CV

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)

AWARDS

2024 Stephen Palmer Travel Bursary > Engage Scotland & Creative Scotland

2022 - 23 Creative Scotland - Open Fund for Individuals ‘Yours, in Extraction’ (Publication)

2021-22 Spirit:360 / High Life Highland & Creative Scotland (Artists Moving Image)

2018 A-N / Professional Development Funding. New York

2015 - 17 ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Grants for the Arts '...and the River flows on' / Birkenhead

2014 GO SEE AWARD - Hull 2017 / Hull County Council in association with Arts Council England

2012 LIVERPOOL ART PRIZE - Winner

2012 ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Grants for the Arts & 'POST' Liverpool

2010 ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Grants for the Arts & 'POST' Liverpool

2008 FINE ART FELLOW - Wirral Met College, Birkenhead, Merseyside

2003 FIRST CUT / New Directors Commission - Screen West Midlands + ITV

2000 Professional Qualifying Exam - British Institute of Professional Photographers - DISTINCTION

RESIDENCY/EXCHANGE 

2024 ‘Turning the Tide’ Artist in Residence > Gdańsk, Poland. The ‘TTT’ project involves 5 project partners – Intercult (Sweden), Artit (Greece), Wiener Bildungsakademie (Austria), DEAR HUNTER (Netherlands) and the Urban Culture Institute (Poland) in collaboration with Fablevision Scotland and the River//Cities network.

2019-22 Fort Worth, Texas, USA / Residency: The Art Galleries at TCU, TCU Institute for Environmental Studies and TCU College of Fine Arts, School of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.  

2022 Artist in Residence / EVOLVE project - Rig Arts @ Seedhill, Paisley as part of the Culture Collective funded by Creative Scotland.

2022 Artist in Residence / Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) NHS Forth Valley & Artlink Central

2018 New York Residency / A-N Professional Development Bursary to attend Open Engagement 2018 (Keynotes: Lucy Lippard & Mel Chin)  

2018 Artist in Residence: 'The Listening Station / Cheltenham Remembers', a collaborative socially-engaged residency focused on World War One. Project partners include: Cheltenham Trust, The Wilson (Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery), Cheltenham Borough Council. 

2017/18 Artist in Residence, The Highlanders' Museum (Queen's Own Highlanders Collection) 

2017 Artist in Residence, Art in Manufacturing / MGS Plastics, Blackburn in association with Wayne Hemingway MBE, National Festival of Making, Deco Publique and Super Slow Way 

2015/16 Artist in Residence, Penrhyn Castle National Trust & Arts Council Wales

2015 Harvest Lab, Metal, Peterborough & Studio Orta, Les Moulins / Paris, France

2014 International Solid Waste Association (Vienna) / World Congress Panel Member (Brazil)

2014 Points of Departure, Nantes, France in association with the British Council

2013 Sound & Vision. Williamson Art Gallery, Wirral Schools Service & Wirral Council

2013 The Canopy Suite. Eden Arts, Cumbria in association with the National Trust, Arts Council England, Eden District Council, Cumbria County Council 

2012 Trading Station / a POST project. Istanbul / Liverpool 

2010 Urban Interventions. Atelierhaus Salzamt & Liverpool Biennial, Linz, Austria

2010 Makhad Trust. Sinai Peninsula, Egypt

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024 ‘TURNING THE TIDE’. Instytut Kultury Miejskiej (Institute of Urban Culture), Gdańsk, Poland.

2023 ‘CLIMATE. EMERGENCY. HOPE’ Turnpike Gallery, Turnpike Centre, Leigh.

2021 ‘YOURS, IN ECOCIDE’ drawing - In 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)

2021 ‘IN EXTINCTIA’ (series) as part of ‘CONNECTED’ - Curve Gallery, Newcastle, Australia

2020 ‘SUREFOOTED & SUSTAINABLE’ / Quiet Carnival, Friction Arts, Birmingham

2020 ‘STRAINING EVERY SINEW’ / EARTHworks - Curve Gallery, Newcastle, Australia 

2018 'OFF-SITE' - As part of the Heritage Lottery Fund 'Cheltenham Remembers' commissioning strand. Locations: The Wilson, Cheltenham Library, Cheltenham General Hospital and Leisure at Cheltenham 

2018 'CULTURAL TRAFFIC' - Hesters St Fair during New York Art Week 

2017 'FESTIVAL OF MAKING' - in association with Wayne Hemingway, Deco Publique & Super Slow Way / Blackburn    

2016 'STRIKE PENRHYN' - National Trust Penrhyn Castle & Arts Council of Wales 

2016 'EX LIBRIS' - Art Book Fair / Dundee Literature Festival, Dundee University 

2016 'POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE' - As part of 'A change of (s)cene: reviewing our place in a new geological epoch' - Association for the Study of Literature and Environment conference, University of Lincoln

2016 'DYING TO MEET YOU' - As part of 'Bivouac' Eden Arts, Cumbria

2016 'TRANSFIGURATION' - Threshold Festival, the Gallery, Liverpool

2015 'HARVESTMENT' - 'Harvest' commission in conjunction with Metal, Peterborough and Studio Orta, Paris, as part of their '70 x 7 - The Meal' series 

2015 'THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER' - Threshold Festival, Baltic Triangle, Liverpool  

2015 'TEMPUS FUGIT' - Syson Gallery, Nottingham  

2014 '(Re)Discovering a New World: Sustainable Solutions for a Healthy Future' - Solid Waste World Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil 

2014 'EN ROUTE' - A Secret Shed. Freedom Festival, Hull, in association with Walk the Plank, Manchester 

2014 'HOUSE OF SOUND' - Threshold Festival, Liverpool

2013  'LAST (BANK)' - National Trust Acorn Bank, Penrith, Cumbria in association with Eden Arts 

2013  'WATCHTREE' - Ullswater, nr Pooley Bridge, Cumbria in association with Eden Arts / Dalemain Estate  

2012 'DRESS CODE' by UHC - Commissioned by Deborah Smith Projects and Ben Eastop. Funded by Tower Hamlets as part of the High Street 2012 

2012  'AlteRATION' - Curve Gallery, Newcastle, Australia  

2012  LIVERPOOL ART PRIZE (Winner) - Metal, Liverpool

2012  'ALWAYS GIVING YOU EXTRA' - 'Encompass', Falcon Mill, Bolton 

2012  'TRADING STATION' a POST project with Atilkunst & Nancy Atakan in Istanbul & Curve Gallery, Liverpool  

2012  'ANYTHING TO DECLARE' / 'new castle' (Artists Book) Curve Gallery, Newcastle, Australia 

2012  'SMART PRICE' Threshold Festival, Camp & Furnace, Liverpool  

2012  'THE WASTE' (8hr Performance) - Dress Code / High Street 2012, Whitechapel Road, London  

2011  'ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? Part 2: The Bible & the Bankers' Guys Hospital, London 

2011  'SHADOW / LIGHT' - Deane Rd Jewish Cemetery, Liverpool

2011  'FRIEND OR FOE' - Gustaf Adolf Kyrka Church, Liverpool 

2011  'ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?' - Guys Hospital, London in association with Kings Oral & Maxillofacial Society & Saving Faces. 

2011  'FIELD OF DREAMS' - 'Threshold' Festival, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool 

2010  'CLEAN / SOILED' - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool & Culturepool 

2010  'HOW MUCH EXCHANGE CAN YOU STAND? Galerie Maerz, Linz, Austria 

2010  'GLOBAL STUDIO' / riPOSTe - Bluecoat, Liverpool 

2010  'WOLF RUNNER' / 'CURVE GALLERY v PICASSOS DOG' - Curve Gallery, Liverpool

2010  'IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE' - The Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool 

2010  'TIME AND TIDE...' - Mersey Basin, an Exhibition, Art + Design Academy, John Moores University Liverpool

2009  FELLOWSHIP SHOW / WIRRAL MET - Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead 

2008  'FAITH, HOPE AND CLARITY' Independents Biennial, Novas, Liverpool 

2008  'SUPA SCOOP 2' Independents Biennial, Pilkington Paint Warehouse, Liverpool 

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

2024 ‘EDGELAND’ 14min (Cam/Edit/Dir)

Screened:

- Turning the Tide in Scotland - Local Urban Lab, Film City, Glasgow. Fablevision, University of the West of Scotland, Intercult 11/24

- Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Santa Fe, USA. 07/24

- Instytut Kultury Miejskiej (Urban Culture Institute), Gdańsk, Poland. 06/24

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

Screened:

- Climate <> Environment Showcase. Refractive CIC, Paisley. 06/24

- ‘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:

* Boone Family Gallery and V Gallery, Pasadena City College, California (08-09/24)

* Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, California (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)

 

SELECTED ARTISTS TALKS & LECTURES

PANEL MEMBER: Holm Sound > ‘Ballast’ - Papay Westray, Orkney (06/24)

ARTISTS TALK / Studio Visits (MFA): TCU (Texas Christian University) Fort Worth, TX. (10/22)

PANEL MEMBER: ‘Art Unlocks Climate Action’ - Scottish Contemporary Art Network @ The Gathering, SCVO, Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow (06/22)

ARTISTS TALK: TCU (Texas Christian University) Fort Worth, TX. ‘Curatorial Practice & Contemporary Art’ - What is an Exhibition? (01/22)

ARTISTS TALK: Metal - Metal (Peterborough) - ‘Residencies: The who, why, where and what of doing one’ as part of Metal New Artist Network (10/21)

PANEL MEMBER: 'Don't mention the war; how we talk about conflict in museums' Culloden National Trust Scotland, High Life Highland, (06/18)  

PANEL MEMBER: 'The Open Road' Resilience, Participation & Engagement: Sharing Good Practice' British Motor Museum, Warwickshire (03/18)

ARTISTS TALK: Contemporary Art & Contextualised Practice / University of the Highlands & Islands, Inverness (11/17)

ARTISTS TALK: Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, Inverness-shire (06/17) 

ARTISTS TALK: Blackpool and the Fylde College, Lancashire (02/16) 

ARTISTS TALK: Drumduan Upper School (founded by Tilda Swinton & Ian Sutherland), Forres, Moray, Scotland (09/15)

ARTISTS TALK: ‘Wasted Space' an ecology of rejected matter, found objects and site responsive work. Hull College of Art and Design (10/14) 

PANELLIST: 'Paradigm Shift: Changing Lifestyles, Re-defining the Responsibilities of Stakeholders and Communication Strategies'. Solid Waste World Congress 2014, Sao Paulo, Brazil (09/14)

'IN CONVERSATION': Are we in the geological Anthropocene era? Feat: Dr Nigel Richardson, Head of Geography Edge Hill University, Lancashire (11/13)

ARTISTS TALK: 'The Ecology of Time/Waste/Space', Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth (10/13) 

KEYNOTE SPEECH: 'What is Practice? What is Pedagogy? Plymouth College of Art Symposium, Plymouth (07/13)

PANELLIST: 'Activating the Archive', Bluecoat, Liverpool (05/13)

ARTISTS TALK: 'Post Doctoral Opportunities in the Creative Arts & Industries' , Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester (03/13) 

ARTISTS TALK: 'Crossing the Line' - TEDx Merseyside. Open Labs @ LJMU (02/12)

CONFERENCE FACILITATOR: 'Putting the Art into Partnerships' - Liverpool Primary Care Trust / CHaMPs / Merseyside Arts Health Initiative / Bluecoat (01/11)

FURTHER TRAINING  

  • Conflict Transformation - A systemic approach for courageous leaders in times of ecological challenge. Schumacher College (2023)

  • Introduction to Art Psychotherapy (Short Course). Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (2023)

  • Trauma Education for Facilitators - Mark Walsh Embodiment Training (2020)

  • Personal Resilience for Me, You and Us - Dr Chris Johnstone & Professor David Peters. Schumacher College (2019) 

  • Creating Safety: Child Protection in the Creative Sector - Children in Scotland (2019) 

  • Understanding Dementia for the Artist - Hull Dementia Academy, Hull County Council (2014) 

  • Mental Health First Aid Training - Mental Health Team, TimeBank / Hull County Council (2014)

  • Young People and Mental Health - 42nd Street / Curious Minds, Manchester (2014)

  • Using Play to Develop Positive Behaviour - Wirral Borough Council (2012)

  • Increasing Motivation & Engagement - Wirral Borough Council (2012)

  • Sensory Rooms - Wirral Borough Council (2011)

  • Well-being for disabled children and young people - Wirral Borough Council (2011)

  • Practice, planning & delivery for children & young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Wirral Borough Council (2011)

  • Deaf Awareness - Wirral Borough Council (2011)

  • Introduction to Down's Syndrome - Wirral Borough Council (2011)

  • Anti-Bullying Training - Wirral Borough Council (2011)

  • Structuring Provision to Minimise Anxiety with Autistic Spectrum Disorder - Wirral Borough Council (2010)

  • Managing Challenging Behaviour - Wirral Borough Council (2010) 

  • Inclusion Awareness - Wirral Borough Council (2010)

  • Behaviour Management in Youth Arts - Artsplan Training (2010)

  • Access all Areas: Disability and Youth Arts - Artsplan Training (2010)