Supported by Castlefield Gallery's New Art Spaces, Bolton, in creative partnership with neo:artists, my art space will be open for the Preview on Thursday 25 August 5-7pm and  for the launch on Saturday 27 August 12-2pm and 3-7pm and coincides with the prestigious neo:printprize exhibition taking place in the Marketplace, Bolton
My residency in one of Castlefield Gallery's New Art Spaces (NAS) in Churchgate House, Churchgate Bolton enables me to experiment with a series of site responsive images made during a recent visit to the British forces base in Sennelager, Germany, using print processes and projection. The pastoral setting evident and enhanced by the familiar Polaroid palette belies the military purpose of the barely concealed buildings.  My studio will be open for you to visit and have a look at how my work is developing.
Castlefield Gallery’s New Art Spaces (NAS) is an initiative to create dynamic project spaces for artists, artist collectives and artist development agencies. Making use of temporary vacant retail, office and light industrial units, NAS provides opportunities for emerging creatives to incubate their practices, produce work and showcase new art to local communities. Currently CG runs New Art Spaces in Bolton, Chorlton, Leigh and Salford.

Until Wednesday 7 September 2016 Tuesday-Saturdays 10am - 4.30 pm

Pleased to have been commended for my work, the space reserved #1 at the West Lancs Open Exhibition 2016 in Ormskirk.  As always, great diversity of themes and media, well worth a visit, the exhibition continues until 7 September, Tuesday-Saturdays 10am-4.30pm.  More details here: www.chapelgallery.org.uk

Jolly pleased to be exhibiting in this unusual exhibition opening this week with a fabulous diversity of works at the prestigious neo:gallery 27 in Bolton.  My new work for the exhibition is entitled Emplacement and reflects on encounters with the interior space of the allotment interpreted through photography and printmaking.
The launch party for Allotted is on Saturday 2 July at the neo:gallery 27 from 2-4pm includes drinkies, ice-cream and strawberries!  The exhibition runs until 7 August 2016.

So pleased to have been selected to exhibit in Spectrum 2016 with a piece from my new series of site responsive work from my recent visit to Germany that I will be developing over the coming months, very excited by the prospect. 
The Preview is on Friday 1 July 6-9pm and the exhibition continues on Saturdays 11-5pm until 13 August 2016. 

What an amazing experience it's been to participate in this exhibition which we curated in our twinned town of Paderborn in Germany.  See more here.
Participating artists were:  Liam Ainscough, Donna Dowd, Sally Hayes, Thaleia Kavvada, Steph Shipley, Andy Smith, Alison Timmins and Ged Young. 
As part of the town-twinning celebration between Bolton and Paderborn in Germany, a group of Fine Artists from the University of Bolton were recently selected to display their artwork at the prestigious Castle Park Forum of Young Art Space on the outskirts of the city, and have just returned from opening their first international exhibition, The Best of Bolton Fine Art.  The invitation came from the Director of Culture at Paderborn Council, Christoph Gockel-Böhner in conjunction with Alan Buckingham, the BA and MA Programme Leader for Fine Art at the School of the Arts at the University of Bolton.  Christoph visited Bolton earlier this year to meet the alumni artists in their studios at neo: artists at the heart of Bolton’s thriving fine art community.  Here is a gallery of photographs:

A deftly curated exhibition at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce gallery on Deansgate in Manchester.  Many congratulations to all the artists, thanks to International 3 the selectors and curating team and all at the Chamber for organising such an excellent Preview.  So pleased to be part of this - the exhibition continues until Friday 1st July 2016.
Details here to book
The GM Arts Prize Pop-Up Exhibition is an exciting new forum for promoting and championing and showcasing the work of emerging GM artists, as well as bringing artists and business together.

Delighted to have  been shortlisted for the GM Arts Prize Summer Exhibition 2016 with two pieces - The Space Reserved #1 and The Other City #1 - limited editions of solar plate etchings. 
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce has launched a new annual arts prize thanks to a public grant from the Arts Council England and sponsorship from the business community. The prize is open to practising semi-professional and professional artists working or living in one of the 10 local authorities across Greater Manchester - that's me! 
More here

Excited to have been selected to exhibit in Germany with my University of Bolton colleagues Ged Young, Alison Timmins, Donna Dowd, Sally-Ann Hayes, Liam Ainscough, Thaleia Kavvada and Andy Smith.
Art students from the University of Bolton are bound for Germany, bringing their talents to the city of Paderborn as part of a town-twinning celebration. The students, all based in the University’s School of the Arts, will be setting up an exhibition which will take centre stage in the picturesque Castle Park Forum of Young Art space. The show begins on 28 May 2016 and closes on 12 June 2016. More here and here.

How exciting to receive the Best Recent Graduate Award at Waterside Open 2016 at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale.  Congratulations to all the prizewinners and thanks to the judges and organisers.  With over 100 artworks it is a tremendous exhibition and runs until 2 July 2016.

Thank you to all 60 of you who attended my Artist Talk on Friday at The Triangle - it was a really great experience, many thanks to all those involved in organising the event.

I'm pleased to have been invited to give a talk about my art work created shortly before the demolition of Delph Hill Methodist Church in Bolton.  The internal space is interpreted through printmaking, photography and found objects.  Long memories of the place are shared in two short films and an audio recording.  A small donation of £3 to the Triangle includes afternoon tea.  I would love to see you there.

The second in my series of four solar plate etchings underpinned by Foucault's notion of heterotopia.  The experimental palette consists of three blends of the unique Stay Open Hawthorn inks I've been using for some time; their consistency and blending characteristics create subtleties of colour and transparency that are particularly effective with these images and the intaglio printing process.  I have created a limited edition of 10 prints.  
A good day at the office you might say!

Pleased to be part of this exhibition - a timely and exciting start to the new year!  More details here