New British Artists

'My work is a celebration of our cultural heritage interwoven with the present and is influenced by the legacy of Britain's imperial past and Euro-centric culture. I concentrate on the relationship of Britain to Empire, placing it in a contemporary context, relating historical sources in the city to the wider world. In and around the architecture of central London one cannot escape from Britain's imperial past. It is all around, preserved as if the empire still exists. It is this need for preservation that has continued to overshadow contemporary Britain. It is this aspect that motivates my ideas and theory within my current work.

My work is contempoary but uses historical sources. These have been generated from my interest in the city, specifically looking at the colonial and imperial architecture of central London as well as the collections of the major museums and galleries. My reseach uses a variety of sources including works of art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I have used and adapted these into contemporary issues that are relevant to British society today. I am interested in relating present modernity in Anglo and European culture to its historical and cultural past. I bring the past to life by introducing material elements of modern culture as well as using architecture, public monuments and transcriptions of artist's works from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.'

Date of Birth : 1973
Education : BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting
MA (Printmaking) Distinction
Post-graduate Diploma in Fine Art

Selected Exhibitions: The Charity Art Prize Exhibition, The Dover Street Arts Club, London
Twenty First Century Watercolour R.W.S. Open, Bankside Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
India Exchange, British Council Gallery, New Delhi, India
National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Post-It Note Charity Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Twentieth Century Water Colour, Bankside Gallery, London
Imagination for Cancer, Imagination Gallery, London
London Artmonsky Arts, London
International Student Print Exhibition, Falmouth College of Arts & Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Art
Artists in Arms Britsh Red Cross & European union Humanitarian office Exhibition; toured to London, Cardiff & Edinburgh
Salon Des Graphiques, Curwen Gallery, London
Employed by Mark Wallinger to draw his sculpture 'Ecce Homo' for the 2001 Venice Biennale.
Affordable Art Fair, London
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
The Jersey Gallery, Osterley Park
Affordable Art Fari 2004
Manchester Art Show 2004

Selected Public Collections:
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Guild Hall, London
St Paul's Cathedral, London
Vicker's Defence, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Selected Awards:
The Richard Smith Award, Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
The New Academy Gallery Commission Award, Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition, Bankside Gallery
Dover Street Arts Club, Excellence in Drawing Prize
British Institution Fund, Printmaking Prize
Whatman International Papers Award, National Print Exhibition
Elizabeth Scott-Moore Award, R.W.S. Open
Celia Walker Award, Premiums Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Joseph Webb A.R.E. Commemorative Award, National Print Exhibition, 2000
Publications
Drawings for London in Poetry and Prose, Enitharmon Press, London April 2003
The Watercolour Expert', Cassell Illustrated, London and New York, 2004.

Founder Member of The Wakefield Artsmill, Yorkshire