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Awards

2022  Recipient of the Castlefield Gallery Artist Professional Development Award at the Manchester Open 2022 
2019  CVAN Bursary

Group Exhibitions 

2024      Accepted for the Manchester Open, spring 2024
2023      The Manchester Contemporary with Mura Ma
2023      Precious Little, Mura Ma
2023      A Generous Space 3, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2023      A Small Space collective, Stockport and Manchester
2023      Rogue Women 2, invited artist, Manchester
2023      Edgelessness, an exhibition of contemporary painting, Mura Ma Gallery, Manchester 
2022      Material Presence, Turps 2022 cohort exhibition at Fitzrovia Gallery, London
2022      The Beep Painting Prize, Swansea 
2022      The Manchester Open, HOME 
2021      The Quick Brown Fox Jumped over the Lazy Dog, Turps Cohort 20-21 
2021      GALA IRL, Victoria Baths, Manchester (September) 
2021      In Manchester, Saul Hay Gallery 2021      Abstract landscapes, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield 
2020      Manchester Art Gallery Artist Shop 
2020      So Why Not Do It Again? - Cultivate Gallery 
2020      Beyond the Window  Eden Gallery, Ormskirk Lancashire 
2020      GALA, Victoria Baths (online) 
2020      Resilient Self Artists Pool, Espacio Gallery,  London 
2020      Hang The Old Lock Up Gallery, Derbyshire 2019      Pop Up Dez Rez Projects 
2019      All We Have Islington Mill Art Academy end of year show 
2019      Six Feet Deep, Victoria Baths 
2018      [Frame] An exhibition Islington Mill 
2018      Saviours Islington Mill, Salford 
2018      AbEx Chapel Walk Gallery, Sheffield 
2018      Finalist exhibition Waterside Open, Waterside Gallery, Manchester 
2018      Monochrome Art Number23, London 
Ongoing Projects 
2023-present Established Mura Ma Art Space and gallery in Marple, Stockport 
2019-present Producer, Dez Rez Projects - current project - Watch this Space commission at Great Northern Warehouse 
2020 - present Arts writer for Northern Soul. https://www.northernsoul.me.uk

Education 

2020-2022 Turps Banana School of Painting 
2020      Studio Book, Mark Devereux Projects (MDP) 
2018      IMAA alternative art school, Islington Mill, Salford
2018      Hot Bed Press complete printmaker, yr1

Solo Exhibitions 

2021  World of Glass, St Helens, Merseyside (11 Sept-5 Nov)

Residencies

June 2021:  285 Deansgate, Great Northern Warehouse, Manchester residency and installation from June-August 2021:  'Vista: a tale of disappearing skies and life within the city grid'

May-July 2019:  'Six Feet Deep' Residency and installation at Victoria Baths

April-May 2018: Unit 4 collaborative residency at Islington Mill with film-maker and painter, Donna Wood