Education
2008 - 2010 - MA Digital Media Arts - University of
Brighton - School of Arts and Media.
1997-1998 -
H.N.C. Photography - City of Westminster College London.
1994-1996 - City & Guilds - Photography - Kingsway College
London.
1989-1990 - City
& Guilds Advanced Craft¬-Specialist Paint Finishing, College of North East
London.
1987-1989 - City
& Guilds - Specialist paint Finishing and sign Writing - College of North
East London.
1982-1984 - Diploma in Higher Education - Expressive Arts,
Middlesex
University, London.
Residencies
Sept 09/ June 2010 - Old
Masters. Digital media arts residency working with young people
at All Angels School in South London. Funded by Collage Arts.
Aug 09/Jan 2010 - Still Lives.
Digital Media Arts Residency working with Beverly Carpenter at Kids
Company in South London. Funded by Southwalk Council.
Sept 09/March 2010 -Youth
Ground. Digital media arts residency working with young
people at All Angels School in South London. Funded by Collage Arts.
Oct 08/March 09 - The Growingroom.
Artist in Residence with Enfield Council. An arts
led consultation funded by Harringwoods Studios.
Oct 07/Jan 08 - SE5 Scene.
Artist in Residence with Beverly Carpenter at Kids Company, Camberwell. Funded by Media Box, through Oblique
Arts.
June/Oct 2006 - Jaywick
Rocks - Artist in Residence at Jaywick Sands. An arts led
consultation, funded by Haring Woods Studios, Arts Council England, and Essex
County Council.
March 2006 - Artist in Residence Durness Digital art
studio, funded by Scottish Arts Council,
Jan/May 2006 - Artist In Residence 'East Herts'.
Council. 'Its all going on at Sele' Consultation, funded by Greenheart
Partnerships, Arts council England
May/Nov 2005 - Artist in Residence 'Gunpowder Park'.
'Capture Revisited', funded by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
May 2003/Sept 2004 - Artist in residence at 'Wysing
Arts' in Cambridge. 'Capture' funded by East England Arts, The Regional Arts
Lottery Fund, Gunpowder Park/ Landscape and Arts Network and Arts Council
England. An eighteen-month research based residency that explored ideas around
life cycles, with the brief to explore the possibility of physically linking
two sites with diverse histories.
Jan/April 2004 - Artist in residence Fortismere
sixth-form college. 'On the Brink', An exploration of identity using
photography and digital image manipulation with my portraiture portfolio as a
starting point.
2001/2002 - Artist in Residence, Lee Valley
Regional Park, 'Year of the artist' 2000. 'Pregnant in
Lee Valley' funded by East England Arts and Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
Eighteen-month digital arts based exploration, to produce large-scale images
(ten metres high) to mark the count down to the opening of a park.
Commissions
March 08 - South London Gallery commissioned myself and Beverly
Carpenter through Oblique Arts to make a short film with students from a local
School in response to The Alfredo Jarr 'Politics of the Image' exhibition.
March/July 08 - Camberwell Community Arts consultation
project. Se5 Forum and Splash.
Oct/Feb 07/08 - 'SE5 Scene', An 'Oblique Arts' Project
funded by Media Box.
June/Dec 2007 - 'Skate Jam', A community consultation
film, commissioned by East Herts council.
April/May 2007 - 'Bright Sparks', a documentary film
commissioned by Gunpowder Park.
May 2006 - 'Its all going on at Sele' a short film commissioned
by Greenheart Partnerships as part of the outcome from the community
consultation undertaken while working as artist in residence on Sele Farm
Estate.
Exhibitions and Screenings
Dec 2009 - 'Still Lives' The Gallery Sketch' London
Nov 2009 -
'Through The Keyhole' Chocolate Factory open studio, London
July 2009 - 'Youth
Ground' The House, St Michaels and All Angels School, London
Nov 2008 - 'SE5
Scene' Chocolate Factory open studio, London
July 2008 - Chocolate factory Gallery 'Makcays Down South' London
June 2008 - Camberwell Swimming Pool 'Splash' Three Screen film
installation and live performance as part of Camberwell community Arts
Festival, London.
March 2008 - South London Gallery 'New Shoots' Screening of
'London, South London' , London
Jan. 2008 - Kids Company, 'SE5 Scene' Red Carpet Screening event,
London
Jan. 2008 - Camberwell Magistrates Court, 'SE5 Scene' out door
film installation London
Nov 2007 -
'Mackay's Down South' Chocolate Factory open studio, London
Nov 2006 - 'Jaywick
Rocks' and 'Mackay Portraits' Chocolate Factory open studio, London.
Oct 06 - Jaywick Martello Tower, 'Jaywick Rocks' out door film
screening and Exhibition, Essex
Sept 06 -
Whitechapel Gallery, out door projection, part of 'Wormhole Salon' 'Tunnel
Vision' 'The Sinc. Group'. London
June 2006 -
Durness Village Hall 'Vroom' Group Show 'Mackay Portraits' and film 'Lost For
Words'. Scotland
March 2006 - Balnakele House Projection, 'Lost For Words',
Scotland
Nov. 2005 - 'On
the Brink', GPP Portraits, 'Growing Room' The Chocolate Factory open studio,
London
July 2005 -
Chocolate Factory Gallery 'On the Brink' Portraits. Part of the work produced
while artist in Residence at Fortismere School, London
Nov. 2004 - 'Capture' The Chocolate Factory open studio, London
Sept 2004 - Wysing arts 'Capture' exhibition of work from 18
month residency, funded by Arts Council England, East England Arts, Regional
Arts Lottery, Cambridge.
June 2004 - Gunpowder Park Royal Opening, group exhibition of
work, Waltham Abbey.
Nov. 2003 - Retrospective.
The Chocolate Factory open studio, London
Nov 2002 -
"Pregnant in Lee Valley', The Chocolate Factory open studio, London.
April/May 2002 - Curator 'Celebrating Food' Exhibition,
Bruce Castle Museum, London.
Nov. 2001
'London at Dawn and Dusk', The Chocolate Factory open studio, London.
Nov. 2000
'Girls in Goggles'. The Chocolate Factory open studio, London
Nov. 1999
'Artists Portraits' The Chocolate Factory open studio, London London.
Sept. 1999 - 'Angels' Yaminas Café Gallery , solo show, sponsored
by Angel Fest 1999 Organised Chaos, London.
Aug. 1999 - 'Angels' Optima Studios, solo show, Sponsored by
Becks, London.
Aug. 1999 - Lauderdale House Photographic Exhibition (First
Prize). Group show, London.
June 1999 -
'Rites of Passage'. Gallery, Crouch End Library, funded by Haringey Arts
Council, joint show, London.
Nov 1998 -
'Twins' Chocolate Factory open studio, London
June 1997 - 'Let Loose', Association Gallery group show, London.
Mentoring, teaching and workshops
2009/10 - St Michaels and All Angels School,
Digital Media Arts
2009/10 - Schools
in Enfield, video and animation.
2009/10 - Kids
Company, Digital photography and animation.
2008/09
- St Michaels and All Angels School, Digital Media Arts
August 2008 - Herfordshire University, digital and
photography animation.
March - June 2008
- St Michaels and All Angels School, Camberwell, animation, digital
photography and video workshops 'Splash and Se5 Forum' with Oblique Arts.
March - June 2008 - Kids Company, Camberwell. Animation,
digital photography and video workshops
March 2008 - South London Gallery, Video workshops in response to
Alfredo Jaar's 'Politics of the Image' exhibition with St Saviour's and St
Olave's School.
Oct-Jan 07/08 - Kids Company, Camberwell, animation, digital
photography and video workshops 'SE5 Scene' with Oblique Arts.
Oct-Jan 07/08 - St Michaels and All Angels School,
Camberwell, animation, digital photography and video workshops 'SE5 Scene' with
Oblique Arts.
July 2007 - Round House, Camden, London. Digital photography
Master Class with Gallery 37
July 2006 -
Jaywick Martello Tower - Digital Photography Workshops
Jan-May 2006 - Sele Farm Estate - Diary Rooms
March 2006 - Durness Digital Studio - Pin Hole Photography
workshops and filmmaking.
Aug 2006 - Charles Wells Brewery - Digital and projection
Workshops
April 2006 - Sele Arts and Media School - Portraiture Workshops
for 'A' level Students.
Sept 2005 - Gunpowder Park - Work with Ranger Scouts on 'Capture
Revisited'
June 2005 - Chocolate Factory - Studio and darkroom practice -
one to one private tuition for GCSE and A level Students.
2004 - Commissions East - Artist talk on residencies,
Cambridge.
2004 - Teaching - Comberton Village College. Year 10 - series
of photography and image manipulation workshops on the theme of 'Memory',
Cambridge.
2003 - Mentoring programme, Fortismere School. Small groups
of GCSE students exploring the possibilities of becoming an artist, London.
2002 - 'Artist Packs' for Haringey Schools. Educational
teaching packs for teachers working with year 5 and 6 students. Commissioned by
Haringey Arts Council, London.
2002 - Mentoring program, Gladesmore School. Small groups
of GCSE students exploring the possibilities of becoming an artist. London.
Film and TV work (Unit Stills)
2005 - 'Rose and Maloney' series two. TV Drama, Storm Dog Productions.
2004 - 'Rose and Maloney' - TV Drama. Ealing Studios
2002/2003 - 'Second Generation' - TV Drama, Channel Four
May 2002 - 'Crooked Man' -
TV Drama, Crooked Man Films Ltd
May 2002 - 'Murphy's Law'
-TV Drama, Tiger Aspects Productions
April 2001 - 'Sweet Revenge' - TV Drama, BBC
Dec. 2000 - 'The Lawless Heart' -
Feature Film, MP Productions
Nov. 2000 - 'Bubbles' - Short Film, Outlook films.
Sept. 2000 - ' Losing It' - Short Film, Resource Base.
July/ August 2000 - 'My Brother Tom' - Feature Film, Em Foundation.
May 2000 - 'State of the Party'-Feature Film, Em Foundation.
July /Aug.1999 - ''Déjà vu'- TV Drama, Northwest Film.
Feb.1999 - 'Women Talking Dirty' - Feature Film,
Rocket films.
Oct.1998 - 'Caz
Underground' - TV Drama, Channel Four
Oct. 1997 - 'Interview With Richard Lester'- Efilms Inc.
Sept. 1997 - 'My Dead Buddy' - Short film, Channel Four.
Aug. 1997 - 'Family Ties' - Short film, Channel Four.
Aug. 1997 - 'St. Claire' - Short film, Channel Four.
July 1997 - 'Beer Goggles' - Short film, Channel Four.
Oct. 1997 - 'Sixth Happiness' - feature film.