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

2011

The Eyes of the Skin - Agnew's Gallery, London - November/December 2011

The Power of Making - Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Sept 2011/Jan 2012

House of Beasts - Attingham Park for Meadow Arts, Shropshire, UK - July 2011/June 2012

Compulsive Obsessive Repetitive - Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK - July/Sept 2011

Wedded Perfection - Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, Utica NY, USA - June/Sept 2011

Stratum - site specific commission - Islington Mill, Salford, UK - June 2011/June 2012

Platform - Agnew's Gallery, London - April 2011

 

2010

Aware: Art Fashion Identity - GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy, London, Dec 2010/Jan 2011 

Wedded Perfection - Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio, USA 

Promenade - site-specific commission - Keddleston Hall, Derbyshire, UK

Repurpose, Reuse, Recycle - City of Brea Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

Dead or Alive - Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA

Widow - Platt Hall, Manchester Art Gallery, Gallery of Costume, UK

 

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/April 09

The Baltic frame - Arena Gallery, Liverpool

Drawn - UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Miasma - Florence Nightingale Museum, London

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, UK

 

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/Oct 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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