardonald College, Glasgow ; HNC in Pottery and Ceramics
- Stirling University ; Post graduate Diploma in Social Work
- York University : B.Sc ( hons) Physics
Awards
2011- Edinburgh Craft Makers Award
2006 – Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Artists Award Scheme
2004 – Travel Sponsorship to Athens, Greece, Edinburgh International Conference Centre
2004- Career Development Award, the Craft Pottery Charitable Trust
2003- Helen A. Rose Bequest, Edinburgh College of Art
2002- Andrew Grant Travel Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art
2001 – Andrew Grant Award, Edinburgh College of Art
Exhibitions – Sculpture
2012
Forthcoming – Threave Gardens Sculpture Garden, Dumfries; Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2011
3 Harbours Festival ,East Lothian
Leith Festival, Edinburgh
Paper at Craft House Concept, Edinburgh
‘flashcraft’ at Pittenweem Festival, Fife
‘In Safe Keeping’ at New School House ,York
‘Reflection’; Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft In Edinburgh, at City Art Centre, Edinburgh
2010
‘Conserving Ecologies’; Craft and Biodiversity’ at the Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
Strathearn Gallery, Creiff
Coburg House Art Studio, Edinburgh, Open Studios
Showcase at Timespan, Sutherland.
Coast Festival, Banff and McDuff, Scotland,
‘Craft at Coburg’, Coburg House Art Studio Edinburgh,
Group showcase at Innovative Craft, Edinburgh,
VAS Annual Exhibition, at RSA Edinburgh
Maker of the Month at Concrete Wardrobe, Edinburgh
2009
Coach House Gallery, Pittenweem Art Festival, Fife,
Coburg House Art Studio, Edinburgh, Open Studios;
Maker of Month, Concrete Wardrobe, Edinburgh,
VAS exhibitions, City Art Centre Edinburgh and Gracefield , Dumfries,
Kirkcaldy Museum, Fife., FCAC showcase.
2007
Pelican Gallery, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, solo show
2006
The Gallery at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, solo show,
New Members Exhibition at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Kirkgate Shopping Centre,
‘Beneath the Surface’, Group show, Beverly Museum Art Gallery, Yorkshire
2005
Masters Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art
2004
RSA Student Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy,
Edinburgh, First European Ceramics Competition, Athens, Greece,
Post Graduate Show, Edinburgh International Conference Centre,
Setting Out, Contemporary Ceramics, London
2003
Degree Show, ECA ,
New Designers, Design and Business Centre, Islington London,
Jewellery
Currently new work at City Art centre, Edinburgh and Concrete wardrobe, Edinburgh
Stockists have included 2009 to 2011- ‘Life’s a Beach’ exhibition at Craft Centre and Design Gallery; Leeds Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington,East Lothian; Aosdana, Iona; AnLanntair, Stornoway; Morven Gallery, Lewis; Pyramid Gallery, York; Smith Art Gallery, Stirling, Christmas Exhibition: Lund Gallery, Yorks; Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds; Coach House Gallery, Pittenweem, Fife; DCA, Dundee; Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool.
Residencies
Jan to June 2011 – AA2A ( Artist’s Access to Art Colleges) University of Sunderland
2008 – Royal College of Surgeons Museum, Edinburgh
Membership
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (professional member),
Visual Art Scotland ( Professional member),
Teaching
I run ceramics evening classes (Organic Ceramics) and specialist courses on Egyptian paste, and Printing on Clay, and ‘Worlds in a Box’ assemblage weekend workshops from my studio. I am also a tutor at Artlink Central, where I deliver short projects to community groups and to hospital patients.