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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010
Pretty Eyed, Pirate Smile |Peter Scott Gallery | Lancaster University
2009
Pretty Eyed, Pirate Smile | Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
2008
Reader, I Married Him | Deleadus Gallery | London
2007
Velociraptor | Chapman Gallery, University of Salford, Salford
2005
The Day of the Twenty Four Cakes | Bankley Gallery, Manchester
2001
Britney, Whitney and Me | Panorama Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS

2010
Intensify | Ultimate d'ART | Darting College of Arts | Devon
Gloria's Crew | The Vaults, Birmingham
Haiti Auction | Cube, Manchester
Moved | venue TBC, London
2009
British Subjects: Identity and Self Fashioning | Neuberger Museum of Art | Purchase, New York
Film House, National Film Archive, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
2008
ArtSway Open 08 | ArtSway, The New Forest
If You Build It They Will Come | G39 | Cardiff
Man and Eve screening in conjunction with Picturehouse Artspace with Sophie Clements and Sophy Rickett | The Ritzy Cinema, London
Revolution | The Embassy Gallery | Edinburgh
Making Mistakes | The Wallis Gallery | London
Performance Symposium | Chelsea College of Art and Design
Film screening for Walls Have Ears| Man and Eve, London
2006/07

Spook Up I Can't hear You | The Embassy, Edinburgh
Claremorris Open | County Mayo, Ireland
Sueños de una Noche de Verano | Madrid, Spain
Site-specific performance with The National Youth Orchestra | Tate Modern, London
How We May Be (co-curator) | Lightbox Tate Britain, London
Video London 2 | Hotel Puerta de las Americas, Madrid, Spain
Pulsar | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Piggyback | Gallery North, Northumbria University
Saison Video | Espace Croise, Roubaix, Lille, France
2004/05

Side Cinema | The Side, Newcastle
Video London | Espai Ubu, Barcelona, Spain
Perspective ‘05 | Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland Turret Series | Crawford Municpal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2003/04
Island Art Video Festival | Prenelle Gallery, London
Rencontres Internationales | Podewil Art Centre, Berlin, Germany Rencontres Internationales | Salle des Beaux Arts, Paris, FrancePrevious
Belladonna | ICA, London
Perspective ‘02 | Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
I Did it My Way | Prenelle Gallery, London
Bread and Roses | London Road Gallery, Northwhich, Cheshire
The Speed of Light | Gissings, London
Blinc and but Still | g39 Cardiff, Wales
Crawford Open 2 | Crawford Municpal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland Zumo | Can Felipa, Barcelona, Spain
The Big Stage | Umbrella Arts, Cardiff, Wales

COMMISSIONS

2008
Almeida Theatre, London
Trinity Laban, London
2006
Art Review
2004
English National Opera, London
2002
Buxton Opera Festival, Buxton
2000
Harvey Nichols, London 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2010
Artist in residence, JOYA, Cortijada Los Gasquez, Andalucia, Spain
Artist in residence, I-Park, Connecticut, USA
2008
Jerwood Opera Fellowship awardee
Artist in residence, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, University of Wales
Artist in residence, I-Park, Connecticut, USA
2007
Jerwood Artists’ Platform nominee
FLAMIN/Bristol Meantime residency and bursary short-listed artist
Jerwood Opera residency, Britten-Peers school of music, Aldeburgh
Artsadmin Roaming Bursary short-listed artist 
2005
Grant for the arts, the Arts Council England
Grant for the arts, the Arts Council England
Perspective Prize ’05, OBG, Belfast Short-listed Artist
2002
AA2A residency (1 year) at London Metropolitan UniversityPerspective Prize ’02, OBG, Belfast Short-listed Artist
Residency at The University of Giessen, Germany
2001
AHRC Postgraduate Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND RADIO INCLUDE

Art Review, A-N, Creative Review, Flux, Circa, The Irish Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian Guide, The Guardian, Fabric Magazine, City Life, Metro, BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, BBC Radio Northern Ireland, BBC Radio Manchester

LECTURING

Current

Associate Lecturer Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

Associate Lecturer Byam Shaw School of Art, London

Visiting Lecturer Aberystwyth School of Art

Visiting Lecturer for ECCA, Central St. Martins College of Art, London
Visiting Lecturer City College Brighton and Hove, Brighton
Visiting Lecturer Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
2006
Visiting Lecturer London College of Communication, London
2005
Visiting Lecturer The University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield
2004
Visiting Lecturer London Metropolitan University, London

EDUCATION

2001
MA European Fine Art Practice, pass with distinction
Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, Spain
1998
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London