Biography

Born 1957 Ilford,Essex
Education 1976-1977  St Martin's School of Art
1977-1980  Chelsea School of Art
Exhibitions 1980  First Picture show - Sainsbury's Art Centre, Norwich
1982 South Bank show - South London Art Gallery, Coracle and Morley College Gallery - Festival of artists working in South London.
1983  Paintings - Minories gallery, Colchester
1983 Four English artists - Kruithuis, s'Hertogenbosch, Holland with shelagh cluett, kay mclauren, and tony hayward
1984 Various madness - Group show curated by Sarah Kent, Ian Birksted Gallery, London
1984 Two new painters - Ian Birksted Gallery, London
1986 South London Open - South London Art Gallery
1987 Whitechapel Open - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1987 Royal Overseas League Open - Royal Overseas League House, London
1989 Black Art: New Directions - Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery
1989 Paintings and drawings - Minories Gallery, Colchester
2003 A Place to Stand: Watershed Arts Centre, Bristol - digital photographs
2005 Universal Photography: Galeriazero Barcelona, Spain - digital photographs
2006 Another place to stand: Galeriazero Barcelona, Spain - digital photographs
2007 [Identity] Fringe Arts Bath - digital photographs
2007 Museum of Domestic Architecture, London - installation
In 1990 I stopped making work to start a landscape design and build company. In 2002 I closed my London company and moved to Bradford on Avon to resume my Art career and relaunched the landscape business as spacemagic garden design.

Grants and reviews etc

1983- British Council award for Dutch exhibition
1989- Greater London Arts Award for Stoke on Trent and Minories shows.

Work reviewed in many periodicals,
Artscribe, Art Monthly, Time Out, Guardian plus Dutch newspapers and radio.

Teaching at the Slade School painting dept and drawing workshop at Stoke on Trent.