Women in Art - Raising the Bar

Since graduating from Central/St. Martin’s School of Art in 1989, I have practiced as a painter and printmaker. I have lived, worked and exhibited in many cities including Amsterdam in Holland, Gdansk in Poland,St. Petersburg in Russia as well as the rural landscapes of France, Spain, Greece and Ireland. Often travelling to paint, I have immersed myself in various landscapes, buildings and their people. I have collaborated with artists, poets and musicians nationally and internationally. Wherever I am, close observation through drawing is integral to  my work. In 2014 I was appointed first ever Artist in Residence at the Michaelhouse in Cambridge. Other residency appointments include the Lookout Tower in Aldeburgh, Potton Hall Classical Recording Studio/Concert Hall in Suffolk and the Westerkerk in Amsterdam. 

In 2019, I was elected Associate Member of The Royal Watercolour Society. My work has been awarded numerous prizes and is represented in public and private collections in this country and abroad including the Leicestershire Collection for Schools and Colleges, the Town Council of Amsterdam and the National Pastime Museum, USA. I exhibit regularly and I am currently based on the east coast of UK.

EDUCATION
1986-89 Central/St. Martin's School of Art: B.A.(Hons) in Fine Art (Painting)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 ‘Kinship’ Chappel Galleries, Essex
2018 Kin Mandell’s Gallery , Norwich
2014 Michaelhouse Residency Exhibition, Cambridge
2013 Residency Exhibition of paintings to accompany Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's concert performance, Potton Hall, Suffolk
2012 South Lookout Tower Residency Exhibition, Caroline Wiseman Modern & Contemporary, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
2011 'Pictures at an Exhibition' Installation of work to accompany Libor Novocek's concert performance at Potton Hall, Suffolk

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Shortlisted for The Alpine Fellowship Prize - ‘Wilderness & Civilization’ ‘Drawn to the Line’ Piers Feetham Gallery, London
Royal Watercolour Society Bankside Gallery, London
‘Out of the Blue’ Gallery East, Woodbridge. Collaborated with poet Sue Wallace-Shaddad 2020 Shortlisted for the Castlegate Prize, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
‘People & Places’ Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk
‘Borders’ Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, Essex
Regular exhibitor with Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, London

2019 Elected as Associate Member of The Royal Watercolour Society (A.R.W.S.) Gallery East, Woodbridge, Suffolk Stillness Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich 
Selected for the Contemporary Watercolour Competition Exhibition Bankside Gallery, London 2017 Seeing through Drawing - A Celebration of John Berger, Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
Exhibition of the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2017, Piano Nobile Kings Place

AWARDS/PRIZES
1995 The Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art National Competition,'The Sea', 2nd Prize
Prince's Trust grant awarded for research
Awarded grant by The Foundation for Sports and the Arts 1992 The Winsor and Newton/Young Watercolourist Award
1991 The New English Art Club/Marks & Spencer Award, 3rd Prize 1989/90/91 The Anna Airy Memorial Award for Painting, 1st Prize
1990 Europe Prize for Painting - finalist

Public Collections
The Town Council of Amsterdam, BKB Dienst Musea voor Moderne Kunst, Holland
The National Pastime Museum, USA
Museum Markiezenhof, Bergen op Zoom, Holland
Works in collections & on loan from Art Libraries: Amsterdam, Arnhem, Eindhoven,
Leeuwarden, Zwolle, Amstelveen, Bergen op Zoom, Holland The Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection

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