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. 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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KEY THEMES

ISLANDNESS

ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

BECOMING-WITH

MATERIALITY

CLAY

DRAWING

DIALECT

FOLKLORE

NARRATIVE

TRANSFORMATIONS

MEMORY

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