Born in Birmingham, England, 3rd April 1981.

Studied Art Foundation at Stockport College, 2006 - 2007.

Founding member of Islington Mill Art Academy, an independent art school based in Salford, 2007 - current.

Lives and works in Manchester.

group exhibitions

2017

A Day and A Night - Islington Mill Art Academy / Manchester International Festival, Islington Mill gallery, Manchester

2014

Free For All, Free for Arts Festival 2014, Foundation House, Manchester

2010

Other Forms of Life (with Bik van der Pol), Islington Mill/ AND Festival, Manchester

2009

Manchester Art Crawl/ Not Part Of Festival, Service Point, Manchester

Talk Show (with Islington Mill Art Academy), ICA, London

2008

Moot Points, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow

residencies

West Germany, Berlin (with Terry Smith), April 2009

Bury Market, Bury (for 'Nature of Bury' exhibtion by Kerry Morrison), October 2008

Merz Barn, Cumbria (with Kerry Morrison and Helmut Lemke), July 2008

Free Art School, West Germany, Berlin (with Islington Mill Art Academy), May 2008

performances

Poetry/ music performance as part of Didsbury Art's Festival, Manchester, June 2013

Harsh Lines and Spongy Surfaces, Island Projects/ Hackney Wicked Art Festival, London, July 2010

Box Office, Sounds from the Other City, Salford, May 2010

Speaker's Chair, Sounds from the Other City, Salford, May 2008

publications

Knick Knack (a collection of poetry by Manchester-based writers), May 2010

talks/ workshops

Speakeasy (with Islington Mill Art Academy), Wimbledon School of Art, January 2009