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That's me, over there. OK, it's an artist's impression of me. And the artist was my daughter at two years old. But it's fairly accurate.
I am an image-maker. That sound pretentious, but I don't mind that - I quite enjoy a bit of pretension amidst the chaos of everyday life with a multitude of jobs, two young children and a demented cat. I make photographs. I make collages. I make illustrations. I make books. I make textile work. More often than not, I combine all of these things together. Sometimes people put my work up in galleries. Some people buy the things I make. Sometimes people even commission me to make things. Mostly I make things, put them in a drawer and forget all about them. other stuff I do... |
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BIOGRAPHY
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Employment
2019-2021 A-level Photography Tutor Loreto College www.instagram.com/loretoart/ 2019-current Manager Levenshulme Old Library CIO Community Arts Centre 2019 Arts Programmer The Old Courts 2011 - 2019 A-Level Photography Course Leader St John Rigby College 2006 - 2011 A-Level Photography Course Leader Loreto College ________________________________________________________ Education MA Photography | MMU | 2013 PGCE Art and Design | MMU | 2006 BA (Hons) Photography with Philosophy | UCLan | 2005 ________________________________________________________ Curated Exhibitions 2020 | Levy Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester 2020 | Levenshulme Now and Then Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester 2019 | SJR Summer Exhibition The Old Courts, Wigan 2019 | Now is the Time to say Something The Old Courts, Wigan 2019 | The Sparks Within The Old Courts, Wigan 2019 | Unto This Last The Old Courts, Wigan 2018 | SJR Arts The Old Courts, Wigan 2018 | Play Cross Street Arts, Standish 2018 | My World The Old Courts, Wigan 2016 | SJR Arts The Old Courts, Wigan 2014 | SJR Photo Turnpike Gallery, Leigh 2014 | SJR Photo Antwerp Mansion, Manchester 2013 | SJR Arts St John Rigby College, Wigan 2012 | SJR Arts St John Rigby College, Wigan ________________________________________________________ Featured Publications 2021 | Lockdown Levenshulme (collaborative publication) https://levylockdownproject.wordpress.com/ 2020 | Levenshulme News (collaborative monthly publication) levenshulmenews.weebly.com/ 2015 | 21 (Mark Manzi) 2014 | LVE 2 (solo zine) 2013 | The Affordances and of Potentialities of Derelict Urban Spaces (Joanne Hudson) 2013 | LVE (solo zine) |
Exhibitions | Personal Work
2021 | Stockport Together Again, Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport 2020 | Levenshulme Now and Then, Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester 2018 | Wigan Open The Old Courts, Wigan 2018 | Traces The Owl and Coconut, Manchester 2018 | Rebel Daughters The Point, Doncaster 2018 | Once is not Enough The Old Courts, Wigan 2014 | LVE Levenshulme Market, Manchester (SOLO) 2014 | Laura Deane at Trove Trove, Manchester (SOLO) 2013 | MMU MA Show Chatham Building, MMU, Manchester 2012 | The World According to MAs Self Made Gallery, Manchester 2012 | Eyes Wide Open collaborative publication with OpenEye Gallery 2012 | The Ronald McDonald Project Manchester Children’s Hospital 2012 | The Russia Project Russian National Library, St Petersburg, Russia 2012 | Curious Pursuits Portico Library, Manchester 2011 | The Mansion Antwerp Mansion, Manchester 2010 | Abandoned Buildings POD, Manchester (SOLO) 2010 | Drawing with Light Levenshulme Arts Festival, Manchester (SOLO) 2010 | Birds Taurus, Manchester (SOLO) 2010 | Birds Didsbury Arts Festival, Manchester 2010 | Birds Tarling & Tarling, Manchester (SOLO) 2010 | Laura Deane at Open Gallery Antwerp Mansion, Manchester (SOLO) 2009 | Class Acts Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University 2006 | PGCE Art and Design Institute of Education, MMU 2005 | Ellipsis… 41 Turner St, Manchester 2005 | Ellipsis… PR1 Gallery, Preston ________________________________________________________ Workshops/Talks 2018 | Zine-Making The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester 2018 | Documenting the Suffragette Centenary The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester (x2) 2014 | Photographing and Imagining the Built Environment Liverpool Creative Workshops 2013 | For the Community artist talk at Hothouse Manchester (Redeye) 2013 | Learning to Make Mistakes Teaching and Learning Workshop, St John Rigby College 2012 | Stretch and Challenge Staff Development Workshop, St John Rigby College 2010 | Freehand Embroidery Workshop Chorlton Sewing Club, Chorlton Library 2009 | Lazertran Workshop Manchester Catholic Education Partnership 2008 | Assessment Consultation St Patrick’s Catholic High School, Manchester 2007 | Black History Workshop with Sam Kalubowila Race Relations Widening Participation Officer The University of Manchester |