QUALIFICATIONS
  1. •M.A. in Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2002-2003.
  2. •B.A Fine Art, Sculpture,  1991 - 1994
Central St Martin’s School of Art and Design.
  1. •Art and Communication, a two year part time course, 1989 - 1991
     Goldsmiths College, University of London.
  1. •B.Ed Hons degree,  Subjects English Literature, Education and Psychology.
Worcester College of Higher Education, 1977 - 1981.
 
 
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
The Power of Drawing International Women’s Week, 2008
Mark of Action Lewisham Art House 2008
Girls in the Limelight  Limelight Gallery 2007
Sugar in mi Tea Lewisham Art House 2007
Archive 2005
Threesome, with Anita Gwynn and Rosey Prince, Lewisham Arthouse 2004
Power Play,  International Women’s Week, 2004
Words and Pictures, Goldsmiths M.A. group work.  Exhibitor and Curator, 2003
The Toad’s Mouth Too, with Adam Sulik, 2003
Palimpsest/Palindrome, Group Exhibition, 2002
Girl Talk, Group Exhibition, 2001
Deptford X, Group Exhibition, 2001/2002
The Big Draw, Group Exhibition, 2000/2001
Red Riding Hood against the Wolves, Keep 5, 1998
Metamorphoses; The Art of Change, based on Kafka, with Sandro Spagnuolo, 1998
Che Guevara and the Day of the Dead, 1997
Dolly Mixtures, with Steve Wilson, 1997
 
WRITING AND PERFORMANCE
PUPPET PLAYS, performed with made puppets and theatre.
  1. •The Canterville Ghost, adapted from the children’s story by Oscar Wilde.  Included in the International Festival of Puppetry 1985 at the Barbican Centre and the Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe Festival 1995.
  2. •The Christmas Carol, adapted from the book by Charles Dickens. Performed at the Ludlow Festival and various London venues.  
  3. •The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Based on the work of Arthur Conan Doyle. Performed at the Putney Weekend Festival 1986 and various London Venues.
  4. •Midsummer Night’s Adventure, Performed at the Barbican Centre 1984
  5. •Puppet Master for Spinoza, the Apostle of Reason, Channel 4, Bandung File, produced by Tariq Ali
 
PERFORMANCE ART
  1. •Games of the Doll and Grim Tales a double bill. Performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company Fringe Festival, 2000
  2. •Helen’s Homecoming.  Shunt Cabaret, 2000
 
WORK IN PROGRESS
Fiction
  1. •The Powder Trail  Work in progress, estimated completed length, 120,000 words.  
  2. •The Lion Tamer and his Lovers  Work in progress, estimated length 80,000 words.
  3. •Prospero’s Island Under revision.  Completed length 100,000 words.
 
Short stories
  1. •Quality of Provision in Covent Garden: a series of short stories set in and around Covent Garden
  2. •My Brother the Dog
  3. •Tea  Available on  

    http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/goldfish/oldarchive/archive/SITE_2003_03/2003-03/html/short_story/tea.html
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