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My interdisciplinary practice explores the alienating impact of post-industrial decline. Labour and mental health, the derelict and overlooked are common themes of my work.

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​Exhibitions/Publications

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Absurd Employment Crisis, Page Gallery Journal

Capitalism is a Death Cult: Sunday Mornings at the River

Frontpage, Cyprus University of Technology

Urban Photography, Collect Artwork Gallery, Tblisi

​The Manchester Review

The Poetry Lighthouse

Songs of Revolution: Sunday Mornings at the River

Late Britain Press: Inheritance

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Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Porto

Videoart Miden, Athens

Fleas on the Dog, Ontario

Fauxmoir Literary Magazine ​

Bali International Short Film Festival​

Insomnia Animation Festival, Moscow​

Crack the Spine

The Writers and Readers’ Magazine

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Icona Film Festival, Corfu

Sculptorvox: A God Complex

Out of Line; tactileBOSCH, Llandudno

BF Artist Film Festival X, Art Licks, London 

Loss & Lucidity; Fabrica, Lisbon

Cheap Cheap, Birmingham​

Pugnant Film Series, Athens 

Inner Space Chamber, Dallas

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Loss & Lucidity, SANTORASPACE 205, Santa Ana

Exp 01; Genesis Cinema, London

BF Artist Film Festival, Exeter Art Week 

Spit That Out, HOME Manchester

The Projection Room, the Unstitute​

Shared Sight Film Festival, MATCA, Cluj-Napoca

The Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival, London

Experimental Film & Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, South Korea

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Fringe Arts Bath 

Wellington Underground Film Festival 

Paradise Now, B-Arts; Stoke-on-Trent 

Sites of Desire, the New Utopians​

Degrees of Freedom, Espacio, London

​Bakhtin as Praxis, Royal Art Academy, Stockholm 

Formal Interference, Le Murate Florence Centre for Contemporary Art

Protest! Periscope Gallery, Salzburg

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​It All Started When the Days Seemed Quite Plain, Banner Repeater & ICA Bookshop London

Water Tower Art Fest, Sofia Arsenal Museum for Contemporary Art ​​

Text & Context, Various Venues including Cambridge 105FM, Cambridge

Capital Offense, Beacon Arts, Los Angeles​​

Distrustful Space, International Art Space Station, National Centre for the Arts, Mexico City

PAUSE; Artside, Southend-on-Sea

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Dialogue Box, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

Away Day, Wandle Park, London 

Interventions Part 2: Palette-Pallet, curated by Anneka French

Fear & Optimism, RedWire/Bloc Projects, Sheffield

Interchange, Mercy, Liverpool Biennial

​Open Space Open Places, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton

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Curating ​

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Caraboo Projects, Bristol (2018-): Founding member, Curator

Exhibitions: Watching Limbo // Scratch Lab 1, 2, & 3 // Songs of the Sirens // How do you Spell a Scream? // Soup // The Wagon, Standpoint Gallery, London

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​Huddersfield Media Centre (2016); Compromised Collaborations

​Basement Arts Project, Leeds (2015); The Roadside Museum

Review https://www.blackpoolsocial.club/13568-review-roadside-museum/

Venn Projects, Blackpool (2014); The Roadside Museum

Review https://corridor8.co.uk/article/review-roadside-museum-basementartsproject-leeds/

Economies of Resistance (2011); Wolstenholme Creative Space, Liverpool, Tooting Market, London

​Signs of Life (2008); Liverpool Biennial Independents, Wandle Park, London

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​Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool (2006-09): Founding member, Curator

Exhibitions: Normal Service Will Resume // Closer // Recycled Frequencies // Eyes, Lies, and Stories // Faintly Drawn Lines // After the Curtain Falls // Brief Encounters // Making Connections // Round One Way

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Education

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2008 MRes Fine Art Liverpool John Moores

2005 BA Fine Art Liverpool John Moores

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