CURRICULUM VITAE • VISUAL ARTIST AND EDUCATOR
Experience:
2015 - PRESENT: Artist in Residence and Project Leader at North Edinburgh Arts
2018 - PRESENT: Artist Educator for Art in Healthcare
2018 - PRESENT: Artist Facilitator at Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity
2020 - 2024: Co-Founder, Director, Artist Educator, Social Project Manager of Art Buds Collective
2016 - 2021: Artist Educator and Project Leader for Edinburgh Art Festival
2016 - 2019: Artist Educator at Jupiter Artland
2012 - 2020: Co-founder and member of ArtAnon community art group
Exhibitions:
2024 SSA Threads, group exhibition, Old Gala House, UK
2023 Creative Minds: Room For Art exhibition, group exhibition, St Margarets House, UK
2020 RSA Annual Exhibition, group exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy (online), UK
2019 SSA | VAS OPEN, group exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh UK
2019 Salon Des Refuses, group exhibition, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh UK
2019 Extinction Rebellion Residency, Group exhibition, Summerhall, Edinburgh UK
2018 Make Your Mark, collaborative public art installation, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh UK
2018 Reuse, Reinvent, Reimagine, group exhibition, Gallery 23, Edinburgh UK
2018 Edinburgh’s Shoreline, group exhibition, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh UK
2017-2019 Make Your Mark, collaborative public art installation, North Edinburgh Arts, Edinburgh UK
2016 Free For Arts Festival, collaborative public art installation, Blyths Art Shop, Manchester UK
2016 Stitch Speaks Louder Than Words, group exhibition, The Wonder Inn, Manchester UK
2014 Juncture Collective, group exhibition, Victoria Baths, Manchester UK
2013 The Inspired Collection, Gawthorpe Hall, group exhibition, Burnley UK
2013 L’Auguille eu Fête, Port des Versailles, Paris France
2013 Manchester School of Art Degree Show, Manchester UK
2012 Reconsidered: An Exploration Into The Unwanted, Nexus Art Café, Manchester UK
2012 Art Anon Postcards, Holden gallery, Manchester UK
2012 Knit & Stitch Show, Harrogate UK
2012 Art In The Garden, Lymm Festival, Lymm UK
Commissions:
2019 Make Your Mark, Arcadeum and NHS Lothian, Pennywell All Care Centre, Edinburgh UK
2018 Plague, Edinburgh’s Shorelines, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh UK
2012 Archive Artery, Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester UK
Residencies:
2025 Kelburn Garden party artist in residence
2025 The Bothy Project Artist Residency
Education:
2010-2013 BA (Hons) Embroidery, 2:1 Degree, Manchester Metropolitan University
2009-2010 Foundation Diploma, Distinction in Textiles, Leeds College of Art and Design