Artist Statement
My work deals with the subject of value by considering the system of values that we bestow upon familiar objects and possessions. I am interested in how the perception of an object is altered by its material, situation, or scale, and by making ironic and playful changes to these properties I encourage the viewer to question the value of the object. I deal to a great extent with found objects, investigating ways of intervening with the object itself to change its state and make it into an art object.
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2003 - MA Ceramics, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
1998 - BDes (Hons) (1st Class), Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, Scotland
Solo exhibitions
2007 - Featured Artists 'In The Window', Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Group exhibitions
2010 - Bluhenede Fantasien, Craft2EU, Hamburg, Germany
2010 - Collect 2010, Saatchi Gallery, Sloane Square, London
2010 - HOTPOT; Art, Food & People, FCAC @ StAndrews Museum, StAndrews, Fife
2010 - Origin 2010, Crafts Council/ Tent London, Spittalfields Market, London
2009 - Collect, The Saatchi Gallery, London
2009 - Collect 2009, Saatchi Gallery, Sloane Square, London
2009 - The Affordable Art Fair, The Biscuit Factory, Battersea Park, London
2008 - Biennalle de Ceramique, Andennes, Belgium
2008 - National Sculpture Awards, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
2007 - RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2007 - 'Telling Tales', The Beetroot Tree, Derbyshire
2006 - 'Manifestation', AtticSalt, Edinburgh
Intervention
2010 - Eat Me; Keep Me, UKYA Bienalle, Pickfords House, Derby Museum and Gallery
Competitions, prizes and awards
2009 - SAC Creative Development Grant, Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh
2009 - Zelli Porcelain Prize - Proverbial Porcelain, Zelli Porcelain, London
2008 - Peoples Choice Award, Bienalle de Ceramique, Andennes, Belgium
2008 - Shortlisted for the National Sculpture Awards, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
