Qualifications and training
2005 - MA Fine Art & Education, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne
1972 - BA Hons Fine Art, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne
Exhibitions 2024
No Last dance - Newcastle center for Contemporary Art
Proceed Collective - Personal Structures, Venice Biennale
Exhibitions 2019
- A Winter's Tale - solo exhibition, Stagsike gallery, Geltsdale, Cumbria.
Exhibitions 2018
- Visions of Science, Animation, University of Bath
Exhibitions 2017
- Drawn - Animation, Royal South West Academy, Bristol
- Connections, Tatha Gallery, Dundee
- Transient, The brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
- New Light Open Prize - Touring Exhibition
- Shortlisted for both Cumbria Life Culture Award and Cumbria Artist of the Year Award
Exhibitions 2016
- Ground 3, Florence Mine, Cumbria
- New light Open, Bowes Museum, Co. Durham and Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
- RSA Open, Royal Scottish academy, Edinburgh
Exhibitions 2015
- Cumbrian Open, Upfront Gallery, Cumbria - Judges Award
- Lynn Painter Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London
Exhibitions 2014
- Open up North, Kendal, Cumbria - Judges Commendation
- Painting Now, One Church St Gallery, Buckinghamshire
- Ground - Selected exhibition, Florence Mine, Cumbria
Exhibitions 2013
- Artists Book Fair, Baltic, Gateshead
- Egremont Red, Florence Mine, Cumbria
- Unique drawings, One Church Street Gallery, Buckinghamshire
Exhibitions 2012 - 1996
- Drawing Open 2012, Exhibition Award, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden
- Open Up North, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria 2009
- The Lake Artists Summer Show, Grasmere, Cumbria : Exhibition Prize 2008
- Exhibition 3, The Red Barn, Melkinthorpe, Cumbria 2007
- Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair, Glasgow, George Square 2007
- Selected group exhibition, Gallery North, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne 2006
- Landmarks 111, Lowood Art Gallery, Cumbria 2003
- Real Art Retrospective, The Beacon, Whitehaven, Cumbria 2001
- Printmaking revisited, Hexham, Northumberland 1999 - Books by Artists, University of West England, Bristol 1997
- Land, an artists book, touring exhibition 1996
- Cumbria 96, Year of Visual Arts, Euston Station 1996
- Northern Print at the Halton, Newcastle upon Tyne 1996
Workshops
- 2008 - Drawing from experience,( in association with Keith Tyson ) Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Cumbria,
- 2006 - Arts and Minds - Conference on Arts and Cultural Entitlement, Cumbria
- 2005 - Performance & Drawing, University of Northumbria - PGC,
- 2000 - Andy Goldsworthy Sheepfolds, Education Project, Bewcastle School,
- 1994 - Sainsbury's Outreach Drawing Workshop, Newcastle upon Tyne
Awards
- 2012 Drawing Open, Exhibition Award, One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
- 2009 - Kent valley printers Award for best work on paper, Lake Artists Society summer show, Grasmere, Cumbria
- 2006 - Landmarks 111 Exhibition prize, Lowood Art Gallery, Cumbria
- 1996 - Cumbria Visual Arts & Crafts Award, Cumbria