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Future projects:

  • 2007 From Auschwitz to Ambleside
    A DV installation journey in the footsteps of child survivors from Eastern Europe concentration camps to Cumbria following one year research and development. Scheduled for Cumbria in early 2007. Supported by Arts Council England, South Lakes District Council.

  • International Festival of Women’s Contemporary Art and Culture Brewery Arts Centre
    Project manager of multi art form international festival involving artists from around the world. Supported by the Madeline Mabey Trust.

  • 2006 Movement/Movimiento Ciudadela, Pamplona
    Project manager of Rebecca Chesney and John Baldwin exhibition.

  • 19.16 Memory and the Act of Remembrance Accrington Town Hall and Haworth Museum and Art Gallery
    Supported by Hyndburn Borough Council


Edited resume:

  • 2005 Art Gene North West Open, Barrow
  • In Defiance of Gravity Brewery Arts Centre
    Co producer with Allan King of museological exhibition based on Short Sunderland Flying Boat factory at Windermerein the Lake District of England.
  • Samsara/Fish and Rain Brewery Arts Centre
    Organiser of major exhibitions and residencies by Pam Johnston Murai Tighara and Sundar Kanta Walker, Aboriginal Australian artists and Punjabi artist respectively.
  • 2004 19.16 Memory and the Act of Remembrance Kendal Town Hall.
    Artist exhibitor in one day installation event using source material from World War One and own film. Supported by Arts Council England and South Lakes District Council
  • 2003 Common Wealth Tate Modern
    Thomas Hirsschorn includes adapted text work from Rock Drill and Beyond 1998 in U-Topia Room.
  • 2001-present Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal, Cumbria
    Exhibitions organiser. Artists exhibited include Douglas Gordon, Asylrecht, Nathaniel Mellors, Russell Mills, Rampton Hospital, Chandrika, Robert S Richfield, Aidan Shingler, Dr Pam Johnston
  • 2000 Subterranean Landscape Blues Art.tm. Inverness
    Artist collaborator with Nigel Mullan on New Media Scotland Commission. Exhibition installation of digital and museological pieces based on the history and present day impact of the oil industryand militarism on the Highlands of Scotland, andon the Cromarty Firth in particular.
  • Subterranean Landscape Blues Glasgow Film Theatre
  • Subterranean Landscape Blues Belmont Cinema, Aberdeen
  • Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition Edinburgh
  • 1999 GERNIKA! The Hangar, Highland Deephaven
    Director of Another Space. Curated international exhibition in a former aircraft hangar near Invergordon in consultation with the Reina Sofia, Madrid. International installation of Basque Cuban, Irish, Scottish, and Spanish artists. Supported by the Scottish Arts Council, International Initiatives Fund, RACE, Basque Regional Government, Vittoria and Pamplona Local Authority, Ayuntamiento de Pamplona.
  • GERNIKA! The Peace Museum, Guernica
  • GERNIKA! The Citadel, Pamplona
  • GERNIKA! Eibar Museum and Art Gallery
  • Shimmer yinar dhenewan Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
    Curated UK touring exhibition and performances by Aboriginal Australian artist Pam Johnston.
  • In Defiance of Gravity Invergordon Arts Centre
    Curator and exhibitor with Mairi Sutherland and Nigel Mullan for Highland Festival Installation event. In association with the National Museum of Flight at East Fortune this installation focussed on digital references to an RAF Tornado pilot at Lossiemouth and included actual debris and museum artefacts from aircraft history. Supported by Scottish Arts Council, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highland Council.
  • ASYLRECHT – The Right to Asylum The Hangar, Highland Deephaven
    Curated and designed this exhibition with Nigel Mullen as a comment onThe Refugee as a Monument to the Twentieth Century. In association with the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and TheBundesarchiv, and Transit Film Berlin. Mutli media installation of digital film, a section of the Berlin Wall, and detritus from a refugee camp in Serbia. Supported by Scottish Arts Council, Ross and Cromarty Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Highland Council.
  • Mi Nombre es Dita (un proyecto clonico) Diorama, London
    Exhibitor in a joint Basque and Highland exhibition association with Ayuntamiento dePamplona)
  • Counting Sheep Inverness Museum and ArtGallery
    Exhibitor and interviewed by Francine Stock on Radio Four for Front Row.
  • 1998 The Rock Drill and Beyond Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
    Curated this exhibition which included the fully reconstructed Rock Drill of 1913 by Jacob Epstein. This touring exhibition was seen in six arts venues across the Highlands and Islands and included commissioned responses by Robert Callendar, Frank Pottinger, Gavin Lockhart, Alex Main, Mary Rosengren and Tim Pomeroy. In association with Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, New Art Gallery, Walsall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Museum. Funded by the Scottish Arts Council, Highland Council (Objective one funding) Highland Festival, Hi arts, Tricore Limited, The Baring Foundation.
  • 1997 A Mighty Blow for Freedom Touring Exhibition
    Curated and managed thistouring sculpture project around the Highlands and Islands. Michael Sandle loaned his sculpture from the Usher Gallery, and it toured on a mobile gallery.Supported by the Scottish Arts Council, Highland Festival, University of Illinois Initiatives Abroad, Hi arts.
  • 1998 Chocolate Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
    Exhibitor in this national touring exhibition. Photographic piece centred on chocolate as a trophy of Empire.
  • 1993-97 Exhibition Organiser Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Highland Council. Selected
  • 1997 River Deep Mountain High Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
    Curated this touring international exhibition including Jimmie Durham, Will Maclean, Emmi Whitehorse, Craig Mackay, Linda Lomahoftewa, Lubicon Cree Nation and Norcelt Community, Skerray. A contemporary exhibition looking at the impact and effects of migration and immigration from distinct perspectives. Supported by the Scottish arts Council, ERDF Objective One.
  • 1996 The Beltane Spirit Art Connoisseur Gallery, London
    Artist exhibitor in ERDF funded showcase of Highland based artists
  • The Rising Art.tm, Inverness
    Artist exhibitor in an exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of Culloden.
  • 1996 Fir Chlis Museo de Arte, Pamplona
    Artist and curator of touring Basque/Highland exhibition. Venues included in Bilbao, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Wick, Thurso, Kingussie.
  • 1995 The Storm Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
    Artist exhibitor in this touring exhibition
  • 1994 Eleven Gallerie Sal Monde, Paris
    Artist exhibitor in group exhibition from London E11.
  • The Best of Alternative Arts Camden Gallery, London
    Artist exhibitor in “Best of..” exhibition from innovative shop squat gallery movement.
  • 1993 Transport Mall Galleries, London
    Artist exhibitor selected best in show by critic Sarah Kent
  • Other Landscapes Alternative Arts, Soho Gallery, London
    Artist exhibitor.
  • 1992 The Psychology of Military Incompetence Edge Gallery, London
    Artist exhibitor…as featured in “Time Out”
  • Outposts St.Petersburg Biennale
    Artist exhibitor alongside David M Porritt, Pilot and Ziegam in St Petersburg
  • Outposts II Ariane Gallery, St Petersburg
    Artist exhibitor.
  • 1991 Deviations Pyramid Arts, London
    Artist exhibitor
  • 1990-1993 Co Director of Outposts Gallery, Spitalfields Market, Lamb Street, London E1.
    Selected curated exhibitions and events with Outposts Gallery include:
  • 1993 European Outposts
    Ongoing cultural exchange programme with David Porritt. Events, residencies exhibitions linking the East End of London, St. Petersburg and the University of Illinois, Chicago.
  • Art Factory
    Exhibition of Outsider Art and residency project.
  • 1992 Presence
    East End Open exhibition in association with the Whitechapel Open.
  • 1984-1989 Co-Director of Northlands Art Show, Northlands, Cheltenham
    Co Director with Oswaldo Perez. Artist and member led organisation supported by South West Arts Cheltenham Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council. Curated, initiated local, national and international exhibitions and events with the emphasis on best quality and community involvement. Exhibitions included:
  • 1986 Testing the Means Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery
    Artist exhibitor and co organiser with Oswaldo Perez.selected exhibition.
  • 1985 Best Wishes for the Future Northlands Centre, Cheltenham
    Artist and co- organiser of exhibition Including Terry Atkinson, Locky Morris, Art and Language, Simon Lee


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