Curriculum Vitae

Born:19. 7 .1964

Education:
1984-1987 Crewe and Laager College H.E.
B.A. Honours Combined Studies in Creative Arts
Graduated 2:1 June 1987. Specialist Options in Photographic
Arts, Writing and Performance.
Dissertation: Concrete Poetry 1950 to 1987.

1991 - 1991 Bielefeld Fachhochschule, Germany.
Study Visit supervised by Fontologist Professor Gerd Fleischmann.

1990 - 1992 Derbyshire College
Master of Arts in Photographic Studies.
Graduated M.A. Dec 1992.
Dissertation: The Semiotics of the Photographic Discourse

1997 - Present University of Derby
PHD Studies in Photographic Practice: Project Title- Invisible Boundaries
Supervisor: Dr Mark Durden.

Solo Exhibitions
May 2005: Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton. Invisible Boundaries.
May-June 2002:'Invisible Boundaries, Michael Tippet Centre, Bath Spa University.
October 2003: Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton. Drift Objects.
March 2002:Web Page of Invisible Boundaries launched.
May 1997 University of Plymouth
Helens Seat a memoriam project. A series of images taken from a seat left in memoriam Heartland, Devon.
August 1994: The Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.
Coloured Squares.
A series of traditional images, abstracted via the camera viewfinder frame.
May - June 1992: Marsden Mechanics Institute, Huddersfield.
April 1992: Bradford CTC.
Exhibition of Electronic Images
Sept 1987: Cheltenham Literature Festival.
Joint Project with Paula Claire forms part of the Concrete Poetry
archive here and in the USA.

Published.
Written Essays appear in
Times Educational Supplement Dec 2004: The use of web sites in research within Art and Design.
March 1991: the Kirklees Media Handbook
Nov 1991/Spring 1992: In the Picture and In Sight magazines - Photography in the Age of Electronic Reproduction.
Images Published July 1999: Proof Books.

Teaching
Present Employment
Exeter College
Sept 1992 - Present
Lecturer in Photography/Art and Design.