CV

Grants & Awards

  • Arts Council Ireland — Agility Award, 2026

  • Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council — Professional Development Arts Grant, 2026

  • a-n — Time Space Money Bursary, 2020, UK

  • Arts Council England — Develop Your Creative Practice Grant, 2019, UK

Residencies

  • Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency, 2026 — Fingal County Council, Age & Opportunity and Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency Award

  • Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, Ireland — 2025, 2020

  • Brisons Veor Artist Retreat, Cornwall — 2021

Awards

Professional Experience

  • 2025–2026 — Dalkey Original Print Fair, Initiator & Organiser

  • 2005–2022 — Concept Visualiser for Museum Exhibitions

  • 2020 — Founder, Virtual Sketch Leicester

  • 2019 — Co-founder, Leicestershire Art Alliance

  • 2018 — Workshop Tutor, Urban Sketchers School, Riga

  • 2017 — Founder, Urban Sketchers Leicester

  • 2015–2016 — Secretary, President & Programme Organiser, Leicester Sketch Club

  • 1998 — Lecturer in Design, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Design & Technology, Dublin

  • 1991–2004 — Television Production Designer, RTÉ

Selected Commissions & Projects

  • 2021 — Leicester City Council, High Street Heritage Action Zone — commissioned to create urban sketch-style line drawings of Leicester's buildings and streetscapes, used in the project's graphic and promotional materials. Part of Historic England's HAZ initiative.

  • 2020 — Canal & River Trust — commissioned to create an original painting promoting the waterways and outdoor sketching, in connection with The Big Draw.

  • 2018–2019 — Faber and Company— commissioned to create paintings for the interiors of St Martins Lodge, Leicester.

Education

  • 1986 — Certificate in Visual Education, Dún Laoghaire College of Art & Design, Ireland

  • 1990 — Diploma in Design & Visual Communication, Dún Laoghaire College of Art & Design, Ireland. Awarded Student Design Award for Theatre & Film, Society of Designers of Ireland (SDI)

Memberships

  • Ireland: Black Church Print Studio · ArtNetdlr · Visual Artists Ireland

  • UK: Leicester Print Workshop · Leicester Society of Artists · Leicester Sketch Club

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming:

2026‍ ‍

  • Dalkey Original Print Fair, Dublin

  • ArtNetDLR - Harmony in Diversity, Dublin

  • Refresh 26 - Tarpey Gallery, Derby

  • Leicester Society of Artist’s Annual Exhibition - New Walk Museum

2025

  • The People’s Exhibition - New Walk Museum, Leicester, UK

  • Leicester Print Workshop Members Exhibition

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London

  • International Original Print Exhibition - Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, London

  • Glimpse ArtNetdlr - Dublin

  • Dalkey Original Print Mini-Fair

  • Royal West of England Academy 172 Annual Open Exhibition - Bristol

  • The Ballinglen Arts Foundation Second Biennial Exhibition, Co. Mayo

  • The Secret of Colour and Light - ArtNetDlr, Dublin

  • Leicester Sketch Club Annual Exhibition

  • Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition

  • Russborough House Car Boot Art Fair - Ireland

  • One of a Kind - Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Online

  • Looking out - ArtNetdlr - Dublin

  • Signal Arts Centre - Members Show - Wicklow

  • Art House - Art Trail Festival, Leicester, UK

2024

  • Tarpey Gallery Winter Show

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Nov 2024

  • International Original Print Exhibition - Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, Bankside Gallery, LondonLeicester Print Workshop Fair

  • ‘Deunde’ ArtNetdlr. Dublin, Ireland

  • Wirksworth Festival Art Trail, UK

2023

  • Small But Mighty - Royal Society of Printmakers. Bankside Gallery

  • Transience - ArtNetdlr, Dublin, Ireland

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

  • ‘Refresh 23’ - Tarpey Gallery, Derby

  • Landscapes - Solo Show - LCB Depot. Leicester

2022

  • Leicester Print Workshop Members Fair

  • Guildhall Christmas Craft Fair

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

  • RBSA Prize Exhibition

  • London by Urban Sketchers - Art Pavilion, London

  • ‘On Paper’ Group Exhibition Tarpey Gallery

2021

  • Print International 2021 -Ty Pawb, Wales

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

  • Leicester Society of Artist Exhibition - The Henton Ellis Prize

  • Light and Dark - Tarpey Gallery, Derby (Group exhibition)

  • Derby Print Open - online

  • Observations - Tarpey Gallery, Derby (Group exhibition)

  • Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition, Bristol

  • The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries

2020

  • Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair

  • Society of Women Artists Online Exhibition - Mall Galleries

  • Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries

2019

  • Partnership Staircase - De Montfort University/LPW

  • Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London

  • Society of Graphic Fine Art, Draw 19 - London

  • 158th SWA Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

  • RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin

  • Derby Print Open

  • RBSA Prize Exhibition, Birmingham

2018

  • RBSA Print Prize Exhibition, Birmingham

  • Cank S­treet Gallery, Leicester

2016

  • Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition

2015

  • Leicestershire Pastel Society Annual Exhibition

  • Leicester Society of Artists Annual Exhibition

2014

  • The Big Little Winter Show, West End Gallery, Leicester 

  • Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

  • Open 14, Alfred East Art Gallery, Kettering (Commendation)

  • Drawing Inspiration, Holocaust Memorial Event, QEII Centre, London (Prizewinner) 

2013

  • The Big Little Winter Show, West End Gallery, Leicester

  • Two person exhibition with Robert Harris, Leicester

  • Leicester Sketch Club, Leicester (Bryan Ward Prize)