Art Education

2000-2001 MA Fine Art. Manchester Metropolitan University
1997-2000 BA Sculpture. Manchester Metropolitan University
1996-1997 Foundation in Art and Design. Manchester College of Arts & Technology

 
Selected Exhibitions

Upcoming
Site Specific Commission - Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 2010
Compulsive, Obsessive, Repetitive - Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 2009/10
Transformations: from ordinary to extraordinary -Art Gallery of Nevada, Reno, USA, 2009

2008
Second Lives - Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA, September 2008/09
The Baltic frame - Arena Gallery, September 2008
Drawn - UH Galleries, University of Hartfordshire, September 2008
Miasma - Florence Nightingale Museum, London, July 2008
Object as Muse - Crafts Council, Touring Exhibition 2008/09
Body Space - Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, March/ May 2008

2007
Unbound - Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
The Eye of the Needle - Touchstones, Rochdale
Drop - commission for collection - Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Plastic Fantastic - Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

2006
Shell - Pallant House Gallery, Chichester - July 2006 / July 2007
Echo - York St Mary's, York Museums Trust - June / October 2006

2005
Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition - Jerwood Space, London, Sept 2005
Susie MacMurray, Garment Sculptures - Long Gallery, Nottingham Castle. Sept 2005
Conversations on the Subject of Feminism - Cornerhouse, Manchester
Art Frankfurt – with Philips Contemporary Art Gallery
Flock - York Art Gallery, March 2005 - March 2006
The Nestingbox Project - Borgloon, Belgium - link to site
Knit 2 Together - Crafts Council Galleries (touring exhibition) - link to site
International Open Exhibition - Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast.

2004
Air - Vespolate and Novara, Italy (touring exhibition)
Fili Spezzati - Como, Italy
Argus - firstsite@the minories art gallery
Robe / Rêve : Rêve de Robe - Musee des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France
Caryatids - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Plastica d’Artista - Palazzo Mantica, Pordenone, Italy
Flock - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Somebody’s Sweet Art - Philips Contemporary Art Gallery, Manchester

2003
Bagutta Life - Manhattan, New York
Thermo 03 - The Lowry
Art 2003 - With Philips Gallery, London
Designersblock - Milan Italy
3 English Women in Paris - Maxalto, Paris
Beyond The Pale - Oriel 103 Gallery, Wrexham, Wales

2002
Art Take Away - Cornerhouse, Manchester
Suite on Ice - Suite Gallery, Islington Mill, Manchester
Ladies Only - Liverpool Biennial, Collect Gallery, Brundel St Warehouse
Gladrags @ Mint - Mint, London, London Fashion Week
100% Design - Earls Court, London

2001
All Colours Will Agree In the Dark - Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
Make Me - Object Gallery, Sydney Australia
100% Design - Earls Court, London

2000
Stratum - Site specific installation, Islington Mill, Salford

 
Selected Education Work
Speaker - Fabriconversations Symposium, Nottingham Trent University, October 2005
Visiting Lecturer - Manchester Metropolitan University, MIRIAD, May 2005
Visiting Lecturer – University of Central Lancashire, MA courses Spring 2005
Freelance Gallery Educator - Manchester Art Gallery, April 2004 – present
Keynote Speaker – ‘Vision’ seminar on careers in the Creative Industries, Whitworth Art Gallery, October 2004
Artist in Residence - Post 16 Program, Whitworth Art Gallery. Spring 2004
Part time tutor Manchester Metropolitan University, BA Sculpture. Jan ‘’02- March ‘03.
Education Sessions, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester. Sept - Dec 2001
Visiting tutor, Foundation, Manchester College of Arts and Technology. Sept 2000

 
Awards
Abbey Harris Mural Fund Award, 2006
Shortlisted, Jerwood Drawing Prize, 2005
Research and Development Award, The Arts Council England. 2004
Shortlisted, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Textiles on Site Commission 2004
Shortlisted, Crosby Homes Art Prize, Manchester Art Gallery August 2003

Press/Reviews
The Guardian, The Observer, The Spectator, Figaro - France, La Couriere della Sera - Italy
Architecte Interieure - France, La Provincia, Como - Italy, Giornale di Como - Italy
Manchester Metro Magazine, Manchester Evening News, City Life
AN Magazine, East Anglian Daily Times, Essex County Standard
New York Times - USA, Metropolitan Home - USA, Interior Design - USA
Elle Decoration - Italy, Anna - Italy, Elle Decoration - Russia
Pol Oxygen - Australia, Marie France - France, Elle Decoration - UK
Telegraph Magazine - UK, idFX - UK, Nova - UK