I am an artist and curator, interested in web-based work, video, drawing and animation. I have exhibited locally, nationally and internationally gaining commissions as well as working with communities and in schools on projects. I have worked for a variety of different organisations from an artist run studio and gallery to a large contemporary gallery in a number of different roles.

My practice employs video, photography, drawing, text and online media to examine how culture and media contain truths and beliefs, which can be accepted, rejected or modified. My work investigates the idea that media has replaced discussion and debate for contemporary society, resulting in a reliance on it for stimulation and for a view of reality. I am interested in participation and collaborative practice to develop art projects, which can possibly act as a point of entry to realise debate and discussion, and develop a level of ownership and agency over media and technology.

Notable exhibitions and commissions include Grey Area, Galerie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany (2008); You Shall Know Our Velocity, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2006) and Immediate 3, Site Gallery, Sheffield (2005). I have worked for a number of organisations on educational projects such as BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, ISIS Arts, NGCA, Equal Arts, Northumbria University, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Engage – The National Association of Gallery Education.

As a curator I have worked with Matt Stokes assisting on the production of the film ‘The Gainsborough Packet’ for 176, London and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2009); and the Andrew Dodds audio work ‘All Things’ in the group show ‘A Duck for Mr Darwin’ at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2009). I am part of the ongoing curatorial collaboration ‘James & Jones’ so far culminating in the project 31 Proposals’ (http://jamesandjones.wordpress.com/).