Curriculum Vitae

Onians Fellow 2003-5 Royal Society of Arts, London, UK
Visiting Research Fellow: Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, UK

EDUCATION

Post-Graduate Diploma: Arts and Sciences
Screen Music- National Film and Television School 1995-98

Ba (Hons) 2.I. English Literature and Language
University College London, London University 1991-94

MEDIA WORKS, EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES

The Braunstone Hall Project
Large audio-visual site-specific installation installed in Braunstone Hall. Commissioned by Phoenix Arts, Leicester. An Arts Council England project. 2006

Arts Council South East grant
Awarded a grant for Research and Development and purchase of Sibelius 4, a dedicated score-writing software package 2006

Dick Onians Fellowship, Royal Society of Arts
Awarded £30,000 for a two year Fellowship to produce Connections, a music resource for autistic children for use by teachers, carers and parents. 2003-5

RE:THINKING:TIME
An exhibition of LabCulture artists. Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery. 2004

Carillon
New commission to compose a piece of music for the Carillon Bells of Loughborough. Charnwood Borough Council Arts Development Grant 2003

The Secret of Life
Audio-visual installation commissioned by The Wellcome Trust Two-ten Gallery, London. 500 Limited Edition screensavers also created for the exhibition 2003

Arts and Technology Partnerships Access Scheme
Awarded a six-month research and development opportunity 2002-3

The Eighth Composers and Choreographers Exchange
Awarded a place at Royal Festival Hall, London. Travel funded by Training and Development Grant, East Midlands Arts 2003

Das Gesuch
Audio piece showcased at The Long Night of Audio, Video and Live Art, a festival + touring. Also included in Performance Related Pay Aspex Gallery 2002

Westausgang
Soundtrack for 5 screen audio-visual installation. Film by Angela Zumpe. Screened in Berlin, Dessau and Halle, Germany 2002

Labculture2
Awarded a place at Artsway, Hampshire 2001

Oscillation
Audio-tactile installation for the Swipe media arts festival. Commissioned by PVA MediaLab. Also shown at Watershed Bristol, 2001

Each Man Kills the Thing he Loves
Sound work at GROUND ZERO: TRANSITORY AUDIO ARCHIVE. New York 2001

Remember
A choral piece set to a text by Christina Rossetti. Performed in Rugby and then toured internationally 2001

The Virtual House of Usher
Sound and music for ICA commissioned fiction film that used digital technology. Shown throughout the International Edinburgh Festival 1998

VOICE
A documentary/installation about politics, people and language, Premiered at the 3rd Werkleitz Biennale, Germany 1998 and made during the EMARE residency.

Artist-in-Residence
Two-month residency (first ever), New Media Centre at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. 1998

Artists and Programmers.
Invited to participate in a week-long conference on technology in the arts. Run by Lighthouse, Brighton and funded by the Arts Council of England. 1998

EMARE- European Media Artist Residency Exchange
Two-month residency at the Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Germany 1998

EDUCATION, PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Artist working group
Consultant for Portsmouth City Council, part of team developing and designing public art opportunities in the region 2006

Secrets and Lies: The troubled relationship between Art and Science
Lecture/Presentation for the Wellcome Trust 2003

EMARE Uncovered
Essay about EMARE residency included in the book “The Tattooed Pigs- 10 years of the Werkleitz Gesellschaft”. Published by Selene, Germany 2003

Reviewer for AN magazine 2004

Co- Director and Chair of Artshrub Community Arts Organisation
Organisation set up to initiate and facilitate multi-media arts projects. 2002-present

Carillon
Dance and music project involving 80+school children culminating in a site-specific performance. Awards for All Lottery Grant 2003

Art Talk 2003
Presentation for Art Through Touch, a London based arts organisation which provides access to art activity for visually impaired people 2003

University of Derby
Lectures and practical workshops given to students about film music 2003.

Arts and Technology Partnerships Launch
Presentation given about Digital Arts Week residency 2002

Dorset Arts Conference
Presentation given about the Enhance residency 2001

Enhance
Three-week residency/commission with PVA, Dorset. Working with visually impaired participants to make a sound installation 2001

Digital Arts Week
One-week residencies in primary schools working as sound artist 2001-2