exhibitions/events
SOLO
THE FORMBY PROJECT: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
31st March-6th April 2011.
A series of events at or around the Museum of Wigan Life, Wigan, to commemorate 50 years since the death of George Formby.
PRAYING PLACES
Liverpool Cathedral, January-February 2011
Installation (sculpture, assembly and text) that blurred the religious and the secular.
GUERILLA NOSTALGIA
Treloan Coastal Farm. May-June 2010
Turning a campsite shower-block into a walk in 1950s I-Spy book as part of the on-going Caravanserai project.
TURNED OUT NICE AGAIN
The Exchange, Penzance, February 2010
Interactive installation, with associated events, celebrating the life and work of comedy performer George Formby. A part of the ongoing FORMBY PROJECT.
FUTURE IMPERFECT
Project Space Gallery, University College Falmouth, October 2009
Installation comprising large scale illustration and sculpture on the theme of the adult-child boundary and the consequences of crossing it.
TOY STORIES
‘JAM’, Falmouth, Cornwall, June-July 2009
Photography and sculpture that melded war toys and war casualties.
FAB CHILDREN’S RECYCLING PROJECTS
‘JAM’ June 2009
Weaponry and model military cemetery made of junk.
PRAYING PLACES
Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall. June 2009
Installation (sculpture, assembly and text) that blurred the religious and the secular.
JUST KILL THEM
Lemon Square, Truro, Cornwall, April 2009
Interactive illustration project.
GROUP SHOWS
Falmouth MA 2010 Show
Lamorva, University College Falmouth. 4th-10th September 2010
Falmouth MA in Fine Art Contemporary Practice, 2010 Show.
Visit website for more information.
SOUTH WEST DRUM AND BASS AWARDS 2010
University College Falmouth students were invited to show as part of this event at the Eden Project, Cornwall, April 2010.
Large Formby portrait hanging and Electro Tremendum, video/musical collaboration with ‘electrohouse’ duo Atomic Drop
ENCOUNTERS
Treveal Farm, West Penwith, Cornwall. September 2009
Part of BosArts/National Trust weekend arts event
Visit BOSarts website
Collaborations
ELECTRO TREMENDUM
Video work based on altered footage from George Formby films, with music by electrohouse duo Atomic Drop , April 2010. View video on You Tube.
BLACKPOOL ROCK
Musical collaboration with Atomic Drop taking its inspiration from the George Formby song ‘With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock’, and accompanying video work based on altered footage from 3 Formby films, July, 2010. View video on You Tube.
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ANGER DEPOSITORY
Appledore Visual Arts Festival, Appledore Devon, May 2009
Live art/performance/installation as part of MAMA collective
(The ‘MAMA collective’ is a Falmouth based group whose work in a variety of media with public engagement and participation)
FIRE AND FURY RITUAL
Live art/performance/installation
Appledore Visual Arts Festival, Appledore Devon, May 2009
Live art/performance/installation as part of MAMA collective
In this project the public were invited to deposit anger from the previous year with us, represented it in various ways on wooden posts.The posts were later ignited as part of a ‘cleansing ritual’ at the local beach. View it on You Tube
TRURO FACES
Museum for Cornwall, Truro, Cornwall, April, 2009
A large-scale public portraiture event with the MAMA collective.
RESIDENCIES
Caravanserai, Treloan Coastal Farm, Roseland Cornwall (May 2010)
First of a two-part residency called Caravanserai-Spy. A participatory work that involved converting a shower block into a walk in 1950s I-Spy book.
GRANTS/AWARDS/PRIZES
August 2010: Arts Council Grant to create a new Formby Project installation, and to fund a seminar, March-April 2011, Wigan Life Museum.
September 2010, University College Falmouth (MA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice), Sandra Blow Scholarship.