BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION:
2018-2020 MA in Fine Art (Projects for Places) UCLan Preston
1978-1981 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art Manchester Polytechnic
MAIN EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Overlooked The Roper Gallery, Bath Artist Studios, Bath
2015/16 Micro Commission Solo Exhibition Waterside Art Centre, Sale, Manchester
1998 Two Person Show with Elizabeth Stuart Smith, Dukes Oak Gallery, Sandbach.
1991 Open House Warrington, Cheshire.
1989 Two Painters, One Sculptor, Holden Gallery, Manchester.
North West Frontiers, Cornerhouse, Manchester.
1985 Solo Exhibition, Oldham Art Gallery, Lancashire.
1984 Two Person Show, with Tricia Gillman Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1983 Solo Exhibition, Bede Gallery, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025
The Pearls at The Manchester Contemporary November 2025
From the Shadow Ten Obstructions Platform Space Rogue Artist Studios
Soft Proof Rogue Artists Past and Present Rogue Project Space
Looking In Looking Out Ten Obstructions Hive Gallery, Bolton
Didsbury Open Parsonage Gallery Manchester
GazaGazaGaza Studio 1.1 Shoreditch London
A Small Space Silk Museum, Macclesfield
2024
The Pearl and the Oyster, Bananas Are Not the Only Paint The Birley, Preston
40 Years of the Future Castlefield Gallery Manchester
Spring & Summer Exhibition, Saul Hay Gallery Manchester
Manchester Open 2024, Home
2023.
A Small Space Stockport
Tarpey Open 2023, Tarpey, Castle Donington
A Small Space Manchester
Gladly Beyond, Ten Obstructions, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester
Rogue Women II Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester
Drawn to Imperfection The Shed Gallery Online
Tees Rogue Project Space Manchester
Live with It Mura Mura Marple
Bury Open 2023 Bury Art Gallery
A Cabinet Of Curiosities Dez Rez Manchester
A Small Space Square Feet Architects London
Spark Rogue Project Space Manchester
2022
In the Making Ten Obstructions Salford Museum and art Gallery
For the Love Of Digital Publication
Through the Looking Glass, Ten Obstructions, The World of Glass St Helens
2021
From the Ground Up. Ten Obstructions, Castlefield New Art Spaces Wigan
I Didn't Lick It. Bruton Correspondence School Bruton
Commonplace Beauty. Online Gallery and Zine
2020
From the Heart, The Pilkington gallery, The World of Glass, St Helens
MA Interim Show Harris Museum Preston
@tenobstructions Instagram exhibition, 10 bOlder artists
MA In Fine Art Virtual Degree Show
Kick Down the Barriers Blackburn Art Gallery
The Hexting Project ESSAY III ‘Cornucopia’ https://vimeo.com/527374983
Obstructions Exhibition Castlefield Gallery Manchester
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=9RJZwmfeDC6&back=1
2019
Rogue Open Studios, Manchester
Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire
Watermarks, Ellesmere Port Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Rogue Women, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester
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
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
2016
HB Collective Artists Book Fair, Central Library, Liverpool
Rogue 21, Waterside Art Centre, Manchester.
There and Then Manchester
2015
Manifest (Manchester International Festival)
A6 Dialogue, Bankley House, Manchester
ShelfLife, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2014 Open Studios. Rogue Studios
1999 Origins and Environment, Liverpool
1995-7 Open Studios, to celebrate establishing Rogue Workshops Ltd. M/cr.
1995 Women in Abstract, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Lancs.
1994 Art Link Feature Show, Stockport, Cheshire.
1993 The Pike Gallery, London.
The Dagmar Gallery, West Dulwich, London.
The Canvas Gallery Tower Bridge, London.
1992 Shave Farm Artists, Chesil Gallery, Chesil Beach, Dorset.
1991 Three Painters, City Art Gallery Manchester.
Creating an Image through Art Salford Quays.
A Friend in Need Auction, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1990 Art Connections Harrogate.
Acorn Gallery Liverpool.
Staff Exhibition, Humberside Polytechnic, Hull.
1986 Castlefield Retrospective, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
1981 Stowells Trophy Royal Academy London.
AWARDS
2020 GMCA Creative Commissions
2019 bOlder Artists Talent Award
2015 CIT Micro Commission
FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES:
1993 Triangle Artists Workshop, Pine Plains, New York, USA.
1992 Shave Farm International Artists Workshop. Somerset
PUBLICATIONS:
2020 Contributed to "Shuttered: Reflections on Closed Exhibitions Corridor 8
1989 The Art Mob. Granada TV Film by Phil Griffin.
1984 The Guardian. - William Varley.
1983 Arts Review. - Dave Lee.
COLLECTIONS:
The Rea, Arthur Andersen, Rutherstone and Private Collections.