Education
2011 - 2015 | MFA Fine Art | Goldsmiths
1999 - 2002 | BA (hons) Fine Art Sculpture | University of East London

Current Projects
ARTSIDE - Curator
A site-specific art festival which can be found in and around Southend on Sea High Street and Beach in the first two weeks of July.
ARTSIDE was first commissioned and supported by the Town Centre Partnership and also supported by Arts Council England G4A.

TAP - Lead Partner
During 2009 CoExist worked in partnership, with Metal and Essex and Suffolk Water, to develop TAP (temporary arts project), where our studios and gallery are situated. Between 2010-2011 I led fundraising for TAP.  

CoExist -  Founding Director
Southend on Sea - CoExist is an artists led space with galleries and studios, founded in 2008 by myself and photographer Emma Emmerton. CoExist is currently supported by Essex and Suffolk Water, Arts Council England G4A, and has also received funding from EEDA and Southend Together. 
 
Group exhibitions /projects
2012

• Collectible:  ZAP launch exhibition, Curated by Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley.

2011

• CoExist studio artists collaboration, Inside Beach Hut on Southbank as a part of the Festival of Britain
  
• Fixation, a durational performance as a part of 'Spring Dance' - curated by Kirstie Richardson
  
• Safety Helmets Must Be Worn, initiated and installed by Madelaine Murphy, Southend Library

2010 

• The Public Are Not Invited, curated by Paul Matosic, The Workshop, Nottingham 
  
• Vanishing Point, Elevator Galley, Hackney Wick, London
  
• The Art Book Book Shop, curated by Annie Carpenter, Oxfam, Leamington Spa
  
• Set of Odd Volumes, CoExist @ TAP, Southend on Sea

2009 

• Moot Fourdayslong, C4RD, London
  
• SIDESHOW, Circus Tent - CoExist @ Village Green, Chalkwell Park, Southend
  
• ComeTogether, CoExist @ TAP, Southend
  
• Travelling Light, WW Gallery, London, London and Venice
  
• 'Nearly' and 'Not Entirely' two pieces made from materials found in the derelict hall and replaced once renovated., METAL, Chalkwell Hall, Southend

2008 

• Essex Open Exhibition, Beecroft Gallery, Westcliff
  
• Bitter Sweet, Faux Gallery, Leigh on Sea

2001 - 2007 

• At home, house used as gallery, Walthamstow, London
  
• Varden St, abandoned factory/warehouse, Varden St, Whitechapel, London
  
• Between 2002 - 2007 broken or abandoned objects were taken from the streets, gold leafed, inappropriately fixed and put back. 
  
• Looking For Space To Think, Stoke Newington library , London 
  

Curation (* marks co curated)

2011 onwards  

•  see coexist/exhibitions for up to date curation projects

• * ARTSIDE 2011, for list of artists go here
  
• DELIVERANCE, Rosalind Davis, Noam Enbar and Leanna Moran
  

2010   

• Alex Pearl and Annabel Dover
  
• * Hayley Lock, Yuko Nasu and Liv Pennington 
  
• * ARTSIDE - Southend Contemporary Art Festival 
  
• Interrruptions of the Ordinary - Artists: POST (TROVE and Hayley Lock) with Joe Moran, Florence Peake and Kirstie Richardson
  
• Set Of Odd Volumes - Artists: Karen Apps, Julie Dodd, Samantha Y. Huang, Laura Keeble, Alice Mahoney, Amy Mckenny,  Madelaine Murphy, Carol Ramsay, and Thurle Wright
  
• BeforeBETWEENBeyond - Artists: Stuart Blackmore, Nicholas Brown, Seth Guy, Joseph Kopiel, Cheryl Lane, Alice Mahoney
  

2009 

• * SIDE SHOW - Metal|Village Green 
  
• * ComeTogether - Artists: Andrew Bookfield, Sally Chinea, Rob Crosse, Emma Emmerton, Mark Evans, Lydia Hardwick, Phil Illingworth, Laura Keeble, Jonathan Kipps, Chris Lang, Anna Lukala, Clare Lynn, Amy McKenny, Madeline Murphy, David Watkins, Sam Zealey
  
• * BASE - Artists: (Tantalum Memorial - Harwood, Wright and Yokokoji) Michael Bowdidge, Stuart Blackmore, Lisa Temple-Cox, Alice Mahoney and Beth Shapeero
  

2008 * Project LULU ; 6 projects in 6 weeks
2003 * Varden St - Artists include: Joseph Kopiel, Alice Mahoney, Amy Mckenny
2001 * Looking For Space To Think - Artists: Joseph Kopiel and Amy Mckenny

Talks  
2012

• Slack Space Empty Shops Conference: Transforming Spaces - MARCH 2012 FIRSTSITE Colchester

2011 

• Core Gallery, DIY Educate, invited to talk about setting up artist run spaces 
  
•  AIRTIME, AIR/an, Invited organisation as part of East regions, Colchester Library

2010 

• FIRSTSITE, networking Session, hosted by TAP
  
• Three Minute Wonders, Metal @ TAP, Southend
  
• Pecha Kucha 4, Metal, Southend
  
• 25th Essential Guide, Arts Council England East, Cambridge
  
• Professional Practice - Studios Practice and Funding Applications, TAP, Southend on Sea
  

2009 Creative Network Session, Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea
2008 Professional Practice Module, South Essex College, Southend on Sea

Public Workshops  
2009 Invited Artist for City of Culture Days, where the bid was written live as we ran workshops to gain insights - METAL - Chalkwell Hall, Southend on Sea

Publications  
2010 

• Level 4 Magazine, Featured artist 'Pure Filth' with Mark Davey.
  
• Set Of Odd Volumes Catalogue, copy held at The National Art Library (V&A)
  

2009 

• Making Worlds Collide - From Regents Canal to the Grand Canal, Essay by Sophie Wilson, accompanying Travelling Light Exhibition. To read essay on WW Gallery website go here.
  
• Travelling Light, Catalogue
  

2008 Tracey - Contemporary Drawing Research Website [Process]
2008 Philosophy Now - Front Cover Illustration

Web links - gallery/work/projects  
www.coexist.org.uk
www.artside.org.uk
www.wilsonwilliamsgallery.com/travellinglight
www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/proc/McKenny
www.philosophynow.org


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