BIOGRAPHY

Born 1958 Newcastle Upon Tyne

EDUCATION
1978-1981 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art Manchester Polytechnic
2018-2020 Studying Part time MA in Fine Art (Projects for Places) UCLan Preston

TEACHING
Lecturer in Fine Art 

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EXHIBITIONS:
1981       Stowells Trophy Royal Academy London.
1983      One Person Show, Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear.
1984      Two Person Show, with Tricia Gillman Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1985      One Person Show, Oldham Art Gallery, Lancashire.
1986      Castlefield Retrospective, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1989      Two Painters, One Sculptor, Holden Gallery, Manchester.
               North West Frontiers, Cornerhouse, Manchester.
1990      Art Connections Harrogate.
               Acorn Gallery Liverpool.
               Staff Exhibition, Humberside Polytechnic, Hull.
1991       Open House; One Person Show, Warrington, Cheshire.
               Three Painters, City Art Gallery Manchester.
               Creating an Image  through Art Salford Quays.
               A Friend in Need Auction, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1992       Shave Farm Artists, Chesil Gallery, Chesil Beach, Dorset.
1993       The Pike Gallery, London.
               The Dagmar Gallery, West Dulwich, London.
               The Canvas Gallery Tower Bridge, London.
1994       Art Link Feature Show, Stockport, Cheshire.   
1995        Women in Abstract, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Lancs.
1995-7    Open Studios, to celebrate establishing Rogue Workshops Ltd. M/cr.
1998       Two Person Show  with Elizabeth Stuart Smith, Dukes Oak Gallery, Sandbach, Cheshire
1999        Origins and Environment, Liverpool

2014      Open Studios. Rogue Studios

2015       Manifest (Manchester International Festival)
               A6 Dialogue, Bankley House, Manchester
               ShelfLife, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2015/16  Micro Commission Exhibition Waterside Art Centre, Sale, Manchester

2016      HB Collective Artists Book Fair, Central Library, Liverpool
               Rogue 21, Waterside Art Centre, Manchester.
               There and Then Manchester

2017      Mono PS Mirabel, Manchester
              Openhouse/gardens, Old Trafford, Manchester
              Stretford Arts Collective, Summer Exhibition, Manchester
              Liverpool Artists Book Fair HB Collective
              PS Mirabel Small World
              Lancashire Open Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
​              Land Marks Air Gallery, Altrincham Cheshire

2018     Waterside Open Waterside Art Centre, Manchester.
              SIZEmatters World of Glass St Helens
             The Art of Volunteering. The Whitworth Collection Centre, Manchester
             ECC Vinyl Collage Tent Gallery Edinburgh
             Land Marks   #artopenhouse Manchester
             Landmarks, The Gallery at St Georges House, Bolton

2019    Rogue Open Studios, Manchester
             Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire
             Watermarks, Ellesmere Port Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
            Overlooked , Solo Show, The Roper Gallery, Bath Artist Studios Bath
            Rogue Women, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester

2020   From the Heart, The Pilkington gallery,  The World of Glass, St Helens 
            MA Interim Show Harris Museum Preston
            @tenobstructions Instagram exhibition, by 10 bOlder artists
             MA In Fine Art Virtual Degree Show              https://virtualdegreeshow.uclan.ac.uk/course/ma-fine-art/
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​AWARDS
2015   CIT Micro Commission
2019   bOlder Artists Award
2020   GMCA Creative Commissions

FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES:
1992  Shave Farm International Artists Workshop. Somerset
1993  Triangle Artists Workshop, Pine Plains, New York, USA.

PUBLICATIONS:
1984  The Guardian. - William Varley.
1983  Arts Review. - Dave Lee.
1989  The Art Mob. Granada TV Film by Phil Griffin.

2020  Contributed to "Shuttered: Article about exhibitions that had been shut due to Lockdown

​COLLECTIONS:
The Rea, Arthur Andersen, Rutherstone and Private Collections.