Curriculum Vitae
2014
Swoop
Landscape artwork for a dramatic hilltop near Elland, Yorkshire. Commissioned for Fields of
Vision by Pennine Prospects and the Yorkshire Festival.
2013
Canal Interpretation. A series of enamelled signs telling Rochdale Canal's
history.
Commissioned by Pennine Prospects
Trees
Animated Tree cabinets
Commissioned for the entrance hall of West Park School, Wolverhampton
2012
A Family of Chairs
Hoyland Health Centre waiting room. Commissioned by Beam and Barnsley Community
Solutions
2011
Salford Museum
A Talking Chair for visitors to listen to oral history recordings of the Bridgewater Canal
St Ambrose School
An Audio Chair used as a focal point for creative writing.
St Ambrose Academy, Salford.
Windblown Seeds
Artwork for the atrium and 2 floors of the Royal Cornwall Hospital.
Commissioned by Zest & Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust.
2010
Flying Pages
An exterior artwork for the new Library, Information & Children's Centre.
Commissioned by Loca and Kirklees Council.
Story Chair - Accrington Academy
An audio Chair to be used in the literacy programme in the school.
Accrington Academy in collaboration with Creative Partnerships.
2009
Castle Hill Hospital
Site specific artworks for newly built Cardiac Wing, Hull.
The Circle Project
Exterior artwork for a new Library, Information and Children's Centre, Huddersfield.
2008
Banquet
Sculpture for The Slow Art Trail. Strid Wood, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire.
Education Lounge
Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
A lounge area in the Theatre Foyer for the Education Department.
2007
Berry Brow
Redesign of the exterior of tower blocks, Huddersfield.
Calder High School
Redesign interior including signage and artwork
Converse. Royal Armouries, Leeds
Temporary exhibition.
2006
Full Body and The Voice. In the Footsteps of Mr Butler.
Design for touring show.
2005
One Planet, Alternative Technology Centre, Hebden Bridge
Permanent exhibition
2004
Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London
Backdrop for Royal Festival Hall Literature
The Poetry Shop
Installation for Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
2003
Deckchairs & Bubble Sofa. Lever Faberge, Kingston-upon-Thames
Furniture commissions for Head Office.
Tattoo, IOU Theatre
Large scale outdoor show costumes.
2002
Poetry International, Purcell Room, South Bank Centre, London
Stage design for festival of poetry
Leech, IOU Theatre
Costume for outdoor touring show
The Poetry Lounge, Royal Festival Hall, London
A large-scale installation alongside an International Poetry Festival.
2001
The Book Lounge, Royal Festival Hall, London
A large-scale installation for a Children's Literature Festival.
From Muck to Gold, Earth Centre, Doncaster
Permanent interpretive exhibition in a contemporary greenhouse.
Daylight Nightmare, IOU Theatre
Costumes for touring street theatre show.
The Inztants
Inflatable costumes for street theatre.
Chol Theatre
Costumes and props
2000
Cure, IOU Theatre
Costumes & performance for large scale show.
Performances 2000 -2001
From Muck to Gold, Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany
Exhibition for the Basic Needs Pavilion.
Commissioned by Expo & Earth Centre.
The Living Machine, Earth Centre, Doncaster
An interpretive model.
Millennium Parade, Manchester City Council
A large processional sculpture inspired by the textiles of Pakistan.
Face 2 Face
Whitewood and Fleming. Stage design and costumes for Oratorio.
1999
Flying Colours. People's History Museum, Manchester
Installation for an exhibition of historic banners.
The Yurt. Earth Centre, Doncaster
Exhibition about sustainability with artefacts from Kyrgystan.
Into the Forest
Costume & performance. Short films with IOU Theatre & film maker Amy Hardie
Headless. Whalley Range Allstars
Costumes and Performance
1998
The Water Table, commissioned by Wyre Borough Council
Installation for a beach hut. A kinetic tableau
Leech. IOU Theatre
Costume
1997
The Really Sensible Show, commissioned by Hertfordshire Museums
An interactive exhibition about theatre. Toured nationally
1996
Christmas Grotto. The Piece Hall, Halifax, Calderdale Council
Island, IOU Theatre
Costumes for show in Copenhagen
Leaves Among Thorns
Installation. Schloss Haigerloch, Germany.
1994
Leaves Among Thorns, Royal Festival Hall, London
An installation inspired by the tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Toured UK 1994 - 1998
1993
2xTable. IOU Theatre
Costumes for outdoor touring show.
Boundary IOU Theatre
Performances in Derry & Tramway, Glasgow
1992
Boundary. IOU Theatre
Large scale touring show touring UK Theatre Venues 1992- 1994
Performer and costume designer/maker.
Frank Chickens
Costumes for Japanese tour.
Home Sweet Home. Impossible Theatre
Cartwright Hall, Bradford.
Sawdust for a Brain
Modelmaking for Channel 4 film directed by Joanna Woodward.
1991
Weatherhouse
BBC TV 10x10 series. Costumes, props & puppet for film by IOU Theatre & Joanna Woodward.
1990
Full Tilt, IOU Theatre
costumes
Weatherhouse. IOU Theatre
1989
Just Add Water. IOU Theatre
Costumes
Gravity. IOU Theatre
Costumes
1988 - 1990
Ride Of Life
A large-scale mechanical view of Hell.
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, Covent Garden
ITV Celebration
The Ride Of Life. Screened March 1991
1982 - 1988
FULL TIME WORK WITH IOU THEATRE
PERFORMER - DEVISER - DESIGNER - MAKER
IOU is one of Europe's foremost visual theatre companies and makes a wide variety of work, including site-specific events, touring theatre productions, animation, video, installations and exhibitions.
1988
A Word about Waves
Site-specific show for Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
1987
Windfall
Commission for BBC TV Northern Region.
Pocket Atlas
indoor tour
Journey of the Treeman
outdoor tour
Terra Firma
residency for Coventry Festival
Salt and Slack Water
Site specific show at Salts Mill. Bradford Festival.
1986
Out with the Ark
Commissioned by the Brighton Festival for Brighton Beach.
A Second Soaking
Residency for the Manchester Festival.
1985
The Attraction of Things
Commissioned by The Arnolfini, Bristol.
Distance No Object
Indoor performances for Valladolid & Zamora Festivals, Spain.
This is the Edge
Outdoor residency. Copenhagen Festival.
The Other Foot
Outdoor tour of Yorkshire & The West Midlands.
Three Stories and a Dark Cellar
ndoor tour.
1984
A Drop in the Ocean
Brighton Festival.
The Sea Saw Red. 1 & 2
Outdoor site-specific show. Nutclough Mill, Hebden Bridge & Almeida Theatre London
Table Talk. 1 & 2
Indoor shows. Eastbourne & Northampton.
The Gift
Created for Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
1983
The Patience of Fossils
CA London
The Lost Wax Process
Created for Southill Park, Bracknell.
The Sleep of Reason
Tours UK
1982
The House 1
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
The House 2
Almeida Festival. London.
Large-scale site-specific outdoor shows
Untitled
Hood Fair, Totnes, Devon.
I Could Have Sworn I Saw Feathers
English tour.
1980 - 1982
Design Assistant
Everyman Youth Theatre, Liverpool
1979
BA Hons. in Fine Art
Liverpool College of Art
Teaching
- Full time and part time teaching on Art and Design courses to Degree Level.
- Educational projects with people of all ages and abilities in a wide range of visual art and theatre contexts.