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EDUCATION
2007-2009 MA (Distinction) Royal College of Art, London, UK
2004-2007 BA (Hons) University of Westminster, London, UK
1998-2000 MA Institute of Education, University of London, UK
1996 Cert. TEFL, Wigan & Leigh College, Wigan, Lancashire, UK
1992-1995 LL.B(Hons) University of Hull, Yorkshire, UK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (* denotes voluntary positions)
Jan 2011 – present Tutor, Sculpture Programme, Royal College of Art, UK
*Sep 2010 – present Artist-in-Residence, General Social Care Council, London, UK
*Mar 2009 – present Advisory Board Member, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, UK
Sep 2009 – Aug 2010 President, Royal College of Art Students Union, London, UK
*Jul 2009 – Jun 2010 Trustee, Kairos-in-Soho, London, UK
Aug 2006 – Aug 2009 Arts, Campaigns and Development Officer, The Monitoring Group, London, UK
Aug 2001 – Sep 2004 Lawyer, BP Collins Solicitors, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, UK
EXHIBITIONS
2012 (Forthcoming) Solo show marking the closure of the General Social Care Council, London, UK
2011 Descent into the maelstrom, Monkey Cage Gallery, Ramsgate Summer Squall Festival, UK
2010 Art Writing, RCA Hockney Gallery, London, UK
2009 Three Studies on Presence in Things, MA Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2009 Why Do We Cling to Each Other, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2009 Homage to J, winning entry for the RCA short film competition, London, UK
2008 8 Forms, for the Chalfont Lodge Sculpture Trail, Buckinghamshire, UK
2007 Production, Reproduction, Repetition, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London, UK
2006 Spy-hole, London Gallery West, Harrow, UK
CURATING
2011 To Do: a night of performance art, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010 Protected Characteristics: portraiture as investigation into the new Equalities Act 2010, Courtyard Galleries, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2010 Mini Exhibition, Rydges Kensington Plaza, London, UK
2010 Art Writing, RCA Hockney Gallery, London, UK
2010 Gender & Performance, Courtyard Galleries, Royal College of Art
2009 Milestone: commemorating the 10 year anniversary of the publication of the Stephen Lawrence report, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich / St Andrew Holborn, UK
2009 Off the Wall, The Gallery Room, London Civil Rights & Arts Centre, Holborn, London, UK
2008 We Come From Your Future, Tate Britain, London, UK (a TMG project in collaboration with Ultra-red)
2007 Reflection, an exhibition of site specific responses, Sir John Soane Museum, London, UK
COMMISSIONS, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, WRITING
2012 (Forthcoming) Grayson Perry: Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman, Book review for Ceramic Review, Mar/Apr issue 254
2012 Matter in Hand, Panel Chairman, Kingsgate Gallery, London, UK
2012 What If?, Feature article for Ceramic Review, Jan/Feb Issue 253
2011 Effacing the Image: aesthetics, violence and the concentrationary image, Paper presented at the University of Leeds’ international conference on ‘Imaginaries of violence in contemporary culture’, Leeds, UK
2011 On Education, Comment article for Ceramic Review, Nov/Dec Issue 252
2010 Making a Journey of Consciousness, Essay for MA Ceramics and Glass degree show catalogue
2010 Protest Art, educational workshops at the Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2010 Roundtable: Art Networks, Panel Chair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2010 Perspective and Seeing Symposium, Lecture and Panelist, Royal College of Art, London
2009 Panelist for Battle of Ideas Festival 2009, Institute of Ideas: ‘From Macpherson to the rise of the BNP: Race Today?’, and ‘Activist revival or aimless hyper-activism?’
2006 Arts and Education workshop for teachers at the School Of The Arts, Singapore
2006 Sculpture commission for Help The Hospices’ national campaign, Kings Cross, London
ARTISTS’ DEVELOPMENT
2011 – present Artnerds, Founding member of this reading group, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
2007 – 2009 Thinking & Practice Group, Convenor for this cross-disciplinary art and design critical group, Royal College of Art, London
