Recent Exhibitions
The Priestman Gallery, Sunderland - AA2A Work In Progress 2025
2025
The Auxiliary Project Space, Middlesbrough - Solid Ground The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, Open Open Middlesbrough Art Week, Middlesbrough - UPROOT
2024
The Auxiliary Project Space, Middlesbrough - Now that's what I call Art III
2023
Middlesbrough Art Week - The People's Plinth Segedunum, Wallsend - Story of Place
2022
Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle, Now that’s What I Call Art I BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead – Open Submission
2021
Newbridge Project, Gateshead - Collective Studio Open Studios
Citizens House, Durham - Processes
Base Camp, Middlesbrough - Hun Pineapple Black, Middlesbrough - Pick 'n' Mix Mackie’s Corner, Sunderland - Body of Work (SOLO) Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, What would Leonardo Make today? Co-produced piece with University of Sunderland design students
2019
The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, Third Wave
Pineapple Black, Middlesbrough - Scramble Ex-Libris Gallery, Newcastle - Insert Exhibition Title Here
2020
Atkinson Gallery, Sommerset - MA and Other Postgraduates Shaun Project Space, Sunderland – Anthropocene (SOLO) Whitestone Gallery, York – FRESH Priestman Gallery, Sunderland – One Fourteen Fourteen
2018
Curatorial Work
AA2A Work In Progress 2025 - Co-curator, Priestman Gallery
2025
MOTHEROTHER - Curator, The NewBridge Project
2024
Measure - Curatorial Support, Middlesbrough Art Week
2023
2020
Scramble - Producer/Co-curator, Pineapple Black
2019
Body of Work - Co-curator, Mackie's Corner
IX - Co-curator, University of Sunderland, MA Degree Show
One Fourteen Fourteen - Co-curator, Priestman Gallery
2018
Residencies
AA2A - University of Sunderland, October 2024-May 2025
2024-2025
Story of Place with HELIX Arts, Wallsend Schools and Segedunum Museum and Roman Fort, Wallsend, January-April
2022
Newcastle Cultural Learning Partnership, Artist in Residence at SMART Academies Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne Sept 2021-July 2023
2021-2023
Tees Valley Cultural Partnership, Artist in Residence at TVED Academies Trust, Middlesbrough October 2019-February 2021
2019-2021
Norfolk Street Arts, Artist in Residence, SR1 Residency: Responding to Sunderland’s Ceramics History November 2018-July 2019
2018-2019
Large Scale Commissions and Long-Term Projects
Nov 2022-Nov 2024
MOTHEROTHER: Arts Council England funded independent research project in support of art-working parents/carers – founder/director/producer/curator operating across the North East, supported by BALTIC, The NewBridge Project, Helix Arts and The Auxiliary Project Space
April – Sept 2024
UPROOT Collective: Commissioned by The Auxiliary Project Space for the Middlesbrough Art Week/curated by Claire Feeley, producer and facilitator for Schools and Communities in the co-produced of the MAW meadow and associated works
April-Sept 2023
Shaun on the Tyne: 'North Star', Public Sculpture Surface Design commissioned by BALTIC, and North Standard Insurance, developed with Gateshead SEND Schools to raise funds for St. Oswald’s Hospice
Feb-July 2022
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, community workshops across the North East in support of the BALTIC Bus, travelling exhibition 'What's for Tea?'
July 2021-July 2022
V&A Museum, London and National Glass Centre, Sunderland, DesignLab Nation, Lead Artist, raising aspiration programme for secondary students within Art, Design and Technology
June-Sept 2021
Sunderland Culture, Commissioned Artist, Sculpture in Schools with National Glass Centre, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens and The Arts Council England Collection
May 2021-Oct 2022
Pennyman Primary Academy, Commissioned Artist for sequence of educational wall murals
July 2020-Feb 2021
The Start Studio, Freelance Artist, delivering creative online workshops for families during the COVID 19 pandemic
Dec 2020-July 2022
Cultural Spring, Freelance Artist, delivering creative workshops for the community and schools both online and face to face sessions
Ongoing Freelance Roles
Since Sept 2024
The NewBridge Project, Newcastle: UPskill – Freelance Producer for the Practice Make Practice Programme
Since April 2023
The Auxiliary Project Space, Middlesbrough: Community Connector and workshop facilitator for Sonic Arts Week and Middlesbrough Arts week
Since April 2022
BALTIC Centre of Contemporary Art, Gateshead: contracted to Freelance Artist Pool
Short Term Commissions
Nov 2024-April 2025
North East Festival of Languages, Weaving Friendship Across the World, concept development, resource production and sculptural installation.
May-Aug 2023
University of Durham and East Durham Creates, Street Cosmos, R&D and workshop event delivery
April-July 2023
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, International Art Club at Carr Hill Primary School, Gateshead
Jan 2023
The Farrell Centre, Newcastle, delivery of inaugural weekend workshops for families
Nov- Dec 2022
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Art Mix programme for 13-19 year olds
July-Sept 2022
Middlesbrough Art Weekender 2022, Freelance Artist, delivering creative engagement workshops for Middlesbrough communities and schools
July 2022
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Commissioned Artist, BALTIC 20th BIRTHDAY Weekend Workshops
May-June 2022
Roman Road Primary School, Commissioned Artist, Large Wall Mural and Student Workshops
Oct 2021-July 2022
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Commissioned Artist, 'Meet and Make' Family Arts Workshops
Sept-Oct 2021
Middlesbrough Art Weekender 2021, Freelance Artist, delivering creative engagement workshops for Middlesbrough families and schools with The Start Studio, Middlesbrough
Jan-Mar 2021
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Commissioned Artist, Family Days Art Trail
Nov 2020
The NewBridge Project, Freelance Artist, Shieldfield Youth Programme online workshop
March 2020
Helix Arts, Freelance Artist, delivering Arts Award Workshops in primary schools
Oct-Dec 2019
Sunderland Culture, Commissioned Artist for Stained Glass Window-scape and Student Workshops at Usworth Colliery Primary Academy
May-Sept 2019
The Creative Seed, Workshops for adults with additional needs & combatting loneliness in the elderly
May-Aug 2018
Sunderland Culture, Lead Artist, Community Open Access Commission for the Tall Ships Race
Qualifications and Artist Development Programmes Undertaken
Jan-Dec 2023
UNION 23, Northern School of Creativity and Activism, 12month Development Programme
April-May 2023
Anthropomorphic Sculpture, led by Beth Stead at Newcastle Arts Centre
Feb 2023
Mental Health First Aid Training, course and certification with Broken Grey Wires and Navigator North
Dec 2022
Mess Making as Social Glue, Social Practice leadership training with Laddy Kitt at Ushaw, Durham
Feb-July2021
THE EXCHANGE, Eastside Projects (EOP), CAMP, G39 (WARP), The NewBridge Project, Spike Island (Spike Associates), and Turf Projects
Oct-Nov 2020
STUDIOBOOK: ONLINE, Mark Deveraux Projects, Virtual Programme due to COVID 19 pandemic
Sept 2019-Sept 2020
The Collective Studio, Programme for Early Career Artists, The NewBridge Project, Gateshead
Sept 2019-Dec 2020
Sunderland Culture, Creative Development Fellowship
Sept 2019
Make It Happen, Programme for the Development of Social Arts Practice, HELIX Arts, Sunderland
2017-2018
MA Fine Art, University of Sunderland
1996-1997
PGCE Secondary Art and Design, University of Reading
1992-1996
BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Teaching and Educational Leadership Experience
Jan-Mar 2020
Durham Federation, Durham: Freelance Artist Consultant, Raising Achievement in GCSE Art and Design
2003-2011
Stokesley School, North Yorkshire: Head of Art Department and Associate Member of Leadership Team
2001-2003
Whitley Bay High School, North Tyneside: Teacher of Art
1999-2001
New Cairo British International School, Egypt: Coordinator of Art and Design
1997-1999
Durham Johnson, Durham: Teacher of Art