Bio
One of the original Open Books artists. Co-curator of the Open Books exhibition at LAC, Ottowa, Canada. Creative Wales Ambassador Award: Paper Exchange - China/Wales. openbooks-online artist collaborating with the Go Down KL. Member of the Welsh Group, currently curating Things Seen and Unseen at BayArt this Autumn. Studio member of Butetown Artists. Paintings in private and public collections in the UK, China, Canada and Australia. Interested in forging local and international collaborations
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1979 - 82 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
1975 - 78 BA Hons, 2.1 Fine Art, Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic
1974 -75 Foundation Art & Design, Cardiff College of Art
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2023 Studio Artists & Associates, Christmas Show, BayArt 2023 Celf Gwyrdd, Welsh Group Mid Wales Art Centre 2023 PAX, MOMA, Machynlleth & Aberystwyth Art Centre 2023 Welsh Group in Focus, Y Gaer, Brecon
2023 LLE Gallery exhibition, Kingsgate projects, London
2022 Y Silff, Canfas, Cardigan
2022 Welsh Group Turner House
2022 Across Two Valleys, Red House, Merthyr Tydfil
2022 Celebration of Contemporary Welsh Painting, 'Found' Brecon
2021 Thoughts on Paper, Oriel Y Bont, University of South Wales
2021 OpenBooksOnline, The GoDown, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2021 Welsh Group at Art Central & Attic Gallery Swansea -
2021 Creative Wales Ambassador Open Books /Paper Exchange Wales China. Wales Arts International ACW Create Award - Curator/Artist. OpenBooksOnline - OpenBooks and The GoDown KL. in collaboration with Butetown Artists
2017 and 2018 Member of Cultural Delegation to China-representing Open Books. Travel Grant - Wales Arts International
2016 Co-curator Open Books, Ottawa, Canada. Travel Grant - Wales Arts International
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’The Welsh Group’ is an artists’ collective with the purpose of exhibiting and ‘giving voice’ to the visual arts in Wales.
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Open Books has delivered 9 collaborative exhibitions, which brought together a large number of artists from various countries and opened up an ongoing dialogue between them.