EDUCATION 

2011   MA by Research. Manchester Met University / MIRIAD  

2003   MA Module. 'Challenge of the Social Sciences', Open University 

2007   BA (Hons) Fine Art. Liverpool John Moores University. 1st Class

2000   BA (Hons) Photomedia. Plymouth College of Art and Design. 2:1 

BOARD MEMBER

• Laggan Forest Trust 2019-20

CONVENOR

• ‘The role of creative freelancers in the climate crisis’ as part of ‘SPRINGBOARD: Assembly for Creative Climate Action. Creative Carbon Scotland (2023)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2022 ‘YOURS, IN EXTRACTION’ (Installation) Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas

2021 ‘LAST (Chance)’ a 10yr Retrospective / a COP26 @ the Pipe Factory, Glasgow

2018 'MEN MARCHED ASLEEP' / Wilfred Owen Centenary Commission. The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Merseyside

2018 'SUITE SORROWS' Holst Birthplace Museum, Cheltenham 

2018 'SUMMER HAS BEEN TURNED TO WINTER BY THE GUNS' - The Highlanders' Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection), Fort George, Inverness

2013   'HABITUS' - Edge Hill University Arts Centre Commission, Ormskirk

2013   'LITTLE RED ROOM' - Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead 

2013   'STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND' - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 

2013   'TREASURE FROM THE FOREST' - Key Theatre, Metal, NIE Visual Theatre, Peterborough

2012   'SHADOW / LIGHT / REPRISE' - Deane Rd Jewish Cemetery, Liverpool

2011/2012 - 'BANCA ROTTA - A Fiscally Co-dependent Break-up'. A durational intervention lasting 365 days. Location: The intersection of my credit rating and the banking system

2008   '...AND THEN THE RAINS CAME' - Curve Gallery, Liverpool 

COLLECTIONS

• Bangor University Archive and Special Collections, Wales - Artists Moving Image

• Bodleian Library, Oxford University

• The British Library

• Brooklyn Sketchbook Library, New York, USA

• Cambridge University Library

• The Highlanders' Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection)  

• Trinity College Library, Dublin

• National Library of Scotland

• National Library of Wales

• Walker Gallery, National Museums Liverpool: 'Waste. Product. Istanbul' - Artist's Book Work

• The Williamson Museum and Art Gallery

• University of the West of England Research Repository, Bristol: 'Et in Arcadia Ego: There is Death even in Utopia' - Artists Moving Image             

• Private Collections

FILM CATALOGUE

2022 ‘YOURS, IN EXTRACTION’ (Artists Moving Image) Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas

Screened:

- ‘Sounding the Future’ : Paisley Town Hall relaunch event. 09/23

- Debut (USA) : Fort Worth Contemporary Arts. 10/11 - 22

2021 ‘LAND BELONGS TO ITSELF’ 4min 37 (Cam/Edit/Dir) - An eco-poetic film in collaboration with Lucy R. Lippard

Screened:

- As part of "Reflections on Our Warming Planet." Curated by Lucinda Luvaas at:

* Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (07-09/22)

* LA Artcore, Los Angeles (01-02/23)

* Sasse Museum of Art, formerly known as the Inland Empire Museum of Art, California (09-10/23)

* Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA (2025)

- The Pipe Factory, Glasgow (11/21) / COP26 Climate Fringe

- Threshold Festival X (04/21) / Online & in R.L.

2021 ‘YOURS, IN ECOCIDE’ 3min 35 (Cam/Edit/Dir) - A response to 'The Waiting Place' a collaborative project and group exhibition curated by Ann-Marie James & Emily Godden. Commissioned by The Art Station, Suffolk (UK)

Screened:

- SoLA Contemporary Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA (04-5/22).

Film Programme Curation: Lucinda Luvaas

- The Pipe Factory, Glasgow (11/21) / COP26 Climate Fringe

2017 'REVOLUTION' 26min (Cam/Edit/Dir). Arts Council of England / Heritage Lottery Fund / Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council - Commission

Screened:

- Art in Manufacturing Legacy Exhibition, The National Festival of Making, Blackburn Museum (05-08/2018)

- Great Exhibition of the North 'inspired by’ exhibition
29 Northgate, National Festival of Making (05/2017)

2016 'STRIKE PENRHYN' 25min 40. (Cam/Edit/Dir). Arts Council of Wales / National Trust - Commission

Screened:

- Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales (04-12/16)

2015 'HARVESTMENT' 16min 20. (Cam/Edit/Dir). Arts Council England / Hull City Arts Unit / Hull 2017 / Metal, Peterborough

Screened:

- Projectroom2020

’Showcasing the best in contemporary art from Scotland & the Far North across 6 online gallery platforms’ in conjunction with Art North Magazine (20)

- 'Harvest - a cultural celebration of the land' with Metal (Peterborough) & Studio Orta (Paris) / St John's Church, Peterborough (15)

2010 'ET IN ARCADIA EGO: THERE IS DEATH EVEN IN UTOPIA' 1min 20. (Dir/Prod). Arts Council England

Screened: 

- Aesthetica Short Film Festival / Official Programme Selection (11) 
- RUSHES Film Festival / T E N D E R P I X, Tenderpixel Gallery, London (10) 
- RIPOSTE: A 'POST' EXCHANGE as part of GLOBAL STUDIO shown at: 
Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK (04-06/10)
Galerie Maerz, Linz, Austria (07-09/10)

2009 'IMMERSION' 10 min (Dir). Film Council / First Take - Commission

Screened:

- The Firestation Arts Centre, Micro Gallery, Windsor (11)
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Competition, France (10)

2004 'EMIGRE' 10 min (Dir/Prod). Film Council / Screen West Midlands / ITV - Commission

Screened:

- 'Global Studio' - Bluecoat, Liverpool (04/10)
- 'Optimistic Immigrants'- Jewish Museum, London (03/10)
- 'Exodus' - Imperial War Museum North, Manchester (07) 
- ITV Broadcast Commission (04)

SOCIALLY ENGAGED PRACTICE

SOCIAL PRACTICE LEAD > ‘Embroidered Tales: Hidden Histories and Silent Voices of the New Forest’: New Forest Heritage Centre, Lyndhurst. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Arts Council England & South East Museum Development grant funded. 05/23 - 12/23

LEAD ARTIST: ‘ART SAFARI HIGHLANDS’ - A Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2022 commission supported by The Baring Foundation 09/21 - 06/22

ARTIST FACILITATOR - Doors Open Days: The Pipe Factory, Glasgow (09/21)

ARTIST FACILITATOR: ‘Story Lands’ - Summer workshop programme. The Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead. (08/21)

LEAD ARTIST: Gourdon Book Swap Stations - Developing & delivering a socially-engaged workshop series in Gourdon, Aberdeenshire. Leading to the fabrication and installation of 2 on-street ‘free’ libraries. (01/04 - 30/06/2021)

LEAD ARTIST: 'The Listening Station' - As part of the 'Cheltenham Remembers' Heritage Lottery Funded commissioning strand. The Wilson, Cheltenham. Project Partners: The Cheltenham Trust, African Community Foundation, P3, Cheltenham Borough Homes, Hesters Way Neighbourhood Partnership, Lives of Colour, Holst Birthplace Museum, Oakley Community Resource Centre, Cornerstone Centre and 'Change, Grow, Live'. (11/17 - 12/18)

LEAD ARTIST: Williamson Art Gallery Summer School, Birkenhead (2008 - 2019) 

LEAD ARTIST: 'Coming Home', a travelling exhibition & events programme to commemorate the end of WW1 in the Highlands. High Life Highland, Highland Folk Museum, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Museums Galleries Scotland, Highland Museums Forum, Heritage Lottery Fund. 08/17-03/18)  

LEAD ARTIST: 'Make Your Marque' - British Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire in conjunction with the 'British Motoring Treasures' exhibition / ACE funded (08/17 - 05/18)  

LEAD ARTIST: '...and the River flows on' - Creative lead on a collaborative project to produce 6 community art panels with Fine Art metal frames. Arts Council England, Wirral Methodist Housing, Birkenhead Supported Housing, Wirral MIND, the Spider Project, Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, YMCA (06/15 - 03/17) 

LEAD ARTIST: 'The Imaginarium of Common Understanding' - Transported. Arts Council England, Creative People and Places, South Holland & Boston, Lincolnshire 08/14 - 03/15)

LEAD ARTIST: 'Art Safari' - Arts, Health & Wellbeing in Adults. A 5 month, 10 part, programme in association with Hull County Council and Time Bank, Hull (10/14 - 03/15)

LEAD ARTIST: 'Land Lovers' / Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead (24 - 31/14) 

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Newsham Park Arts Festival in association with The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Liverpool Council & Royal De Luxe (Nantes, France) (06/14)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Maps, Memoirs and Moonscapes / 'Heart of Glass' Family Art Club, St Helens (04/14)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Eco Art Workshop, Bnbrook Church of England Primary School (03/14)

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Sound and Vision' / Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead in association with Wirral Schools Music Service (06-09/13) 

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Working with post-16 students exploring Fine Art within a 'site-specific' context. Edge Hill University, Lancashire (07 + 09/13)

'ARTS HERO' / ARTS AWARD: Grundy Gallery in association with The Oracle, Blackpool (07/13)  

ARTS FACILITATOR: Delivering an educational strand in response to Hansel & Gretel, working with 320+ children of primary and secondary age. In association with Metal (Peterborough), Key Theatre and New International Theatre (02/13)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Delivering an educational strand (workshops and film) in response to Kelly Richardson: 'Legion', Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (11/12 - 01/13)

MENTOR: 'OPEN ME / DREAM BE' A partnership between Allerdale and Copeland Borough Councils, local housing associations, local neighbourhood management boards and NHS Cumbria as part of the arts engagement programme for West Cumbria. The principle funder of the programme is Arts Council England (2012)

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Storyville' / Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire (02/12)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Designing a bespoke resource tool to encourage interaction, response & reflexive thinking. (Arts Practice & Autistic Spectrum Disorder): Thumbs Up & Sefton Council for Voluntary Service (05/11 - 02/12)   

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Harvesting Histories / Sowing Seeds' - Metal in association with The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Kensington Community Primary School & St Anne's Catholic Primary School (07 - 12/11)  

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Start Club' Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (11/11) 

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Environmental Installation / The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Kensington, Liverpool (03 - 10/11)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Aiming High for Disabled Children & Wirral Borough Council in association with multiple project partners: Williamson Art Gallery, South Wirral Hub, Tranmere Rovers (2010 - 2011)

ARTS FACILITATOR: 'Songlines' / Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire (08/11)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Newsham Park Arts Festival in association with The Academy of St Francis of Assisi, Kensington, Liverpool (06/11)

ARTS CONSULTANT: 'Artsplay' Designing and implementing a pilot study to integrate Disabled children & their parents/carers into a gallery based environment. Aiming High for Disabled Children & Williamson Art Gallery (02 - 05 / 2011)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Zion Arts for Autism / National Autistic Society, Manchester (01/11)

VISITING LECTURER (MOVING IMAGE): 'Creative Media Diploma', Grundy Art Gallery/ Blackpool and Fylde College (09/10)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: 'The Arts Award' Blackpool, Arts Council England / Trinity Guildhall (07/10)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Greasby Junior School, Wirral (04/10)

ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE: Portland Primary School, Birkenhead (05/09)

ARTS FACILITATOR: Prison learners. HMP Kennet, Merseyside (07/07 - 01/08)

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

2023 ‘Embodied Inequalities of the Anthropocene’ Embodied Inequalities of the Anthropocene Project (EIAP, funded by Wellcome Trust, UNS122541). EIAP is an international collaborative project building capacity in Medical Anthropology to develop research on the human health impacts of the Anthropocene with a specific focus on inequalities in the Global South led jointly by Jean Segata, Ceres Víctora, Paola Sesia, Laura Montesi, Jennie Gamlin & Sahra Gibbon (Photography)

2023 Academic chapter: ‘Is the Museum Sustainable? The Difficulty of the Function of Preservation’ by Kenji UedaKoyo. Published by Shobo Co. Ltd. Kyoto. Japan (Photography)

2022 Publication: Ecoart in Action: Activities, Case Studies, and Provocations for Classrooms and Communities. New York University Press. (Photography)

2021 Publication: 'Reporting the Anthropocene: A Global Survey', ed. Leslie Sklair (London School of Economics and Political Science /LSE) et al. (Photography)

2020 ‘Climate Change – Torn between Myth and Fact’, Prof. Constantin Cranganu (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences) for Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Photography) 

2019 'Museums Vital Role in our Climate', International Council of Museums Triennial Congress, Kyoto (Photography) 

2018: Yale & National University of Singapore, Environmental Studies course literature  (Photography) 

2018 Publication: 'The End of the World Project', Moira Books. John Bloomberg-Rissman, Richard Lopez & T.C. Marshall (ed), California. (Photography)

2018 Publication: AAPG Explorer Magazine, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Boulder, Tulsa, USA (Photography) 

2018 Publication: Ecocriticism in the Nordic Countries, ed. Ingemar Haag et al. Author: Björn Billing. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Photography) 

2018 CFP: A Clockwork Green: Ecomedia in the Anthropocene 'A Nearly Carbon Neutral Virtual Symposium' / Association for the Study of Literature and Environment and the University of California, Santa Barbara. (Photography) 

2017 'Footprints' by Hanne Ohland-Andersen & Mette Grønvold. GYLDENDAL  EDUCATIONAL, Denmark. (Photography) 

2017 'The Era of Mankind' (Het tijdperk van de mens) Pakhuis de Zwijer, Amsterdam (Photography) 

2016 'An Anthropocene Journey' by Andrew Revkin, New York Times DotEarth blog (Photography)  

2016 'Agora' faculty magazine, Luther College, Iowa, America / "Back to the Future: Understanding the Anthropocene." Laura Peterson (Photography) 

2016 'Scholarship in the Anthropocene Era' / Brooke Stanley. Environmental Humanities project blog, University of Pennsylvania (Photography)

2016 'A change of (s)cene: reviewing our place in a new geological epoch.' Postgraduate conference. University of Lincoln (key-note image, Artists Book Work, & panel member)

2016 'Syllabus: Making Sense of the Anthropocene' Prof Stephen Zavestoski / Environmental Studies, Dept of Sociology, University of San Francisco (Photography)

2015 'Feminist Perspectives on Culture / Indigenizing the Anthropocene - Reading Response' Cathleen Evans, Concordia University (Photography)

2015 'Artcycling Guide: Instructions for Sustainable Art & Design Production' Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Produced by Cultura21 Nordic, Denmark (Photography)

2015 'Humans make Nature' Christian Schwagerl, University for Applied Art, Vienna (Photography)

2015 'The Anthropocene - the human epoch, and how it shapes our planet.' Christian Schwagerl & Dr Jan Zalasiewicz, The Royal Institute, London (Photography)

2015 'Anthropocene Hipsters & the Critical Theory Apocalypse' a talk by Jami Weinstein Linköping University at Goldsmiths, University of London (Photography)

2014 'Isotopes add to Anthropocene debate' - British Geological Survey. Geoblogy blog (Photography)

2014 'Engagement in Future Earth - Supporting a Step-Change in Global Science-Policy Interactions' / American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Susanne C. Moser PHD (Photography)

2014 'Losing Our Fear! Facing the Anthro-Obscene' / (Entitle Blog) Prof Erik Swyngedouw, Geography, Manchester University, School of Environment & Development. (Photography)

2014 'DotEarth' blog / The New York Times in response to the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Meeting, New York, USA (Photography)

2014 'Conservation Biology' course literature & presentation, Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, USA (Photography)

2014 International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities Research Group 'Ethics of Science in the Research for Sustainable Development' - University of Tübingen (Germany) & http://esureblog.com/en/ (Photography)