Biography

EDUCATION
2007 Northern School of Art, Hartlepool. BTEC Diploma,  Art and Design Foundation Studies (with distinction)
2010 Teesside University, Middlesbrough. BA (Hons) Fine Art
2011 Tees Achieve, Stockton-on-Tees, Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & OTHER PROJECTS

2010 Imaginary Parlour, Back Parlour Gallery, Middlesbrough (curated and exhibited)
2010 ReVision 1, Python Gallery, Middlesbrough (curated and exhibited)
2010 Time and Place,Hither and Thither,War and Peace. North East Design Event, Newcastle Arts Centre Gallery, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (co-curated)
2011 Face, Pop Up Gallery, Middlesbrough (curated and exhibited)
2011 Pound and Found, Pop Up Studio 3, Middlesbrough (curated and exhibited)
2011 Memories, Palace of Varieties heritage project, Redcar (researcher and interviewer)
2011 The Utopian Lounge Lizard Society, Live Art Performance, Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington, County Durham (performer and writer)
2011  We Move Forward,  Book and mass poster campaign, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough (photographer, researcher and co-writer)
2012 Amuse Laby, Temporary sited interactive work, Trinity Green, Stockton-on-Tees (constructor, performance artist and invigilator)
2012 Come and 'ave a go if you think you're 'ard enough,  Gilkes Street Artists Gallery, The Craft Centre, Gilkes Street, Middlesbrough (curated and exhibited)
2012 Saltburn Arts Fair, The old primary school, Saltburn-by-the-Sea (exhibitor)
2012 Alex Goes...., Children's book project for children of long term unemployed parents, Oakdene Primary School, Billingham, Cleveland. (commissioned by Tees Achieve, Adult Education Sector of Stockton Borough Council)
2015 Talk on Children's Book Illustration, given to autistic students as part of their Expressive Art course, Bluecoat Academy, Aspley Lane, Nottingham
2016 Maggie Wakefield Solo Exhibition,  Nottingham Society of Artists, St Luke's House, Friar Lane, Nottingham
(curated)
2017 A Man's Home is His Castle, Forest Green, Nottingham (performer)
2018 Nasty Women International Art Prize, Praxis Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (exhibitor)
2018 Street Art, Surface Gallery, Nottingham (exhibitor)
2020  Mackensie Thorpe Inspired Love of Teesside Competition MFC Foundation, Middlesbrough
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/COURSES
2011 CIDA Creative Business Development Course, Raising the Bar, Tees Valley Arts, Middlesbrough
2011 Theatre Hullabaloo Professional Development Workshop, What is special about Theatre for Children, Arc Theatre, Stockton
2012 Third Angel Professional Development Workshop, Rule based devising, Arc Theatre, Stockton
2012 Philip Harrison & Ian Paine, Acting for Screen Workshops, Georgian Theatre, Stockton, & Navigator North, Middlesbrough
2013 Charcoal Drawing Workshop, Riette Wanders, Hopkinson's Gallery, Nottingham
2015 Mezzotint Workshop, Sue Baker Kenton, Leicester Print Workshop
2021 Francis Bacon Online: Luisa-Maria MacCormack,  London Drawing Group
2021 The Portrait in Isolation: Tonal Painting Online. Luisa-Maria MacCormack, London Drawing Group

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2015 New Art Exchange Volunteer, Hyson Green, Nottingham