Art Education
2000-2001 MA Fine Art. Manchester Metropolitan University
1997-2000 BA Sculpture. Manchester Metropolitan University
1996-1997 Foundation in Art and Design. Manchester College of Arts & Technology
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2010/11
Aware: Art Fashion Identity - GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy, London, Dec 2010/Jan 2011
Wedded Perfection - Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA - Oct 10/Jan 11
Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive - Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK - 2011
Promenade - site-specific commission - Keddleston Hall, Derbyshire, UK - July/Nov 2010
Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle - City of Brea Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA - June/July 2010
Dead or Alive - Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA - April/Oct 2010
Widow - Platt Hall, Manchester Art Gallery, Gallery of Costume - March/Sept 2010
2009
Here Come the Girls - site-specific commission - Manchester Art Gallery
Widow - Queens Hall, Hexham, Northumberland UK
Salon09 - Matt Roberts Arts, Vyner St, London
Re-Addressing Identities - Katonah Museum of Art, NY, USA
Lost & Found - Islington Mill, Salford
Upcycling - Museum of Architecture & Design, Los Angeles, USA
Time/change (solo) - site-specific commission - Nottingham Castle
2008
Second Lives - Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA, September 2008/09
The Baltic frame - Arena Gallery, Liverpool
Drawn - UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire, September 2008
Miasma - Florence Nightingale Museum, London, July 2008
Object as Muse - Crafts Council, Touring Exhibition 2008/09
Body Space - Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle
2007
Unbound - Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
Drop - commission for collection - Wolverhampton Art Gallery
2006
Shell - Pallant House Gallery, Chichester - July 2006 / July 2007
Echo - York St Mary's, York Museums Trust - June / October 2006
2005
Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition - Jerwood Space, London (touring exhibition)
Susie MacMurray, Garment Sculptures - Castle Gallery, Nottingham
Conversations on the Subject of Feminism - Cornerhouse, Manchester
Art Frankfurt – with Philips Contemporary Art Gallery
Flock - York Art Gallery, March 2005 / October 2006
The Nestingbox Project - Borgloon, Belgium
Knit 2 Together - Crafts Council Galleries, London (touring exhibition)
International Open Exhibition - Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, NI
2004
Air - Vespolate and Novara, Italy (touring exhibition)
Fili Spezzati - Como, Italy
Argus - Firstsite@the minories art gallery, Colchester, UK
Robe / Rêve : Rêve de Robe - Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France
Caryatids - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Plastica d’Artista - Palazzo Mantica, Pordenone, Italy
Flock - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
2003
Bagutta Life - Manhattan, New York
Thermo 03 - The Lowry, Salford
Art 2003 - With Philips Gallery, London
Designersblock - Milan, Italy
3 English Women in Paris - Maxalto, Paris
2002
Art Take Away - Cornerhouse, Manchester
Ladies Only - Liverpool Biennial, Collect Gallery, Brundel St Warehouse, Liverpool
2001
All Colours Will Agree In the Dark - Cornerhouse, Manchester
Make Me - Object Gallery, Sydney Australia
100% Design - Earls Court, London
2000
Stratum - Site specific installation - Islington Mill, Salford
Awards
British Council travel grant 2010
Professional Development Award, The Arts Council England, 2008
Nominated, Northern Art Prize, 2007
Abbey Harris Mural Fund Award, 2006
Shortlisted, Jerwood Drawing Prize. 2005
Research and Development Award, The Arts Council Eng land. 2004
Shortlisted, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Textiles on Site Commission 2004
Shortlisted, Crosby Homes Art Prize, Manchester Art Gallery August 2003
Selected Education / Conferences
Visiting Lecturing - including Leeds Metropolitan University, Winchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Central Lancashire, University of Bolton, York St John’s College
Visiting Lecturer - MIRIAD
Speaker - Artistic License, Museums Association, London, Dec 2005
Speaker - Fabriconversations Symposium, Nottingham Trent University, Oct 2005
Freelance Gallery Educator - Manchester Art Gallery, April 2004 – present
Artist in Residence - Post 16 Program, Whitworth Art Gallery. Spring 2004
Part time lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University, BA Sculpture 2002/3
Artist Mentoring - through London Printworks Trust and Firstsite Colchester
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