Blank Media Collective

Resume

Biography / Personal Statement

These dilapidated skeletal remains suggest a sense of history and a narrative behind their appearances of corrosion and wear.

I often work with techniques of printmaking and drawing that build up and scrape back through layers. This method of working mimics the decaying life of the objects I depict in my work, slowly removing areas to reveal the bare structure beneath. I try to allow the surfaces I choose to work on inform the feel of the image, weathering paper, wood, metal to emphasise the industrial qualities.

Exhibitions & Shows

  • Embark 2008
  • King Harry Ferry, Cornwall
  • June 2008 -
  • Solo Show

A month long solo exhibition, as part of a rolling programme of contemporary art exhibitions on the King Harry Ferry.

  • The Fate of Neutral Norway
  • Stroud Valleys Artspace, Stroud
  • June 2010 -
  • Group Show

Exhibition as part of the Site Festival 2010.

  • Minestrone 2010
  • The Joy Gallery and the Guildhall, Chichester
  • March 2010 -
  • Group Show

  • The Art of the Book
  • The Workhouse, Llanfyllin, Powys
  • Aug 2009 -
  • Group Show

  • Open West
  • Summerfield Gallery, Pittville Studios,Cheltenham
  • Feb 2009 -
  • Group Show

Annual international contemporary art competition.

  • Structure
  • Stroud House Gallery, Stroud
  • March 2008 -
  • Group Show

Selected for a month long show, and also had the opportunity to lead Printmaking Workshops

Experience

  • Artist Commission
  • Fat Face
  • April 2010 -
  • Brighton

I was selected to create some prints on metal for Fat Face's new store in Brighton.

  • Workshop Leader
  • Under the Edge Arts
  • Feb 2010 -
  • Wotton under edge

I ran Animation Workshops with children. Their final clips were shown as part of an evening of acclaimed artists animation shorts, which I curated.

  • Co-founder of the NWTC touring theatre group
  • New World Transitional Collective
  • Aug 2009 - ongoing
  • Touring Nationwide

Co-founded the group, and together organised funding, devised and produced an interactive performance piece- Let's Cycle to the Stars...Shall We? We are touring festivals and theatres throughout 2010.

  • Assistant
  • Two Wood Press
  • 2005 - ongoing
  • Stroud

Assistant for Two Wood Press, a relief and letterpress printing workshop, helping with the editioning of images.

  • Lecturer
  • Stroud College
  • 2007 - 2009
  • Stroud

Lecturer for the Printmaking department on the Art Foundation course.

  • Technician
  • University of Gloucestershire
  • 2008 -
  • Cheltenham

Technician for the Art Foundation Course, assisting with general day-to-day tasks involved with the smooth running of the course.

  • Internship
  • Stroud House Gallery
  • 2007 - 2008
  • Stroud

Assisting with the hanging and placing of each show, writing press releases, designing invites and general maintenance.

Education

  • Fine Art BA(Hons)
  • University College Falmouth
  • Falmouth, Cornwall
  • 09/2004 - 06/2007

Fine Art degree, specialising in Printmaking. Erasmus exchange to Universidad de Cuenca, Spain in 2006.

Further Info

Editions of a jointly made artist's book One Previous Owner included in the Tate collection and also in the Shandy Hall Collection.