About me
I was born in 1966 in East London to Greek and Irish parents. I didn’t get on well with school but was delighted and relieved to find a world of misfit creatives at East Ham Tech. I did a degree at Norwich School of Art where I spent most of my time in the life room drawing and then being inspired by Ana Maria Pacheco. I stopped making art for quite a while after college because I did not know why I was doing it or what I wanted to say and worked on a variety of youth and community projects, ( became a Hospital Play Specialist, and later became involved in community literacy work, and working in communities is still a big part of my life.
After work in a Romanian orphanage in the 1990’s, I had something to say and began printmaking and haven’t really stopped since I discovered etching which has taken me on many adventures and has evolved through installation , projections and smoke drawings .
I finished my MA in printmaking at Camberwell College of Art September 2012 and have been involved in printmaking and collaborative work in Norfolk since then, curating two print shows in Norwich and being involved with other printmakers and artists via Print to The People and The Green Fuse as well as showing and selling my work .
As well as making art, I am a Mum, Community Librarian part time, wild swimmer and sometimes singer in a band called Moths
CV
| Education | ||
|---|---|---|
| Datec Diploma in General Art and Design | East Ham College | 1982- 1984 |
| BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting | Norwich School of Art | 1984 -1988 |
| Hospital Play Specialist Certificate | Southwark College | 1995 – 1996 |
| Adult Education Teachers Certificate | Brighton College | 2001- 2002 |
| Cert in Etching and Lithography | University of Brighton | 1998 – 2000 |
| Artist Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) | Norwich School of Art | 2007 -2008 |
| MA Printmaking | London University College of the Arts Camberwell |
2010- 2012 |
| Exhibitions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Solo Exhibition | Union Place Gallery Worthing | |
| Passion | Phoenix Gallery, Brighton | 2001 |
| Taking the Biscuit (with workshops) | Tricycle Gallery, London | 2004 |
| London Print Studio Open | London Print Studio | 2005 |
| Norfolk Contemporary Art Society Open | The Forum, Norwich | 2008 |
| Imaginings | The Project Space | 2009 |
| Eastern Open | King’s Lynn Arts Centre | 2010 |
| Untamed Energies | Thirsk Arts Centre | 2010 |
| Norfolk Contemporary Art Society Open | The Forum Norwich | 2010 |
| Cinderella | Theatre Royal | 2011 |
| Domesticated | St Gregory’s Norwich | 2011 |
| Print and Design Now | Bearspace, London | 2011 |
| 0.34 | Camberwell College of Art | 2012 |
| Norfolk Contemporary Art Society Open | The Forum Norwich | 2012 |
| The Crooked Rose | Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios | 2013 |
| Flight Of the Spoonbill | Cley Church | 2013 |
| Ad Limina | Myrtle Gallery Walsingham | 2013 |
| NCAS Open | The Forum Norwich | 2014 |
| Eastern Open | Kings Lynn Arts Centre | 2014 |
| Counter Charm (solo) | Salthouse Church | 2015 |
| Cley Marvellous in Ordinary | Norfolk Wildlife Visitor Centre | 2015 |
| Norfolk by Design | West Lexham Barn | 2015 |
| Nature | Creake Abbey | 2016 |
| Norwich Print Fair | St Margaret’s Church | 2016 |
| Print to the People | Norwich Arts Centre | 2016 |
| Words and Women | Nunns Yard | 2017 |
| Bite: Scratch: Resist | The Old Shoe Factory Social | 2017 |
| N and N Open Studios2017 | Belfry Arts Centre | 2017 |
| Cley Contemporary | Cley Church | 2017 |
| Norfolk by Design | Houghton Hall | 2017/18 |
| Once Bitten (curator) |
Nunn’s Yard | 2018 |
| Norwich Print Fair | St Margaret’s Church | 2018 |
| Smoke Installation | Holt Church | 2018 |
| Holt Art Prize | Gresham’s Theatre | 2018 |
| Sudden Windows | Salthouse Church | 2019 |
| New Skin, Old Cermonies (Curator) | St Mary’s Works, Norwich | 2019 |
| Rock, Paper Scissors | Houghton Hall | 2019 |
| New Work | Salthouse Church | 2021 |
| Power Up ( Green Fuse Collective ) | St Mary’s Works | 2021 |
| Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society | Norwich Cathedral | 2022 |
| Outstanding Work Award | ||
| River’s Edge | Ballroom Arts Aldburgh | 2022 |
| Avant Gardeners | Houghton Hall, Stables | 2022 |
| Summer Exhibition ‘Climate’ | Royal Academy, London | 2022 |
| Artist Employment | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tutor of Etching | Print to the People, Artpocket | 2017 – present |
| Artist In Residence | Cromer Junior School | 2016 |
| Artist Workshops | City College and Salthouse | 2015 |
| Children’s Workshops | Beverley Literature Festival | 2010 |
| Print Workshops | Thisk Arts Centre | 2010 |
| Print Tutor Foundation | Wensum Lodge, Norwich | 2010 |
| Tutor, Arc Project | Somerset House, London | 2003 |
| Artist In Residence and Workshops | Wensum Lodge, Norwich | 2007 |
| Lecturer (P/T) Adult Education | Redbridge Institute | 2001 – 03 |
| Art Lecturer Foundation and P/T Degree | Northbrook College, Worthing | 2001 – 03 |
| Artist / Workshop Leader | Educart, London | 1996 – 03 |
| Workshop Leader Family Learning | Westminster Adult Education, London | 2005 |
| Artist / Workshop Leader ‘Wild in the Park’ | Westminster Arts, London | 2003/4 |
| Artist / Tutor printmaking workshop | Tricycle Gallery, London | 2004 |
| Artist / Workshop Leader | Threshold Women’s Counselling | 2001 |
| Artist / Workshop Leader | Tabernacle Community Centre | 2001-3 |
