Recent Exhibitions
Currently included in Secret Postcard Show at Old Lockup Gallery
Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire
Fundraising exhibition in the gallery
August 18th - September 3rd 2023
Exhibition at Sneinton Market Studio, Nottingham
1st-27th Feb 2022
OPEN iso 2020
Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire
Online exhibition curated by Rachael Pinks
May 23rd - June 14th 2020
Surface Gallery Dot Dot Dash 2020
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Online exhibition focused on mark making
Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire
Fundraising exhibition in the gallery
August 18th - September 3rd 2023
Exhibition at Sneinton Market Studio, Nottingham
1st-27th Feb 2022
OPEN iso 2020
Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire
Online exhibition curated by Rachael Pinks
May 23rd - June 14th 2020
Surface Gallery Dot Dot Dash 2020
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Online exhibition focused on mark making
Awards and Residencies
Artist in Residence at Derby University through the AA2A project Oct 2013 – Aug 2014
Joint winner of the Tarpey Gallery Midlands Open Prize 2011
Best in Show Award at Indigenous Arts, Eastwood 2011
Winner of the Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival prize at Leicester Open21 2010
Artist in Residence at Woodthorpe Grange Park, Nottingham 2004
Joint winner of the Tarpey Gallery Midlands Open Prize 2011
Best in Show Award at Indigenous Arts, Eastwood 2011
Winner of the Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival prize at Leicester Open21 2010
Artist in Residence at Woodthorpe Grange Park, Nottingham 2004
Solo Exhibitions
Exhibition at Sneinton Market Studio, Nottingham
1st-27th Feb 2022
A Sense of Place
An exhibition of map inspired, mainly 2D work at Nottingham Society of Artists. Incorporated into the Not Lost Festival, a city-wide art festival in Nottingham
8th - 13th July 2011
The Industry of Spring
Sculptures and sculptural drawings at the Hopkinson Gallery, Nottingham
20th Jun - 1st Jul 2011
Carving in the Park
Sculptures and demonstrations of woodcarving in the park at Lakeside, Nottingham. Arranged with Nottingham City Council.
June 2006
Stargazers
A group of sculptures shown in a city park. Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham
August 2002
1st-27th Feb 2022
A Sense of Place
An exhibition of map inspired, mainly 2D work at Nottingham Society of Artists. Incorporated into the Not Lost Festival, a city-wide art festival in Nottingham
8th - 13th July 2011
The Industry of Spring
Sculptures and sculptural drawings at the Hopkinson Gallery, Nottingham
20th Jun - 1st Jul 2011
Carving in the Park
Sculptures and demonstrations of woodcarving in the park at Lakeside, Nottingham. Arranged with Nottingham City Council.
June 2006
Stargazers
A group of sculptures shown in a city park. Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham
August 2002
Commissions
Stone sculpture for Capital One Richmond campus
Virginia, USA
Installed 2018
Public sculpture for High Peak Community Arts’ Project eARTh
Poole’s Cavern, Buxton Sept’14 – Mar’15
Project eARTh is a five year project for people experiencing mental distress and other long term conditions, funded by the Reaching Communities programme of the BIG Lottery Fund. Project eARTh holds weekly creative arts sessions, led by experienced artists and supported by mental health workers and volunteers. In this part of the project participants will contribute towards their built and natural environment by carving several large wooden sculptures that will be permanently sited at Poole’s Cavern visitor centre.
Sculpture for Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Southwell 2013
Wood carving with glass elements made at the studio of Ingrid Pears MBE, commissioned for the outdoor courtyard of Jubilee House, the Diocese offices.
Sculpture for sensory garden at Yeoman Park Special School
Mansfield Woodhouse 2008
Public Sculpture for East Midlands Airport Perimeter Trail
Castle Donington 2006-7
With Mantle Community Arts and four local primary schools.
I have also completed sculpture commissions for private collectors in England, Wales, New Zealand and Canada
Virginia, USA
Installed 2018
Public sculpture for High Peak Community Arts’ Project eARTh
Poole’s Cavern, Buxton Sept’14 – Mar’15
Project eARTh is a five year project for people experiencing mental distress and other long term conditions, funded by the Reaching Communities programme of the BIG Lottery Fund. Project eARTh holds weekly creative arts sessions, led by experienced artists and supported by mental health workers and volunteers. In this part of the project participants will contribute towards their built and natural environment by carving several large wooden sculptures that will be permanently sited at Poole’s Cavern visitor centre.
Sculpture for Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Southwell 2013
Wood carving with glass elements made at the studio of Ingrid Pears MBE, commissioned for the outdoor courtyard of Jubilee House, the Diocese offices.
Sculpture for sensory garden at Yeoman Park Special School
Mansfield Woodhouse 2008
Public Sculpture for East Midlands Airport Perimeter Trail
Castle Donington 2006-7
With Mantle Community Arts and four local primary schools.
I have also completed sculpture commissions for private collectors in England, Wales, New Zealand and Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
Surface Gallery International Postcard Show 2018
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Annual open submission show at artist run gallery in Nottingham, a stone's throw from my studio at Sneinton Market.
January 13th - February 10th 2018
Old Station Gallery Winter Show
Group show including work by Ann Bates, Rachel Carter, Rob Chapman, Steve Gresham, Tony Hall, Michelle Keegan, Kerri Pratt, Alison Tyldesley and myself, curated by Rachael Pinks.
Rowsley, Derbyshire, November 19th 2016 - January 4th 2017
OSG Open 2016
Old Station Gallery
Prints included in this group exhibition selected by curator Rachael Pinks
Rowsley, Derbyshire, September 24th - October 26th 2016
Tarpey Gallery Midlands Open 2016
Sculptures shown in both the Midlands Open exhibition and the Sculpture Garden. Selceted by gallery owner and curator Luke Tarpey
Castle Donington, Derbyshire, August 20th - September 17th 2016
Off The Press
An exhibition of contemporary printmaking by 7 fine artists and printmakers with my sculptural work
The Old Station Gallery, Rowsley, Derbyshire, 9th Jan – 11th Feb 2016
Tarpey Gallery Inaugral Sculpture Garden Exhibition
Castle Donington, Derbyshire, 11th Jul - 15th Aug 2015
The Park Garden Trail 2015
curated by Saira Lloyd
Showed sculpture in annual open gardens charity event in The Park Estate, Nottingham, 7th June 2015
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2015
Invited to show sculptures and drawings by festival organisers Lois Gardener Sabet, Mark Rodel and Val Turton.
All Hallows Church, Lady Bay, Nottingham, 16th & 17th May 2015
Nepalese Fundraiser exhibition and auction
organised by Saira Lloyd
Crafty Sparrow, Nottingham, 14th May 2015
A Creative Consensus
Group show with 3 other artists who participated in the 2013/14 Artists’ Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) scheme at Derby University.
Markeaton Street Campus, Derby, 18th Sept – 6th Nov 2014
Carnival of Monsters 2014
Exhibition of new sculpture at arts festival with over 30 local and international artists. Curated by Richard Cook. I also ran some art workshops and a large-scale, public participation 'squish painting' event using a vintage Barton's bus!
Bartons, Beeston, Nottingham, 11th – 25th Oct 2014
Salon 6
Exhibition of new sculptures at group show curated by Rachael Pinks.
The Old Lock Up Studio, Cromford, Derbyshire, 27th Sept 2014
Boundaries
Artist-led group show with 7 other Nottinghamshire artists.
Nottingham Society of Artists’ Gallery, Nottingham, 4th – 7th Oct 2014
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2014
Invited to show new prints and drawings in ‘The Drawing Room’ by festival organisers Brenda Baxter and Lois Gardener Sabet.
All Hallows Church, Lady Bay, Nottingham, 17th & 18th May 2014
Textures of Archive
Curated by Saira Lloyd and Victoria Munro
LCB Depot Gallery, Leicester, 18th Mar – 3rd Apr 2014
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2013
sculpture exhibition and demonstration in garden, 18th & 19th May 2013
Carnival of Monsters 2012
exhibition of my sculpture, installation and drawing, 13th – 27th Oct 2012
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2012
exhibition of sculpture and carving in garden, 19th & 20th May 2012
Leicester City Gallery Open23
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, 12th Nov 2011 – 8th Jan’12
Midlands Open 2011 (prize-winner)
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, 12th Nov – 24th Dec 2011
Sculpture in the Sanctuary
Swan Sanctuary at Reg Taylor’s, Southwell, 23rd Jul – 29th Aug 2011
Indigenous Arts 2011 (prize-winner)
Durban House Heritage Centre in Eastwood, 5th – 19th Mar 2011
Midlands Open 2010
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, 11th Dec 2010 - 29th Jan 2011
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival
Leicester Guildhall and Castle Park, 23rd – 30th Aug 2010
Midland Open 2009
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, 12th Dec 2009 – 16th Jan 2010
Leicester Open21 (prize-winner)
City Gallery, Leicester, 13th Nov 2009 – 13th Jan 2010
Derby City Open
Installation at the Silk Mill in Derby, 24th Oct 2009 – 10th Jan 2010
Indigenous Arts 2009
Durban House Heritage Centre in Eastwood, 14th – 21st March 2009
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Annual open submission show at artist run gallery in Nottingham, a stone's throw from my studio at Sneinton Market.
January 13th - February 10th 2018
Old Station Gallery Winter Show
Group show including work by Ann Bates, Rachel Carter, Rob Chapman, Steve Gresham, Tony Hall, Michelle Keegan, Kerri Pratt, Alison Tyldesley and myself, curated by Rachael Pinks.
Rowsley, Derbyshire, November 19th 2016 - January 4th 2017
OSG Open 2016
Old Station Gallery
Prints included in this group exhibition selected by curator Rachael Pinks
Rowsley, Derbyshire, September 24th - October 26th 2016
Tarpey Gallery Midlands Open 2016
Sculptures shown in both the Midlands Open exhibition and the Sculpture Garden. Selceted by gallery owner and curator Luke Tarpey
Castle Donington, Derbyshire, August 20th - September 17th 2016
Off The Press
An exhibition of contemporary printmaking by 7 fine artists and printmakers with my sculptural work
The Old Station Gallery, Rowsley, Derbyshire, 9th Jan – 11th Feb 2016
Tarpey Gallery Inaugral Sculpture Garden Exhibition
Castle Donington, Derbyshire, 11th Jul - 15th Aug 2015
The Park Garden Trail 2015
curated by Saira Lloyd
Showed sculpture in annual open gardens charity event in The Park Estate, Nottingham, 7th June 2015
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2015
Invited to show sculptures and drawings by festival organisers Lois Gardener Sabet, Mark Rodel and Val Turton.
All Hallows Church, Lady Bay, Nottingham, 16th & 17th May 2015
Nepalese Fundraiser exhibition and auction
organised by Saira Lloyd
Crafty Sparrow, Nottingham, 14th May 2015
A Creative Consensus
Group show with 3 other artists who participated in the 2013/14 Artists’ Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) scheme at Derby University.
Markeaton Street Campus, Derby, 18th Sept – 6th Nov 2014
Carnival of Monsters 2014
Exhibition of new sculpture at arts festival with over 30 local and international artists. Curated by Richard Cook. I also ran some art workshops and a large-scale, public participation 'squish painting' event using a vintage Barton's bus!
Bartons, Beeston, Nottingham, 11th – 25th Oct 2014
Salon 6
Exhibition of new sculptures at group show curated by Rachael Pinks.
The Old Lock Up Studio, Cromford, Derbyshire, 27th Sept 2014
Boundaries
Artist-led group show with 7 other Nottinghamshire artists.
Nottingham Society of Artists’ Gallery, Nottingham, 4th – 7th Oct 2014
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2014
Invited to show new prints and drawings in ‘The Drawing Room’ by festival organisers Brenda Baxter and Lois Gardener Sabet.
All Hallows Church, Lady Bay, Nottingham, 17th & 18th May 2014
Textures of Archive
Curated by Saira Lloyd and Victoria Munro
LCB Depot Gallery, Leicester, 18th Mar – 3rd Apr 2014
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2013
sculpture exhibition and demonstration in garden, 18th & 19th May 2013
Carnival of Monsters 2012
exhibition of my sculpture, installation and drawing, 13th – 27th Oct 2012
Lady Bay Arts Festival 2012
exhibition of sculpture and carving in garden, 19th & 20th May 2012
Leicester City Gallery Open23
New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, 12th Nov 2011 – 8th Jan’12
Midlands Open 2011 (prize-winner)
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, 12th Nov – 24th Dec 2011
Sculpture in the Sanctuary
Swan Sanctuary at Reg Taylor’s, Southwell, 23rd Jul – 29th Aug 2011
Indigenous Arts 2011 (prize-winner)
Durban House Heritage Centre in Eastwood, 5th – 19th Mar 2011
Midlands Open 2010
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, 11th Dec 2010 - 29th Jan 2011
Castle Park Heritage & Arts Festival
Leicester Guildhall and Castle Park, 23rd – 30th Aug 2010
Midland Open 2009
Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington, 12th Dec 2009 – 16th Jan 2010
Leicester Open21 (prize-winner)
City Gallery, Leicester, 13th Nov 2009 – 13th Jan 2010
Derby City Open
Installation at the Silk Mill in Derby, 24th Oct 2009 – 10th Jan 2010
Indigenous Arts 2009
Durban House Heritage Centre in Eastwood, 14th – 21st March 2009
Education
BA (hons) Visual Arts Lancaster University. Graduated 1995 (2:1)
Other courses taken since graduating:
Stone Carving, Yorkshire Sculpture Park with artist Marcia Bennett Male, 2018
Artists in Education, City Arts, Nottingham (CPD) 2010
Stone Carving, Dartmoor Arts Summer School with stonecarver David Brampton-Greene (long-time collaborator with sculptor Peter Randall-Page) and artist Simon Thomas, 2010
Other courses taken since graduating:
Stone Carving, Yorkshire Sculpture Park with artist Marcia Bennett Male, 2018
Artists in Education, City Arts, Nottingham (CPD) 2010
Stone Carving, Dartmoor Arts Summer School with stonecarver David Brampton-Greene (long-time collaborator with sculptor Peter Randall-Page) and artist Simon Thomas, 2010
