CURRICULUM VITAE - THE COURSE OF ONE'S LIFE
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Studio Artists' Annual Exhibition. The Ropewalk, Barton-upon-Humber. Dec 7 - Jan 5
2024 Spirit to Matter: Alchemy in the Making. LCB Depot, Leicester. Oct 28-Nov 22 (group)
2024 RE-VIEW. HARI, 25 Francis Street, Hull. 25 October 2024 - 25 January 2025 (group exhibition, talks and events).
2023 Nature Positive, Project Space +. University of Lincoln. November 13-17 (group)
2023 Moving with Rock, Decimal Place, Lincoln. August 2-31 (solo)
2023 Nature's Way, Patience Gallery (online) Feb onwards (group)
2022 Ko au ko koe, ko koe, ko au (I am you, you are me), TLC Gallery, Taita, Aotearoa, Dec 8-11 (group)
2022 At Home, Lincoln, UK. Dec 9-11 (solo)
2021 4 group exhibitions, Wellington, Aotearoa, at The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (x2), Mitchell Studios, and The Petone Depot.
2020 3 group exhibitions, Wellington, Aotearoa, at The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (x2) and The Petone Depot.
RESIDENCIES
2024 HARI Hull Artist Research Initiative Summer Season: RE-VIEW Inaugural Response Micro-Residency. August 14th and 15th (25 hours).
2023 Artist in Residence with Slumgothic at x-church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. April to December 2023.
2023 Micro research residency with Deveron Projects, exploring ways in which the community have been engaged in stories of place and belonging. Huntly, Aberdeenshire, November 6-12
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2024 Shortlisted for the Marŝarto Awards 2024 for "Libations". The Marŝarto Awards "recognise exceptional walking art".
2024 Create North East Lincolnshire Project Grant. Water Bodies: A Celebration. July to September 2024. Exhibition and public participatory workshop and event celebrating the interconnectivity of the human body and water. Event date 21st September in Cleethorpes.
2023/24 Arts Council England Develop Your Creative Practice Grant for Geographies of Inclusion: Mapping Ways to Integrate Sustainable Creative Practice, Indigenous Models, and Health. August 2023 to August 2024.
2022 art.earth Featured Artist of the Month for October - selected by Dr Richard Povall
2022 Director's Discretionary Scholarship - The Learning Connexion Art School, Taita, Aotearoa
PUBLISHED WRITING
2024 Wort Journal - Issue 2, Summer 2024. In Collaboration with Woad: An Artist’s Year of Listening with Isatis tinctoria. Article on working closely with woad in my eco-somatic art practice over the space of a year; historical, sociocultural and ecological researches and embodied explorations with/in the liminal terrain of the Fens.
2022 The Dark Mountain Project online Issue Oct 5: essay In Search of Isatica
WORKSHOP FACILITATION
2024 Water-Bodies: A Celebration. (View a gallery of images from the event here). Public workshop in two parts: Part One - making natural offerings from foraged materials, and Part Two - a one-hour ceremony on the beach to celebrate the connection between our bodies and the wider water-bodies of the planet. Funded by Create North East Lincolnshire and Arts Council England. In collaboration with Hannah Green, LaCuna creative space, and the Stories from the Water-Body group.
2024 Stories from the Water-Body. A series of 3 workshops with women in North East Lincolnshire. In collaboration with Hannah Green of Dance Free CIC. April 27th, May 11th, May 18th - Cleethorpes.
2024 When the Wind Blows the Downy Willow Seed Blows Away. The Museum of Cambridge. Movement, Handpan drum soundscape and willow charcoal drawing. In Collaboration with Rebecca Lindum-Greene. 13th June (3 hours).
2023 Moving with Nature in collaboration with DanceFree CIC. Funded by Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Community Fund, managed by Lincolnshire Community Foundation. Sat 15th July.
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES ATTENDED (a reflection of practice interests and research)
2024 Considering Time. Performance art intensive with Marilyn Arsem. Stanley Arts, London. June 17-21
2024 Abstractions Based on Circles: British Rock Art in a Global Context. With archaeologist Dr Kate Sharpe. Higham Hall, Cumbria. June 4-7
2024 Thinking with your Hands. With Studio Amos. Lewes, East Sussex. May 1-5
2024 March to May: One-to-one in-person mentoring with Helen Poynor - creator of the Walk of Life programme. (12 hours)
2024 Ecosomatic Practice for Living and Dying on a Damaged Earth. Online workshop series run by Body Cartography Project for Movement Research. January 8-12. (12 hours)
2023 The Winter Sessions with The Dark Mountain Project: (4 weeks). Land-based creative practice developing stories of place. Dec 2-30
2023 Health and Wellbeing through Artmaking (10 weeks/25 hours). University of the Arts, London (Central St. Martins). Oct 3 -Dec 5
2023 Creating Stories and Atmosphere from the Body. With Cai Tomos at The Bhavan, London. Nov 27.
2023 Walk of Life movement workshops with Helen Poynor. Devon/Dorset. March 24th-26th, June 10th-11th and July 7th-9th.
2023 The Dance of Being Lab, Retreat, Wild Conference. January 20-22. Copperdot Studios, Norwich
2022 Sentient Performativities: Thinking Alongside the Human. June 26-30, Dartington, Devon. Symposium investigating somatic (bodily) practices and their role in fostering ecological awareness and interspecies communication. Curated by art.earth. Attended in-person.
2010-2020 COURSES AND TRAININGS THAT HAVE GREATLY INFLUENCED MY WORK (a further reflection of interests and research)
DANCE/MOVEMENT AND EMBODIMENT
Authentic Movement course - 6 weeks, Aotearoa.
Body as Voice: Restorative Movement Psychotherapy for Trauma. 4 days. Dance Studies Studio, University of Auckland, Aotearoa. Module 1: Body Mind, Beginner’s Mind. With Dr Amber Elizabeth Gray.
Open Floor and 5Rhythms movement sessions twice weekly for 3+ years plus several 3 to 5-day intensives. UK and Aotearoa.
Conscious Dance Aotearoa Retreat. 4 day residential. Workshops on Contact Improvisation, Butoh, Authentic Movement, Open Floor dance, 5 rhythms dance.
Massage Training intensives (20 days total) based in holistic, body-positive Tantric traditions. UK and Aotearoa.
Attunement Therapy Practitioner Training. 5 days. A polyvagal theory-based holding therapy which supports the nervous system. Aotearoa.
WORKING WITH PLANTS
Western Herbal Medicine - 6 months - Wellpark College of Natural Therapies, Aotearoa.
Rongoā Māori - learning the plant-medicine basics of the traditional Māori healing system. With Donna Kerridge and Pa Ropata/Rob McGowan, Aotearoa.
Bach Flower Remedies Practitioner Training (I was a registered practitioner for several years). The Wellington School of Massage Therapy, Aotearoa. The Bach Flower Remedy system is based on UK plants and was invented by Dr Edward Bach in the 1930's.
Medicine Woman Rite of the Six Moons - a six month journey working with plant essences of Aotearoa involving meditation and imbibing the essences at dawn, noon and dusk every day for 6 months. With the Medicine Woman Centre for Shamanic and Esoteric Studies, Aotearoa.
MYTHOLOGY, RITUAL AND CEREMONY, AND ECO-FEMINISM
Making Ceremony. A week-long experiential immersion into ritual and ceremony, and the role of ritual tradition in contemporary living. With Colin Campbell and Lance. Schumacher College, UK.
Women Rising Rooted Eco-feminism Workshop. 5 day residential. Embercombe, UK. An immersive exploration with a group of 45 women into story, myth and indigenous practice. With author, mythologist and psychologist Dr Sharon Blackie and Pat McCabe (Weyakpa Najin Win, Woman Stands Shining), a Diné (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and international speaker.
Voices of the Wells - one year - with author, mythologist and psychologist Dr Sharon Blackie. Exploring eco-feminism through Celtic myth and personal practice.
SHAMANIC TRADITIONS
Introduction to Shamanism - 2 day residential. Academy of Shamanic Studies. Aotearoa.
Shamanic Healing Training - 7 day residential intensive - Academy of Shamanic Studies, Aotearoa.
Advanced Shamanic Workshop and 3-day Solo Wilderness Vision Quest - with Dr John Broomfield. Aotearoa.
Shamanism is a way of life, dating back to Paleolithic times, of living in harmony and balance with the Spirit in all life forms. It is the world’s oldest method of expanding consciousness in order to access healing and wisdom.
LIFE TRANSITIONS
The Sacred Work of Grief. 3 days. Equine-led healing workshop with a herd of horses. Aotearoa.
Life Transitions Retreat. 5 day residential. Mary MacKillop Centre, Auckland. With Mary Mackenzie M.A. and Kathleen MacFerran.
Awakening To Life Dyad Meditation Intensive. 7 day residential. Experiential immersion in dyads and groups. With Dr. Robert Gonzales and Robert Krzisnik, MSc Psych. Germany.
NATURE IMMERSION
Wildself Voice Discovery. 3 days. Wild living, nature, wild swimming and natural voice discovery workshop. Wanaka, Aotearoa.
Solo Nature Journey/Pilgrimage to the meeting of the waters, following the Clutha River (South Island, Aotearoa) from source to sea. 2 weeks.
Wild Living Retreat. 5 days. Nature immersion, wild living, foraging, open-fire cooking, traditional bushcraft, storytelling and song. Otaki Gorge, Aotearoa.
WORK HISTORY THAT HAS GREATLY INFORMED MY CREATIVE PRACTICE
2015-2016 Assistant Manager - Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre, Aotearoa.
Supported the inception and running of The Flock, an international community arts and shorebird conservation project. Delivered public talks on shorebird conservation and bird hide visits to large and small groups of all ages and from many countries and backgrounds.
2014-2015 Freelancer - Community Environmental Projects. Auckland, Aotearoa. Research and interviews with community members, and writing of stories for The Compost Collective website.
2012-2014 Project Manager - Ecofest North: Kaipatiki Project EcoHub, Auckland, Aotearoa
Concept, design, planning and delivery of Ecofest North 2013 and 2014. The festivals consisted of around 100 events ranging from educational tours to workshops, seminars, films, walks, and a sustainable fashion show. The festival is now in its 11th year using the format that I developed.
2005-2010 Management Committee member and native plant nursery volunteer: Kaipatiki Project EcoHub, Auckland, Aotearoa
QUALIFICATIONS
B.A.(Hons) Geography, University of Hull, UK
Advanced Diploma in Art and Creativity (NZQA Level 7 - equivalent to a B.A. in the UK), The Learning Connexion Art School, Aotearoa.
Graduate Diploma in Psychosocial Studies, Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa.
Diploma in Professional Interior Design, National Design Academy, UK.
Certificate in Counselling and Family Therapy, Human Development and Training Institute of New Zealand.
A Levels: English, Geography, Social Biology.