
CV and Personal Statement

PERSONAL STATEMENT
I AM INTERESTED IN THE POWER OF MAKING, INSPIRED BY PLACE, IDENTITY, AND FOLKLORE. I FEEL A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CONNECTION TO THE MATERIALS I USE, LIKE SECOND-HAND YARN AND LOCALLY GATHERED CLAY. MY WORK MERGES MATERIAL, SELF, AND NARRATIVE; EACH CREATION IS A BECOMING-WITH, A TRANSFORMATION, A HYBRID.
​
EDUCATION
CURRENTLY STUDYING FOR MA CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY | UNIVERSITY OF HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS | ORKNEY
BA (HONS) FINE ART (FIRST) | UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS | SHETLAND | 2023
A HISTORY OF SHETLAND IN ONE HUNDRED SITES COURSE | UHI SHETLAND | MARCH 2023
CREATIVE WRITING 1 AND CREATIVE WRITING 2 | UHI SHETLAND | AUGUST 2009
VISUAL STUDIES MODULE IN CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES DEGREE | UHI SHETLAND | 2008
NC ART AND DESIGN | UHI SHETLAND | 2007
HND SOCIAL SCIENCES | ABERDEEN COLLEGE | 2001
​
EXHIBITIONS
BECOMING ISLANDS SOLO EXHIBITION | MAREEL, LERWICK, SHETLAND | MARCH - SEPTEMBER 2025
SOLO EXHIBITION | THE MISSION, LERWICK, SHETLAND | MARCH 2025 - MARCH 2026
SSA 126TH ANNUAL GROUP EXHIBITION | ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, EDINBURGH | NOVEMBER 2024
CURIOS SOLO EXHIBITION | OLD HAA, YELL, SHETLAND | APRIL 2024
SSA 125TH ANNUAL GROUP EXHIBITION | MACLAURIN ART GALLERY, AYR | NOVEMBER 2023 - JANUARY
2024
WADDERED COMMUNITY EXHIBITION | HYMHUS SHETLAND | JULY 2023 - SEPTEMBER 2023
VISION 23 DEGREE SHOW | UHI SHETLAND | JUNE 2023
SHETLAND COLLECTIVE GROUP EXHIBITION | DUNBLANE | DECEMBER 2022 – FEBRUARY 2023
DRIFT GROUP EXHIBITION | SUMMERHALL, EDINBURGH AND ONLINE | SEPTEMBER 2022 - OCTOBER 2022
VISION 22 EXHIBITION | UHI SHETLAND | JUNE 2022
LIPPERIN GROUP EXHIBITION | BONHOGA, SHETLAND | MARCH 2022 - APRIL 2022
RECONSIDER WOOL EXHIBITION | DA GADDERY, SHETLAND | SEPTEMBER 2019 - OCTOBER 2019
BONHOGA OPEN EXHIBITION | BONHOGA, SHETLAND | SEPTEMBER 2019 - NOVEMBER 2019
WOOL WEEK EXHIBITION PRIZE WINNER | SHETLAND | JUNE 2019
20X20 GROUP EXHIBITION | AULD HAA, SHETLAND | JUNE 2019
VISION 19 EXHIBITION | UHI SHETLAND | JUNE 2019
AAIRVHOUS CAFE SOLO EXHIBITION | WHALSAY, SHETLAND | JUNE 2018 - JULY 2018
WHALSAY HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY CENTRE COMMISSION | JUNE 2018
BONHOGA OPEN EXHIBITION | BONHOGA, SHETLAND | SEPTEMBER 2017- NOVEMBER 2017
BONHOGA TOURING EXHIBITION | SHETLAND | JANUARY 2009 - FEBRUARY 2010
GROUP EXHIBITION | DA GADDERY, SHETLAND | DECEMBER 2008- JANUARY 2009
DA PEERIE SHOP GROUP EXHIBITION | LERWICK, SHETLAND | SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 1999
​
PRIZES
SSA AWARD 2024 WINNER | ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY, EDINBURGH | NOVEMBER 2024
CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT OF THE YEAR | UHI SHETLAND | DECEMBER 2023
JAMIESON AND SMITH COMPETITION PRIZE WINNER | AUGUST 2021
WOOL WEEK EXHIBITION PRIZE WINNER | SHETLAND | JUNE 2019
​
ARTICLES
FEATURED IN ARTICLE BUSY TIME FOR MA CONTEMPORARY ART & ARCHAEOLOGY AT CHAT! | UHI NEWS ONLINE | 2024
FEATURED IN ARTICLE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENT AWARDED SSA PRIZE | UHI STUDENT STORIES ONLINE | 2024
FEATURED IN ARTICLE SUCCESS FOR SHETLAND ARTISTS | SHETLAND TIMES | 2024
FEATURED IN ARTICLE ANOTHER ONE ON BOARD FOR UHI | THE ORCADIAN | DECEMBER 2024
FEATURED IN ARTICLE GHOSTLY FEEL IN MUSEUM | SHETLAND TIMES | 2019
POEM THE ARTIST IN MY TIME POETRY BOOK | MARCH 2018
FEATURED IN ARTICLE EXPOSED ROOTS IN SHETLAND LIFE MAGAZINE | APRIL 2011
POEM DA HILL IN BARDS IN THE BOG BOOK | OCTOBER 2009
POEM WALKING BY IN THE NEW SHETLANDER MAGAZINE | 1998
​
COLLABORATIONS | COMMISSIONS | WORKSHOPS
COLLABORATIVE METHODS GROUP PRESENTATION | ACTIVATE CHAT CONFERENCE | PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY | PLYMOUTH | NOVEMBER 2024
GAADA BRIGÐI COLLABORATION | GAADA, SHETLAND | MAY 2023
RECYCLED ART COLLABORATIVE PROJECT | WHALSAY SCHOOL | SHETLAND | JUNE 2017
CONDUCTED DRAWING WORKSHOPS | SHETLAND | 2016
WHALSAY PLAY PARK WALL PANEL COMMISSION | WHALSAY, SHETLAND | MAY 2016
BRAE UP HELLY AA 'BILL HEAD' COMMISSION | BRAE, SHETLAND | MARCH 2016
CONDUCTED INTRODUCTION TO DRAWING WORKSHOPS | SHETLAND | 2011 - 2019
CONDUCTED WHALSAY WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOPS | WHALSAY, SHETLAND | 2011-2018
ILLUSTRATED BOOK COLLABORATION IN WHALSAY WAVES PROJECT | SHETLAND | AUGUST 2004
​
KEY THEMES
ISLANDNESS
ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
BECOMING-WITH
MATERIALITY
CLAY
DRAWING
DIALECT
FOLKLORE
NARRATIVE
TRANSFORMATIONS
MEMORY
​