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Qualifications

1979.    B.A. Hons 1st class 3 Dimensional Design.Ceramics.Ulster University.

2007:   M.A. Distinction .Animation .Kingston University

Teaching Experience

Current Position: Illustration Pathway Leader .Foundation Art and Design, Brighton.

Foundation and GAD Lecturer part-time, Northbrook College 1994- 96

Visiting Lecturer at University of Ulster. 1982 & 1992

Visiting Lecturer at University of Manchester Metropolitan.

Visiting Lecturer at Croydon B.A. Ceramics 1986

Visiting Lecturer at Hereford University. BA Crafts. 1986

Freelance Illustrator and Designer/Maker

Awards and Collections

AWARDS

South East Arts Council Grant. 1982

N.Ireland Arts Council Grant. 1994

South East Arts Japan Travel Grant. 1996

Work In Private and Public Collections

PPS Private Collection.

Southern Arts Collection

South East Arts Collection.

Stafford Museum Collection.

Ulster Museum Collection.

Selected Exhibitions

1982    Paradise Derwent Illustration Competition
           Jewellery Redefined. British Craft Centre. London
           All That Glitters.Harvest Arts.Amsterdam

1983   Makers 83.British Crafts Centre, London.
          Gold. Benson and Hedges Illustration Competition, Hamiltons Gallery, London.
          Accesories. The Hand and Spirit Gallery, Arizona.

1984   Represented Britain in Exhibition and Showcase for Takashimaya Dept
          Tokyo,Osaka,Kyoto,Japan.

1985    Commissioned by the GLC to design and make a contemporary Pearly King
           Jacket, Geffrye Museum.

1986    New York Gift Fair.

           Valentine at the V&A museum

1987    New York Gift Fair.

           Dazzle. Edinburgh Festival

1988    New York Gift Fair

           Valentine at the V&A Museum.

1989    Dazzle Invites. Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow.
           Chelsea Crafts Fair.

1990    Commissioned to make a sculpture for The Art Machine, McLellan Gallery,
           Glasgow.

1991    Cover Illustration for "Varying Degrees of Hopelessness" By Lucy Ellman,
           Penguin Books.
           Book Illustration �I Wouldn�t Thankyou for a Valentine �Carol Ann Duffy,
           Penguin Books
           Cover Illustration for �Thinking About Magritte� Kate Sterns,
           Harper Collins.

1992    Art Machine, Nikolai Museum, Copenhagen.
           Designs for T-Shirts and Poster for Exhibition.
           Puppet Workshops for children throughout exhibition.
           Dazzle at the Natiopnal Theatre, London.

1993     Running Ridge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

1994    �Art Matters�, Ulster Museum, Belfast.
            Artist of the Month, Calendar, N Ireland Arts Council.

1995     FAB, Kingston University.

1996     FAB, Kingston University.

1998     Book Art Work, Cover Design for Aids Charity, Brighton.