Exhibition & Curation
2017 Unseen & Unheard Things, Dartmoor National Park
2017 People, Places & Things, Derby Museum
2016 Unseen & Unheard Things, b-side Festival, Portland
2016 Artist in Residence, Dartmoor Prison
2015 Artist in Residence, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Scotland
2015 If on a Winter’s Night, FORMAT International Photography Festival
Funded by Arts Council England & Derby City Council
2014 Participation Lab, WYNG Masters, Hong Kong
2014 #OffTheGrid, TATE Britain
2013 Derby At Work, Mass Participation Project, FORMAT Festival
2013 Daily Commutes, FORMAT International Photography Festival
2012 Daily Commutes, Vibe Gallery London
2011 Mapping Derby, FORMAT International Photography Festival, Mass Participation project
2010 Values, Wilsden Green Gallery, Brent Artist Resource
2010 Never Let Me Go, QUAD
2010 Object and Loss, Nexus Manchester
2009 Artist & Curator, Derby Arts Fringe
2008 Derby City Open, Derby Museum
2008 Object and Loss, Vault Gallery Lancaster
Awards
2014 – 2015 Heritage Lottery, W W Winter Photography Archive
2013 – 2015 Arts Council England, W W Winter Residency
2013 – 2015 Derby City Council, W W Winter Residency
2013 – 2016 Arts Council England, Past Lives Project
2013 – 2014 Heritage Lottery, Past Lives Project
2012 – 2013 Derbyshire Dales District Council, Daily Commutes
Work & Participation
2013 – current
Past Lives Project Co-Manager,
Touring digital, heritage, arts and music project – Project nominated for a National Award as one of the best UK publicly funded arts and heritage projects. Arts engagement with older people, video, photo and music participation.
2014 – current
Digital Artist Training Curator, Derby QUAD
Working with artists at all stages in their career to bring participation into their practice, gallery engagement & education to mass participation and everything in between.
2014 – current
W W Winter Photography Archive project coordinator
Working with the longest running photographers in the UK to start a scanning and cataloguing programme and develop public access to their photographic collection, I successfully fundraised £51,000 from HLF to enable them to become an archive.
2011 – 14
Participation Curator, Derby QUAD & FORMAT International Photography Festival
3 years developing and running exhibition engagement to mass participation programme
2010 – 11
Arts for Health Coordinator, Derby
Working with young parents and their children, over 50s, SEN groups to develop and deliver long-term art projects that impact on their engagement in society
2009 – 11