Curriculum Vitae

Fine Artist, Art consultant, Freelance Curator, Workshop Facilitator with 27 years experience.

Solo exhibition

  • ‘Quicksilver Gallery’ London 1996
  • ‘Holmes Place’ Surrey 2000
  • ‘Burgh Island Causeway’ Devon 2002 –
  • ‘Birdwood House’ Devon 2004/2005/2006/2007
    /2008/2009/2010/2018/2019/2020
  • ‘Harbour House’ Devon
  • 2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015/2019/2020/2021
  • ‘Chelston Gallery’ Devon 2006/2008/2009
  • ‘Blue Walnut’ Devon 2007/2008
  • ‘Coleton Fishacre’ Devon 2008/2009
  • ‘Flavel Centre’ Dartmouth 2009/2018/2019/2021
  • Avon Mill Gallery Loddiswell Devon 2014/2015/2019/2020/2021/2023
  • Burgh Island Hotel 2020/2021/2023
  • Gallery 5 Salcombe 2023
  • Gallery 5 Dartmouth – Galleries week 2023

Group exhibition

  • ‘That gives me the Hornsey’ London 1996
  • ‘Nine Days of Art’ 2001
  • ‘Originals Studio’ 2001
  • ‘The Landmark Arts Centre’ London 2001/2002/2012
  • ‘Haddon Gallery’ Devon 2004
  • ‘Webb Gallery’ London 2005
  • ‘Ebb tide Gallery’ Devon 2005
  • ‘Karen Taylor Contemporary Art Gallery’ London 2006
  • ‘Brownston Gallery’2006/2015/2019/2020
  • ‘Open Studios South West’ 2006/2014
  • ‘Torbay international poetry festival’ Devon 2007
  • 69 Collective Totnes 2008 – 2010
  • ‘Manhattan film festival’ Devon 2008
  • Blank Canvas Torre Abbey Torquay Devon 2008
  • Inside Out – Devon 2009
  • Slack Stevenson Gallery – Devon 2011/2012/2014

Galleries

  • ‘The Mason-Laurence Gallery, Dartington Devon
  • ‘Mayne Gallery’ Kingsbridge, Devon
  • ‘Marshall Art Gallery’ Totnes, Devon
  • ‘Smith Gallery’ Teddington, London
  • ‘Brownstone Gallery ‘Modbury, Devon
  • ‘Chelston Gallery ‘Torquay Devon
  • ‘Quay Reflections Gallery’ Torquay, Devon
  • ‘Oyster Shack’ Bigbury, Devon
  • ‘Picture Frame Gallery’ Plymouth, Devon
  • ‘The Murray Gallery’ Richmond, London
  • ‘Darts Farm Art Gallery’ Topsham, Exeter
  • ‘Seaway Gallery’ Paignton, Devon
  • ‘Chase Fine Art Gallery’ Wadebridge, Cornwall
  • ‘Mackensy Gallery’ Teddington, London,
  • ‘Karen Taylor Contemporary Art’ Twickenham, London
  • Cider Press Center Dartington,Totnes, Devon,
  • Delemza Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
  • Avon Mill Gallery – Loddiswell Devon
  • Gallery 5 – Salcombe, Gallery 5 Dartmouth – Devon
  • Nicky Stevenson Gallery – Brixham, Devon
  • Words and Pictures Gallery – Teignmouth
  • Artenox – Topsham
  • Seadog Art – Exmouth

Corporate commissions

  • ‘The Pier Retail Limited’ London
  • ‘Wessex Trains’ Devon
  • ‘Burgh Island Hotel’ Devon
  • ‘Royal Naval College’ Dartmouth
  • Torbay Development Agency – for Prime Minister Gordon Brown
  • National Trust Greenway
  • Torbay Hospital
  • Mecure Hotel – Paignton
  • Ibis Hotel – Paignton

Workshops and demonstrations

  • Torbay Children’s week – Art and poetry workshop 06
  • Greenway National Trust – Exploration painting 05/06
  • Foxhole primary school – Art and inspiration workshop 06
  • Adult learner week – Art taster workshop Brixham community college 04
  • Art demonstrations and workshops 2007 –
  • Preston primary School – young infant art workshop 2010
  • Torquay art society
  • Exeter art society
  • Stoke Gabriel art society
  • Dartmouth art society
  • Plympton art group
  • Bishopsteignton Art society
  • Burgh Island Hotel 2019/2020/2021/2023
  • BMW Trainer – facilitator ‘Paint a picture of yourself’ Munich Academy 2017/ 2018/2019

Teaching

  • Brixham Community College adult education 12 week course mixed media (x2) 2002/2003
  • Foxhole primary school one day workshops art year 2 2004
  • Kingsbridge Community College 2018/2019/2020/2022/2023 Activities week and A level
  • Thurlestone School – recycled art looking at plastic and our environment. 2018

Burgh Island island Artist Experience

Arts organisations

  • Riviera Art House – Lead artist and curator of ten professional artists 2004 – 2012
  • Brixham Shoal of Artists – Devon (vice chair, publicist, marketing, liaison, curator, project developer, business development) 2001-2007
  • Torbay Arts Base – Devon (PR and marketing, art liaison) 2002-2006
  • Originals Studio – Devon (PR and marketing, art liaison) 2001 -2002

Consultancy

  • Quay Reflections Gallery Devon – from set up, to artist liaison, PR, Marketing 06
  • National Trust Greenway Devon – artist outreaching, cultural development 06 –
  • National Trust Greenway Devon – advisory curator for contemporary shows 2007 – 2013
  • Torbay Council – various art projects
  • Lupton House Brixham – Special events management and development

Project management

  • Founder/ Director of ‘Great Create Festival of the Arts’ National Trust Greenway, Devon 2007/2008/2009/2010/2011
  • Coordinator/Curator of Torre Abbey launch event – Open Art Exhibition and festival 2008
  • Coordinator/Curator of Torre Abbey TACO open exhibition to held alongside Antony Gormley 2009
  • Curator Inside Out Aesthetic Conceptualists show Torre Abbey 2009
  • Founder/Curator English Eccentrics 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014/2015
  • Torbay Development Agency Cockington Craft Studios – Education Resource Center Manager 2011
  • Project Manager National Trust High Cross House 2011/2012
  • Art Programme Manager National Trust High Cross House Dartington 2012/2013-2014
  • Gallery Curator Dartington 2014
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