CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Graduated from Loughborough University
First Class Honours in BA Fine Art with a Diploma in Professional Studies
Level 4 Foundation Art and Design at Southend College, Essex
Merit
Awards
Hari Art London Shortlisted Artist 2025
Artwork on display at The Hari Hotel in London with the 19 other shortlisted artists.
Awarded the 24th Solo Residency at Unit 1 Gallery I Worksop. 2025
3-month Solo Residency culminating in my first Solo Exhibition.
Bleach London Super Cool Colour Fund 2025 Finalist
Awarded a stipend to commission a piece and exhibit in London with the 9 other shortlisted artists.
Awarded ‘One to Watch’ by Colette Griffin, Regional Director (part-time) of CVAN East Midlands, part of the national Contemporary Visual Arts Network
Loughborough University Fine Art Innovation Award
2023
Projects
Content Creation
Showcasing my original artwork across social media platforms. Achieving a combined reach of over 23M views, 1.3M likes, and 1M profile views on TikTok and Instagram over the past three months.
September 2024 – Ongoing.
Stories from the Quarter – Birmingham Museum Photographer
Exhibition featuring photographs taken by the late Colin Shaw in the 1980s and by me of MasterPeace Academy’s goldsmiths and jewellers in action, celebrating the diverse legacies of the Jewellery Quarter and the many roles involved in the Jewellery Trade.
24th July – Indefinitely.
Lessebo Paper Company Partnership 2025
One of the most environmentally friendly paper mills in the world.
Using Lessebo colours to create a flower lamp, now showcased on Lessebo Paper Studio.
Commissioned by the Right to Discipline Grant from the Antipode Foundation 2025
The project is titled ‘Geographies of Erasure and Silencing’. The piece titled ‘Lifeline’ is to be installed in Loughborough University’s Martin Hall building, forming a part of the University’s permanent art collection.
April 2023 – March 2025.
Sony x TikTok Branded Mission Campaign for Venom: The Last Dance
Produced and shared a short-term advertising campaign to celebrate the theatrical release of the movie Venom: The Last Dance using my art. 1.1M views on TikTok.
September – October 2024.
Assistant to Paper Artist Pauline Loctin
2 paper installations as part of the London Design Fair and in collaboration with G. F Smith papers.
‘Flying in Nuanced Colours’ at Uncommon Space in Holborn.
14th – 22nd September 2024.
Loughborough University Graduate Art Scheme
October 2023 – September 2024.
Assistant to Paper Artist Kate Colin
Collaboration with The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) and Feathers Teens Group on a paper-themed exhibition.
‘Paper Work’ at The Hub, Sleaford.
Exhibition 20th July – 17th November 2024.
East Midlands Graduate Project: EM23
Group residency at Surface Gallery, Nottingham.
2nd – 29th October 2023.
Adidas x Goya Inventors Hack – ‘The Future of Making’
20th – 24th July 2023.
Exhibitions
Hari Art London Group Exhibition
Hari London Hotel
19th November - February 2025
ING Discerning Eye Group Exhibition
Mall Galleries, London
14th - 23rd November 2025
Solo Exhibition
Unit 1 Gallery I Workshop, London
9th - 18th October 2025
‘Stories Aglow Stories’ Jewellery and Photography Exhibition
Birmingham Museum
14th October - 31st March 2025
Photography on display indefinitely
Super Cool Colour Fund Group Exhibition with Bleach London
Young Space, 85–87 Southgate Rd, London
15th May 2025
Group Exhibition with The Cold Magazine
83 Rivington Street, London
16th – 18th February 2025
‘Imprint/ Dismantle’ – Lboro Lates
Martin Hall, Epinal Way, Loughborough LE11 3TS
9th – 21st February 2024
Surface Gallery
3rd November - 18th November 2023
Dorcas Stories from the Front Room
Mailbox Birmingham, Level 2
Including Selected Work by MasterPeace Academy
23rd September - 29th October 2023,
Weds – Sun, 1-6pm
Loughborough University
2023
‘Belonging to Us’ MasterPeace Academy
Birmingham School of Jewellery
2023
‘We Are One’ Masterpiece Academy
RBSA Gallery
2022
‘Flux’ L4 Foundation Art and Design
Bargehouse Oxo Tower
2019