About me

EDUCATION

1993 - 1994 Completed year-long postgraduate training programme run by AMTIS (The Arts
Management Training Initiative Scotland) incorporating courses and work placements, Moray House Institute of Education, Heriot-Watt University.

1987-1992 Edinburgh University & Edinburgh College of Art, MA (Hons) Fine Art

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

2009-present weekly art classes run by Edinburgh artist Claudia Petretti

April 2011 book tree bookbinding workshop run by Edinburgh illustrator Lucy Roscoe of The Book Tree Press


DESIGN

August 2011 Created cement drawings in preschool nursery garden, Edinburgh

February/March 2011 Designed logo for local playgroup, Edinburgh

EXHIBITIONS/ COMPETITIONS

2010 Craft House Concept Autumn Leaf exhibition, Edinburgh

1996 – 2007 Regrettably a big gap here due to employment in the arts sector! Followed by birth of my daughter in late 2007.

1995 Awarded certificate of merit for entry in ‘A Day in the Life of Scotland’ Photographic Competition organised by The Scotsman and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in association with the exhibition “Light From the Dark Room” at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

1993 Christmas Watercolour Exhibition, ESU Scotland, Edinburgh

1993 CD2 Show, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

1993 Group Exhibition, Harestanes Visitors’ Centre, Jedburgh

1992 Solo Exhibition, Helensburgh Music Society October concert, Helensburgh

1992 Degree Show, Edinburgh College of Art

1992 RSA Students’ Exhibition

COLLECTIONS

Work in private collections in Scotland