Bio

I am an academic and artist based in Saddleworth, near Manchester in the UK.  My research is a critical examination of the ways in which artists engage with museum collections and heritage sites. I ask questions about what impact creative practice can have on the opportunities and challenges that museums and galleries face today. This relationship is bidirectional, so I am also interested in the impact working with museums has on artists. This interest began to develop as  a result of being an artist and also spending a long time working in museum and gallery education. This eventually prompted me to do a PhD (2010-2015) which examined the contemporary art programme at the Bronte Parsonage Museum and I have continued to explore this area of practice.

As an artist and printmaker, my own work is often based on an engagement in this context, in particular, historic sources such as ornamental design prints of the sixteenth and seventeenth century intended as source material for artists and sculptors.

Please do get in touch if you’d like more information about my background and exhibition history. My exhibition history is also available at Axis.