I am an English born artist of Polish descent. I finished my Fine Art degree in 1997 at Surrey Institute of Art & Design, specializing in printmaking. I went on to do a Masters in Printmaking & Illustration in 2000 at (then) Bucks Chilterns University (now called Bucks New University), finishing in 2003. In 2004 I started a 2 year printmaking residency at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell. I taught adult printmaking classes & kids’ workshops, as well special needs. My end of residency exhibition (‘Collective Nature’) was my first major solo exhibition at the Bracknell Gallery SHP. After my residency I worked as a gallery technician for South Hill Park, giving me the opportunity to work with different artists and gain an insight in their diverse practices, also giving me an understanding of myself as an artist & my place within the contemporary visual arts. I am currently a gallery technician for the New Ashgate Gallery. I am initially a printmaker working in etching, engraving, and relief printing, but have turned to painting in recent years. My work is figurative, realist in nature. I’m moved to create images that draw on social commentary taken from the fleeting glimpses of life that is constantly on the move around me. I record people in passing as a snapshot of the moment before it changes. I wish my work to invoke a story personal to viewer suggested through an open ended narrative. I use digitally manipulated photography as a starting point & as a reference. I am attracted to psychological characteristics within a photograph, of figures & how they relate with their environment, which sometimes seems to echo, enhance or contrast their inner states, & give a fixed sense of time & place. My recent paintings are of a more personal nature & depicting my family & snapshots of childhood. My work is informed by the likes of Edward Hopper, Carel Weight, Andrew Wyeth, Kathe Kollwitz, Goya & Hogarth to name a few.
Hazy summer Thames
Sunlight & water
Horseshoe Island
Castlebar Green Way
Westport Harbour toward Clew Bay
The Burren
Hampden Road Cementery
Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve
Lane End Village
John Hall Way
Ditchfield Allotments
Field
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Education
2000 - 2003
ma Illustration & printmaking, BCUC (BUCKS NEW UNI.)
Self-initiated postgraduate study achieving a distinction
1994 - 1997
Ba Hons. Fine Art, SURREY INSTITUTE OF ART & DESIGN
Specializing in printmaking achieving a 2:2
2016 - 2017
DRAWING SCHOLARSHIP-NEW ENGLISH ART CLUB (LONDON)
Drawing workshops and studio visit with prestigious artists who are members of the NEAC art society based at the Mall Galleries.
EXPERIENCE
2023 - CURRENT
Seasons art classes teacher – Gerards Cross, Chorleywood & Berkhamsted
Teaching a set art curriculum to 4 classes of mature students
2022 – CURRENT
EXAM INVIGILATOR- GREAT MARLOW SCHOOL, MARLOW
Supporting the exams officer invigilating exams throughout the year.
2013 – current
gallery technician- New ASHGATE GALLERY, FARNHAM
Responsible for installation of all wall-based artworks.
2022 – 2024
Freelance Creative minds artist- South BUCKS AREA
Providing therapeutic art sessions to care homes and other healthcare and social setting. Creative minds are a community of artists, organization and social enterprise.
2007 – 2022
LIBRARY ASSISTANT- BUCKS NEW UNIVERSITY, HIGH WYCOMBE
Front facing support for students, problem solving, customer care. ‘Preparation for Teaching in Higher Education’ - Higher Education Academy (HEA) Associate Fellowship
2005 – 2010
GALLERY TECHNICIAN- SOUTH HILL PARK ARTS CENTRE, BRACKNELL
Responsible for all aspects of art installation.
2004 – 2006
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE-,SOUTH HILL PARK ARTS CENTRE, BRACKNELL
I ran 2 adult classes on weekdays with weekend workshops for adults and children, culminating with a large solo show of my work produced during the residency.
2005 – 2006
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/TEACHER-ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION NORTHBROOK PRU, SLOUGH
1-year contract teaching a small group of 14-year-old children towards their GCSE art.
exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 - ‘10 days in North Kent & other paintings’ York treet Gallery, Ramsgate, CT11 9DS
2021 – ‘Returning with a New Approach’ South Hill Park, Bracknell RG12 7PA
2016 - Untitled, Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley. BR1 2PX
2007 - Untitled, The Maltings, Farnham, Surrey.
2006 - ‘Collective Nature’, South Hill Park, Bracknell RG12 7PA
