Education

• PhD, Curatorial Practice, Coventry University, UK (2010-2013)

• MA Critical Writing & Curatorial Practice, Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts, London, UK (2008)

• PGCE Post-Compulsory Art & Design, Northbrook College, UK (2007)

• MA Fine Art (Distinction), University of Brighton, UK (2005)

• BA Fine Art (First), University of Portsmouth, UK (2003)

• Foundation Diploma Art & Design (Merit), University of Portsmouth, UK (2000)

Academic

• Head of School of Fine Art, Hereford College of Arts (2022 - present)

• Course Leader, BA Fine Art & MA Fine Art, Hereford College of Arts (2015 – present)

• Tutor, Art Experts +, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2015-17)

• Lecturer, MA Digital Media Art, University of Brighton (2008-16)

• Visiting Lecturer, MA Contemporary Curatorial Practice, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham City University (2013-16)

• Course Leader, Foundation Art, Design & Media, UBIC, University of Brighton (2013-15)

• External Advisor, Faculty of Media, Arts and Technology, University of Gloucester (2014)

• Lecturer, MA Contemporary Curatorial Practice, Uni of Lincoln (2013-14)

• Lecturer & PhD Researcher, Coventry University (2010-13)

• Art & Design Curriculum Coordinator, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (2008-10)

• Lecturer, Art, Design & Media, Greater Brighton Metropolitan College (2007-12)

• Lecturer, Foundation Art & Design, Northbrook College (2006-07)

• Lecturer, BA Fine Art, University of Portsmouth (2006-07)

Positions

• Chair & Trustee, Meadow Arts (2019 - present)

• Director/Curator, Meter Room Project Space & Studios, Coventry (2011 – present)

• Editorial Assistant, Art & the Public Sphere, Intellect publishing, Bristol (2013)

• Director/Curator, Grey Area, Brighton (2006-12)

• Arts Coordinator, Havant Borough Council, Hampshire (2003-04)

• Curator, Other Gallery, Portsmouth (2002-03)

Member

• MRSS, Member Royal Society of Sculptors (2022 - present)

• Advisory Group, New Art West Midlands (2016 - present)

• Member, National Association for Fine Art Education

• Fellow, Higher Education Academy

• Trustee & Board Member, Meter Room, Coventry, UK (2011 - present)

• Board Member, Grey Area, Brighton, UK (2006 - 2012)

• Member, Goleb Project Space & Studios, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2012 - 13)

• Board Member, Coventry Contemporary Art Forum (2011 - 13)

• Member, National Federation Artist Studio Providers (2011 - present)

• Visual Arts Prize Judge, Brighton Festival (2008)

• Member, University & Colleges Union (UCU) (2007 - present)

Grants

• Coventry City Council Arts & Culture project grant, Coventry City of Culture (2022)

• AHRC Knowledge Exchange Research Residency, Ikon, Birmingham (2013)

• Postgraduate Research Grant, Arts & Humanities Research Council, Coventry University (2010 - 13)

• Grant for the Arts, Arts Council England, West Midlands (2012)

• Small Arts Grant, Coventry City Council (2011)

• Grant for the Arts, Arts Council England, South East (2010)

• NAN Networking Bursary, a-n (2009)

• PGCE Post-Compulsory Art & Design Training Bursary (2006 - 07)

• Grassroots Award, Arts Commission Brighton & Hove (2006)

Selected Exhibitions

• Pallet Show 12, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central (11/23)

• Watermark, Meadow Arts, Worcester (01/2023 - 06/2023)

• Plinth Store, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central (11/22)

• Venice Touring, Art House, Worcester (10/2022 - 11/2022)

• Trouble With Them, Grey Area, Gallery Dodo, (08/2022)

• Plinth Store, Art House, Worcester (03/22)

• Watchtower, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central (11/21)

• Permanence, Pitt Studio, Worcester (11/2021)

• Daniel Pryde-Jarman, Sidney Nolan Trust (21/05/21 - 26/09/21)

• Dazzle, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central (10/2019)

• Dazzle, Canwood Gallery (08/2019)

• Elementary Study of Form, Centre for Remote Possibilities, Matts Gallery, London (12/2014)

• Third Floor Right 3, with Rowena Easton, Mark Hewitt, Grey Area, Brighton (05/2010)

• Make Shift, featuring Adam Chodzko, Blast Theory, Semiconductor, Milly Thompson, and Ergin Cavusoglu, Fringe Fusina, Venice Biennale (08/2009)

• Auto-Icon, Daniel Pryde-Jarman, Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art & Design (09/2008)

Curating

• Pallet Show 12, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester Central (11/23)

• Trouble With Them, Grey Area, Gallery Dodo, (08/2022)

• Elementary Study of Form, Centre for Remote Possibilities, Matts Gallery, London (12/14 – 01/15)

• Turtle Salon, featuring Michael Shamberg, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Lawler, Carl Andre, and Robert Breer, Article Gallery, Birmingham City University (11/14 – 12/14)

• Floor Plan for an Institution, 5 artist-run spaces based in the West Midlands region were invited to collectively contribute to the realisation of a speculative artist-run institution over a 5-month period, featuring: Pitt Studios, Division of Labour, Vinyl Art Space, Movement gallery, Down Stairs, and Grand Union, Meter Room (11/12 - 03/13)

• Turtle Salon, featuring Michael Shamberg, Lawrence Weiner, Louise Lawler, Carl Andre, and Robert Breer, Meter Room (03/12) and Grey Area

• Evasion, featuring Martha Rosler, Milly Thompson, Alison Jones, Nina Power, Josephine Meckseper, Nicole Wermers, and Nina Power, Lanchester Gallery Projects, Coventry (01/12)

• Curatorial Interventions

• 1-2-3-4, featuring Martin Creed, Bob and Roberta Smith, David Blandy, Plastique Fantastique, and the Coolness, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton (12/09)

• One Night Stands, 3 interconnected events at the gallery at Wimbledon College of Art, London (04/2008 - 07/2008)

• Brilliant Noise, featuring Semiconductor, Marlene Dumas, Pierre Huyghe, Late at Tate, Tate Britain (08/08)

• Last Words, 16 artists over 16 days, Grey Area, Brighton (09/06)

Meter Room / Coventry

As the curator of Meter Room:

• Floor Plan for an Institution, featuring Pitt Studios, Division of Labour, Vinyl Art Space, Movement gallery, Down Stairs, and Grand Union, Meter Room (11/12 - 03/13)

• Limber Gym, Laurence Preece (09/11)

• Diving into the Wreck, Paige Perkins (06/11)

Grey Area / Brighton

Curated and Co-curated over 50 exhibitions and numerous other events.

Selected Exhibitions

• Trouble With Them, Grey Area, Gallery Dodo, (08/2022)

• Impossible Diagrams, Plastique Fantatsique (05/11)

• Preying Mantiss, John Russell (07/11)

• Voodoo Chanel, Chicks on Speed (02/11)

• The Butler's Cough, Simon Morse (09/10)

• Bunker Beautiful, Mike Stoakes (07/10)

• Martha Rosler Reads Vogue, featuring Martha Rosler, Milly Thompson, Alison Jones (03/10)

• The Underground Soul, David Blandy (05/09)

• The Future So Far, Pil & Galia Kollectiv (06/08)

• Swear To Tell The Truth, Delaine Le Bas (04/08)

• Feed Lack Loop, Mocksim, Digiville, Lighthouse, Brighton (03/08)

• The Elect Soft Restriction, Paige Perkins (02/08)

• Girlsworld, Cathy Lomax (10/07)

• A Floating Studio, Bob & Roberta Smith, Brighton Fringe Festival, Grey Area & Brighton Beach (05/07)

• Tearfully, Patrick Galway, Iain Rayner, and Haroon Mirza, Grey Area, Brighton (04/07)

Residencies

• The Door That Does Not Fit The Frame, Movement, Worcester (12/12)

• Occupant residencies

• Co-Lab, Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia (09/08)

• Takt kunstprojektraum, Berlin (04/08)

Talks

• MA Arts, University of Derby, Derby (11/23)

• Art House Open Lecture Series, The Hive, Worcester (03/23)

• The Hidden Curriculum, NAFAE, London Metropolitan University (01/16)

• Artist-run Spaces, Midwest to Midville, Turning Point West Midlands, Ikon gallery (2014)

• Curatorial Interventions, Lanchester Gallery Projects, Coventry University (2010 - 2013)

  A series of free public talks given by practitioners on a variety of approaches to contemporary art curation and developing collaborative projects. Participants included Cathy Lomax, Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Permanent Gallery, Doomsbury Set, ProtoPlay, Elly Clarke, Dr Jonathan Gilhooly, Prof Simon O'Sulivan, Karin Kharlberg & Reuben Henry, Freee Art Collective, and Prof John Roberts.

• Life Beyond the PhD, Cumberland Lodge, Berkshire (08/13)

• Artist-run spaces in 90s London, Cultures of Curating, Lincoln University (07/12)

• There is No Script for This, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (06/12)

• Artist-run Spaces: Alternative Platforms for Collective Curation, University of Wolverhampton (04/12)

• Artist-run and the Institution, Panel Discussion, Lanchester Gallery Projects Live Constitution Period, alongside Craig Mulholland, David Bainbridge, Gavin Wade, Kendall Koppe, Kirsten Forkert, Neil Mulholland, Owen Hatherley, Terry Atkinson, Transmission Gallery, Coventry University (05/12)

• Évasion Symposium, Featuring Angela McRobbie, Ian Hunt, Mark Harris, Monika Szewczyk, Coventry University, Herbert Museum & Art Gallery, Coventry (02/12)

• The Gallery as Heterotopia, Birmingham City University (12/10)

• Pil & Galia Kollectiv in Conversation, APPRI, University of Brighton (06/10)

• Bob & Roberta Smith in Conversation, APPRI, University of Brighton (03/10)

• Grey Area & Independent Curating, University of Portsmouth (01/10)

Publications

• New Institutional Critique, Sluice magazine, The Institution issue, Spring/Summer 2021

• Museums and Higher Education Working Together: Challenges and Opportunities, Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, Volume 14, Number 2, (11/15)

• Curating the artist-run space : exploring strategies for a critical curatorial practice, PhD Thesis (bl.uk)

• VUOTO, Evasion, Lanchester Gallery Projects, Goldsmiths, Arts Council England (2012)

• Preying Mantiss, John Russell, Grey Area (2011)

• Their Wonderlands, They Are Here, Grey Area (2011)

• Other Spaces: The Royal Pavilion, Research News, Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton, Edition 25 (Spring 2010)

• Culture Factory Polymer, NAN Go & See Bursary, a-n (2010)

• Transmission, exhibition catalogue, Grey Area (2010)

• 1-2-3-4, event catalogue, Grey Area & Fabrica, Brighton (2009)

• Makeshift, exhibition catalogue, Fringe Fusina, Venice Biennale (2009)

• Our Infinite Day Trip, Darren Edwards, exhibition catalogue, Grey Area (2009)

• Clamor, Allora and Calzadilla, Lyon Biennial, a-n (12/07)

• Valhalla, Callum Morton, Venice Biennale, a-n (09/07)

• Some Buildings Die of Old Age, Mocksim, commissioned text (12/06)

• Vacuum Art Paper, Co-Editor, founded by Grey Area, Permanent Gallery, and thirtyfive-a gallery, Issues 1-5

Press

• Daniel Pryde-Jarman at Sidney Nolan Trust, Mark Sheerin, Criticismism (09/21)

• Reimagining the Artist-Run Space, Mark Sheerin, Hyperallergenic (03/13)

• The Mobility Project, Culture 24, (02/12)

• The Mobility Project, This is Tomorrow (02/2012)

• Limber Gym, Mark Sheerin, Culture 24 (10/11)

• The Meter's Running, Coventry Telegraph (06/11)

• Derelict Offices, Coventry Telegraph (05/11)

• Meter Room, Coventry Telegraph (05/11)

• Interview with Daniel Pryde-Jarman, Mark Sheerin, Culture 24 (2009)

Interviews

• Mona Casey (Colony, Birmingham)

• Cheryl Jones (Grand Union, Birmingham)

• Nat Pitt (Division of Labour, Worcester)

• Nina Coulson & Alex Johnson (Movement, Worcester)

• Andre de Jong (Vinyl, Birmingham)

• Karin Kharlberg & Reuben Henry (Springhill Institute, Birmingham)

• Craig Barnes (Downstairs, Herefordshire)

• Prof Neil Mulholland (University of Edinburgh)

• Gijs Frieling (W139, Amsterdam)

• Grayscale, Pigeon, University of Brighton, Issue 1 (2011)

• Interview with Daniel Pryde-Jarman, Mark Sheerin, Culture 24 (2009)

• Tether, Tethervision