Education
2003-06 University of Derby BA Photography First Class Hons with Individual Award for Ambition
2000-02 Derby Tertiary College National Open College Network Arts Pathway Photography Levels 1 and 2
Group Exhibitions
2022 Buxton Museum and Art Gallery - Treasuring Trees
2019 Royal Derby Hospital - Innovate
Patchings Art Centre - Connected 2019
2018 St John Street Gallery Ashbourne - A Different Kind of Painting
London Road Community Hospital - Alchemy
Patchings Art Centre - Connected
Open Studios Banks Mill Derby
2017 London Road Community Hospital - Ten
Tarpey Gallery Castle Donington - Midlands Open
Petworth House Sussex - Mixed Emotions
Patchings Art Centre - Connected
2016 Royal Derby Hospital - Inspire
Patchings Art Centre - Connected
2013 Open Studios Banks Mill Derby
2012 University of Derby AA2A Programme - Silence (Between Friends)
2010 Tarpey Gallery - Midlands Open
2009 One Picture Show Osnabruck Germany - Shifting Landscape
Derby City Open Derby Museums - Shadows I
Royal Derby Hospital - Elements
National Forest Gallery - Senses
2008 Open Studios Banks Mill Derby
Top Gallery Waterstones Nottingham - Embrace Art Christian Aid Exhibition and Auction
2007 Open Studios Banks Mill Derby
2006 Format Photography Festival Graduate Exhibition - Four
University of Derby Degree Show - Shifting Landscape
2005 Diversity of Mind University of Derby Second Year Exhibition
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Banks Mill Derby Journeys Through The Landscape (An Introduction)
Recognition/Awards
Shortlisted category ‘Intimate Landscape’ Close Up Photographer of the Year 03 2021
Shortlisted category 'At The Water's Edge' Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2015 (Outdoor Photography Magazine)
Shortlisted category 'Protected Places' Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2015
Publications
2024 From My Window - Skies of Lockdown 2020 self publication
2021 New Beginnings - Collaborative fundraising book project for Young Minds
2018 The Rivers Flow - Peak District Self publication
2017 Artsbeat Magazine Feature for March The Road goes on Forever
2015 Derby Evening Telegraph Feature on September solo exhibition Journeys Through The Landscape
Journeys Through The Landscape - An Introduction - Self publication
2007 London Independent Photography Winter Edition Magazine Shifting Landscape Text Deepa Naik
Talks
2022 Knutsford Photographic Society - Shifting Perspective
2019 Macclesfield Camera Club - Thinking Outside The Box
Taddington Village Community Group - Phone Photography
2018 Shepshed Camera Club - Thinking Outside The Box
2017 Chapel en le Frith Camera Club - Thinking Outside The Box
2015 Beeston Camera Club - An Artist's Journey
Ockbrook and Borrowash Image Club - An Artist's Journey
Residency
2011-12 University of Derby AA2A Programme - Silence (Between Friends)
Mentoring
2012 Final year student BA Hons Photography University of Derby
2007-08 Final year student BA Hons Photography University of Derby
2006 Final year student Hereford Art College
Commissions
2024 Elements Landscape Photography Online Magazine a personal written response to Peak District Woodland photography
2024 Haddon Hall Creative Day of Mindful Art Haddon Medieval Park
2021 UHDB Air Arts commission photography for mobile MRI Scanning Unit
2014 Commission for an office environment of bespoke landscapes reflecting the ethos of the business
2014 Natural portraits in the landscape commission for marketing purposes
2010/11 Facilitating a new monthly photo forum at the Royal Derby Hospital for AIR Art to Aid Wellbeing culminating in an exhibition of work
2009 School project documentary photography based on the local environment, culminating in a small book
2008 School project photography connected to the Beyond Limits Sculpture Exhibition at Chatsworth House
2007 Commission to document creative expressive therapies in a preschool environment
2007 Working with a local heritage society on a school project for 200 students, culminating in an exhibition
Interests
Family time, painting, travel, documentary tv, current affairs, history, heritage, music, gardening, walking, cooking, visiting museums and art galleries, writing, reading, mindful practice and collecting literature/books on the arts.