ARTIST STATEMENT

I CREATE SKILFUL, ORIGINAL, ONE OFF PIECES OF ART BY UTILISING LAYERS OF HAND CUT, COLOURED PAPER. AS A FIGURATIVE ARTIST, I SPECIALISE IN THE REPRESENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE THROUGH THE ART OF PAPER CUTTING, WITH A FOCUS ON THE AESTHETIC QUALITY.

EDUCATION

2007 - 2010
BA HONOURS FINE ART DEGREE
PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY

EXHIBITIONS

2014
A CELEBRATION OF THE MOTORCYCLE
NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM, SOLIHULL, JULY - OCTOBER

 THE CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT: SELF AND OTHERS
SHIRE HALL GALLERY, STAFFORD, JANUARY - MARCH

2013
SALON EXHIBITION
MAC, BIRMINGHAM, AUGUST - SEPTEMBER

DE.CON.STRUCT
MAC, BIRMINGHAM, JULY

NEXT GEN FEST
MAC, BIRMINGHAM, APRIL

2012
RARE GIFTS BOUTIQUE
THE RESIDENCE GALLERY, LONDON, NOVEMBER - MARCH 2013

ARTSFEST
VICTORIA SQUARE, BIRMINGHAM, SEPTEMBER

SUMMER EXHIBITION
THE PUBLIC, WEST BROMWICH, JULY - SEPTEMBER

MIDLANDS POP UP ART EXHIBITION
SPECTACLE WORKS, BIRMINGHAM, JUNE

INTERMISSION
SOLO EXHIBITION, SOLIHULL ARTS COMPLEX, SOLIHULL, MARCH - SEPTEMBER

2011
FIVE ALIVE
COFFEE LOUNGE, BIRMINGHAM, NOVEMBER - JANUARY 2012

HITHERTO
SOLO EXHIBITION, G2 GALLERY, SOLIHULL, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

ARTSFEST
NEW STREET, BIRMINGHAM, SEPTEMBER

ANTICURATE
MAC, BIRMINGHAM, SEPTEMBER

2010
HOUSE OF FRASER WINDOW GALLERY
HOUSE OF FRASER, PLYMOUTH, JULY

FINE ART DEGREE SHOW
ROYAL WILLIAM YARD, PLYMOUTH, JUNE

2009
ENCOUNTERS
ROYAL WILLIAM YARD, PLYMOUTH, JUNE

2008
NO NAME
STUDENTS' UNION, PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY, JUNE

TALKS

2014
AN INSIGHT INTO THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM, APRIL

WORKSHOPS

2014
PAPERCUTTING WORKSHOP
KENILWORTH SCHOOL AND SIXTHFORM, KENILWORTH, FEBRUARY