Experience & Qualifications

• The Welsh Assembly Award for Fine Art
• The only female photographer to have a photograph shortlisted in the professional category of Hidden Liverpool’s ‘People’s City’ photographic exhibition
• Exhibited artwork in over 100 exhibitions
• Organised/curated over 100 exhibitions in a variety of media
• Dulcie Mayne Stephens Award: Studied as part of an Erasmus exchange at Accademia di Belle Arti in Viterbo, Italy where I learnt some of the language and organised an exhibition with two other artists
• Finalist for the Enterprise Award at the North West region Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards

• Painting and Drawing [oil, ink, acrylic, chalk, charcoal, pastel, pencil]
• Photography [digital and film]
• Darkroom techniques
• Workshops and training in basic digital photography and Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom techniques
• Workshops in art and music with people ranging from early years to teenagers and adults
• Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, InDesign
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage

I have successfully worked for and with various artists, musicians, clients and companies including:

• Action Transport Theatre
• Alice Kirwan
• Andrew AB Photography
• Arabic Arts Festival
• Archbishop Blanch School
• Ash Grove Children’s Centre
• BBC
• Big Fish Little Fish [BFLF]
• Black History Month Group
• Bolshy
• Bradbury Fields
• Calder Kids Adventure Playground
• Catalyst Creative Arts
• CGA Simulation
• Chloe Gallagher Sculpture
• Chris Herstad Carney
• Christine Simpson
• City of Liverpool College Musical Theatre Group
• Cledford Primary School
• Daniel Saleh Music
• David McTague
• Delfina Projects Ltd.
• Delfina Women Ltd.
• dot-art
• dot-art Schools
• Douglas McCormick Dance
• Edge Hill Youth Centre
• Emily Bartlett Art
• FACT
• Factory Floor Jewels
• Farndon Primary School
• Fiesta Bombarda
• Fortis Media & Diverse Magazine
• Head Out Not Home
• HeadSpace@EggSpace
• Impropriety
• Jackie Stevens Publishing
• Jennifer John
• Joanne Dennis
• Jo Bywater
• Jody Cooper
• John Jenkins
• Kate Stewart
• Kaya Herstad Carney
• LCN
• LIPA
• Liverpool Disco Festival
• Liverpool Mental Health Consortium
• Liverpool Mental Health Festival
• Liverpool Mutual Homes [LMH]
• Liverpool Pride
• Liverpool Sound City
• Lorna Brooks
• Love Sings
• Luke Montague
• Luke Moore
• LWC Drinks LTD
• made-here
• Megan Louise
• Mellowtone
• Merseytravel
• MDI Dance
• Moving On With Life & Learning [MOWLL]
• Nantwich Children’s Centre
• Nicole Konigs Balfry
• Nomad
• Nugent Care
• Oakenclough Children’s Centre
• Operation Lightfoot
• Paul Reay
• Perri Alleyne-Hughes
• Premier League
• Queen Zee and the Sasstones
• Rachael Bampton-Smith Marketing & Events
• Rainhill Village Multi Academy Trust
• Rebecca’s Day Nursery
• Rock & Roll Marathon
• Roscoe Junior School
• Royal Court Theatre
• Sahir House
• Saphena Aziz
• Science of the Lamps
• Sense of Sound Singers
• Sense of Sound Wedding Singers
• St. Michael’s Church of England High School
• Steve Biko Housing Association
• The Health & Safety Executive [HSE]
• The Oaks Primary Community School
• The Silence Between Us – The Musical
• The Soul Rays
• The Umbrella Centre [PSS]
• The University of Liverpool
• Thomas Lang
• Threshold Festival CIC
• Tmesis Theatre Company
• Treaty Pie
• Tuebrook Transnational CIC
• University of Liverpool
• Victoria Road Children’s Centre
• We Make Places CIC
• WOW [Writing On The Wall] Festival
• Yvonne Sharples
• Zest Event Management

• Three days of mentored observation and training in early years settings prior to the Mini Network rural arts tour [with Melodycrayons], 2010
• BCS [British Computer Society] Levels 1 & 2 for IT users [ECDL [European Computer Driving Licence] parts 1 & 2], LCAD, Liverpool, 2004 – 2005
• NVQ Level 4 Community Arts Management [equivalent to first year degree], LCAD, Liverpool, 2004
• MOCN [Merseyside Open College Network] in Photography, 10 units – L2; 2 units – L3, Novas Overtures, Alima Centre, Liverpool, 2003 – 2004
• BA [Hons] Fine Art [Painting], 2:1, UWIC, Cardiff, 1999 – 2002
• BTEC Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Merit, Yale College, Wrexham, 1998 – 1999
• A-Levels, Denbigh High School, Denbigh, 1991 – 1998:
  • Art and Design [A]
  • Mathematics [A]
  • Theatre Studies [D]
  • General Studies [D]
• GCSEs, Denbigh High School, Denbigh, 1991 – 1998:
  • Art and Design [A*]
  • Coordinated Science [AA]
  • Design and Technology [A]
  • English Literature [A*]
  • English Language [A]
  • French [A]
  • Mathematics [A*]
  • Religious Studies [A]
  • Welsh [C]
• Pianoforte, Royal Associated Board of Music, 1991 – 1996:
  • Grade I [Distinction]
  • Grade II [Pass]
  • Grade III [Pass]