born
education
- 2003
- apprenticeship with studio potter, edmund de waal
- 2001
- edinburgh college of art ba design and applied arts: ceramics 1st class honours
- 1998
- liverpool john moores university b-tec national diploma foundation in art and design: distinction
- 1997
- site gallery sheffield open university diploma of photography and multi-media
awards
- 2007
- evening standard homes and property award for best domestic design
- 2006
- uk trade and investment award for export finalist
- 2005
- crafts council development award british crafts council
- 2004
- design for skandinavia shortlisted award, chelsea crafts fair, uk trade and investment
- 2003
- winston churchill memorial travel fellowship awarded a grant for international study of ceramics
- 2002
- sidney myer international ceramic awards victoria australia: shortlisted
- 2001
- andrew grant bequest scholarship for post graduate studies, edinburgh college of art
- 2001
- helen a. rose bequest for distinctive work, edinburgh college of art
membership
- 2007
- selected maker, contemporary applied arts, london
- 2007
- member and resident artist, clerkenwell green association
exhibitions
- 2008
- COLLECT at the V&A Museum, London
- 2007
- christmas cracker the millennium galleries, sheffield
- 2007
- caa covent garden focus, contemporary applied arts, london
- 2007
- paper scissors stone edinburgh city art centre
- 2007
- origin the london craft fair at somerset house, crafts council, london
- 2007
- dundee contemporary arts showcase exhibition
- 2007
- showcase crafts council at the V & A museum
- 2007
- kathy gittins oriel kathy gittins, llandudno , wales
- 2006
- joanna bird pottery group exhibition, london
- 2006
- christmas exhibition new ashgate gallery, farnham surrey
- 2006
- origin the london craft fair at somerset house, crafts council, london
- 2006
- bilston craft gallery, artist solo focus
- 2006
- earth and fire ceramic show, rufford ceramic centre, nottinghamshire
- 2006
- royal birmingham society of artists, showcase exhibition
- 2006
- the colours of the sea broughton gallery, scotland
- 2006
- solo ceramics salt gallery, cornwall
- 2005
- the human condition group exhibition, the scottish gallery
- 2005
- make me smile group exhibition, craft and design gallery, leeds city art gallery
- 2005
- apprentices group exhibition, the apprentices of edmund de waal, blackwell the arts and crafts house, abbot hall, cumbria
- 2005
- focus exhibition wrexham arts centre, wales
- 2005
- chelsea crafts fair crafts council, london
- 2005
- the sea group exhibition, platform gallery, clitheroe lancashire
- 2005
- in the window blue coat display center, liverpool
- 2005
- ceramics group exhibition, new ashgate gallery, farnham surrey
- 2005
- a fine line group exhibition, grace barrand design centre, nutfield surrey
- 2005
- new domestic group exhibition, gallery top derbyshire
- 2004
- chelsea crafts fair crafts council, london
- 2004
- wish you were here artist focus, crafts council, london
- 2003
- oxo tower wharf artists window, individual exhibition, london
- 2002
- adorn artist focus, crafts council, london
- 2002
- sidney myer fund international ceramic award shepparton art gallery, victoria, australia
- 2002
- ceramica international festival of clay st. ives international, royal cornwall museum
- 2002
- a bright future contemporary applied arts, london
collections
- 2008
- brighton and hove museum
- 2008
- edinburgh museum and galleries, scotland (51 piece installation)
- 2006
- london southwark council, purchased for their permanent collection
- 2006
- broughton gallery biggar, scotland
- 2003
- donna karan new york
- 2002
- wigglesworth architects london
- 2001
- betty davies scottish fashion international edinburgh
