EDUCATION

2017 PhD Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London
2013 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2012 Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice, York St John University
2010 MA, Performance & Fine Art, York St John University
2004 BA (Hons), Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Conservatoire)
2002 HND, Contemporary Dance, Newcastle College, Dance City

SELECTED PERFORMANCE & EXHIBITION

2021 - Welter (with Sam Williams) Shape Arts
2021 - Sound is a Poltergeist to Me, In Conversation with Elinor Hayes, Shape Arts
2021 Autistic Joy In Conversation series with: Erin Manning, Louisa Martin & Madeleine Ryan
2020 Dance Insights Online with Roberta Jean, DanceXchange
2020 Gesture / Pause / Proximity. Curated by Marianne Holm Hansen & Orlagh Woods
2017 Vane Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2017 Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2018 Cumulator 5, Gallery North, Newcastle
2015 Ballast, VIVA! Art Action, Montréal, Canada
2015 Ballast, FADO Performance Art Centre, Toronto, Canada
2015 Ballast, 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece
2015 Ballast, Drafting, Baltic 39, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2015 Ballast, Brewing Performance, The Tetley Centre for Contemporary Art, Leeds
2014 Boll, Centre de Cultura de Dones Francesca Bonnemaison, Barcelona
2014 La Cistern, Museum of History, Centre for Contemporary Art, Spain
2014 Astral Body, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London
2014 Anti-Clockwise Circles with the Left Hand, Royal Museums Greenwich, London
2014 Berthing Bone, Bloc Projects, Sheffield
2013 Gentle Panic, (with Nathan Walker), performance space, London
2013 White Stalk, 8th Biennial of Photography, Raczej Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2013 The Vagina As Autonomous Zone, CAZ Gallery, Cornwall
2013 53 Sounds, (with Nathan Walker), Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2012 Coal Tit, PAErsche, Künstlerforum, Bonn, Germany
2012 40 Sounds (with Nathan Walker), COPY // DOUBLE, Bloc Projects Gallery, Sheffield
2012 Stiff Baroque (video), Emergency Index Book Launch, The Kitchen, NYC, USA
2011 Vessel, Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Liverpool
2011 Northness, Exchange Radical Moments, Manchester
2011 Carl Andre III, performance space / The Live Art Development Agency, London
2011 Carl Andre II, TactileBOSCH, Experimentica Festival, Cardiff, Wales
2011 Carl Andre I, Grace Exhibition Space, NYC, USA
2011 Tusk, The Tomorrow People, Elevator Gallery, London
2011 A Minimum of Presence, Newbridge Project Space, Newcastle Upon Tyne
2010 There There, Sideshow 2010, British Art Show 7, Nottingham
2010 Loop - What Now Festival, Siobhan Davies Studios, London
2010 Limen, Chisehale Dance Space, London
2010 Loop, The Centre for Contemporary Arts at Crewe, Manchester

RESEARCH AWARDS + FUNDING

2021 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England
2021 a-n, Artist Information Company, Time Space Money Grant
2017 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, National Lottery
2017 a-n, Artist Information Company, Artists' Bursary
2016 Arts Admin Artists' Bursary, Arts Admin, London
2015 Artists' International Development Fund, Arts Council England / British Council
2015 Yorkshire Visual Arts Network, Artists' Development Fund
2015 Oppenheim – John Downes Memorial Trust, UK
2015 Yorkshire Ladies' Council for Education
2015 University of the Arts International Research Grant (Hammer Museum, LA)
2015 University of the Arts International Research Grant (UCLA, USA)
2014 The Sir Richard Stapley Education Trust, UK
2014 Yorkshire Ladies' Council for Education
2014 Oppenheim – John Downes Memorial Trust
2014 University of the Arts International Research Grant (Concordia University, Montreal)
2014 The Micklegate Trust, York
2014 The Company of Merchant Taylors York
2013 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England
2013 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England (Oui Performance)
2013 York St John University International Research Grant (Performing Arts Forum, France)
2013 York St John University International Research Grant (Stanford University, USA)
2013 a-n, Artist Information Company, Collaboration Grant, UK
2013 The Company of Merchant Taylors, York
2013 University of the Arts International Research Grant (Stanford University, USA)
2012 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, funded by National Lottery (Oui Performance)
2012 University of the Arts Conference Research Grant
2011 Lisa Ullmann, International Travel Scholarship
2010 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England (Oui Performance)
2010 NAN Go & See Bursary, a-n, Artist Information Company (Oui Performance)
2010 Post-Graduate Scholarship, York St John University
2009 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England (Oui Performance)

PEER REVIEWED CHAPTERS

2017 Berthing Bone. In: Choreographic Practices. Intellect
2017 Curating Affective Knowledges in/as Performance. In: REPERTÓRIO. Brazil
2016 Attention as a Tension. In: Experiencing Liveness in Contemporary Performance. Routledge
2015 The Choreography of Anticipation in Maria Hassabi's 'Premiere'. In: The Drama Review. MIT Press
2013 Beneath the Surface of the Event: In: Choreographic Practices. Intellect
2013 Blind Dates. In: Activate Journal. Roehampton University
2012 Re-Thinking Stillness. In: Kinesthetic Empathy in Creative and Cultural Practices. Intellect
2012 Nice Lad Broke Rose. In: Total Art Journal. Canada
2012 Loop: In: Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices. Intellect

PUBLISHED WORK IN ARTISTS' BOOKS / EDITIONS

2017 Notes on Living a lossy ecology. In: Lossy Ecology. Ed, Louisa Martin. Flat Time House
2016 The Fjord and the Groin. In: Sound Gender Feminism Activism. University of the Arts
2015 Performance Art in the City of York. In: Oui Performance Papers. Oui Performance Press
2015 The Sound of a Somatic Letter. In: Queer Feminist Reader. INVASORIX. Mexico
2015 Performance Art in the city of York. In: Compass Live Art & LADA
2014 Manual. Nottingham Trent University & Arts Council England
2014 Performance Art Economies. Living Gallery. Poland [Internet]
2013 Coal Tit. Emergency Index 2012. Ugly Duckling Press
2013 Shadows & Refractions. In: Reading / Feeling. Amsterdam: If I Can't Dance, Idea Books
2013 Beyond Necessity. In: Live Art Almanac Volume 3. UK: Live Art Development Agency
2011 Stiff Baroque. In: Emergency Index 2011, Ugly Duckling Press
2011 Robert Filliou & Arts Birthday. In: Educate/Agitate/Organise. East Street Arts

CONFERENCE PRESENATIONS

2015 The Society for Artistic Research Spring Event 2015, Chelsea College of Art and Design
2014 Sound, Gender, Feminism, Activism. Centre for Research into Sound Arts Practice
2014 Choreographing Social Movements in the Americas. Concordia University, Montréal
2013 Embodied Engagement: Immersive Performance. The University of Glasgow
2013 The Practice Exchange. Chelsea College of Art & Design
2013 Panel Convener. Performance Studies International. Stanford University, California
2013 The Centre for Contemporary and Digital Performance, Brunel University, London
2011 Open Dialogues. University of Leeds, School of Fine Art & Cultural Studies
2011 Documentation and the Future of Memory. York St John University
2009 Notes on a Return Symposium, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle

ARTIST TALKS

2020 MA Fine Art. York St John University, York
2017 MA Fine Art. Northumbria University, Newcastle
2017 PhD Programme. Zurich University of the Arts
2017 MA Performance. Leeds Beckett University
2014 MA Interior and Spatial Design. Chelsea College of Arts, London
2014 Sense Lab, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
2014 Dance City, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
2014 The Tetley Centre for Contemporary Art, Leeds
2014 School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
2013 Slade School of Fine Art, Graduate School, University College London
2012 Compass Symposium for Live Art, The Carriageworks, Leeds
2011 Faculty of Art, Environment & Technology, Leeds Metropolitan University
2010 Enquiry Based Learning Symposium, York St John University
2010 Cheshire Centre for Contemporary Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
2009 New Work Network Symposium, Arc Centre for Architecture, Hull

EMPLOYMENT

2019 - current Neurodiversity Practitioner, Spectrum First Education
2020 - 2022 Neurodiversity Consultant, York Mental Health Partnership
2011 - 2018 PhD Candidate, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts
2013 - 2018 PT Lecturer, MA Trinity Laban Conservatoire & Leeds Beckett University
2008 - 2013 Senior Lecturer, BA programmes, Faculty of Arts, York St John University
2004 - 2007 Programme Leader & Lecturer, BTEC programmes , Newcastle College