Further Education/ Artist Training
Gallery North Internship for One Year, Northumbria University
BA Hons Fine Art. Northumbria University
Foundation Degree with Commendation in Fine Art
BTEC Foundation Diploma In Art and Design – (Distinction)
For the last three years and to the present day I have curated the Art Gallery that is in my shop Buy the Kilo.
Creating community Art projects which we then exhibit in our gallery.
Exhibitions
January 2022
Linskill Centre
North Shields
Buy the Kilo Community Banner.
December 2021
North Shields Library
Buy the Kilo Community Banner
October/November 2021
Buy the Kilo Gallery
As we put a call out to our community for our shop Gallery, we ask if people could embellish a 6 inch circle of fabric with their
thoughts and feelings about climate change. With these circles, I created a Buy the Kilo Community Banner which we took to
COP26 and marched with 100,000+ people.
June 2021
Pink Collar Gallery (online)and @lasilumistas Mexico
Re-imagine Exhibition
also shortlisted to five for the commission.
February 2019- the present day
Curating a continuous artist programme of work at Buy the Kilo Gallery, changing exhibitions on a monthly basis. Choosing artists that highlight environmental issues within their work.
February 2019. Solo Exhibition.
Buy the Kilo Gallery
Tynemouth Metro Station
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE302TF
June 2018
Short listed and received a Highly commended award, awarded 4th Prize Nasty Women International Art Prize
Praxis Gallery, Ampersands Inventions 4th Floor
Commercial Union House
Clayton Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
May 2018 - June 2018
North Shields Library, Northumberland Square, North Shields Tyne and Wear NE301QU. Solo Exhibition
April 2018
Adult Art workshops with a group called Kinship Carers.
Providing Painting workshops for relaxation.
November 2017
I am not Plastic
Nasty Women Exhibition and International Conference, Thought Foundation, Clarity House, Durham Road, Birtley,
DH3 2TB. Group Exhibition
October 2017
Pre-selected for the Columbia Threadneedle Prize.
Mall Galleries, 17 Charlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD
5th August 2017 - September 2017
'Summer Exhibition' Thought Foundation, Clarity House, Durham Road, Birtley, DH3 2TB. Group Exhibition
27th July 2017 - 10th September 2017
'Thread Bare', B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
May 2017 - July 2017
Transition 7
Customs House, South Shields. Newcastle Upon Tyne. Solo Exhibition
April 2017
UnLTD. Nasty Women Exhibition, Byker Community Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
February 2017
'Connections' B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
January 2017 - March 2017
5, Dance City, St James Boulevard, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Group Exhibition Five Artists
October 2016
The Block Party B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
May 2016
The Late Shows, B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
November 2015
5, The Holy Biscuit, 1 Clarence Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition Five Artists
May 2015
The Late Shows, B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
February 2015
Anti-Ante, B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Group Exhibition
September 2014
Inspired Support Art and Music Fundraiser. B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
May 2014
The Late Shows, B&D Studios, Commercial Union House, 3rd Floor, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
May 2014
Eulogy. Vane Gallery. Newcastle Upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
March 2014
Internship Exhibition, Gallery North, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
December 2013
Interns exhibition Gallery North, Northumbria University. Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Group Exhibition
September 2013
Curated ‘Cellular’ Solo exhibition by Anne Dodds, Park View Shopping Centre, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
July 2013
‘Free Range @ The Old Truman Brewery’ Brick Lane, London. Group Exhibition
July 2013
Degree Show, Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne Group Exhibition
June 2013 – August 2013
‘Progression’ Tynemouth Metro Station Bridge Gallery, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear. Solo Exhibition
June 2013
‘Northumbria University Degree Show’ Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
April 2013
‘In the Maze – Phase 2’ Off Quay Gallery, Ouseburn, Newcastle-Upon Tyne. Group Exhibition
April 2013
‘Self’ Whitley Bay Shopping Centre, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Exhibition organised independently from proposals.
March 2013
‘Eve’s Curse’ The Art of Mitochondrial Research. The Hancock Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne – Proposal accepted for Group Exhibition
November 2012
‘One thing after another’ Northumbria University Interns Group Exhibition, Unit 42, Hoults Yard, Walker, Newcastle Upon Tyne. – Proposal accepted for Group Exhibition
June 2012
End of Year Exhibition, Tyne-Metropolitan College, North Shields – Group Exhibition
March 2012
Group Exhibition at Whitley Bay Shopping Centre – Group Exhibition from Tyne-Metropolitan College
June 2011- December 2011
A Thousand Threads Installation at North Tyneside Council offices. The Cobalt Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Solo Exhibition by proposal for my Sight Specific Module
June 2011
Short listed to the last four for Greggs the Bakers £10,000 Commission Sculpture Competition – Solo Entry
May 2011
Short Listed for a Painting Competition at Newcastle Building Society – Solo Entry
January 2011
An Abstract Painting of Tynemouth Beach. North Tyneside Council Offices. The Cobalt Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. Group Exhibition from Tyne-Metropolitan College
December 2010
Creative Studio Open Evening Exhibition, Tyne-Metropolitan College, North Shields – Group Exhibition
June 2010
End of year Exhibition, Tyne- metropolitan College, Wallsend – Group Exhibition
April 2010
Photographs at The Trent House Public house, Newcastle upon Tyne – Group Exhibition from Tyne-Metropolitan College
June 2010
End of year Exhibition, Tyne-metropolitan College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition
April 2010
Textile Art at North Tyneside Council Offices, the Cobalt Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition from Tyne-Metropolitan College
April 2010
Digital Art at North Tyneside Council Offices, The Cobalt Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition from Tyne-Metropolitan College
March 2009
Textile Art, Gallery Based, Tyne-metropolitan College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition
June 2008
'Unity and Diversity' End of year Exhibition Tyne-Metropolitan College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition
January 2008
Painting at North Tyneside council offices, The Cobalt Business Park, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition from Tyne-Metropolitan College
June 2007
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Final major Project Exhibition, Tyne Metropolitan College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear – Group Exhibition
Employment
Feb 2019- the present day
Opened a Zero Waste, plastic free shop with my oldest daughter Rachael called Buy the Kilo.
2017
Gave up my Interior Design business in 2017
Oct 2013 – Aug 2014
Gallery North Internship
Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2013 - the present day
Full time practicing artist having gave up my business in 2017.
1987 – 2017.
I have been self-employed, running my own soft furnishings and interior design business. Providing a full interior design service and bespoke individual home furnishings.