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 & Photography, Hereford College of Arts (2022 - present)

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

• External Examiner, PhD examination, University of Chester (2024)

• 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)

• Steering Group Member, Contemporary Visual Arts Network West Midlands (2025 - 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 - 2020)

• 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

• Stronger Towns funding, Station Approach, Public Art Project, Hereford (2021-25)

• Heritage Lottery Wales, Buckholt Bryngaer Sculpture Trail, Monmouthshire (2024)

• Sculpture Trail, Art People Place, Studio Response and Hereford Council (2024)

• 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)

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