Qualifications
1979. B.A. Hons 1st class 3 Dimensional Design.Ceramics.Ulster University.
2007: M.A. Distinction .Animation .Kingston University
Teaching Experience
Current Position: Illustration Pathway Leader .Foundation Art and Design, Brighton.
Foundation and GAD Lecturer part-time, Northbrook College 1994- 96
Visiting Lecturer at University of Ulster. 1982 & 1992
Visiting Lecturer at University of Manchester Metropolitan.
Visiting Lecturer at Croydon B.A. Ceramics 1986
Visiting Lecturer at Hereford University. BA Crafts. 1986
Freelance Illustrator and Designer/Maker
Awards and Collections
AWARDS
South East Arts Council Grant. 1982
N.Ireland Arts Council Grant. 1994
South East Arts Japan Travel Grant. 1996
Work In Private and Public Collections
PPS Private Collection.
Southern Arts Collection
South East Arts Collection.
Stafford Museum Collection.
Ulster Museum Collection.
Selected Exhibitions
1982 Paradise Derwent Illustration Competition
Jewellery Redefined. British Craft Centre. London
All That Glitters.Harvest Arts.Amsterdam
1983. Makers 83.British Crafts Centre, London.
Gold. Benson and Hedges Illustration Competition, Hamiltons Gallery, London.
Accesories. The Hand and Spirit Gallery, Arizona.
1984 Represented Britain in Exhibition and Showcase for Takashimaya Dept. Tokyo,Osaka,Kyoto,Japan.
1985 Commissioned by the GLC to design and make a contemporary Pearly King Jacket, Geffrye Museum.
1986 New York Gift Fair.
Valentine at the V&A museum
1987 New York Gift Fair.
Dazzle. Edinburgh Festival
1988 New York Gift Fair
Valentine at the V&A Museum.
1989 Dazzle Invites. Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow.
Chelsea Crafts Fair.
1990 Commissioned to make a sculpture for The Art Machine, McLellan Gallery, Glasgow.
1991 Cover Illustration for "Varying Degrees of Hopelessness" By Lucy Ellman, Penguin Books.
Book Illustration “I Wouldn’t Thankyou for a Valentine “Carol Ann Duffy, Penguin Books
Cover Illustration for “Thinking About Magritte” Kate Sterns, Harper Collins.
1992 Art Machine, Nikolai Museum, Copenhagen.
Designs for T-Shirts and Poster for Exhibition.
Puppet Workshops for children throughout exhibition.
Dazzle at the Natiopnal Theatre, London.
1993 Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
1994 “Art Matters”, Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Artist of the Month, Calendar, N Ireland Arts Council.
1995 FAB, Kingston University.
1996 FAB, Kingston University.
1998 Book Art Work, Cover Design for Aids Charity, Brighton.