One of the main reasons I wanted to visit Aarhus 2017 was to see a project called UP! UP! is an exhibition of site-specific works which are being installed in Aarhus between July and September 2017. It is co-ordinated by ProKK: Foreningen for Professionelle […]
I’m in the running for the 2017 ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary and these four drawings will be on show as part of it in November. Five artists have been selected and the winner of the bursary will be announced […]
Thanks to an A-N Travel Bursary, foundations were laid for a photographic project exploring Finland’s rich history of couple dancing. The first leg took me around South Savonia in the east of Finland and this blog is a kind of unravelling of the people and places I encountered.
Well where did the time go? The last few months have flown by and I’m pleased to say that my first solo show, ‘Firmament’ is taking place this week at Thirtyfive Gamble in Nottingham. It feels like its been a […]
Actively seeking collaborators through print workshops across Europe, backed by a-n travel grant.
First step of a new sculpture piece!
Culminating in a day-long symposium on the ‘ideas, impact and architecture’ of Robin Hood Gardens’ architects Alison and Peter Smithson, the group show ‘Parallel (of Life and) Architecture’ includes a collaboration between Assemble and London-based artist Simon Terrill. Chris Sharratt finds out more.
Raindrops — Monday 23rd October 2017 Kensal Green – Grand Union Canal – chalk marker pen on glass
A selection of exhibition highlights for the week ahead including: Paula Rego at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s installations at Tate Modern, London, and Turner Prize-winner Susan Philipsz at Baltic, Gateshead.
Report exploring “the most frequently made claim for art: its contribution to soft power.”
One of the exciting and brand-new developments that has taken place as part of the Made in Korea project is the creation of a mobile phone app. This is Joseph Young’s doing so he gets all the credit for this! […]
Never have I been so excited about being given a whole lot of mud (well, I probably have, but in the context of growing things… which I guess connects all these ideas). Thanks to ceramicist Elsa Naveda as well […]
So, the first question before delving further into the colours, was how was I going to bind them to the page? I wanted to see what I could source from the local market, everyday ingredients that you find in the […]
borrow: take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it When Jane Boyer and Rebecca Fairman, curators of the group exhibition ‘Something Borrowed’ first spoke to me about the premise behind the show, my […]
Very excited to be one of the artists working on the Woods to Where else project in Kings Wood with Stour Valley Creative Partnerships. This is a research and development project with a mini residency, working with Mavernie Cunningham, to […]
“One picture worth ten thousand words”… (as quoted from a Japanese proverb by Barnard in 1927)… But ironically, put a web-search for ‘dyslexia’ and you will get a lot of words and not many pictures! However, Hull based photographer Miranda […]
The second Thought for Food event will finally take place on 9th November 2017 , after a hiatus resulting in a long pause in the project. The subject on this occasion will be mapping. Guests are currently being invited and […]
Notes from a travel to HangZhou with Macclesfield Historian Dorothy Bentley Smith (a-n Travel Bursary)
I have been continuing my work on my Moor series which was instigated by a trip away to Derbyshire. I’ve extended this remit to essentially include the more wildish aspects of the UK countryside as I normally spend most of […]
