Curriculum Vitae
- studio
- Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff.
- education
- 1985-87, Cardiff College of Art, M.A. Fine Art
- 1980 - 83, Newport College of Art, B.A. Hons Fine Art, First Class
- 1979 - 80, Derby Lonsdale College,Foundation Studies.
- one man shows
- Nov 2010, Oriel Davies, Newton.
- Jan 2010, ‘Lucent Lines’, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Swansea.
- Dec 2005, ‘Another Light’, Glynn Vivian Museum and Art Gallery, Swansea.
- March 2003, , ‘Light Works’, Howard Gardens Gallery, U.W.I.C., Cardiff.
- May 1998, Groundless’, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
- Sept 1993, ‘Ars Domestica’, Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery.
- July 1989, ‘A Material Fantasy’, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
- Oct 1984, Second Space, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
- Commisions
- March 2010, Delta Street, Cardiff, public seating / lighting commision with Andrew Rowe
- July 2007, Beacon, interactive sound / light installation for Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk. In collaboration with Composer John Hardy, through Commissions East as part of Contemporary Arts Norwich
- Feb 1999, Aurora, interactive sound / light installation for Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff.
- selected group exhibitions
- 2011, Arewenotdrawn, G39, Cardiff.
- 2010, Tenure, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff.
- 2008, If you build it they will come. G39, Cardiff.
- 2007, Addiction, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff.
- 2006, Breathing Ground, Coed Hills, St Hilary.
- 2000, Hyperart, Group show, G39 Cardiff.
- 2000, Unrealised Ideas, Chapter Arts Centre
- 1999, Artworks Wales, Food
- 1997, Coed Hills, St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan.
- 1995,Word overall, Swansea Arts Workshop Gallery.
- 1994, Interview, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
- 1994, Site-ations, International site specific exhibition, Artists Project, Cardiff.
- awards
- 2010, Fine Art Gold Medal winner at the 2010 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Blaenau Gwent.
- 2009, Shortlisted for ‘Artists Taking the Lead’, Arts Council scheme to commission artists for the 2012 Olympics.
- 2009, Arts Council of Wales Production Grant to create new work in collaboration with Stage Lighting Services and Newport Museum and Art Gallery.
- 2006, Artworks Wales ‘Artist at Work Grant’ for collaborative project with Loyn & Co. Architects.
- 2005, Arts Council of Wales ‘Creative Wales’ award to pursue ’Looking for Darkness’ project.
- 1986, Welsh Arts Council studio grant.
- 1983-84, Post Graduate Studio Holder, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
- workshops
- Nov 2010, installation workshops for Oriel Davies, Newtown.
- March 2010, schools workshops for ‘Lucent Lines’ exhibition, Newport.
- Sept. 2007, public workshops for Beacon Project, Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk.
- June 2000, Architecture Week workshops for Q Arts, Derby
- March 1999, sound to light workshops for Aurora commission, Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
- salaried employment
- 2004 to date, visiting lecturer in Fine Art, University of Wales Newport
- Jan 2004 to April 2005, part time Project Manager Cywaith Cymru. Artworks Wales, responsible for advising public bodies on art in the public realm.
- Jan. 1991 to Aug 2002, Deputy Director (part time) of Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales (national organisation for public art in Wales) responsible for developing a national programme of public art projects and temporary exhibitions.
- free-lance work
- Aug 2002 to date, self employed artist and arts consultant, working on public art strategies, and arts development projects.
- Feb 1997, appointed as artist on the design team with John Miller and Partners, architects, for new art centre in Runcorn, Cheshire.
- Oct. 1989 to Jan 1991, Public art consultant to the Welsh Arts Council.
- 1987-89, Researcher & project worker for the Welsh Sculpture Trust.
- 1988, Established West Wharf Studios, docklands, Cardiff.
- appointments
- 2010 to date, National Advisor to the Arts Council of Wales .
- publications
- Lucent Lines, catalogue. Pub. 2010 Newport Museum and Art Gallery.
- Another Light, catalogue. Pub. 2005 Glynn Vivian Museum Swansea. ISBN 0-903189-72-0
- Imaging Wales, Hugh Adams. Pub. 2003 Wales Arts International, Seren. ISBN 1-85411-349-6
- Light Works, Catalogue. Pub. 2003 Howard Gardens Gallery, essay by Karen MacKinnon ISBN 0-9541611-2-2
- Groundless, Catalogue. Pub. 1998 Chapter, essay by Karen MacKinnon. ISBN 1-900029-01-4
- articles
- Groundbreaking, Poets and Evangelists, The Artist and the Changing Landscape, Cywaith Cymru. 2005
- Chalk and Cheese, Skip Magazine 1998
- Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Hampshire Sculpture Trust Newsletter, 1998
- music
- 2000 to 2009, pianist with Bill Fletcher’s Co-operative, Quintet featuring music from Charles Mingus, Abdullah Ibrahim and Astor Piazola.