CV
Education and Qualifications:
2017/2018 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
2014/2017 B.A Hons. Contemporary Applied Arts – Ceramics (First Class Honours)
2013/2014: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - Ceramics (Distinction)
1993: Fellow of Chartered Insurance Institute
Placements, Masterclasses and Residencies:
2019 Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residential
2018 Linen Biennale Conference Island Arts Center, Lisburn
2017/2018 Artist in Residence Belfast School of Art - Ceramics Studio
2016 Placement Belleek Pottery, Fermanagh
2015 Raku Firing Masterclass Pottery Skills and Design School, Thomastown, Kilkenny
2015 Decorating Techniques Mark Campden, Kilkenny
Masterclass
2015 Pit Firing Collaborative Ards Peninsula
2014 3D Printing Workshop Fablab, Belfast
2014 International Woodfiring Convention, Denmark
Professional Activities:
2018/2019 Assisting in facilitating talks and workshops at 'Unique' - Ulster University
2018. Higher Education Academy Awarded Associate Fellowship - Ulster University
2017/2018 Ceramics Tutor South East Regional College
Exhibitions:
2019 'The Dinner Party' The Loft Gallery, Portaferry
Solo Exhibition
2019 'Linenopolis' Linenhall Library, Belfast
Group Exhibition
2019 Group Exhibition Bevere Gallery, Worcester
work selected from
'New Designers 2018'
2018/2019 Royal Ulster Academy Ulster Museum, Belfast
137th Annual Exhibition
2018 Group Exhibition Linen Biennale, Island Arts, Lisburn
2018 Group Exhibition Creative Peninsula, Town Hall, Newtownards
2018 Group Exhibition 'New Designers', London
2018 Residency Exhibition Ulster University, Belfast
2017/2018 Royal Ulster Academy Ulster Museum, Belfast
136th Annual Exhibition
2017 Solo Exhibition Ards Arts/Townhall, Newtownards
2017 Degree Show Ulster University, Belfast
2016 Group Exhibition Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
2016 Group Exhibition Ulster University, Belfast
2015 Group Exhibition The Loft Gallery, Portaferry
2015 Group Exhibition Ulster University, Belfast
2014 Final Year Show S.E.R.C. Bangor
2014 Group Exhibition Ulster University, Magee Campus
2012 Group Exhibition Belfast Culture Night
Achievements/Awards:
2020 Work longlisted for CHAIYA Art Awards
2020 Selected for Craft NI Launchpad Programme
2019 SIAP - Awarded by Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2019 Accepted for Designers Makers Sixteenth Initiative at Northern Ireland Assembly Gift Shop
2019 Awarded by Ards and North Down Borough Council
Bursary for Residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre
2019 Work longlisted for 'Handmade in Britain' Competition - 'Identity'
2018 Work selected for Royal Ulster Academy of the Arts
137th exhibition
2017 Work selected for Royal Ulster Academy of the Arts
136th exhibition
2017 Work Selected by Ulster University/
First Trust Bank: Trophy for Distinguished Graduate Award
2015 The Dean’s First Year Ulster University, Belfast
Ceramic Prize for Excellence
2014 The Ceramic Prize S.E.R.C. Bangor
Commissions:
2017 Trophy for: Ulster University/First Trust Bank-Distinguished Graduate Award
2017 Competitive Commission Ulster University, Belfast
(Gift for visiting Professors)
2016 Private Commission - Contemporary Communion Chalice