SOLO EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS & COMMISSIONS

2025  HomeLand. Socially engaged site-specific installation. Southcombe Barn. Devon. UK
2024  Femicides. Socially engaged installation. Quiet Down There. Brighton. UK
2022  Toxic Fragments; harvesting empathy & coping with ecological grief through touch. Fishing Quarter Gallery. Socially engaged workshop. Brighton. UK
2021  Toxic Waves I; Harvesting empathy and coping with ecological grief through drawing. Socially engaged performance. Brighton CCA. UK
2021  Blunt Blades – extended until July 2023. The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum. Bedford. UK
            Blunt Blades Exchange. Socially engaged art project. Supported by Quiet Down There with Women’s Support Centre Surrey. UK
2015  Freehold. UH Galleries. Museum of St. Albans. St. Albans. UK
2013  Laced words. Site-specific installation. In collaboration with artist Kathy Hinde. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. 1 St Paul’s square. Bedford. UK
2012  Large Lace: A Choreography of People and Pattern. Socially engaged performance at Bunyan Hall. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. UK
2012  Lace in Place. Site-specific installation of socially engaged art. Commissioned by Bedford Creative Arts. 1 St Paul’s square. Bedford. UK
2011  Fence Ragging. Guerilla textiles. Socially engaged art project. In collaboration with artist Dawn Giles. The Big Lunch. Bedford. UK
2004  El Rosario de la Abuela (Grandmother’s Rosary). In collaboration with Olga Parra Benavides. Lunâ Art Collective Gallery. Cebu. The Philippines
2001  post_puke_bunny@hotmail.com. Moira Gallery. Utrecht. The Netherlands
2000  Duurzaamheid Verbeeld. Site-specific project with Hogeschool van de Kunsten. Utrecht. The Netherlands
1999  Park van de toekomst. Project with Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam. The Netherlands
1999  El cuaderno rojo (The red notebook). In collaboration with Laia Fábregas Ferrús. Cervantes Institute. Utrecht. The Netherlands

2025   Dartmoor Clayscapes: Empathic Journeys through Clay. Southcombe Barn. Devon
             Folklore. Toadlickers Collective. Marine Workshops. Newhaven
             Accelerate action. Equalities Work. The Foundry. London
2024   Adelaide Salon. December Salon. Brighton
             Hysterical 2024. Hysterical Collective. Bermondsey Project Space, London, Uk
             London Art Fair. London, Uk
2023   Cura. Curated by Celina Loh/In Transit. Smolensky Gallery. Manchester. UK
            BRINK. Royal College of Art. London. UK
            Hung, Drawn and Quartered. Standpoint Gallery. London. UK
            Hands. Koop projects. Brighton. UK
2022   In & Beyond the Studio. Residency & Online Exhibition. In Transit Space, International Platform
             Despite Extractivism. Extracting Us Collective. Online Platform
2020   In my house 4. Virtual exhibition. The AntiMA. Curator: Abigail Mille. UK
2016   Gothic Pleasures. Eagle Gallery. London. UK
2015   NN Open. NN Contemporary Art. Northampton. UK
             MK Calling 2015. MK Gallery. Milton Keynes. UK
2014   Eastern Approaches. UH Galleries. Museum of St. Albans. St. Albans. UK
2013   Open Exhibition. Curated by Gareth Bell-Jones (Wysing Arts Centre) and Jennie Syson (SYSON Gallery). NN. Northampton. UK
2011   Eastern Pavilions. Norwich Museum and Art Gallery. Norwich. Atrium Studios. University Campus Suffolk. Ipswich. UK
2009   London Art Fair. Rebecca Hossack Gallery
2008   Art London. Rebecca Hossack Gallery
2008   Object as Muse. Crafts Council touring exhibition. UK
            DNA. Rising talent at FORM London. London Olympia. London. UK   
            TREASURE at the Tower of London
            Craftsmanship and Design Awards. Goldsmiths Hall. London
            Art Hand Design. Central St. Martin’s, London
2007  Craftsmanship and Design Awards. Goldsmiths Hall. London.
2005  Kunstroute Noord: Business as Usual. Artinfuse. Rotterdam. The Netherlands
2004  …prospecten van nooit vermoed schoon. Tent. Rotterdam. The Netherlands
2003  Fotonoviembre. Tenerife International Photography Biennial. Islas Canarias. Spain
2002  Eindelijk. Moira Gallery. Utrecht. The Netherlands
2001  Utrechtse Kunstmanifestatie. Janskerk. Janskerkhof. Utrecht. The Netherlands
           Private in public. Exposorium.Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam. The Netherlands
2000 Kunst met een grote U. Verzorgingscentrum Titus Brandsma. Utrecht. The Netherlands
           Who are we. Louka monastery. Znojmo. Czech Republic
           Duurzaamheid Verbeeld. Griftpark. Utrecht. The Netherlands
           Bunker(t)raume. Gesundbrunnen bunker. Berlin. Germany
           Park van de toekomst. Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam. The Netherlands

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS

2024  Quiet Down There. Residency at Brighton Open Market. Brighton. UK
2023  Collective Conversations. Residency with Social Circles Collective. Phoenix Art Space. Brighton. UK
2022  In Transit Space. Residency & Online Exhibition. International Platform
2021  Research Fellow at Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics.University of Brighton. UK
2017  Summer Lodge. Residency at Nottingham Trent University. UK
2014  Winner. Open-Call Eastern Approaches. UH Galleries. Museum of St. Albans. UK
2005  Arts for social change. Residency with Pioneers of change. Johannesburg. South Africa
2003  Arte y saber (Art and knowledge). Residency with Arteleku. Donostia-San Sebastián. Spain
2002  Comunitat/community. Residency with Fundacio d’Estudis Superiors d’Olot.Coromina. La Garrotxa. Spain
2000  Who are we. Residency at Louka monastery. Znojmo. Czech Republic

 
GRANTS & SPONSORSHIP

2021  Project Grant Arts Council England. Grant for “Blunt Blades”. The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum. Bedford. UK
2020  Arts Council Emergency Response Fund
2015  GfdA Arts Council England. Grant for “Freehold”. UH Galleries. Museum of St. Albans. UK
2012  GfdA Arts Council England. Grant for “Lace in Place”. Bedford. UK
2004  Private Business. Sponsorship for ‘El Rosario de la Abuela’. Cebu city. The Philippines
2003  CBK Rotterdam. Exhibiting Abroad Grant for “Fotonoviembre”. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Spain
2001  KF Heinfonds. Sponsorship for “post_puke_bunny@hotmail.com”. Moira Gallery. Utrecht. The Netherlands
2000  Hogeschool van de Kunsten. Grant for “Who are we”. Znojmo. Check Republic
           Pritt. Henkel Nederland B.V. Sponshorship for“Bunker(t)raume”. Berlin. Germany
1999  Instituto Cervantes. Sponshorship for “Park van de toekomst”. Amsterdam. The Netherlands
           Erasmus Grant. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain

EDUCATION

2023  MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. London. UK
2007  MA Jewellery Design. Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design. London. UK
2000  BFA Fine Arts. Erasmus Exchange Program. Hogeschool van de Kunsten, Utrecht. The Netherlands
1998  BFA Fine Arts. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain
1993  Gemmology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain
1997  Goldsmith Diploma. Centro de estudios joyeros de Madrid. Spain

 
GUEST LECTURESHIPS & WORKSHOPS

2025 (In)Material Culture Seminars. MA Jewellery & Metal. Royal College of Art. UK

2023  Open Forum on Art and Activism: Extractivism and the “Green Transition”. Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics. University of Brighton. UK
2022  In Conversation with Sophie J Williamson and Xavier Ribas, moderated by Katy Beinart. Centre for Spatial, Environmental and Cultural Politics. University of Brighton. UK
2018  Fair Luxury at the Royal College of Arts, London. UK
2017  FLUX: Fair Luxury Conference. The Assay Office Birmingham. UK
2017  A panel discussion: sustainable jewellery in conflict areas. ISKAR, London UK
2015  TEDx Talk. TEDxBedford. Ethical Jewellery. Click HERE to watch
2015  ColLaborate2. Guest lecturer. Bedford Creative Arts. Bedford. UK
2014  Weaving a Web. Socially engaged workshop. In collaboration with artist Aaron Head. Milton Keynes Gallery. UK
2013  Associate Lecturer. Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London. UK
2010  Canadian Women’s talk. Guest lecturer. Quebec house. London. Uk
2010  Aesthet(h)ics Society. Guest lecturer. Warwick University. Uk
2005  Behaviours. Guest lecturer. University of Cebu. The Philippines
2005  S.O.S. Children Villages. Workshop. Johannesburg. South Africa
2005  CIDA Campus University. Workshop. Johannesburg. South Africa

COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONS

2001  Permanent Art Installation. Press Museum. Amsterdam. The Netherlands
            Permanent Art Installation. Aboriginal Art MUSEUM. Utrecht. The Netherlands
2000, 2001  Trophies-Sculptures for Instituto Cervantes Literature Awards. Utrecht. The Netherlands
2000  Trophies-Sculptures for the Music Awards “Dutch Jazz Competition”. Amsterdam. The Netherlands
1999, 2000, 2001, 2001, 2003, 2004 Trophies for the Music awards VNP. Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia. Amsterdam. The Netherlands

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