Residencies
Brisons Veor Artist Retreat. Cornwall 2021
Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat. Ireland 2020 and 2025
Grant
Arts Council England. ’Develop Your Creative Practice’ grant. 2019
Awards
The Henton Ellis Prize. Leicester Society of Artist Annual Exhibition. 2021
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition 2020 - Highly Commended
Jacksons Art Exhibition. 3rd place in People’s Choice. 2017
Drawing Inspiration, Holocaust Memorial Event, QEII Centre, London (Prizewinner). 2014
Open 14, Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering (Commendation)
Bryan Ward Prize. Leicester Sketch Club. 2013
Related Experience
2022 Guildhall Christmas Craft Fair
2022 Leicester Print Workshop’s Print Bazaar
2021 Pressing Matters - article in magazine - issue 15
2020 Talk: ‘Art in Design – Work by Leicester Sketch Club’ for De Montfort University 150th Anniversary
2020 ‘Virtual Sketch Leicester’ - Founder
2019 Co-founder of Leicestershire Art Alliance
2019 Outdoor Sketching Workshops
2019 ‘West End Creatives Leicester’ - founder.
2018 St Martins Lodge (boutique hotel in Leicester) Commission of paintings for rooms.
2018 ‘Urban Sketchers School, Riga’ - workshop tutor.
2017 ‘Urban Sketchers Leicester’ - Chapter founder
2015 & 2016 Secretary, President & Programme organiser - Leicester Sketch Club
1998 Lecturer in design. Dunlaoire Institute of Design & Technology, Dublin
Education
1986 Cert. in Visual Education, Dúnlaoire College of Art & Design, Ireland
1990 Diploma in Design & Visual Communication, Dúnlaoire College of Art & Design, Ireland. Awarded Student Design Award for Theater & Film from the Society of Designers of Ireland (SDI)
Group Exhibitions
2025
2024
Tarpey Gallery Winter Show
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Nov 2024
International Original Print Exhibition - Bankside Gallery, London
Leicester Print Workshop Fair
‘Deunde’ ArtNetdlr. Dublin, Ireland
Wirksworth Festival Art Trail, UK
2023
Small But Mighty - Royal Society of Printmakers. Bankside Gallery
Transience - ArtNetdlr, Dublin, Ireland
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
‘Refresh 23’ - Tarpey Gallery, Derby
Landscapes - Solo Show - LCB Depot. Leicester
2022
Leicester Print Workshop Members Fair
Guildhall Christmas Craft Fair
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
RBSA Prize Exhibition
London by Urban Sketchers - Art Pavilion, London
‘On Paper’ Group Exhibition Tarpey Gallery
2021
Print International 2021 -Ty Pawb, Wales
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Leicester Society of Artist Exhibition - The Henton Ellis Prize
Light and Dark - Tarpey Gallery, Derby (Group exhibition)
Derby Print Open - online
Observations - Tarpey Gallery, Derby (Group exhibition)
Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition, Bristol
The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries
2020
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Society of Women Artists Online Exhibition - Mall Galleries
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries
2019
Partnership Staircase - De Montfort University/LPW
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London
Society of Graphic Fine Art, Draw 19 - London
158th SWA Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Derby Print Open
RBSA Prize Exhibition, Birmingham
2018
RBSA Print Prize Exhibition, Birmingham
Cank Street Gallery, Leicester
2017
Jacksons Art Exhibition 3rd place in People’s Choice
2016
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition
2015
Leicestershire Pastel Society Annual Exhibition
Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition
2014
The Big Little Winter Show, West End Gallery, Leicester
Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries
Open 14, Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering (Commendation)
Drawing Inspiration, Holocaust Memorial Event, QEII Centre, London (Prizewinner)
2013
The Big Little Winter Show, West End Gallery, Leicester
Two person exhibition with Robert Harris, Leicester
Leicester Sketch Club, Leicester (Bryan Ward Prize)