Studied at Byam Shaw School of Art and Royal College of Art, London (MA, 1985)
Currently Senior Lecturer, Brighton University, External Assessor, University of Glasgow (2013/14)
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
GLC Peace Prize, 1983; Northern Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, 1983; New Contemporaries, ICA London (Windsor & Newton award), 1984; Barclays Bank Award, 1985; GLAA Award, 1988; Artist in Residence, National Gallery, London; 1988; Whitechapel Art Gallery, Whitechapel Open (Commendation), 1989; Abbey Award in Painting, British School of Rome, 1996; EAST international; shortlisted for Jerwood Painting Prize, 1997; WINNER Jerwood Painting Prize 1998; shortlisted for the Charles Wollaston Award, Royal Academy, London, 2000; shortlisted for the Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, 2007; 2010/2011 Award of University of Brighton Research Sabbatical Scheme
ONE-PERSON AND SOLO REPRESENTATIONS
1987 Warwick Arts Trust, London (Barclays Bank Award Exhibition)
1988 Incisions, The Showroom, London
1989 Blades, National Gallery, London
1990 Ward 0937 / After Dark, Reg Vardi Arts Foundation, Sunderland
1991 Snowgoose, University Gallery, Leeds
1992 Recent Works, Byam Shaw School of Art, London (2-person)
1993 The Evening Standard Headlines, Herbert Gallery, Coventry
1995 Teddy-Bear Tales, Tricycle Gallery, London
1996 Lemons are not always red, British School at Rome
1997 And they wanted to fly, Café Gallery, London
1998 Tunnel Vision, Brighton University
1999 Flightpath, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
Flightpath (2), Chapman Gallery, Manchester
Dis-semination, Salara, Bologna
2001 HEADLINES large-scale projection, TWA screen, Leicester Square, London
2003 Brighton Festival: site-specific installations in two Catholic churches
Trouble / Tourbamenti, Museo d’Arte Bargellini, Bologna, Italy
Red Snow, Ecology Pavilion, Mile End Park, London
2004 Among the Believers, Foster Art, London
2005 Tail Tales, site-specific installation at Stables Gallery. Orleans House, London
2007 Just look at yourself!, Contemporary Arts Projects, London
2009 0ver There, Brighton University Gallery
2010 'Over Where'
The University of Brighton Gallery Faculty of Arts,Grand Parade,Brighton
2011 'Over There' New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College
2013 'Purple Tulip and friends,solo show,35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1983 Northern Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
Spirit of London, South Bank, London
1984 New Contemporaries, ICA, London
London Group Exhibition, RCA, London
1985 Troisiemes Rencontres Art et Cinema, Quimper, France
Universiade Festival, Kobe, Japan
Athena International Competition, Mall Galleries, London
1986 Painting & Sculpture at Art Place Trust, Chisenhale Gallery, London
1987 Riverside Open, Riverside Studios, London
Athena International Competition, Barbican, London
Spaces and Voids (3-person exhibition), Chisenhale Gallery, London
Artists who studied with Peter de Francia, Camden Arts Centre, London
1988 Riverside Open, Riverside Studios, London
The thousand natural shocks the flesh is heir to, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Invited artist, Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
1989 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
John Moores Exhibition, Liverpool
Contemporary Art Market, Covent Garden, London
1990 5th London Contemporary Art Fair (represented by the Showroom Gallery)
Broadgate Art Exhibition, The Arena, Broadgate, London
Homage to the Square, Flaxman Gallery, London
1991 Collector’s Eye, Gruzelier Modern & Contemporary Art, London
Chisenhale X, Chisenhale Galery, London
1992 Art ’92, Business Design Centre, London
(Dis)parities, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Purdy Hicks Gallery, London
Women Artists at New Hall, Cambridge
Contemporary Art Society Market, Covent Garden, London
1993 The Evening Standard Headlines, Herbert Gallery, Coventry
1995 Hunting Art Prizes, London
30 years of Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
1996 East ’96, Norwich
Contemporary Art Society Market, South Bank, London
1997 Jerwood Painting Prize exhibition, London
1998 Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Adrenaline, County Museum, Aylesbury
Contemporary Art Society Market, London
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London (yearly)
Jerwood Painting Prize exhibition, London
1999 The New Anatomists, Wellcome Trust, London
Flesh, Blains Fine Art, London
There is no sexual relation, Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research,London
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
Dis-semination, Salara, Bologna
2000 Royal Academy Summer Show, shortlisted for Charles Wollaston Award
Shelf Life, Two 10 Gallery, Wellcome Trust, London
Not enough British Art, Velan Centre for Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy
Superstition: Rivington Gallery, Rivington Street, London,
and large-scale projection, TWA screen, Leicester Square, London
2001 Royal Academy Summer Show;
2002 Transmission, British Council, Bologna;
2003 International Biennale, Sharjah, UAE
Connections, David Hockey Gallery, Farnham
Chockerfuckingblocked, Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London
Trouble / Tourbamenti, Museo d’Arte Bargellini, Bologna, Italy
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales
Digi-Monde, Orleans House, London
Brighton Festival: site-specific installations in two Catholic churches
Red Snow, Ecology Pavilion, Mile End Park, London (also curatorial activity)
Royal Academy Summer Show;
2004 Zoo Art Fair, represented by Jeffrey Charles Gallery;
2005 NAB, New Art Birmingham
London Art Fair, Business Design centre, London
2007 Summer Show, Contemporary Arts Projects, London
Chisenhale Biennale 2007, Chisenhale Studios, London
Discerning Eye, Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries London
Gyre and Gimble, Blythe Gallery, London
2008 ‘Life is only half the story’,Christ Church, Spitelfields,
2009 150 Years of Art and Design, University of Brighton
Bluetenweiss, ‘anonymus drawing’, Berlin
Chisenhale Biennale’09, London,
‘anima mundi’, Primo Piano, Lecce, Italy
2010 Ode to a Local Hero: The Juice Man
Beit Aneeseh, Ramallah, Palestine
2010 'Over Where'
The University of Brighton Gallery Faculty of Arts,Grand Parade,Brighton
2011 'Over There' New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards College
'RED' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'Something Blue' group show curated by Cultivate,Vyner Street
'BLACK' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'Art is for life, not just for X-mas', group show curated by Cultivate,
2012 'GREEN' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'Silver Land'- series of small works presented by Vibe Gallery, Bermondsey
'Fool's Gold' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'Numbers' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'Bodies' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'Generations' Arch402 Gallery, Cremer Street London E2 8HD
'Bell Toll'- site specific installation, Vibe Gallery, London
'THE ART IS FALLING APART', Terrace,4-17 Frederick Terrace, London
'agua dorata', commemortive mixed exhibition for Shelagh Wakely,
HOMENAGEM, Museu do Acude, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
'DOUBT', mixed exhibition curated by David Leapman,CAS Riverside, LA, US,
'Primaries' group show curated by Cultivate, Vyner Street
'ART IS FOR LIFE, NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS' group show curated by Cultivate;
2013 Volver - BANG! January 3 at 6:00pm in UTC Vyner Street, E2 9HE
'stratosphere'part of - BACK IN BLACK, Cultivate, Vyner Steet
artist group show runs until February 12th, usual gallery opening hours.
In Critical State,Kunstenlab, Deventer, Netherlands, Guest Curator Marit Otto
21 February until 14 April
FLOWER! at Cultivate,Vyner Street, June 2013
'Purple Tulips 'pop- up book shop in Portobello Rd, London
"Wand frei"35 Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
Forthcoming in 2014:
site specific installation of 'Over Where' at the Dankeskirche, Munich,Germany + solo show of new work at the Strindberg Museum in Amstetten, Austria