Selected Major Exhibitions, Commissions & Public Art (Chronology)

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2025–2026

Lustre – Somerset Art Works (Sept 2025–May 2026)
Selected work: Anticyclone Hartmut I (Painting using materials from the landscape)
A touring contemporary visual arts programme presented by Somerset Art Works in healthcare and public environments, including Musgrove Park Hospital (Taunton) and Royal United Hospitals Bath, bringing artworks into clinical and patient-facing spaces.

 

London Graphic Centre Competition – Theo Paphitis Prize (2026)
Submitted painting Kiss of a Rose to national open competition platform focused on contemporary drawing and print-based practice.

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Sculpture Competition Application – National Memorial Arboretum (2026)
Submitted proposal for a commemorative public sculpture responding to a brief on remembrance for war journalists, engaging with themes of reportage, conflict, and public memory within a national memorial landscape.

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Chew Valley Hoard Workshop Proposal (2026, for delivery in 2027)
Submitted funded proposal and delivery budget for a participatory workshop series responding to the archaeological discovery of the Chew Valley Hoard. Project proposes community-based coin-making workshops exploring material culture, value, and commemorative making in response to historic coinage.

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The Flower Show, Vivary Park, Taunton (2026)

Large-scale public art event in Vivary Park (Taunton). Role included lead artist and organiser, developing outdoor installations and community-facing works.

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Workshops & Community Practice (Taunton & Somerset) (2026)

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• Home Education Arts Award – structured visual arts learning programme for home-educated young people

• Create Chat Eat wellbeing workshops – creative practice linked to social prescribing and wellbeing

• Adam’s Laboratory of Creative Methodologies – experimental interdisciplinary workshop series exploring process-led making

• Printmaking programme, CICCIC (Creative Innovation Centre, Taunton) – structured printmaking tuition and open access practice

• Screen-printing workshop (Chandos Art Group), Huntstile Farm (July 2026) – group-based technical workshop focusing on layered screen-print processes in rural workshop setting

 

2025

Royal West of England Academy (RWA) 172nd Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol (2025)
Group-selected open submission exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy (Bristol). Entered three paintings (Unselected).

Jackson’s Painting Prize (Longlisted, 2025)

National open painting prize showcasing contemporary painting practice across the UK and internationally.

Axisweb Bursary Applications (2025)

Submitted applications for professional development bursary schemes supporting contemporary visual arts practice and research.

Orchard Gallery, Orchard Centre (GoCreate Taunton) (May 2025–present)

Ongoing exhibiting artist within GoCreate Taunton’s Orchard Gallery programme, presenting paintings and prints in a community-led contemporary exhibition space within a public retail and cultural hub.

RWA Artist Network Members Exhibition, Bristol (2025)

Exhibited painting Fragility as part of the Royal West of England Academy Artist Network exhibition programme, a curated member-led exhibition platform within the RWA.

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The Flower Show, Vivary Park, Taunton (2024)

Large-scale public art event in Vivary Park (Taunton). Role included lead artist and organiser, developing outdoor installations and community-facing works.

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Workshops & Community Practice (Taunton & Somerset) (2025)

• Home Education Arts Award – structured arts education programme

• Create Chat Eat wellbeing workshops – participatory creative wellbeing sessions

• Adam’s Laboratory of Creative Methodologies – experimental workshop series

• Printmaking programme, CICCIC – studio-based printmaking instruction and facilitation

• Dry-point printmaking workshop (affiliate teaching), Taunton Art Group – introductory workshop in dry-point etching processes for adult community art group

 

2024

Changing Seasons – Christmas Tree Trail Exhibits, CICCIC, Taunton (Jan 2024)
Site-responsive exhibition as part of a seasonal public art trail hosted by Creative Innovation Centre (CICCIC, Taunton), presenting installed works within a community-facing cultural programme.

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The Flower Show, Vivary Park, Taunton (2023)

Large-scale public art event in Vivary Park (Taunton). Role included lead artist and organiser, developing outdoor installations and community-facing works.

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Workshops & Community Practice (Taunton & Somerset)

• Home Education Arts Award (Jan–Apr) – structured arts learning delivery

• Create Chat Eat wellbeing workshops (Feb–Mar) – creative wellbeing facilitation

• Adam’s Laboratory of Creative Methodologies (Jan–Mar) – experimental process-based workshops

• Printmaking programme, CICCIC (Jan–Mar) – studio-based printmaking teaching and facilitation

• Rights Community Action – Climate Art Posters (Jan–Feb) – socially engaged poster-making workshops addressing climate awareness and civic engagement

 

2023

Legacy: Echoes in the Present, GWR Parkway Station, Bristol (2023)
Permanent public sculpture commission installed at Great Western Railway Parkway Station (Bristol), developed as a site-specific work engaging with transit, memory, and public infrastructure.

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The Flower Show, Vivary Park, Taunton (2023)
Large-scale public art event in Vivary Park (Taunton). Role included lead artist and organiser, developing outdoor installations and community-facing works.

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Go Create Members’ Exhibition, CICCIC, Taunton (2023)
Group exhibition programme at Creative Innovation Centre showcasing member artists within a curated community gallery context.

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RWA Secret Postcard Auction, Bristol (2023)
Contributed work to annual fundraising exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy.

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ArtsHub Permanent Display, Flook House (Somerset Arts Weeks, 2023)
Work included in ongoing display programme within ArtsHub, part of Somerset Arts Weeks networked exhibition activity.

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Titan Arcadia Gallery, Taunton (2022–2023)
Selection of works held in sustained display within commercial gallery context.

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RWA Artist Network Members Exhibition, Bristol (2023)
Selected for Royal West of England Academy members’ exhibition programme.

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Workshops & Community Practice (Taunton & Somerset)

• Home Education Arts Award (Jan–Apr) – structured arts learning delivery

• Create Chat Eat wellbeing workshops (Feb–Mar) – creative wellbeing facilitation

• Adam’s Laboratory of Creative Methodologies (Jan–Mar) – experimental process-based workshops

• Printmaking programme, CICCIC (Jan–Mar) – studio-based printmaking teaching and facilitation

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2022

RWA Open Exhibition, Bristol (2022)
Selected works exhibited at the Royal West of England Academy annual open submission exhibition.

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The World Reimagined, Bristol Trail / Trafalgar Square, London (2022)
National public art commission featuring painted globe sculpture responding to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, exhibited as part of multi-city public trail including Bristol and Trafalgar Square (London).

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Workshops & Group Exhibitions (Somerset)
Including printmaking and etching workshops with Winsham and Mosterton Art Groups, focusing on traditional and experimental print processes.

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2019–2021

Group exhibitions across Somerset Art Works network venues, including Brewhouse Theatre (Taunton), Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre (Taunton), CICCIC (Taunton), and Taunton Library.

RWA Open Exhibition submissions (Bristol)

Collective printmaking programme, CICCIC (Taunton)

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2017–2018

Go Create Festival Exhibitions, Taunton (2018) – multi-venue community arts festival exhibitions

Axisweb & RWA Network Activity (UK-wide artist network participation, 2018)

Somerset Art Works Open Studios (Watchet residency, 2016–2017) – studio-based residency presenting monotype and etching practice to public audiences

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2016–2017

Fringe Arts Bath (2016) – group exhibitions including Utopia/Dystopia, Bath city-wide contemporary arts festival

Centrespace Gallery Open Exhibition, Bristol (2016) – selected group exhibition in artist-run contemporary gallery space

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2014–2015

La Fragua Artist Residency, Spain (2014) – international residency programme

Cyprus College of Art exhibitions, Lempa, Cyprus (2013–2014)

RWA Open Exhibition, Bristol (2015)

Centrespace Gallery residency shortlist, Bristol (2015)

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2012–2013

MA Fine Art Degree Show, Falmouth University (2012)

Karst Gallery Group Exhibition, Plymouth (2012)

Cyprus College of Art postgraduate exhibitions, Lempa (2013)

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2007–2011

Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibitions, Bristol

Fringe Arts Bath group exhibitions

Koestler Arts Awards exhibitions (UK prison education projects)

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2001–2006

HMYOI Portland Prison Education Exhibitions, UK – co-curated education-led exhibitions within prison education context

Koestler Arts Awards Exhibitions, UK – multiple selected works in national prison arts awards programme

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1993–2000

BA (Hons) Fine Art, Southampton Institute

Early solo and group exhibitions across UK venues

Independent publishing and illustration practice (Clown Press ongoing)

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1987–Present

Clown Press (est. 1987–present)
Founder and publisher
Independent publishing of artist books, prints, and collaborative editions spanning painting, printmaking, installation, and socially engaged practice