Community Engagement Prize, awarded by the University of Cumbria.
Graduate Mentorship Prize by Redeye Photographic Network.
Full Scholarship/Mentorship from THE FACE x Moncler for the Future Academy class of 2022.
FUEL award by WeDontSettle. (“Echoes of Industry”).
ILIKENETWORKING Group mentorship programme 2022.
Exhibitions & Events
Sonic Storytelling (ongoing), series of workshops exploring the functions of Sound in the Arts, Sciences, and Education.
Sound Walks - upcoming group sessions on Deep Listening, through Sound Recording and Sonic research.
Hothouse 2022 Speaker, Redeye Photographic Network event in Newcastle.
Peer to Peer Festival, “Power of Place” digital directory, hosted by Redeye, Open Eye Gallery, and the WMA in Hong Kong. (“Echoes of Industry”).
Stirling Photography Festival 2022, Commemorative Book, Digital Exhibition.
Mismatch Collective, “Echoes of Industry”, Carlisle Cathedral’s Fratry Hall.
“Show Your Fire” exhibition, LUAN Museo Emociona.
Education
Currently studying an M.A in Creative Practice, at University of Cumbria, exploring the impacts of Anthrophony upon Ecological systems.
BA (Hons, 1st class) Photography, University of Cumbria.
‘New Ecologies’ - Institute for Postnatural Studies, ‘24 cohort.
Climate Aware Photography by Redeye Photographic Network and the Carbon Literacy Project (Spring 23).
Tutoring/Work Reviews by Mishka Henner, Simon Roberts, Crystal Bennes, Nina Bacos, and Morwenna Kearsley.
Residencies
TIDAL Development lab by Signal Film and Media, April 2023.
“2045” Group thinking Residency at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, October 2022.
UoC Land Matters Residency, Greater Langdales (22) Glenridden (2023).
Formerly a member of the Stills Advisory Panel, Trustee Board of the University of Cumbria’s Student’s Union, Leader of the Wildlife Society, Founder of the Gallery Society, and various Academic Committees/Panels as Academic Officer at the U.C.S.U (23-24), including Academic Board, the Research and Knowledge Exchange committee, Graduate School, and the Access and Participation Steering Group.
Works
Entanglement is exploring virtual surfaces and fabricating fossil records of the living world, investigating the potential fates of humanity and their nonhuman neighbours. Exhibiting as part of Convergence, June 2nd-10th 2023, at the University of Cumbria, Carlisle.
Echoes of Industry chronicles the remnants of Teesside’s Steel Industries, presented alongside the stories of their people, immortalising the experiences of their employees, and their costs to human health in the area. Created in collaboration with a veteran of British Steel, he selected the sites, images, and stories. Exhibited in May 2022, printed in book form, featured in the Power of Place directory as part of the Peer-to-Peer festival 2022, hosted by the VMA in Hong Kong, Openeye Gallery in Liverpool, and Redeye photographic network.
Reburial participates in the process of burying artefacts to preserve their condition, a solemn practice conducted by archaeologists and curators when an object is beyond present limits of technology or care. Created with the support of Tullie House Gallery and Museum, with particular thanks and gratitude to Melanie, Elsa and Martin, for their endless knowledge and generosity throughout.
Post-Normal was created in collaboration with my Mother, Bernie, illuminating the household objects that signified a transformative stage of end of life care, following complications of COVID-19 and long-COVID. Work featured in the Sterling Photography Festival, as part of the digital exhibition and book in 2022.
Remnants pictured flowers against industrial backdrops, parodying a framing device used in internal marketing materials of the Steel and Mining industries, intended to demonstrate the ‘thriving’ coexistence of the industrial and natural worlds in the UK throughout the 80s. Prints were displayed alongside a montage film, with original clips and audio taken from archival material. The assembled film illustrated the ethos and marketing behind the industrial identities at the height of their success.
Guardians was a zine created with volunteers from English Heritage and Tullie House Gallery and Museum, celebrating the contributions of the incredible volunteer workforce of the UK in the History and Arts sectors.