With an MA in Textiles (Mixed Media) from the Royal College of Art, I have developed a diverse and innovative practice that combines a deep respect for traditional craft with a drive to push the boundaries of textile art. My work spans both hard and soft materials, transforming cloth into sculptural forms, stitched narratives, and performative garments that challenge how we think about textiles in contemporary art.

At the core of my practice is a commitment to storytelling and the exploration of identity, history, and social inequality. Quilts, garments, and layered textile forms become vessels for incomplete or unspoken stories, some drawn from my personal narrative, others reflecting collective struggles, particularly those of marginalised communities. Each piece embodies absence and memory, inviting viewers to imagine what remains unseen and to engage in conversations about resilience, belonging, and representation.

Live performance and collaboration are also central to my practice. I work with choreographers and dance companies to create costumes that merge fabric, body and movement, enhancing both the aesthetic and the narrative dimensions of performance. These projects, alongside my socially engaged community work, position my practice as both deeply personal and widely connective.

By drawing on the cultural histories of fabric while experimenting with new materials and techniques, I aim to transform textiles into powerful tools for storytelling, dialogue, and social commentary.

Woodend Gallery, Scarborough

• 2025: Still Here - Queer Quilts in the Making. Featured Artworks:

• Silence

Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds

• 2025: Loops - Collaborative Exhibition of Dutch & Yorkshire Textiles Artists. Featured Artworks:

• Anatomy of a Quilt

• Sit With Me

• Round Hole, Square Peg

• 2024: Tangled Up - Featured Artworks: 

• Anatomy of a Quilt

• Coded Stitch

• Silence

• Tell Me of a Complicated Animal

WOVEN in Kirklees, Huddersfield Art Gallery

• 2023: Quilted

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 2023: Stitched Stories

Array Store, London

• 2021: Going Round in Circles

AIR Gallery, Greater Manchester

• 2020: Queer Contemporaries – Featured artwork:  

• Slate Stitched Circles 

Royal College of Art

• 2013: Show RCA 2013 - Served as Project Manager for the Textiles Installation 

• 2012: RCA Interim Show - Managed the project for the School of Materials 

• 2012: RCA Show 2012 - Project Manager for the Textiles Installation 

• 2012: Inspiring Matter - Curated and managed the project 

• 2011: Show RCA 2011 - Project Manager for the Textiles Installation 

• 2010: Curated Gender and Performance

Hockney Gallery, London

• 2010: Performed work in Hellfire

Fashion & Textiles Museum, London

• 2010: Sue Timney and the Design of Timney-Fowler - Exhibition Project Manager 

The Cob Gallery, Camden, London

• 2010: Royal We Guts for Garters Collective

Flowergate Hall Community Arts Centre, Whitby

• 2024: Artist in Residence at Living on The Edge of the World, a festival of arts and culture based in Whitby 

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 2022: Artist in Residence within On Queer Ground 'Stitched Stories'

Thackray Medical Museum

• 2021: Project Manager for the community project "HIV 40-Year Celebration Quilt" exhibition 

Coventry Cathedral

• 2022-23: Artist in Residence, re-imagining the Pride Flag SPECTRUM community project 

TALKS

WOVEN in Kirklees

• 2023: Sew Inclusive: Male & Non-Binary Artists in Conversation

Connected Sounds Podcast

• 2023: Now\Then - How queer nightlife has evolved in the North from the 80's until today

Leeds Year of Culture 2023, Leeds Central Library

• 2023:From Crisis to Conquest: HIV & AIDS in the North - panel event where activists and support workers reflected on the last 40 years, asking what lessons can be learned from our local history 

SUPPORT WORK

BHA-Skyline, HIV Support services 

2018-2024 - Mental Health Support Worker providing 1:1 support, delivering HIV training, and facilitating groups for MSM and asylum seekers 

COLLABORATIONS & WORK WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DANCE & PERFORMANCE:

Linden Dance

• 2025: Caged

Gary Clarke Company

• 2025: Detention

Extended Play - Jamaal Burkmar

• 2025: Instructions for Dancing

• 2023: How to Build a Universe and How to End It  

Nicky Murman

• 2023: Tell Me of a Complicated Animal 

 Leeds Year of Culture 2023

• 2023: Gran Bolero - Watson Dance Project, Jesus Gambo 

• 2023: Seeds, Dreams and Constellations - Sharon Watson MBE and Corrine Bailey Rae 

Northern School of Contemporary Dance: MA Contemporary Dance Performance (Verve)

• 2024: When People Used to Die - (LA) HORDE 

• 2023: An Evening With - Jamaal Burkmar 

• 2021: The Unbearable - Sita Ostheimer 

• 2020: White Lies - Botis Seva 

• 2019: 4:18 - Maxine Doyle 

• 2018: NOBODY 'CEPT YOU - Sita Ostheimer 

• 2018: Riders - Lenka Vagnerová 

Northern School of Contemporary Dance: MA Interdisciplinary Dance Performance (IDP)

• 2024: The Rescue- Gecko 

• 2023: TESSELL8 at Leeds Art Gallery- Sonia Boyce 

We Are Ramped CIC

• 2022: Off-Centre - Phil Sanger 

Sardoville Dance Company

• 2021: Restoration - Phil Sanger, Michael Marquez. 

• 2017-2019: Just For An Hour

• 2014-2016: A Matter of Impression - artistic consultancy and costume direction 

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Urban Pirate

• 2004 – 2008: Operated an independent men's wear design studio, specialising in one-off garment design and construction. 

Embryo, Menswear, Leeds

• 2003: Design Assistant 

Nico Di Donna, Soho, Menswear, London

• Aug 2001-Jan 2002: Design Assistant 

Tortoise Clothing, Menswear, Leeds

• Oct 1996-Jul 2001: Design Assistant 

Madame Jo-Jo's, Soho, London

• Mar 1994 - Jun 1996: Cabaret Performer/Costume Designer 

Broadcasting Modelling Agency, London

• Mar 1994-Jun 1996: Contributed to Photographic and Video Work 

OTHER COLLABORATIONS & COMMISSIONS

2018: Illustrations for the book - Stories from the Chicken Foot House by Tina Jackson

British Council 

• 2013: Curated an International Fashion Showcase at the Bolivian Embassy 

• 2010: Zagreb Inclusive Design 

2009: Franko B, storytelling and stitch.

2007: Cut - clothing & photography project exploring representations of masculinity, with Jac Callaghan. 

Arts Council England

• 2025: National Lottery Project Grant: Wrapped In Cold Hard Comfort

• 2024: Developing Your Creative Practice Grant 

University of Leeds

• 2024: Leeds Creative Labs | Smeaton300 edition 

2010 Royal College of Art

• MA CONSTRUCTED TEXTILES Dissertation: Travels in Gender Couture

2001 Leeds College of Art and Design, now Leeds Arts University

• BA HONS CLOTHING & FASHION (First Class) Final Year Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis of Richard Dyers classification of ‘Gayness’ with ‘Queer as Folk’.

• 1998 Foundation Studies in Art and Design

Northern School of Contemporary Dance

• 2024: BA (HONS) Dance (Contemporary), Storytelling and Costume 

East Street Arts

• 2023: Experimental Still and Life Drawing in collaboration with Tessa Houghton 

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2016 - 2019)

• 2016 - 2019: Artist Educator, developing learning specific to current exhibitions and history of the park. 

Haute Ecole D'Art Et De Design Geneva (2013 & 2012)

• 2013: Drawing Workshop on Object & Body Relationship 

• 2012: Drawing and Movement Workshop. 

Kensington and Chelsea College (2008-2013)

• 2012 - 2013: BTEC Foundation, Fashion & Textiles Pathway Course Leader 

• 2009 - 2012: BTEC Fashion and Clothing Lecturer. 

• 2008 - 2012: Diploma in Creative Media Lecturer. 

Leeds Arts University formerly Leeds College of Art and Design

• 2003 - 2008: Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Lecturer 

• 2004: Diploma in Visual Studies, Lecturer 

• 2003: BA Fashion and Clothing, Design Development Module, Visiting Lecturer 

• 2003 - 2008: Mentored students in various fashion-related projects, including: 

• BA Fashion and Clothing (2003) 

• Diploma in Visual Studies (2004) 

• BA Fashion projects such as Technical Shirt (2006), Tailoring (2007), and Experimental Drawing Workshop (2008).