2026
Currently working with De La Warr Pavilion, an arts organisation in the South East, and students from a local school to co-produce a permanent installation for Bexhill Train Station, the work will be installed later this year
Started working as Community Engagement Officer at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens as part of the museum redevelopment team, 07/04/26
Made new work for a solo exhibition, ‘Pattern Machines‘ at Shieldfield Art Works, Newcastle, 11/03/26 – 25/03/26
Facilitated two creative workshops exploring colour and pattern through collage and mark making at Shieldfield Art Works, 17/02/26 & 16/03/26
Exhibited artwork in The Graduates exhibition at The National Glass Centre, Sunderland, 31/01/26 – 31/07/26
2025
Started working as a lecturer in Art & Design at Gateshead College, teaching Fine Art, Digital Art, Fashion, Interior Architecture, and working with Project Choice (a group of students with complex support needs)
Exhibited artworks in Process, A Dialogue Between Pedagogy & Practice, Dead Dog Gallery, Durham, 10/10/25 – 12/12/25
2024
Exhibited artwork in ‘Open’ Open, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, 20/09/2024 – 09/11/2024
Started working as Arts Curator for Participation Programmes at Newcastle Hospitals Charity for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Exhibited Tunnel Vision for NightGarden Festival, Manchester, 27/07/24
Facilitated two creative ceramics workshops at The Duchess Community High School in Alnwick, 13/05/24 & 20/05/24
Facilitated two creative workshops for Meet & Make at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, 25/02/24 & 24/03/24
Exhibited artwork in Baltic Open Submission, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 31/01/24 – 22/09/24
2023
Awarded support by Light Up The North to develop a proposal for a new light artwork
Member of panel at Roundtable discussion: Industria: Structurally F-cked for Middlesbrough Art Week at The Auxiliary, alongside Dr Susan Jones and Industria, chaired by Penny Payne, 05/10/23
Exhibited artwork in The Word, exhibition at Pineapple Black for Middlesbrough Art Week 2023, 28/09/23 – 07/10/23
Exhibited artworks in Dan Goodman’s PhD show, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, 17/08/23 – 24/08/23
Artist talk with Eve Cromwell for The New Graduate Award, at The Auxiliary, 02/07/23
Curated exhibition Now That’s What I Call Art III, The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough, 07/07/23 – 21/07/23
Curated exhibition Synthesis of the State, The NewBridge Project. This exhibition was developed together with BA Fine Art students from Newcastle College, 21/04/23 – 30/04/23
Curated exhibition Now That’s What I Call Art II at Newcastle Contemporary Art, 06/04/23 – 29/04/23
Lecture at The Hatton Gallery – Colour in 20th Century Art, 28/01/23
2022
Started working as Producer for Communities at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art on the Neighbourly programme, which uses welcoming practices and creative processes to support people seeking sanctuary in rebuilding their lives in the North East
Shortlisted for North Emerging Visual Artist Award and supported to develop a proposal for new artwork for The National Trust
Awarded CuratorSpace Artist Bursary
Began term as Vice Chair of a-n Artist Council, an advisory group to the Board and Executive of a-n
Lecture at Newcastle University for Urban Planning MA students – Challenges of creative workspace, 22/11/22
Lecture at Newcastle University for Urban Planning MA – Introduction to creative workspace, 25/10/22
Facilitated two creative tote bag design workshops for No More Nowt at Community House, Peterlee and The People’s Picnic, Horden Welfare Park, 12/09/22 & 23/08/22
Presented research poster at The Visual Science of Art Conference in Amsterdam
Curated exhibition Lily Senner: Heaven on Earth, Gallagher & Turner, 15/07/22 – 13/08/22
Facilitated a creative ceramics handbuilding workshop for The Community Festival at Shotton Colliery, 02/07/22
Exhibited proposal & scale model in The National Trust’s North East Emerging Visual Artists Prize Shortlist, Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland, 25/05/22 – 19/06/22
Curated exhibition Modern Myths at The NewBridge Project. This exhibition was developed together with BA Fine Art students from Newcastle College, 19/03/22 – 29/03/22
Exhibited LED signs at Hetton Leisure Centre, Sunderland, 02/06/21 – 04/03/22
Exhibited LED neon signs at The National Glass Centre, Sunderland Social Prescribing Partnership event, 25/04/22 – 02/05/22
Curated exhibition JohnnyX: Panic Picnic, Gallagher & Turner, 29/04/22 – 04/06/22
Curated exhibition Mark Bletcher, Abigail Hampsey & Oliver Hoffmeister: Three’s a Crowd, Gallagher & Turner, 28/01/22 – 05/03/22
Exhibited Tunnel Vision at Now That’s What I Call Art, Newcastle Contemporary Art, 16/12/21 – 15/01/22
Curated exhibition Now That’s What I Call Art I at Newcastle Contemporary Art, a collaboration between two North East-based artist-led projects, System Gallery and Spaghetti Factory. An experimental exhibition by open invitation, which featured work by over 100 artists, 12/21 – 01/22
2021
Awarded Sunderland Shining Stars Awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Community in the Coalfields Area
Started working as Grassroots Artist Rep for Creative Central Newcastle (a new cultural creative zone in development in Newcastle) for Newcastle Council, supported by Emma Coffield at Newcastle University
Artist talk for University of Sunderland Studio Culture Day, 14/12/21
Facilitated two creative galaxy pinwheel workshops for Nightfall Light Festival by Stellar Projects, 03/12/21 & 04/12/21
Delivered workshop in curation for Newcastle University BA Fine Art students, LifeWorkArt Conference, 11/11/21
Curated exhibition Emma Bennett: Above Ground, Gallagher & Turner, 23/07/21 – 04/09/21
Awarded The North East Journal Culture Award for Best Cultural Newcomer by The Northern School of Art
Interview for Creatives in Conversation podcast, 03/08/21
Exhibited Tunnel Vision, new installation at Cheeseburn Sculpture, Northumberland, supported by an Artist Development Award from Cheeseburn and a Project Grant from Arts Council England, 22/05/21 – 11/07/21
Awarded Nightfall Participatory Artist Bursary by Steller Projects
Artist talk for University of Sunderland Creative Lives Series, 16/03/21
Awarded Project Grant for Tunnel Vision by Arts Council England
Curated billboard commission by Matthew Dowell for Hot New It III, Silksworth Row, Sunderland
Artist talk for BA Fine Art, Newcastle College, 02/03/21
Curated exhibition Red + Green = Yellow, an experimental format exhibition about abstraction and collaboration at The NewBridge Project Gallery, Gateshead (Artists commissioned: Eveleigh-Evans, Theresa Poulton, Catriona Beckett, James Ellis and Abi Freckleton), 11/20 – 01/21
Feature by NARC about Spaghetti Factory Graffiti Map of the North East, 18/01/21
2020
Awarded Artist Development Bursary by Cheeseburn Sculpture
Facilitated pasta making workshop at The NewBridge Project, Newcastle for The Collective Studio 17/09/20
Exhibited artwork in Manner of Flying, System Gallery, Newcastle, 05/09/20 – 10/09/20
Exhibited proposal & scale model for North East Young Sculptor of The Year 2020, Cheeseburn Sculpture, Northumberland, 15/08/20 – 31/08/20
Shortlisted for North East Young Sculptor of the Year, Cheeseburn Sculpture
Feature by NARC on The Spaghetti Factory, 17/03/20
Exhibited artworks in Scramble as part of Collective Studio at Pineapple Black, Middlesbrough, 13/03/20 – 04/04/20
Curated exhibition Hot New It II at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, 04/02/20 – 09/08/20
Exhibited as part of a two-person show in The Spaghetti Factory Presents… US at 36 Lime Street, Newcastle with Evelyn Cromwell, 25/01/20 – 02/02/20
Interview on Hey Art What’s Good podcast, 01/02/20
Interview by David Butler for Newcastle University BA Fine Art students, 18/01/20
Member of panel discussion at More Than Meanwhile Spaces II with Vee Pollock, Rebecca Huggan, Alan Welby and Sam Pearce, 17/01/20
2019
Curated exhibition Hot New It I at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, 14/11/19 – 14/01/20
Exhibited artworks in Middlesbrough Art Weekender North East Open Call at Albert Road, Middlesbrough, 26/09/19 – 29/09/19
Member of the Programme Committee at The NewBridge Project, 2019 – 2021
Curated exhibition Dark Matter at The Auxiliary for Middlesbrough Art Weekender, Spaghetti Factory collaboration with art collectives WET Productions, Empty Shop, Durham & BLUR, Sunderland, 26/09/19 – 29/09/19
Started working as Curatorial Fellow at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, 2019 – 2020
Awarded Hatton Gallery Prize for my MFA degree show by Newcastle University
Member of The Collective Studio, The NewBridge Project, 2019 – 2020
Completed studying Fine Art MFA at Newcastle University (grade: 1:1)
Exhibited artworks at MFA degree show in Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, 23/09/19 – 07/09/19
Awarded Artist Bursary by The Eaton Fund for Artists
Artist talk, Hatton Gallery, 06/09/19
Curated exhibition FOURPACK at System Gallery, Newcastle, 04/0719 – 11/07/19
Awarded bursary by Iland Research & Travel Scholarship, Newcastle University
Curated exhibition Jack Connor Kemp, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle, 22/06/19
Awarded bursary by Bartlett Research & Travel Scholarship, Newcastle University
Exhibited artworks in NCL/LDN, exhibition with staff and students from St. Martins, Long Gallery & XL Gallery, Newcastle, 24/06/19 – 06/07/19
Facilitated Spaghetti Factory takeover and pasta workshop at GOLDTAPPED in The NewBridge Project as part of The Late Shows 18/05/19
Facilitated pasta making workshop at BALTIC39 as part of the Ways of Learning exhibition, 17/04/19
Curated exhibition Mag Jittaksa, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle, 30/03/19
Artist talk for Explore Group, Ampersand Inventions, Commercial Union House, Newcastle
Exhibited artwork in Fine Art MFA Exhibition, Long Gallery, Newcastle University, 25/03/19 – 31/03/19
Artist talk for BA Fine Art, Newcastle College, 17/02/19
Exhibited artworks at MFA interim show, Assembly Rooms, Newcastle, 20/02/19
Curated exhibition Lily Senner, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle, 16/02/19
Exhibited artwork in UK Young Artists City Takeover, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, 07/02/19 – 13/02/19
2018
Curated exhibition Meghan Darby, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle, 24/11/18
Curated exhibition Ed Lawrenson, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle, 13/10/18
Curated exhibition Daniel Dale, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle, 04/08/18
Curated exhibition Rebecca Eelbeck, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle 29/06/18
Exhibited proposal & scale model in North East Young Sculptor of The Year 2018, Cheeseburn Sculpture, Northumberland, 19/05/18 – 02/06/18
Curated exhibition Harry Pickup, The Spaghetti Factory, Newcastle 20/04/18
Exhibited artworks in W/O at Vane, Newcastle, 09/03/18 – 24/03/18
Exhibited artwork in DEEP, The Mining Institute, Newcastle, 21/02/18
2017
Awarded scholarship by Forshaw Bursary, Newcastle University
Began studying Fine Art MFA at Newcastle University
Completed Glass and Ceramics BA (grade: 1:1) at University of Sunderland in The National Glass Centre
Shortlisted for North East Young Sculptor of the Year, Cheeseburn Sculpture
Artist talk for BA Fine Art, Newcastle College
Exhibited artwork in Nasty Women North East, Thought Foundation, Birtley, 17/11/17
Exhibited artwork at FRESH, The British Ceramics Biennale, Stoke, 23/09/17 – 05/11/17
Residency at AlmadiART Silicate Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Exhibited artwork at New Designers, The Business Design Centre, London, 29/06/17 – 08/07/17
Awarded bursary by Mike Davies Innovation Scholarship, University of Sunderland
Exhibited artwork at BA degree show, Glass & Ceramics Degree Show, The National Glass Centre, Sunderland, 09/06/17 – 15/06/17
Studio Placement with Patricia Mato-Mora at The Joan Miro Foundation, Mallorca, 02/17
2016
Exhibited artwork in Immersion at The Grove House, Claremont, California as part of study abroad programme, 03/06/16
2015
British Ceramics Biennale Invigilator, 10/15
Arts Facilitator at The Electric Picnic Festival, 09/15
Ceramics Instructor at Hardwick Festival, 08/15
Intern at North Tyneside Art Studio, Summer 2015
2014
Began studying Glass and Ceramics BA at University of Sunderland in The National Glass Centre
Worked as Ceramics and glass instructor at Camp Medolark, Maine
Worked as Gallery Sales Assistant at Kevin Sharkey Gallery & Studios, Dublin
2013
Studied Portfolio Preparation course at Coláiste Dhúlaigh, Dublin
Worked as Ceramics Instructor at Artworks Cafe, Dublin