Qualifications

1991 - 1992	MA Alternative Media	Chelsea School of Art, London.
1988 - 1991	B.A Hons (1st Class), Fine Art.	Camberwell School of Art, London.
1987 - 1988	Art Foundation	Norwich School of Art.

Public Art Commissions

2011	University of North Staffordshire Lead artist for new build Children’s Ward’s. BSF project Dandilion Public Art Commission for Kings School Wolverhampton. Blackburn New NHS Build - Major glazing commission for front of new Health Centre.
2010	Manchester Children’s Hospital, - A series of images and installations for Ward 78. Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Accident and Emergency Dept – Lead artist for proposed artworks in new build A and E Imagining Glossop. Glossop Primary Care New Build, Glossop. Imagining Bury. Bury NHS.  Large scale vinyl artworks for new Health Care Development, Bury.
2009	Milton Keynes Dreaming. Working with community to create a 60 x 20 ft floor piece for exhibition at Young People’s Music Festival, Milton Keynes. Imagining Plymouth. Photographic Commission for Plymouth Accident and Emergency Department.
2008	Visions of Hartlepool. Hartlepool Police Station, Hartlepool. Lead Artist for Haywood Hospital.  To engage with the hospital community, and commission local art students to create a body of work that documents and ‘remembers’ the Haywood Hospital. Magic Perry Common.  Dove Health Centre, Birmingham. From Lozells with Love and Respect. Lozells Health Centre Birmingham.
2007	Views from Greenridge.  Greenridge Health Centre, Birmingham. Visions of Home.  Summerfield Health Centre, Birmingham. Views from Westheath, Westheath Health Centre, Birmingham. Lead Artist for Reflective Space.  A Kings Fund initiative for Harplands Hospital Stoke on Trent.
2006	Lead Artist LIFT.  Engaging with design teams, PCT’s, and local communities to create proposals for public artworks in five new build health centres in Birmingham. Visions of You.  Research Action Project in Stourport on Severn with pro/POSIT.
2005	Love Ties.  A Major Permanent Public Art Work, for Hanley Park Stoke on Trent. The Medicine.  A Digital Imaging Commission for Creative Remedies Arts and Health Website. Love Ties 2.  A Creative Partnerships project ‘Hearts on Fire’ digital project for Birches Head High School, Stoke on Trent. How Does Your Garden Grow?.  Summerbank Primary School, Stoke on Trent. Beyond My Bricks and Mortar.  Archbishop Grimshaw School Birmingham. The Wall that Wished it Wasn’t There.  A consultation commission for the Haywood Hospital, Stoke on Trent.
2004	Creature Carpet.  A performance space commission, for Hinckley town centre. Standing Ovation/Private Views.  The Storey Institute, public art commission for Virtual Model. Welcome to my Front Garden…mac/sampad, a Public art research commission for The Mac Arts Centre, Birmingham.
2003	A World of Difference.  Harplands Hospital, Stoke on Trent. City Building.  A site-specific research event with pro/POSIT in Stoke on Trent.
2001	Reverberations.  Harplands Hospital, Stoke on Trent.

 

Exhibitions

2009	Shire Hall Gallery 2110.  Invited group exhibition Visual Illusions Shire Hall Gallery Stafford.
2008	Without you I am Lost… Invited digital media exhibition at The University of Valencia, Spain. The Blue Butterfly…Solo exhibition at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent. Mosquito Night.  Collaboration with performer Christine Watkins and scientist Angela Priestman at Herefordshire Courtyard Gallery.
2004	Creature Carpet.  Selected exhibition Folly Gallery, Lancaster.
2003	The Real Kitchen…Selected site-specific commission for exhibition ‘Cultivate’ Birmingham.
2002	Recollections. Selected site-specific exhibition St Giles the Abbott Church, Cheadle.
2001	Baby, baby...Selected site-specific commission for exhibition at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
2000	New Art for a New Century.  Group exhibition Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent. Private Views.  Selected site-specific commission at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
1998	Detectable.  Curated and exhibited in exhibition at The Real Gallery, New York, USA.
1995	Spot.  Selected group exhibition at The Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool.
1990	Mat 2.  Selected group exhibition - The Whitechapel Gallery, London.

 

Consultancy and Training

2009 - 2010 - Guest Lecturer for Birmingham School of Art MA Arts and Health programme.
2008 -  Exhibition selection for Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Open Exhibition.
2007 -  Public Art Training Lead speaker for a Public Art Training event, Creative Interventions.
2003 -  Design for ‘Sundance Visual Arts’ (A Commercial Audio Visual Company) created logo and name and have since had active role in advising on visual ideas.
2001-2003 -  Advisor for West Midlands Arts duties included: Writing reports about the region’s arts activities, the Local Education Authority on the Ikon Gallery’s Education Programme, advising on applications for funding.
2002 - Consulted on the development of Keele University Undergraduate Degree path in ‘Media, Communications and Culture’

Reviews, Press and Web links

2010 – John Woodhouse Interview – Nature is Child’s Play for Emily, The Sentinel Saturday 09 October.
2009 – Author Unknown. Emergency department at Derriford Hospital, Zest, Improving the Health Care Environment. http://www.zestarts.org.uk/pages/27
2008 – Steve Bould.  Floored – The Sentinel
2008 – Christine Watkins.  Mosquito Night Images.  Mosquito Night.
http://www.mosquitonight.info/
2008 – Mark Penfold.  Supersize Design - Computer Arts
2008  – David Williams.  Showcase Hartlepool Police Station – Commissions North.
http://www.commissionsnorth.org/showcase/artist/293
2006 – Duncan Robertson.  Generations Combine in War Sacrifice Tribute, The Sentinel Newspaper.
2006 – Author Unknown.  The Power of Art.  A Working Partnership, Learning from the LIFT Experience.
2005 – Gabriel Gregory.  Letters of Love Which Tie a Community Together.  The Sentinel Arts Review.
2005 – Author Unknown.  Love Ties Launch.  Creative Stoke. http://www.creativestoke.org.uk/parklove.html
2004 – Nick Coligan.  Public Art Has designs on Lifting City’s Cultural Image. The Sentinel Newspaper
1992 – James Hall.  SCULPTURE / Making chaos out of order: James Hall reflects on 'Natural Order' at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool, and unnatural selection at the Whitechapel Open.  The Independent Newspaper.

Current and Recent Work Experience

1993 – Current       Lecturer in Fine Art, Staffordshire University.
2009 – Current       Artistic Director – Blue Butterfly Flooring Ltd.
2003 - 2004           Arts for Health Coordinator, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
1997 - 2002           Partner, Letting in the Light, in Stoke on Trent. Set up and run Socially Engaged Arts Group.

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