Profile

Education

Winchester School of Art MA Fine Art Printmaking - Distinction

Kent Institute of Art & Design BA Illustration - 1 st Class Honours

Kent Institute of Art & Design HND Graphic Design & Illustration

Awards

London Print Studio Prize RE annual exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London 2008

Prize winning book at the 14th Tallinin print triennial, held at the Kumu Art Museum Estonia 2008

Grant from the Birgit Skiold Foundation to help fund new Artist Book project 2005

Winner of the ‘Design a Book of Fables' competition set by the Fine Press Book Association FPBA 2004

Illustration selected for headboard design within a room dedicated to my work at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton, UK 2003

Winner of the Gwen May Award at the Royal Society of Painters & Printmakers, London, UK 2003

Work in Collections

MOMA, Aberystwyth, Wales

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

V&A London

Exhibitions

International Print Triennial Vienna	2010
International Print Triennial Oldenburg	2010
International Print Triennial Krakow, Poland	2009
2nd Qijiang International Print Exhibition, China	2009
RWA open print exhibition, Bristol, UK	2009
Cliford Chance Solicitors, Canary Walf, London, UK	2009
International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland	2009
Graphic Printmaking show, Kunstverein Frechen, Germany	2008
Royal Society of Printmakers Annual Show, Bankside Gallery, London, UK	2008
Originals 08, Mall Gallery, London, UK	2008
Mini Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, UK	2007
Fine Press Book Association, Oxford Artist Book Fair, UK	2007
International Lithography show, The Naughton Gallery, Belfast	2007
Stone, Plate, Grease, and Water Bankside Gallery, London, UK	2007
Book Arts Exhibition with Billy Childish, Georgia, Atlanta, USA	2007
Book Arts Fair, Arnold Finny Centre, Bristol, UK	2007
14th Tallinn print Triennial, Estonia, Tallinn	2007
Influences of Bawden & Ravilious, Selected show at Fry Art Gallery, UK	2007
Printmakers & Illustrators 2nd Space Gallery Brick Lane, London, UK	2007
Impressed Group show with MC Escher, Georgia, Atlanta, USA	2007
Originals 07, Mall Gallery, London, UK	2007
Caixanova selected for printmaking exhibition, Orense, Spain	2007
Hung, Drawn, Quartered Xmas show, Eyestorm Gallery, London, UK	2006
University of Aberystwyth, Touring exhibition of Lithography, Wales	2006
Kings College Cambridge Printmakers Forum, Annual show, UK	2006
Sole Book Art Fair, Korea	2006
Panoramic Gallery, Barcelona, Spain	2003

PUBLICATIONS

Inspiring Writing in Art & Design illustrations used in book	2009
Printmakers Secrets - published by A&C Black	2009
Printmaking on a Budget - published by A&C Black	2008
Ambit - Illustration work shown December	2008
Contemporary Street Alphabet (limited edition book)	2007
Cracks Progress & Charlie’s Progress (limited edition book)	2007
Interviewed for arts magazine in Estonia about my own work	2007
Ambit front cover illustration December	2006
Printmaking Today Magazine	2003-07

Personal Statment

I see myself as a journeyman travelling around and absorbing all the different cultural differences and architectural styles when I visit a new city, and exploring life and conditions of the twenty first century, and these are then reflected throughout my work. My work is mainly sequentiall and narrative and sometimes I use the work of old masters such as Hogarth and Goya and re-illustrate their stories.

My work has a sense of humor within it even though sometimes I make images which reflect the darker side of human nature. I am interested in social and political issues and these often apear as the main theme within my work. My narrative images have hidden layers of information within them. I enjoy making work which constantly reveals new findings within it. The closer you are drawn into the image, the more you understand about the characters and the lives they lead.

Printmaking is a powerful medium which allows me to push my ideas into different directions and create the fantastic. I also enjoy working in mixed media and am as experimental as possible with the way I approach each different project I start on.

After working at the Curwen Studio for four years as a Master Printmaker I learnt a lot of useful knowledge from working with a wide range of different artists which all filtered back into my own work. I now teach Printmaking as a visiting lecturer at different universities in the UK, whilst continuing to produce and experiment within my own work as much as I possibly I can.