Curriculum Vitae
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Upcoming/Current Exhibitions/Events:
June 2017 "ForM" Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Bangor.
Exhibitions:
March 2017 Made, Craft and Design Collective annual exhibition
Oct 16 - Jan 2017 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast
August 2016 Creative Peninsula 16, Ards Arts Centre
June 2016 "ForM" Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Bangor.
October 2015 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast
November 2015 Festival of Light, Mount Stewart - National Trust
August 2015 Creative Peninsula 15, North Down Museum
August 2015 Creative Peninsula 15, Ards Arts Centre
August 2015 Creative Peninsula 15, Mountstewart Gardens, Outdoor sculpture exhibition
June 2015 ForM, Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.
May 2015 heART for Hope - Northern Ireland Hospice, Art Auction, Crescent Arts centre, Belfast
May 2015 Mud group show, Of A Person - Space Craft, Belfast
November 2014 Atelier Design, Wellington Place, Belfast
Oct - Jan 2014 Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum, Belfast
August 2014 Selected from Arts Council of Northern Ireland collection - Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen
August 2014 Creative Peninsula 2014 - Ards Arts Centre exhibition
August 2014 Creative Peninsula 2014 - Larne Museum exhibition
August 2014 Creative Peninsula 2014 - Mountstewart Gardens outdoor sculpture exhibition
May 2014 FRESH - SO Fine Art Editions, St Anne's Street, Dublin
January 2014 CRAFT Redefining handmade, 12 - 14th January, Earls Court London. (Trade show)
January 2014 Showcase - 19th - 22nd January, RDS Dublin. (Trade show)
December 2013 "A Christmas Trilogy", Space Craft, Belfast.
November 2013 RDS, National Crafts Competition Touring Exhibition, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Tyrone
November 2013 "Precious Cargo", A selection of works from the collection of the Arts Council of Northern
Ireland, London Street Gallery, Derry~Londonderry.
October 2013 "Aviary Exotica" Ceramics collaboration with painter Trevor J Brown.
September 2013 RDS, National Crafts Competition Touring Exhibition, Mid-Antrim Museum, The Braid, Antrim
September 2013 "In the House, Out of the House", Space Craft, Belfast
August 2013 RDS, National Crafts Competition Exhibition, Dublin
August 2013 "In the House", Craft Fest, Castle Ward, Downpatrick.
August 2013 Creative Peninsula 13, Georgian Gallery, Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards.
August 2013 Creative Peninsula 13, Mount Stewart Gardens, Greyabbey.
June 2013 "ForM" Bangor Castle Walled Garden, Bangor.
June 2013 Courtyard Gallery, Bangor
May 2013 “What if I Just . . .” Ards Arts Centre, Arts Centre Gallery, Newtownards
April 2013 "Sintered" Ards Arts Centre, Ards Town Hall, Newtownards.
February 2013 "1249˚Degrees" Curve Gallery, Bangor.
November 2012 Contemporary Applied Arts, Rabbit Rooms, Bangor.
August 2012 “RDS” Royal Dublin Horse show, Dublin.
August 2012 “Material Worlds” Naughton Gallery, Belfast.
June 2012 “Argillaceous” Degree show, university of Ulster.
June 2011 “Ageless”, Curve Gallery, Bangor.
June 2010 “Fusion” Space Craft, Belfast.
June 2009 Final year show, SERC Bangor.
2009 Seacourt print workshop, Ards Arts Council.
2008 CYP, Belfast Fashion week.
Awards:
June 2016 ForM - Bangor castle walled garden - First Prize.
October 2014 Royal Ulster Academy - Original Vision Award
January 2014 Showcase Ireland, Best product awards, Highly commended
October 2013 RDS National Crafts Competition - Muriel Gahan Scholarship Award, Second Place
Public collections:
Arts Council of Northern Ireland purchase 2014: Percepito Memoriae - Royal Ulster Academy
Arts Council of Northern Ireland purchase 2012: Locus Amoenus – University of Ulster Degree Show
Ceramica etc Bangor: Perfect Imperfections
Bangor harbour: Collection of tiles on harbour wall
Commissions:
March 2012 - May 2013 Collaborative project with renowned Northern Irish Painter Trevor J Brown
December 2012 Victorian Fireplace restoration
Publications:
Hot Property publication, Artists Profile, October 2014
Royal Ulster Academy of Arts 2014 Publication, October 2014
Business First Magazine, Innovation Key to Craft Industry's Success, July/August 2014 - Page 70
Isle Magazine, Ireland, June 2014 - Page 41
Irish Arts Magazine, Design Portfolio, vol 31 no.2 , June 2014
Home Accents Magazine, America, May 2014
Northern Irelands Homes and Lifestyle Magazine, May 2014
County Down Spectator, May 2013
Irish Arts Review, Design Portfolio,Volume 30, page 58, Nov 2013
Ulster tattler, Arts Diary, Mud group show, May 2013
Newtownards Chronicle, April 2012
NI Scene, Website, http://niscene.co.uk/mud_ards_arts_centre/, 2013
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Website, 2012
http://www.artscouncilni.org/artwork/pages/acni/PartyDisplay.php?irn=1102&QueryPage=Query.php
Argillaceous, emerging Artists catalogue, August 2012
Argillaceous, degree show catalogue, 2012
County down spectator, Ageless opening, June 2011
Fusion, gallery catalogue, 2010
County down spectator, harbour working progress, July 2008
County down spectator, opening of Harbour ceramics, August 2008
Ulster tattler, Belfast fashion week, 2008
Stockists:
Please ring in advance to check that your local shop currently has pieces in stock.
Ardmore Pottery and Gallery, Co.Waterford
Ards Crafts, Newtownards.
Baxters, Devon
Bellwood and Wright Fine Art, Lancaster
British Design British Made, Sussex
Caxton Books and Gallery, Frinton-On-Sea
Ceramica Etc, Bangor
Courtyard Gallery, Bangor
Dial House Gallery, Cambridgeshire
Doghouse Gallery, Comber
Gallery Crafts, Cork
Heron Gallery, Bantry
Iapetus Gallery, Worcestershire
Joyce's Craft Shop, Galway
Kaleidoscope Arts, Co.Mayo
Kilkenny Design Centre, Kilkenny
Lucy Erridge, Co.Limerick
Man of Aran Crafts, Inis Mor
Mourne Antiques, Letterkenny
National Trust, Giants Causeway gift shop, Bushmills
National Trust, Mountstewart gift shop, Newtownards
SEED, Frome
Six the High Street, Pembrokeshire
Space Craft, Belfast
The Barking Mad Mud Co, Etsy
The Cat and the Moon, Sligo
The Curlew, Kerrykeel
The Divine Flower Company, Middlesex
The Gaiety, Galway
The Good Room, Lisburn
The Old Mill Stores, West Cork
The Pen Corner, Dublin
Ulster Museum, Belfast
10 Church Street, Suffolk
