July 2011
'Route Histories' Commissioned by Leicester City Council
'Route Histories' is now in situe on Northgate and Soar Lane, and at 60 metres long is by far the largest piece I've ever made. Making the piece took me on a tour of Leicester seen from the canal between Bede Park and Abbey Park. The image celebrates Leicester's riverside, and architectural heritage. Route Histories was commissioned by Leicester City Council to mark the completion of the Waterside Sanvey Gate Junction Improvement Project, delivered in partnership with the Department for Local Communities and Government and the Homes and Communities Agency.
Coming Soon...
Exhibition at LCB Depot, August 2nd-18th
Private view August 5th 5.30 - 7.30
Plus latest commissioned work Route Histories (a slightly smaller version)
The 'Constructed Landscapes, Constructed Cities' exhibition shown at Phoenix Square earlier this year is now showing at the LCB Depot in Leicester. Also featured will be a newly created piece of work, commissioned by Leicester City Council.
March 2011
'COMBINE' Exhibition on Derby BBC Big Screen
During the winter months I've been working with Junction Arts to deliver an exciting project 'COMBINE : Rural Life from an Urban Perspective'.
February 2011
'Edgelands' is released
Featuring my work, 'Constructed Landscape 3' on the front cover! This book by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons, both well- known poets explores the environment of the hinterlands. They write about quarries, landfill sites and carparks, revealing the beauty in these forgotten landscapes.
January 2011
Cities A solo exhibition of my most recent work of re-configured cityscapes showing at South Bank Art Centre Gallery at Bedford College from 14th January - 18th February. This included giving an artist talk and a day of teaching some of the HND students there.
Carto- Graph, Brass Gallery, Leeds, 13th January- 7th March. I'm back at Brass again, this time showing a piece created specially for this group exhibition on all things map related.
The Wheel Turns, Embrace Arts at the RA centre, Leicester, 8 January- 25 February 2011. A group exhbition celebrating contemporary developments in collage and assemblage.
November 2010
Open 22, 13 November- 9 January. The annual open exhibition at The City Gallery in Leicester. Amongst the prizes on offer, I won the Phoenix Square prize, and the LCB Depot prize, both of which means the opportunity to exhibit my work at these venues in 2011!...more on this in the new year.
October 2010
UK Young Artists 01, 21-31 October. A national event which showcased the work of 48 artists of a variety of artistic backgrounds, and just happened to be held in my home town of Derby. Spent a brilliant 4 days meeting other artists from all over the country, and came away feeling inspired. Well done to the 13 artists who were chosen to represent the UK at the international Biennale in 2011. Click on the link below to see the other artists work.
Constructed Landscapes My first solo exhibition! Showing at Brass Gallery in Leeds from 6 October-7 December.
http://www.brassagency.com/about/brass-gallery
August 2010
Lines of Desire Oriel Davies Gallery, The Park, Newtown, Powys, 28 August- 03 November 'Lines of Desire' is part of the Young Curators programme at Oriel Davies Gallery. The show brings together 20 national and international artists and was selected and displayed by young people aged 16- 24. The exhibition explores ideas surrounding journeys, maps, routes, borders, storylines and was based on the term 'Line of desire', which describes the pathway worn away by humans or animals between two shortest points.
Exhibition catalogue
Myself and 9 other artists were commissioned to create works to form an art trail around Leicester city centre. The artworks were inspired by Leicester, from the architecture to the people. Mine is a collage of the area of Highfields, with a few additions. Click on the link below to see the other artworks and a map. There's even an i phone app!
'Highfields'
