My interest in the object informs much of my work: objects hold memories and with these memories, emotions. I explore meaning through the combined use of different media, bringing them together to create a complex discussion. I continually experiment with the qualities each medium possesses to bear down on the essence of what I want to convey. I also teach life drawing and painting & drawing for beginners, both on-line and in-person and am also a Print Associate at the Art Academy, London.
I am regularly involved in exhibitions within the UK. My work is held in private collections in the UK and abroad.
Exhibitions
2020/21
Bird, Solo exhibition, London Lighthouse Gallery, E14 0SZ, 1-30 September 2021
Print Exhibition Art Academy, London, June 2021
Royal West of England Academy (RWA), 168 Annual Open Exhibition, Dec 2020-March 2021
CHRISTIE'S, London, 20 February 2020, group exhibition & fundraising for The Art Academy, London
2019
The Art of Grieving, St Albans, September 2019
Ayot St Lawrence Art Show, 2019
Print Associates Open Studios, 2019, The Art Academy, London
2018
Resonance, Coningsby Gallery, 10-15 December, London W1T 4RJ (hung by Danny Rolph)
Society of Women Artists, 157th Annual Show, 23-30 Sept, Mall Galleries, London
Charity Exhibition for Safe Child Thailand, Birla Gallery, Bhavan Centre, Hammersmith, London
PURE Arts, Annual Exhibition, 6-15 October, Powder Mill Gallery, Battle, East Sussex
July Graduation, The Art Academy, London, July 2018
Print Associates Open Studios, 2018, The Art Academy, London
Taylor James, Exhibition of works, Shoreditch, London, Dec 2017 - Feb 2019
2017
Summer Exhibition, 2017, The Royal Academy of Art, London, 2017
Woolwich Print Fair, London SE18 6GD, London 2017
Surrey Sculpture Society Annual Show, Landmark Arts Centre, TW11 9NN, 3-5 November 2017
Edges, Tabernacle Gallery, London W11 2AY, 2017
Ayot St Lawrence Art Show, 2017
2016
Two Years In, Menier Gallery, London, 2016
Ayot St Lawrence Art Show, 2016
Pre-2016
Shortlisted for Columbia Threadneedle Exhibition 2015
Chelsea Art Society, 66th Open Exhibition, 2013
Chalfont Artists, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, 2013
Printmakers Afloat, Childwickbury Winter Arts Fair, 2012
Hidden Art Group, Summer Exhibitions, Whipsnade, 2009, 2010, 2011
Women Draw Life, Tring, Herts, 2006
Selected Awards
Art Academy Print Prize, 2021, awarded by David Cleaton-Roberts, Cristea Roberts Gallery
Print Prize, PURE Arts Annual Exhibition, 2018
PURE Arts Emerging Artist Prize, May 2018
Surrey Sculpture Society Prize, Summer 2017
Intaglio Printmakers Award, Summer 2017
Runner-up Blake Society Tithe Grant Award 2016
Writing
Bird, Artist book of original poetry and etchings
Associate/Teaching
Part-time Tutor, The Art Academy 2019-current
Print Associate, The Art Academy, 2018-current
The Hidden Art Group, co-owner, Life Drawing classes, 2005-2012
Education
Fine Art, The Art Academy London 2014-2018
Anatomical(Neuro) Science, Bristol University 1986-1989