Biography
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Reclaiming Agency: AI and the power of narrative medicine, artist in residence,
Kings College London, Jan ‘20’ - July ‘21’
Mental Health and Justice, Artist in residence (metacognition strand),
Bethlem Gallery, Nov '19' - Nov ‘21’
Art as Research Peer Group, Bethlem Gallery, Nov ‘20’ - Present
Open School Remote, 12 week online course/meeting space, Bethlem Gallery, April - July ‘20’
Art & Value, Artist in residence, Bethlem Gallery, Feb - 31 Aug '19'
Film and Photography Conservatoire (led by Sal Anderson at LCC), Feb '17' - ‘19’
PERMANENT COMMISSIONED ARTWORKS:
‘HOLD’ Public artwork installation for International Year of the Nurse and Midwife,
Maudsley Hospital reception area, Dec ‘20’
Morgan Stanley Commission working with The British Museum and Outside In, Oct '16' - May '17'
EXHIBITIONS:
(selected)
Art and Justice, Bethlem Gallery, 22nd Sept - Present
Out of the Head and Into the Body, Bethlem Gallery, 4th - 10th Sept
Welcome to the New Fragile, Bethlem Gallery, 23rd Sept - 7th Nov ‘20’
Through Practice, ORTUS, 10 Jan '20' - 13 March ‘20’
Transitions, Bethlem Gallery, 8 Jan '20' - 13 March ‘20’
Collective Vision, Brew Gallery, 25 Nov '19' - 5 Jan '20'
Art & Value,exhibition / residency, Bethlem Gallery, Feb - 31 Aug '19'
Black, The Crypt Gallery, London, 18-20 Dec ‘18’
Secret Postcard, Folkestone, Nov ‘18’
Secret Charter, The Dulwich Picture Gallery, 17 Oct '18'
Bed Blocking, Candid Arts Trust, London, Oct ‘18’
50/50, with Artistic UK, The Crows Nest Gallery, 1 - 28 Aug '18'
Vinylism, with The Edinburgh Collage Collective, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh, 3 - 14 July '18'
Paper Garden, 6BC Botanical Garden, New York, 12 - 30 June '18'
In Out There, Gallery 1, Attenborough Art Centre, Leicester, 13 April - 17 June '18'
PrintFest7, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, 23 May - 10 June '18'
Here, Casement Gallery, Folkestone, 20 - 31 May '18'
Normal?Festival of the Brain, Bounce Vintage, 9 - 30 May '18'
Thumbnail, Nolia's Gallery, Southwark, London, 9 - 23 May '18'
Hospital Rooms 20x20 Fundraiser, Griffin Gallery, London, 25 April '18'
Shape Arts Open: Collective Influence, Mile End Art Pavilion, London, 22 March - 5 April '18'
Festival of Print (East London Printmakers Box-Set), Mile End Pavilion , 1 - 10 Dec '17'
The Shape of Things, Sun Pier House, Curator, May '17'
Winter Salon, Rye Creative Centre, 24 Nov - 9 Dec '17'
Secret Postcard Show, Folkestone Creative Quarter 16 - 26 Nov '17'
It's How Well you Bounce, (feat. Grayson Perry), Bethlem Gallery, Sept - 28 Oct '17'
From Selfie to Self-Expression, Saatchi Gallery 31 Mar - 6 Sept '17'
Medway Open Studios, Sun Pier House, 7th July - August 2017.
Afternoon Tea: Works on Paper, Chiara Williams Contemporary Art, 8 - 16 July '17'
Medway Print Festival: River Series, Sun Pier House, 6 - 25 June '17'
Seeking Asylum, (in conjunction with The Welcome Collection 'Bedlam'), Bethlem Gallery, 21 Sept – 11 Nov '16'
Emerging, The Long Gallery, Maudsley Hospital 14 Feb - 26 May '16'
Changing Minds, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 6 - 7 Feb '16'
School of Design Postgraduate Show, LCC, 7 -12 Dec '15'
Brighton PhotoMarathon, Brighton University Gallery 19 - 26 July '14'
Red, Cultivate Gallery, Vyner Street, 3 April - 1 May '14'
London Today: The Naked Truth (part of Art Licks Weekend), The Stone Space, 3 - 27 Oct '13'
Cork Street Open Exhibition, 28 Cork Street, Mayfair, 9- 16 Augt '13'
Memorabilia, Norlington Road Studios, 6 - 14 July '13'
A Matter of Taste, Pictorem Gallery, Walthamstow, 1 - 30 June '13'
Star Walls, The Stone Space, 16 May - 9 June '13'
Wing Asylum, The Asylum, Peckham, 28 - 30 March '13'
The Wing Assignment, Red Bull Studios Gallery, Tooley Street, 19 - 25 Sept '12'
Art Takes Times Square, (Artists Wanted Competition), New York, June '12'
The Brighton Festival: Art in the Office, April - May '12'
ART FAIRS/ MARKETS:
Bethlem Art Fair, Nov - Jan ‘20’, ‘19’, ‘18’, ‘17’ and ‘16’
Art Market ME14, Sept '17'
The Little Big E10 Art Fair, Norlington Studios, 1 - 9 July '17'
The Affordable Art Fair, Sun Pier House, Jan '17'
Virtually Christmas, Norlington Studios, 16 Dec 2016
CREATIVE FACILITATION:
Art in Mind workshops, facilitator, April '21' – Present
Art at the Farm, Life skills tutor, Oct '18' – Present
In Clay Course, joint facilitator, Bethlem Gallery, 2021
‘HOLD’ research and development workshops for patients, Oct - Dec ‘20’
MA in integrative arts psychotherapy lecture/workshop, Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education, Oct ‘20’
‘Constraints’ workshop, part of Creativity and Wellbeing Week, South London and Maudsley, 24 June ‘20’
‘Bigger Than my Body’ workshop, Take Up Space Festival, March ‘20’
Becoming Exhibition, Facilitating a series of Workshops at the Bethlem Hospital Mother and Baby Unit, to produce work for the exhibition, Nov - Dec '19'
‘Written Language vs Visual Grammar’ workshop, Bethlem Gallery, July '19'
Tate Exchange, Time Well Spent, Participatory Workshop lead, 3 Dec '17'
Tate Exchange, Art in Mind, Workshop, Artist talk and Q&A, April '17'
OTHER
Wellcome Trust, body of work(over 100 pieces) acquired alongside workbooks, sketchbooks and notebooks for archival ‘19’
The Lancet Psychiatry, Cover Artist, Jan - Dec '18'
Arts in Mind Innovation World Cafe Participant, (with Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience) , ORTUS, 2 March '17'
The Stone Space Gallery, Steering Group, Front of House Manager, June '12' – Jan '13'
Leytonstone Arts Trail, Events Co-Ordinator, '12'
ACCOLADES
Arts Council England, Emergency fund, May ‘20’
Sane Creative Awards, Grant recipient, Nov '19'
Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, Shortlist, Sept '17'
Secret Art Prize, Longlist, July '17'
Saatchi Selfie Competition, Finalist, Feb '17'
Jerwood Visual Arts Bursary, Shortlist, Feb '17'
Brighton PhotoMarathon, Category Winner, July '14'
Bloch International Dance Day Competition, Winning image, May '14'
Siobhan Davies '-Your Move-', Photograph of the Weekend, Dec '13'
Cork Street Open Exhibition, Photographic Award Winner, Sept '13'
Nikon Photo Contest 2012-2013, Photographs in First and Second Round judging
The Wing Assignment, Winner of Public Vote '12'
Frui Advanced Photography Competition for Competition and Content, First Place, March '12'
Arts Council England, Emergency fund, May ‘20’
Sane Creative Awards, Grant recipient, Nov '19'
Adam Reynolds Memorial Bursary, Shortlist, Sept '17'
Secret Art Prize, Longlist, July '17'
Saatchi Selfie Competition, Finalist, Feb '17'
Jerwood Visual Arts Bursary, Shortlist, Feb '17'
Brighton PhotoMarathon, Category Winner, July '14'
Bloch International Dance Day Competition, Winning image, May '14'
Siobhan Davies '-Your Move-', Photograph of the Weekend, Dec '13'
Cork Street Open Exhibition, Photographic Award Winner, Sept '13'
Nikon Photo Contest 2012-2013, Photographs in First and Second Round judging
The Wing Assignment, Winner of Public Vote '12'
Frui Advanced Photography Competition for Competition and Content, First Place, March '12'