Curatorial projects

Birth Rites

Don't Cross the Line . October 2003 Artist led exhibition co-curated with Jai Redman, UHC Collective. Sited three installations across Manchester City Centre exploring the broad theme of Cultural Imperialism. Included internationally acclaimed work by Jai Redman ‘This is Camp X-ray '. www.uhc-collective.org.uk/projects/exhibitionsarchives

Agitate. An art show from the political underground. July 2002. Curated by Jai Redman with Helen Knowles and Kwong Lee as guest curators. Great Northern Warehouse, Manchester . www.uhc-collective.org.uk/projects/exhibitionsarchives

Radio Halo, an exhibition of site-specific installations on the theme of astronomy, organised and curated by Helen Knowles. Sited in the Arboretum at Jodrell Bank Science Centre.

Art Works

'Growth Investment' Plant-paper casts of botanical instruments from a derelict botany lab. Sited in the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester as part of ‘Don't Cross the line' , October 2003. The artwork highlights the international movement of plants as a highly valued commodity from the colonial era until the present day. www.uhc-collective.org.uk/projects/exhibitionsarchives

‘Immigration' , ‘Adventurous Wild Flowers : Their Art and Science' . Gallery Oldham . 2002. Created the installation ‘Immigration' for a five person touring show which featured wild flowers that have broken the yoke of human control. Projection installation. www.galleryoldham.org.uk/exhibitions/archive/passingflower.htm

‘Leather Floor', ‘ One Tree Exhibition' . Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh , touring show, 2001. Oak bark from a felled Oak tree used to tan deer hides in the arboretum at Jodrell Bank and create a leather floor.

‘Sailing Species'. October 1999 Site specific installation in Bretton Heath Country Park . Collaboration with Elizabeth Stuart Smith referring to the navigation of the globe in a quest to amass botanical knowledge. Mono-prints floating on water.

‘Pollinate' Group show at The Botanic Gardens, Dundee . 1999. Lipstick, 6 x 6 greenhouse, cast plant fibres.

‘Paul Cann Travel Award' 1994 Tate Gallery. Travel Bursary to Spain and France to look at Miro and Picasso's responses to the Spanish Civil War. Sketchbooks produced.

Residencies

 AA2A Residency at the University of Central Lancashire . www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/destech/aa2a/

Jodrell Bank Science Centre and Arboretum. 1999 – 2001 Setting Up Scheme residency.

I have a proven track record in fundraising and managing visual arts projects and exhibitions and have received financial backing from the following organisations:

The Arts Council Northwest
Northwest Arts Board
Newspaper Makers and Stationer's Educational Trust
North West Vision
The Paul Cann Travel Award.
Cheshire County Council
The Amateurs Trust.
Trafford MBC
WEVH

Clients include:

Jodrell Bank Science Centre and Arboretum
The Whitworth Art Gallery
Creative Partnerships
The Richmond Foundation
MMU
Manchester University
The Arts Council Northwest
High Peak Borough Council
Trafford MBC