With an MA in Textiles (Mixed Media) from the Royal College of Art, I have developed a diverse and innovative practice that combines a deep respect for traditional craft with a drive to push the boundaries of textile art. My work spans both hard and soft materials, transforming cloth into sculptural forms, stitched narratives, and performative garments that challenge how we think about textiles in contemporary art.

At the core of my practice is a commitment to storytelling and the exploration of identity, history, and social inequality. Quilts, garments, and layered textile forms become vessels for incomplete or unspoken stories, some drawn from my personal narrative, others reflecting collective struggles, particularly those of marginalised communities. Each piece embodies absence and memory, inviting viewers to imagine what remains unseen and to engage in conversations about resilience, belonging, and representation.

Live performance and collaboration are also central to my practice. I work with choreographers and dance companies to create costumes that merge fabric, body and movement, enhancing both the aesthetic and the narrative dimensions of performance. These projects, alongside my socially engaged community work, position my practice as both deeply personal and widely connective.

By drawing on the cultural histories of fabric while experimenting with new materials and techniques, I aim to transform textiles into powerful tools for storytelling, dialogue, and social commentary.

SOLO

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 2026: Sculpture to be installed Jul’26 -Wrapped in Cold Hard Comfort

• 2026: research sharing event -Wrapped in Cold Hard Comfort

East Street Arts

• 2025: SOLO EXHIBITION The Weight of :/ Absence

SELECTED GROUP

Craft Study Centre, Farnham

• 2025: The Joy in the Detail

Woodend Gallery, Scarborough

• 2025: Still Here - Queer Quilts in the Making. Featured Artworks:

• Silence

Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds

• 2025: Loops - Collaborative Exhibition of Dutch & Yorkshire Textiles Artists. Featured Artworks:

• Anatomy of a Quilt

• Sit With Me

• Round Hole, Square Peg

• 2024: Tangled Up - Featured Artworks: 

• Anatomy of a Quilt

• Coded Stitch

• Silence

• Tell Me of a Complicated Animal

WOVEN in Kirklees, Huddersfield Art Gallery

• 2023: Quilted

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 2023: Stitched Stories

Array Store, London

• 2021: Going Round in Circles

AIR Gallery, Greater Manchester

• 2020: Queer Contemporaries – Featured artwork:  

• Slate Stitched Circles 

Hockney Gallery, London

• 2010: Performance work ‘Hellfire’

The Cob Gallery, Camden, London

• 2010: Royal We Guts for Garters Collective

DANCE COLLABORATIONS

Venice Dance Biennale

• 2026: The Ministry, Maxine Doyle (Punchdrunk)

Interdisciplinary Dance Programme (IDP) Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD)

• 2026: The Ministry, Maxine Doyle (Punchdrunk)

• 2025:‍ A Thousand Suns - Johannes Wieldan

• 2024: The Rescue- Gecko 

Equilibrio Dinamico - Italy

• 2025: When People Used to Die - (LA) HORDE 

Linden Dance

• 2025: Caged

Gary Clarke Company

• 2025: Detention: Quilt

Extended Play - Jamaal Burkmar

• 2025: Instructions for Dancing

• 2023: How to Build a Universe and How to End It

Leeds Art Gallery / IDP

• 2023: TESSELL8 - Sonia Boyce 

Transform Festival

• 2023: Tell Me of a Complicated Animal, Nicky Murman

 Leeds Year of Culture 2023

• Watson Dance Project / Jesus Gambo: Gran Bolero

• Sharon Watson MBE and Corrine Bailey Rae: Seeds, Dreams and Constellations

VERVE | Northern School of Contemporary Dance

• 2024: When People Used to Die - (LA) HORDE 

• 2023: An Evening With - Jamaal Burkmar 

• 2021: The Unbearable - Sita Ostheimer 

• 2020: White Lies - Botis Seva 

• 2019: 4:18 - Maxine Doyle 

• 2018: NOBODY 'CEPT YOU - Sita Ostheimer 

• 2018: Riders - Lenka Vagnerová 

We Are Ramped CIC

• 2022: Off-Centre - Phil Sanger 

Sardoville Dance Company

• 2021: Restoration - Phil Sanger, Michael Marquez. 

• 2017-2019: Just For An Hour

• 2014-2016: A Matter of Impression - artistic consultancy and costume direction 

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Urban Pirate

• 2004 – 2008: Operated an independent men's wear design studio, specialising in one-off garment design and construction. 

Embryo, Menswear, Leeds

• 2003: Design Assistant 

Nico Di Donna, Soho, Menswear, London

• Aug 2001-Jan 2002: Design Assistant 

Tortoise Clothing, Menswear, Leeds

• Oct 1996-Jul 2001: Design Assistant 

Madame Jo-Jo's, Soho, London

• Mar 1994 - Jun 1996: Cabaret Performer/Costume Designer 

Broadcasting Modelling Agency, London

• Mar 1994-Jun 1996: Photographic and Video Work 

OTHER COLLABORATIONS & COMMISSIONS

2018: Illustrations for the book - Stories from the Chicken Foot House by Tina Jackson

British Council 

• 2013: Curated an International Fashion Showcase at the Bolivian Embassy 

• 2010: Zagreb Inclusive Design 

2009: Franko B, storytelling and stitch.

2007: Cut - clothing & photography project exploring representations of masculinity, with Jac Callaghan. 

TALKS

WOVEN in Kirklees

• 2023: Sew Inclusive: Male & Non-Binary Artists in Conversation

Connected Sounds Podcast

• 2023: Now\Then - How queer nightlife has evolved in the North from the 80's until today

Leeds Year of Culture 2023, Leeds Central Library

• 2023:From Crisis to Conquest: HIV & AIDS in the North - panel event where activists and support workers reflected on the last 40 years, asking what lessons can be learned from our local history 

SUPPORT WORK

BHA-Skyline, HIV Support services 

2018-2024 - Mental Health Support Worker providing 1:1 support, delivering HIV training, and facilitating groups for MSM and asylum seekers 

Arts Council England

• 2025: National Lottery Project Grant: Wrapped In Cold Hard Comfort

• 2024: Developing Your Creative Practice Grant 

University of Leeds

• 2024: Leeds Creative Labs | Smeaton300 edition 

Living on the Edge of The World

• 2024: Artist in Residence

Jerwood

• 2023: Introduction to Scenic Design, Leeds Playhouse

Coventry Cathedral

• 2023: Artist in Residence, re-imagining the Pride Flag

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 2022: Artist in Residence within On Queer Ground

British Council

• Zagreb Inclusive Design

BHA Skyline, Leeds

• 2021: Project Manager -HIV 40-Year Celebration Quilt exhibition hosted by Thackray Museum of Medicine

British Council

• 2013: Curator - International Fashion Showcase at the Bolivian Embassy

Royal College of Art

• 2013 / 2012 /2011: Curator for School of Materials - End of Year Show

• 2012: Curator - Inspiring Matter; Curator for School of Materials - Interim Show

• 2010: Curator - Gender and Performance

Fashion & Textiles Museum, London

• 2010: Exhibition Project Manager - Sue Timney and the Design of Timney-Fowler

INDEPENDENT WORKSHOPS

• 2025-26: Stitching Through Weight & Resilience [Textile as Structure — Expanding Practice Through Resistance]

• 2023: Experimental Still and Life Drawing in collaboration with Tessa Houghton 

ALL OTHER WORKSHOPS & LECTURING

Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Leeds

• 2024: BA (HONS) Dance (Contemporary), Storytelling and Costume 

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

• 2016 - 2019: Artist Educator

Haute Ecole D'Art Et De Design Geneva

• 2012 & 2013 Drawing Workshops

Kensington and Chelsea College

• 2012 - 2013: BTEC Foundation, Fashion & Textiles Pathway Course Leader 

• 2009 - 2012: BTEC Fashion and Clothing Lecturer. 

• 2008 - 2012: Diploma in Creative Media Lecturer. 

Leeds Arts University, formerly Leeds College of Art and Design

• 2003 - 2008: Lecturer - Foundation Diploma in Art & Design / Lecturer - Diploma in Visual Studies, Lecturer  / Visiting Lecturer - BA Fashion and Clothing, Design Development Module

2010 Royal College of Art

• MA CONSTRUCTED TEXTILES Dissertation: Travels in Gender Couture

2001 Leeds College of Art and Design, now Leeds Arts University

• BA HONS CLOTHING & FASHION (First Class) Final Year Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis of Richard Dyers classification of ‘Gayness’ with ‘Queer as Folk’.

• 1998 Foundation Studies in Art and Design