Education & Experience

Education

2006 – 2009 – B.A Fine Art Painting Wimbledon School of Art, (UAL) London

2005 – 2006 – Foundation Diploma Art and Graphics, Gateway 6th Form College, Leicester

2003 – 2005 – A Level in Art and Design, Gateway 6th Form College, Leicester

 

Exhibitions and Public Unveilings

Sep 2024 – Flow State – Flow studio installation at The Curve Theatre, Leicester, England

Jan 2024 – Awarded Arts Council England Grant – DYCP (Developing your creative practice)

Nov 2023 – Neon Nostalgia – Light installation at The Nightfall Festival – Middlesborough, Mansfield

Sep 2023 – Lamborghini 60th Anniversary Commission by Lamborghini  – Leicester, England

August 2023 – NHS LLR Mural commission/ Collaboration with poet Serenah Cole – In a better Nation, Leicestershire and Rutland, England

June 2023 – Participation bias in human Genomics – Fellowship unveiling of 3d double helix sculpture (VR, AR, Video)

August 2022 – Gavaskar Ground – Sunil Gavaskar unveiled Mural at Bharat Sports centre, Leicester

May 2022 – Jubilee Crown window mural – Anokhi House of Sarees, Leicester, England

March 2022 – Window display of Hands sculpture draped in sprees and Paper Plane sculpture amongst hanging paper aeroplanes – Anokhi House of Sarees, Leicester, England

Mar 2022 – Roy’s Art Fair – Truman Brewery, London, England

Nov 2021 – Roy’s Art Fair – Oxo Bargehouse, London, England

September 2021 – We Reflect – Stamp Festival, Hamburg, Germany

September 2021 – Hands of Freedom Sculpture No1 – Centenary celebrations with Attenborough Arts Centre, Wall mounted, Attenborough Building, University of Leicester campus. – Leicester, England

August 2021 – Summer Open Exhibition, Sock Gallery, Loughborough, England

August 2021 – Liberty UK, Art in unusual places Toilet Art Exhibition  – Hands of Freedom mural at Leicester Museum and Gallery (previously known as New Walk Gallery) – Leicester, England

May 2021 – Paper Planes (Outdoor installation of sculpture) – Made with Many – Coronation park, Corby, England

May – Nov 2021 – Hands of Freedom 2 – Centenary celebrations with Attenborough Arts Centre, displayed upon plinth at Leicester Cathedral – Leicester, England

Jan 2020 – Solo Pop Up Recent Works Exhibition at Marvellous Art Gallery, Belvoir Street – Leicester, England

Nov 2019 – Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, New Walk Gallery, Leicester, England

July 2019 – The Leicester City Open 100, DIY Gallery, Town hall Square – Leicester, England

Jan 2019 – Art displayed at Sherwin Hall Interior Design Showroom, Oadby – Leicester, England

Nov 2018 – Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, New Walk Gallery – Leicester, England

Nov 2018 – Chester Art Fair, Chester, England

Oct 2018 – Leicester Open Variant Exhibition, Curve Theatre – Leicester, England

Winner of the L.O.V.E Art Prize by the hosts at Curve Theatre. 

Oct 2018 – Leicester Sketch Club Anual Exhibition, The Old Library Gallery, Leicester

June 2018 – Open 2017, Cank Street Gallery, Leicester, England

Nov 2017 – Winter Open Exhibition, Sock Gallery, Loughborough, England

Oct 2017 – Leicester Sketch Club Anual Exhibition, The Old Library Gallery, Leicester, England

Winner of the LSA Artist Prize 

Winner of the Viewers Choice Award

July 2017 – Open 28, The Old Library Gallery, Leicester, England

June 2017 – Open 2017, Cank Street Gallery, Leicester, England

Sep 2016 – Group show, Two One Two, Brick Lane, London, England

Jun 2016 – Group Show, 504 Gallery, Roman Road, London, England

I am a member and board member of the Leicester Society of Artists.

I am on the advisory board for the Attenborough Arts Centre

 

Workshops and classes

Dec 2024 - How to paint hands - Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College, Leicester

Nov 2023 – Neon Nostalgia – Light installation at The Nightfall Festival – Middlesborough, Mansfield

April – June 2022 – Arts in Mental Health – Brightsparks Charity, Attenborough Arts Ctr x 10 sessions + Riverside festival

September 2021 – We Reflect – Stamp Festival, Hamburg, Germany – Portraits on reflective chrome

April 2021 - Hands of Freedom –  Drawing hands x 3 sessions. Collaboration with Professor David Ekserdjian (Dean of Art History, at Uni of Leicester)