BIOGRAPHY

1970-74 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth B.A. Joint Hons. Fine Art/Italian
1972-73 Accademia delle Belle Arti, Florence
1982-91 Studio in Liverpool (Bridewell) and Treuddyn, North Wales
1992-96 Studio in Netherlands
1997- Currently lives and works in East Sussex
2005 Elected to Royal Cambrian Academy
2014 Elected to Royal British Society of Sculptors


Solo Exhibitions

2022 The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
2017 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2011 Hop Gallery, Lewes
2006 Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
2005 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2004 Thebes Gallery, Lewes
2002 Stadtmuseum Beckum, Germany; Kulturforum Rheine, Germany
2001 Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute; Otter Gallery, University College, Chichester
2000 Rhyl Art Centre; Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen
1999 Künstlerhaus Ulm, Germany; Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
1996 Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Emmen, Netherlands; Bax Gallery, Buurmalsen, Netherlands
1995 Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
1991 Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany; The Minories, Colchester; King's Manor Gallery, University of York
1989 Wrexham Art Centre, Clwyd
1988 Cheshire Arts Tour
1987 Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead; Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
1985 Hanover Gallery, Liverpool


Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960 - 2022 The Hepworth, Wakefield, and Saatchi Gallery
2022-2023 Farleys House and Gallery, Chiddingly, East Sussex
2019 ‘Personal Structures: Identity’ European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice Biennale
2018 ‘Form and Formality’ Breeze Art Fair, Trereife, Cornwall; Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition
2017 ‘Dreams and Fears’ Kontur Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany (VIDEO); ‘Strong’ Naked Eye Gallery, Brighton
2016 Corpus Blackheath Gallery, London; Fabelhaft - Kunstverein Lanshut, Germany
2015 FreshAir at Quenington
2014 Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition
2013 Fresh Air 2013 at Quenington; Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition; Collaboration with Freddie Opoku-Addaie in Show of Hands (VIDEO)
2012 Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition
2010 Weiss,  Kunst im Schloss Untergroningen, Germany
2009 Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Show
2008 Wales Portrait Award Touring Exhibition
2007 Farley Farm House, Chiddingly, East Sussex; Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition, Conwy; Brighton Festival
2006 Y Capel, Llangollen
2005 Hannah Peschar Sculpture Garden; Der Rote Teppich Kunst im Schloss Untergroningen, Germany; Y Capel, Llangollen My Heart's Desire, Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester; Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition
2004 The Human Form, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire; Wild Garden, Godinton House, Kent.
2003 Sussex Open, Brighton Museum; Shrewsbury Sotheby's Open, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery; Art in Romney Marsh; The Arts of War. The Art of Peace. Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery; Religion, Art and War, Salon des Arts, London; Park Life Sculpture Walk, Egerton Park, Bexhill-on-Sea. Sussex
2002 About Face, Croydon Clocktower
2001 Royal Academy Summer Show; Dwor Karwacjanow Gallery, Gorlice, Poland;
Hout (Wood), Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Emmen, Netherlands; Beatrice Royal Gallery, Hampshire
1999 Mixed Media III, Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany; Galerie Marie-Louise Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
1997 Figuratively Speaking, Rufford Craft Centre
1993 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1991 Muse Gallery and Payne Gallery, Philadelphia, USA; Carvings in Colour , Rufford Sculpture Park, Nottingham; City Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
1990 Out of the Wood, Tate Gallery, Liverpool; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall; The Probity of Virtue , Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno; Respecting All Ornament , Oldham Art Gallery, Lancashire
1989 Capability to Contemporary, Tatton Hall, Cheshire
1988 Smith's Gallery, Covent Garden and tour; Figures in Movement , Rufford Sculpture Park; Body Talk , Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester Sculpture in a Garden, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; The Human Touch , Harris Art Gallery, Preston; British Relief Woodcarvings, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport and touring; Twentieth Century Art and Design, Manchester City Art Gallery; Kunst aus Liverpool, B.B.K. Gallery, Cologne
1986 On Site, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool; Merseyside Artists 3 , Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Contemporary British Woodcuts, Worcester City Art Gallery
1985 Second International Print Biennial, Cabo Frio, Brazil; Eleventh International Print Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan; Merseyside Artists 2, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1984 Eighth British International Print Exhibition, Bradford; Trends 84 Barbican, London; City Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds

Residencies, Commissions, Prizes, Grants

2018 Invited guest artist for series of 3 Tate Modern Workshops ‘Movement and Sculpture’ with Freddie Opoku-Addaie
2013 Arts Council funded collaboration with choreographer Freddie-Opoku-Addaie Show of Hands (Video)
2006
Sculpture Commission North East Wales NHS Trust Wrexham Maelor Hospital
2004 Caerleon International Sculpture Symposium, Newport
2002 Personal Development Scheme Grant, Arts Council South East
2000 Sculpture Commission, Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside; Sculpture Commission, Glan Clwyd NHS Trust, Cancer Treatment Centre
1994 Sculpture Commission, Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn
1991 Artist in Residence, Minories Art Gallery, Colchester; Welsh Arts Council Travel Grant Germany and Poland
1989 Sculpture Commission, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead; Artist in Residence, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Tate Gallery Liverpool/Ashworth Hospital, Outreach Project
1988 Artist in Residence, Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
1987 Prizewinner. John Moore's Liverpool 15. Walker Art Gallery; Co-selector Arts Council funded touring exhibition British Relief Woodcarvings Sculpture Commission, Wirral Education Centre, Cheshire
1986 Artist in Residence, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Sculpture Commission, Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn; Artists in Industry, Lever Bros Ltd, Port Sunlight

Work in Public Collections

Lever Brothers Limited
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Manchester City Art Gallery
University of Liverpool
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead
Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn
Wirral Education Centre , Bromborough, Cheshire
Bury St Edmunds Borough Council
St Louis Middle School, Bury St Edmunds
Villa Merkel, Graphische Sammlung der Stadt Esslingen, Germany
Wispolnota Polska Association, Nowy Sacz , Poland
Caerleon Tourism Forum
Glan Clwyd NHS Trust Cancer Treatment Centre, Bodelwyddan
Ashworth Secure Hospital, Merseyside
Mid Essex NHS Trust, Broomfield
North East Wales NHS Trust, Wrexham
Embragel, Cabo Frio, Brazil