EDUCATION

1979  London University (UCL), BA (Hons) 2:1   Modern Iberian & Latin American Literature & History (MILARS)

1988  WSCAD (Farnham), BA (Hons) 1st class  Fine Art, Painting

1989  Central St Martins, Postgraduate Painting Diploma

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & MENTIONS

1986  Finalist, Winsor & Newton Young Artists Awards, Mall Galleries, London

1987  Young Unknowns Gallery, London

1988  The Art House, London

1989  ‘Celebration’ South Bank Photo Show, London

1990  ‘East Meets West’, East West Gallery, London

1993  ‘Identikit’ at Pixley Street Studios, London

1994  The Affordable Art Company, Connaught Brown Gallery, London

1995  Tecno UK Ltd., London – solo exhibition of paintings and rug designs

1995  +Kappa Lambda Rugs, London

            'Colour', 'Urban Swing', 'Liquide', 'Point' and 'Ardennes' solo rug collections

            Purves & Purves, London – solo exhibition of rugs

1996   ‘Dunkelbunt’ rug for Christopher Farr, London

1997   Private commission - rug for country house

2004   Ernst & Young, London – rug commission for executive reception

2007   Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex – Quentin Follies

           Tent London’, Truman Brewery, London E1

           ‘Sleep’ Old Billingsgate Market, London EC3

2008   Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex – Quentin Follies

           'Imagine' visual arts week, Honeywood House, Sutton

           ‘Tres’ at Olé, London SW15

2009  'Imagine' visual arts week, Honeywood House, Sutton

          South London Women Artists at Dulwich Library, London SE22

2010  Dulwich On View : Paul Nash 'Elements' online landscape competition

          Bankside Gallery, London SE1, with South London Women Artists

2012 'Then and Now' Free Painters and Sculptors at Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London SW1

2013 'Works on Paper' with FPS at Espacio Gallery, London E2

          'SEAM 4' at WAC Gallery, London SE1

          Menier Gallery, London SE1 : FPS 60th Anniversary Exhibition

2014  Paintings & Pop @ no.43 : part of the SEAS Open Studio & Art Trail, Deal, Kent

          Menier Gallery, London SE1 : FPS Open Exhibition

          The Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable, Kent : group exhibition with South East Artists

2015  The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent

          Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London

          The London Group Open, The Cello Factory, London

2016 Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield 'Art is a Lie that Reveals the Truth'

          BEEP Wales, International Painting Prize Exhibition, Swansea & Wrexham

          Royal West of England Academy 164th annual open exhibition

          ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

        Longlisted : Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition

2017   Painting [Now], Studio One Gallery, London

          'Antennae' Angus-Hughes Gallery, London

          Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London

          The London Group Open, The Cello Factory, London

        Rye Winter Salon, Rye, East Sussex (prize shortlisted)

2018 'Small Wonder' group exhibition at Will & Yates, Deal, Kent

        'Twice as Nice', PS Mirabel, Manchester

        BEEP Painting Biennial, Swansea

        "In Two Minds" Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent

        Longlisted : Contemporary British Painting Prize

        SFSA Painting Open, No Format Gallery, London

AWARDS

2012 Juliet Gomperts Trust bursary

 

PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES

‘Contemporary Rugs’ by Christopher Farr, Matthew Bourne, Fiona Leslie – Merrell, 2002

'Drawing and Painting' by Kate Wilson - Thames & Hudson, February 2015

 

 

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