CV
2018 – 2024 PhD in Fine Art & Art History. Title System Gallery: What’s the Point? A Practice-Based Study of Value Generation in Artist-Run Initiatives. Newcastle University.
2013 – 2014 MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies. Dissertation Title: Making Meaning in Virtual Museum Environments. International Centre for Culture and Heritage Studies, Newcastle University.
2007 – 2010 BA (Hons) in Painting and Drawing. Dissertation Title: Peter Fuller the Forgotten Critic? University of Northampton.
2006 – 2007 Foundation in Art and Design. University of Northampton.
2024 - Current Tutor in Contemporary Art Theory (Contemporary Art and Open Learning, Themes in Contemporary Art, and Contemporary Art and Anthropology), Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh.
2021 – Current Strand Leader for LifeWorkArt Curatorial Strand, School of Arts and Culture, Newcastle University.
2022 – 2024 Teaching Assistant in Reflective Researcher Portfolio I and II, School X, Newcastle University.
2022 – 2024 Seminar Leader in Art Histories II, School of Arts and Culture, Newcastle University.
2023 Teaching Assistant in Qualitative Methodology in the Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, School X, Newcastle University.
2022 Teaching Assistant in Making and Unmaking Knowledge, School X, Newcastle University.
2022 Seminar Leader in Art Histories I, School of Arts and Culture, Newcastle University.
2022 Postgraduate Marker in Computational Methods and Professional Skills for Theoretical Physics, Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University.
2022 Seminar Leader in Pastoral Peer Support Groups, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University.
2021 – 2022 Teaching Assistant in Media Analysis, School of Arts & Cultures, Newcastle University.
2021 – 2022 Postgraduate Marker in NCL+ Award, Careers Service, Newcastle University.
2021 – 2022 Associate Lecturer in LifeWorkArt, School of Arts and Culture, Newcastle University.
2020 Guest Lecturer in Architectural Design, Architecture Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University.
2024 – Current Stakeholder Group Consultant for ‘Flourish’ with Dr Rebecca Prescott and Dr Alexander
Wilson.
2023 – 2024 Research Assistant for ‘Tracing HIV/AIDS exhibition histories in the Northeast of England’ with
Dr Fiona Anderson (PI), Newcastle University.
2022 Consultant for ‘Clayton Street Corridor’, Newcastle University, University of Northumbria, The
Newbridge Project, and Newcastle City Council.
2021 Research Assistant for ‘Collaborative Support for Staff Moving to Digital Learning’ with Dr Pauline
McCormack (PI), Dr Janice McLaughlin, Dr Lisa Garforth, and Dr Mwenza Blell, Newcastle University.
2019 – 2020 Research Assistant for ‘More Than Meanwhile Spaces II’ with Newcastle University, University
of Northumbria, The Newbridge Project, and Newcastle City Council.
2024 – Current Programme Committee Member, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2016 – Current Curator and Manager, System Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Supported by Breeze Creatives and Creative Culture Trust.
2022 – 2023 Co-curator and Founder. ReadingRoom, Sunderland. Supported by Abject Gallery, Creative Culture Trust, and Sunderland Culture.
2020 Co-curator, GAS Contemporary, North Shields. Supported by East Street Arts.
2014 - 2017 Front of House, Gallery Technician, Workshop Facilitator, and Assistant Curator at The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2014 Curatorial Intern at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields.
2024 ‘Newbridge ‘Open’ Open’ (curator) The NewBridge Project, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2024 NE1 4 NE1 (Co-producer), public artwork commissioned through Helix Arts and Creative Culture: NCL.
2024 Beyond the Goldmine Standard 2nd Spin (artist), Gallagher and Turner, Newcastle-upon- Tyne.
2024 ‘BALTIC Open’ (artist) at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
2023 ‘Dan Dan the System Man’ (artist-curator) at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2023 ‘Now That’s What I Call Art 3’ (curator) co-curated with Spaghetti Factory held at The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough.
2023 ‘Now That’s What I Call Art 2’ (curator) co-curated with Spaghetti Factory held at Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2021 - 2022 ‘Now That’s What I Call Art 2022’ (curator) co-curated with Spaghetti Factory held at Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2021 ‘System Gallery RPG’ (artist) exhibited as part of ‘Congress on Artistic Research 2021’, Vilnius
Academy.
2021 ‘Folly’ (artist-curator) at Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2021 ‘Fresh Start’ (artist-curator) at System Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2020 ‘Insert Exhibition Title’ (artist-curator) at Ex-Libris Gallery, Newcastle University.
2020 ‘This is the Exhibition’ (artist) at GAS Contemporary, North Shields.
2019 ‘Manner of Falling’ (artist-curator) at Ex-Libris Gallery, Newcastle University.
2019 ‘Manner of Flying’ (curator) at System Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2019 ‘Four Pack (curator) co-curated with Spaghetti Factory and Jessica Bennett held at System Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
2021 FIELD: Value supported by Two Destination Language and East Street Arts, Leeds.
2020 Professional Networking Participants at Supermarket: Stockholm Independent Art Fair.
2019 British School at Ankara 2019 Residential supported by Northern Bridge Consortium.
2024 ‘My Doubtful Cezanne’ as part of Disrupted Knowledge podcast with Dr Briony Carlin and Dr James Trayford as a companion piece to “Disrupted Knowledge: Scholarship in Time of Change” funded by Institute for Social Science at Newcastle University.
2024 ‘Keeping up with Jones’ published in Journal of Imaginary Research Volume Nine.
2023 ‘DIGEST Newcastle University Fine Art PhD 2023’ editor and contributor. Published by Overlay Press and designed by Clem Dumoulin. Supported by the Newcastle University Fine Art Research Environment fund.
2022 ‘Marker Post’ co-produced with Charlotte Dawson, Overlay Press, and Incursions, published by Overlay Press and supported by ReadingRoom.
2021 ‘Thoughts on FIELD…And Then Some Stuff about Boats’ published in ‘FIELD notes: TWO’ edited by
Two Destination Language supported by Arts Council England and East Street Arts.
2021 Art Licks Issue 26 ‘Radical Gestures’ contributor.
2020 ‘Creative Enterprise/Action Zones – Exploring the Scope for Supporting Artist-Run Initiatives and Cultural Workspaces in Northeast England Feasibility Report 2019/20’ for ‘More Than Meanwhile Spaces II’, co-authored with Dr Emma Coffield, Dr Paul Richter, Rebecca Huggan, Dr Rebecca Prescott, David Butler, Robin Beveridge, and Dr Julie Monroe.
2020 ‘Artist-run Initiatives: A Practice-based Auto-ethnographic Study of the Generation of Hybridised Forms of Tacit Value delivered at Annual International Association of Arts and Cultural Management Doctoral Symposium’ held at Cambridge Judge Business School.
2020 ‘Teaching Online Guidance’ website author and designer for ‘Collaborative Support for Staff Moving to Digital Learning’, Sociology, Newcastle University.
2023 ‘System Gallery: What’s the Point?’ as part of ‘(Re)Imagining Value’: An Interdisciplinary Symposium’
held at Newcastle University.
2022 ‘Artists-run Initiatives: What’s the Point?’ as part of ‘Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference 2022’ held at Newcastle University.
2021 ‘System Gallery RPG: What’s the Point?’ presented at ‘Congress on Artistic Research 2021’, Vilnius
Academy of Arts.
2020 presented as part of ‘Art Shots’ at Supermarket: Stockholm Independent Art Fair.
2020 presented as part of 'What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About the Artist-Led' symposium held
at Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool John Moore’s University.
2020 ‘5th Annual International Association of Arts and Cultural Management Doctoral Symposium’ held at
Cambridge Judge Business School, Cambridge University.
2024 Hold the Door Open Bursary awarded by North East Cultural Freelancers.
2024 The Newbridge Programme Committee awarded by The NewBridge Project.
2024 Artists’ Agency Newcastle Commission awarded by Helix Arts and Creative Culture: NCL.
2023 Artists’ Agency Newcastle awarded by Helix Arts and Newcastle’s Culture and Creative Zone.
2023 Fine Art Research Environment Fund awarded by Newcastle University.
2023 Covid-19 Impact Funding awarded by Newcastle University.
2022 Cost of Living Impact Fund 2022/23 awarded by Newcastle University.
2022 School of Arts and Cultures Postgraduate Research Student Training Fund for ‘Now That’s What I Call Feedback!’ awarded by Newcastle University.
2021 Covid-19 Impact Funding awarded by Newcastle University.
2021 Bartlett Off-Site fund for ‘Vault’ exhibition held at GAS Contemporary awarded by Newcastle University.
2021 School of Arts and Cultures Postgraduate Research Student Training Fund for ‘Folly’ awarded
by Newcastle University.
2020 Arts Council England to contribute to 'What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About the Artist-Led' symposium held at Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool John Moores University.
2019 Institute for Creative Arts Practice and School of Arts and Cultures Postgraduate Research Fieldwork Fund to participate in Supermarket: Stockholm Independent Art Fair awarded by Newcastle University.
2018 European Regional Development Fund and Creative Fuse to support placement student at System Gallery.
2024 – Current Community Evaluator at Dwellbeing Shieldfield.
2019 – 2024 CV, Cover Letter, and LinkedIn Advisor at Newcastle University Careers Service.
2024 Facilitated crits and one-to-one mentoring sessions as part of ‘The NewBridge ‘Open’ Open’.
2018 – 2023 Delivered, organised, and contributed to numerous seminars and crits as part of Fine Art PGR Cohort, Newcastle University.
2022 Organised and facilitated workshop ‘Over-turned, Over-lay: Zine-making Workshop’ as part of
ReadingRoom with Incursions, Overlay Press and Charlotte Dawson, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2022 Crit Leader at ‘Crepes and Crits’ for BALTIC Contemporary Art and The NewBridge Project, Gateshead.
2022 Developed and facilitated workshop ‘Now That’s What I Call Feedback!’ at Newcastle Contemporary
Art, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2020 Delivered workshop ‘Exhibition as Support’ for The NewBridge Project, Newcastle upon Tyne. 2020 Crit Leader at ‘Scramble’ held at Pineapple Black and organised by The Newbridge Project, Middlesbrough.
Member of The NewBridge Project Collective Studio 2023-2024.
Awarded ‘Celebrating Success’ award by the Newcastle University Executive Board in 2023.
Awarded Associated Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2020.
Awarded SACS PGR Teaching Scholarship 2019-20.
Enhanced DBS Certificate.