Studio Practice

 2020 – present             
Creating art pieces to address climate change, unsustainable industries and lifestyles related to the marine environment
1992 – 2020                 
Sculpture, drawing and site-specific installation;  participatory arts; arts and well-being.

Residencies

July 2024 – June 2025    
Artist in Residence - English Riviera UNESCO Geopark                                    
Cultural Entanglements in Marine Environments Exploration of the human impact and reliance on marine biodiversity, through the lens of communities and environments of the English Riviera UNESCO Global Geopark
2002 - 2006
Project artist and facilitator - Elder Flowers, Mitchell House, Poole
Collaboration with Borough of Poole, older people with dementia and staff at Mitchell House in Poole, Dorset to create the Elder Flowers sensory garden.
2002 - 2006
Project artist and facilitator - Exwick Image Project, Exwick
Research development and delivery of photography based workshops and artwork with hard to reach families in Exwick, Exeter
2000 – 2001                 
Project artist & facilitator - Reminiscence and Hope, Lucerne House, Exeter
Collaboration with older people living with Dementia, Stirling University Dementia Services Development Centre and the University of Plymouth Faculty of Arts, on the theme of horticulture and wellbeing
1993 – 1998                 
Founder and coordinator - Channels Artists Initiatives
An international exchange and residency programme with artists from Estonia, Britain and Sweden.
1994                             
Artist in Residence - TALLINNNORWICH KUNSTIKONTACT, Tallinn, Estonia
Group residency, exchange and exhibition

Recent Awards

July 2025
Devon Artists Network emerging artists award to exhibit at the Thelma Hulbert Gallery for Devon Open Studios
June 2025
Contemporary Artists Membership Platform membership bursary sponsored by Exeter Pheonix

Exhibitions

2026
Summer Open - Studio KIND, Barnstaple
2025
Where Are We Now - Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2025
Devon Open Studios - Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
2025
English Riviera UNESCO Geopark artists residency final exhibition - Artizan Gallery, Torquay
2006                             
Articulations of Equity: practice, complexity and power in facilitated art projects.
PhD exhibition, Earl Richards Road Campus, University of Plymouth, Exeter.
2000                             
‘21’, Spacex Gallery, Exeter - Selected Group Show. Site specific installation at St Nicholas Priory’ Exeter
1999                             
‘Traces’ – Group Show. Site Specific Installation St Michael’s Church, and Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton.
1997                             
‘INTALINKA’, Estonia and Salford. Groups site-specific residency and exhibition at Kiltsi air base, Haapsalu, Estonia. Group show at the Chapman Gallery, Salford.     
1996                             
‘Six of the Best’ - Selected international touring exhibition in the North West of England and North West of Spain.
1995                             
Solo Exhibition, King of Hearts, Norwich.
1994
TALLINNNORWICH KUNSTIKONTACT’, Tallinn, Estonia
Group residency, exchange and exhibition

Selected workshops

2015                             
Facilitator
Willow sculpture workshop, Redhills Primary School.
2004 – 2007                 
Facilitator - Sculpture and mixed-media workshops, Ivybridge Community College.
1992 -1998
Facilitator - Leeds City Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery Manchester, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.

Selected publications and papers 

2010 – 2015                 
Gardening feature writer for Exeter Living Magazine.
2004                             
‘Process or End Product’, Signpost, 8 (February).
2003                             
‘A sensory garden created by, with and for residents’, Journal of Dementia Care, September/October.
2003                             
‘Deconstructing the Myth of the Artist as Good Listener’, CongressCATH, University of Leeds.
2000                             
With Bennett, S., ‘Window Sills: Art of Locality’, Advance in Art & Urban Futures Vol. 1.: Locality, Regeneration & Divers[c]ities, Intellect: Bristol.

Other Employment and self employment                                      

2006 - present              
Garden Designer and director of Freshgreen Garden Design
Creating gardens for private and public clients

Selected public garden spaces:
2017 – Consultant Garden Designer – Growing Together, Sidmouth.
2015  - Consultant Garden Designer – RSPB, Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham
Design of a public garden next to bird hide.
2013 – 2014 - Consultant Garden Designer - Belvedere ‘Beautiful View Project’, Franklin Hospital, Exeter.

2018 – 2023                 
Community Worker – The Bridge Collective, Exeter
Facilitator of Experts by Experience - a peer support project for people with experiences which have often been called mental illness.
1998 – 2001                 
Research Assistant - Window Sills art project, Exeter School of Art and Design
Fund-raising and managing budget of over £30,000
Coordinating collaboration between local Exeter residents and artists. Marketing, website production and writing papers.

Education and training

2017 – 2018                 
Foundation Course in Art Psychotherapy – Insider Art, Exeter.
2016                             
Transforming Spaces – Learning Through Landscapes, Winchester.
2006 – 2007                  
NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Creative Craft (Garden Design) – Bicton College
2002– 2006  
PhD in Fine Art - University of Plymouth. Articulations of Equity: practice, complexity and power in facilitated art projects.
1994 – 1996                  
MA in Cultural Studies - Leeds University.
1989 – 1992                 
BA in Sculpture - Norwich School of Art.