CV

 

 

Education:

 

 

Credited courses, Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design                                           2007-2008

 

BTEC Level 3 foundation Diploma in Art and Design                                                  June   2015

 

 

Continued  studies in Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Combined Media, studies in Printmaking and Photography

 

 

Solo Exhibitions:

 

‘Pop art rebellion’        @            Ranelagh wine bar, North London                       2006

 

‘Vinylation’                    @            Ranelagh, North London                                        2008

 

‘Urban Decay’               @            FNCC, Windhoek Namibia                                      2010

 

Many styles                  @          Market place theatre , Armagh, NI            August  2017 

 

Many styles remixed   @         Artcetera studios , Belfast, NI                     Sept      2017                                                                                                              

 

Joint Exhibitions and events:

 

Disrupted Behaviour                                                                                         Nov    2007

 

Real Urban Art                                                                                                    July     2009

 

Sooper sweet @ R-space Gallery – Lisburn- Northern Ireland                    March 2013

 

Printed Matters @ Screaming Sky gallery – Portland USA                            May 2013

 

WhiteWash @ Millenium court arts centre – Portadown- Northern Ireland        

                                                                                                                                  June 2013

 

Culture night Lisburn @ R-space gallery – Lisburn- Northern Ireland              

                                                                                                                                 Sept 2013

 

Culture night Armagh @ Market place theatre                                             Sept 2014

 

WhiteWash 12 @ millennium Court arts centre – Portadown- Northern Irealnd

                                                                                                                                  July 2015

 

Culture Night Armagh @ market place theatre                                             Sept 2015

 

Phat Paint Jam @ The Box - Lurgan - Northern Ireland                              March 2016

 

Culture night Armagh @ Market place theatre                                            March 2016

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OBEY- shepard Fairey-                                                                                          Oct 2016

This changes everything @ R-space gallery - Lisburn

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Awards & Grants and residencies:

 

 

Artist Bursary 2009 – College of the arts, Namibia                                               2009

 

Artist grant for community project – Dunstable town council

And metropolitan police                                                                                           2007

 

Artists award for projects within the community – Mayor of Luton                 2008

 

Resident artist @ R-space gallery Lisburn- Northern Ireland                             2013

 

 

Projects:

 

Real Urban Art

Project held in conjunction with Dunstable town council and the Met police to take young people off the streets and get them involved in arts projects and the development of a youth centre in the town

 

Kcac (Katatura community arts school) Namibia

Street art Project held with students at the art centre teaching them about and how to create street/urban arts leading to a end of project exhibition

 

 

Kolmanskop Ghost town

Hired by NamDeb (DeBeers diamonds) to restore the first diamond mining town in Namibia which is now a tourist attraction. The aim was to restore artwork found inside the wall of the abandoned buildings and restore back to its former glory. The project was a big success and is now a national heritage site

 

Ontanda lodge, Namibia

Working with the ministry of environment and tourism to create a lodge for young students to explore and discover the desert and wildlife.

 

Namibian Music Awards 2009

Design and concept of the event which took place at Namibia’s national theatre hall.  Designed and built the set and also the TV promo

 

Evoke arts collective 2015-2016

Evoke arts collective created by REAL1 and Helen Leavy. Evoke is an  short term arts collective project based in Lurgan Northern Ireland that would run workshops,offer affordable studio and retail space for artists and designers. The project has now ended.