CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information:
35 Runhead Estate
Ryton
Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE40 3HS
t: (0191) 4131993
Age 39
Married, one daughter + one son
1989-1992, BA(Hon.) Fine Art grade 2:1, University of Northumbria at Newcastle.
1988-1989, Foundation Course, Cambridge Polytechnic.
'hollow' work in progress (elm,1994)
Exhibitions:
2002, May/June. 'Searching for the Groove', Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk.
2000, Summer. Bradley Gardens, sculpture show, Gateshead.
1999, Summer. Bradley Gardens, sculpture show, Gateshead.
1998,Summer. Bradley Gardens, sculpture show,Gateshead.
1998, May. Urban '98, Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow.
1996, May/June. 'Artists from Gateshead', Design Works, Felling, Gateshead.
1996, April/May. Great North Forest exhibition, Durham Art Gallery & DLI Museum.
1996, April/May. 'Loose Connections', solo-show at the Forum Gallery, Cramlington, Northumbria.
1995, May/July. 'Silent Witness' with David Caink, Kings Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk.
1995, April/May. Shipley Gallery with Starlings Group, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
1994, July. Starlings Migration Tour, Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
1994, April/May. Starlings Migration Tour, Baraugh Hall, Alston, Cumbria.
1993, Sept/Oct. Father and Son - Painting and Sculpture, Kings Lynn Arts Centre.
1993, May. Doxford Enterprise Zone opening, Sunderland.
1993, April. 'On the Wall', Starlings Group, Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
1992, Aug. Fresh Art Show, Business Design Centre, London.
1991/2, Summer. Kirkley Hall Sculpture Garden, Northumbria.
'Internal' elm, height 120cm,1995.
private collection..
'In the Picture', Irwell Sculpture Trail,
Rossendale, larch & elm, 1997.
Commissions
/Residencies:
2002/3 Commission for Cruddas Park Early Years Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2002 Commission for Pitlochry In Bloom, Perthshire, Scotland.
2002 International Sculpture Symposium, Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Scotland.
2002/3 Commission for the new Garrick Theatre being built in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
2002 Commission for Egerton Park College, Manchester.
2002 Commission Percy Main Primary school, North Tyneside.
2002 Forest of Burnley sculpture commission, entitled 'Through the Wood', Lancashire.
2001 Percy Hedley Foundation, sculpture and bench commission, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2001 Sculpture commission , Ashton under Lyne, Manchester.
2001 Westmoor School, commission for new school building, North Tyneside.
2000/2001. Artist in residence, Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool.
2000. Bridge commission, Northumberland.
1999/2000. Artist in Residence, Mowbray Park refurbishment, Sunderland.
1998/99. Artist in Residence, Vale Royal Borough Council, Cheshire.
1998,Aug/Sept. 'Views of Views' Project with Groundwork West Durham, Co. Durham.
1998,July. North Burn First School carved bench project, Cramlington, Northumbria.
1998,June. Commission for St. Joseph's Church, Gateshead.
1998, Feb/Mar. Private commission, Viscount Devonport, carved/constructed foot- bridges.
1997, Nov/Dec. Cramlington Wildlife Corridor project, Northumbria.
1997, April/Sept. Irwell Valley Sculpture Trail, Rossendale, Lancs.
1996, Sept/Oct. Mersey Forest Residency, Warrington, Cheshire.
1996, June/July. Cleveland Community Forest Residency. Loftus, Cleveland County.
1996, May. Walker School, Sculpture residency and commission, Newcastle.
1995, December. St Peters School, Cramlington. Totem Pole workshops and carving for nature garden.
1995, November. Frederick Nattrass School, Stockton. Solar Garden workshops and commission.
1995, October. Tyne Dock Community Centre, Shipwreck Sculpture.
1995. Memorial relief carving. St Peter and Paul RC School, South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
1994, Nov. Fish-bench carving and seating. Marine Park School, South Tyneside Groundwork Trust, South Shields.
1994, Sept/Oct. Grizedale Sculpture Residency. The Grizedale Society, Cumbria.
1994, July/Aug. Carved seating with Kibblesworth Youth Club, Great North Forest.
1994, June. Carved seating and table. Kielder Forest, Northumberland.
Frog & Butterfly Bench, Lancs. Sycamore, 1997
Awards:
Assistance award, Northern Arts, March 1998.
Training award - Northern Arts, April 1994.
Artist Award - Northern Arts, September 1993.
Selected Media
Coverage:
Channel 4 - Watercolour Challenge, used ‘In the Picture’ as the viewpoint for the competition, includes interview, 13 November 2001
Tyne Tees - News feature on Ward Jackson Park commissions.
Tourist Board - Brochure for Northumbria featuring ‘4 Elements’ carving at Kielder, 1998.
Artist's Newsletter - Image with text of ‘In the Picture’ on the Irwell Sculpture. Trail, Lancs. Jan 1998.
BBC Radio 4 - Today Programme, news item on the opening of ‘In The Picture’ on the Irwell Sculpture Trail, Lancs. Nov 29 1997.
BBC North West News - Interview with the Irwell Sculpture Trail officer at ‘In the Picture’, Lancs. Nov. 28 1997.
BBC North West News - Grizedale Sculpture Trail feature, August 20 1997.
BBC North West News - Irwell Sculpture Trail feature, July 11 1997.
Herald and Post - Article on the 'Loose Connections' exhibition, April 1996.
BBC 'Look North' - Feature on studio work for Visual Arts UK, March 1996.
Woodcarving Magazine - 4 page article Sept/Oct 1995.
BBC 'Look East' - feature on Dersingham play-sculptures, March 1993
'The Carvers', Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd. 1997.
'Natural Order', visual arts & crafts in Grizedale Forest Park, editor Bill Grant. The Grizedale Society 1996.
'Habitat', Grizedale Forest, oak, 1994
'When I would recreate myself, I seek the darkest wood...There is the strength'
