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Born: Yes Lives: London UK



Group Exhibitions Tooting Lido Centenary Exhibition--- London 2006 Seven Seven Contemporary Art--- London 2006 Rabley contemporary centre--- Marlborough 2005 The Big Shed---Suffolk 2004 Castle Barn Gallery---York 2003/2 Drawings for all Gainsborough---Suffolk 2001 Cable Street Studios---London 2000 Sotheby’ Choice---London 1999 Bezzaliel Gallery---London 1999/8 Art for Aids Mall Gallery---London 1998 Morley Gallery---London 1998 Fulham road Studio---London 1997 Quinn's Columbia Road---London 1996
Bibliography 2007 Three week artist residency at Brison Veor Cornwall 2007 Exploration into the building of temporary freestanding ticket structures 2007 Walking drawings within the Square Mile of the City of London, exploring the path of the city commuter 2006 Assistant to the independent curator David Thorpe with the hanging of the John Latham show, Time Base and the Universe, at The John Hansard Gallery in Southampton 2006/5 Sculptures from used London Underground and Overground travel tickets, which provoke thoughts on patterns made by the repetitive commute into London 2005/4 Sculptures, cylindrical and totem in form using lead from London roofs 2004/3 Exploring the relationship between three colours in velvet, which take the form of cylinders and books 2003 Managing the finances and co-ordinating the work force, for decorating projects in London 2003/2 In-depth reading of the mythological being Cyclops, resulting in a series of ink drawings 2002/0 Art residency in Suffolk, resulting in a series of drawings incorporating 360degress of the landscape 2000/1999 Japanese Kamikaze Pilots, a series of paintings in oil 1998 Folded Paper sculptures made from London bus ticket rolls 1998/95 Periodically worked in Jordan decorating the King’s Palaces 1998/7 Walking drawings done in real time, exploring the full arena of a landscape while walking. Walks include 7 days Wadi Rum to Petra in Jordon resulting in seven 22-foot scrolls 1997/6 Real time ink drawings executed during selected train journeys within the UK. These 50-foot scrolls capture the movement through a train window 1995/90 Assistant to British Artist John Latham (1923-2005) working on the Niddrie Series and The Planets, which have been exhibited in The Lisson gallery London, Edinburgh, Lisbon and PS1 New York
Grants/Awards Short-listed for Artist on Train 2006 Bursary Wessex trains Runner up for Sketchbook drawing award 2005 Rabley Drawing Centre Marlborough Prize winner Drawing for all 2001 Gainsborough’s House Suffolk
Projects On site building of the Ticket Cylinder starting 24th September 2007 The Bethnal Green Library