Curriculum Vitae

Education

09.2010 – 09.2011 – MA Digital Arts In Performance – Birmingham City University
01.2010 – 06.2010 – Arts Award – Birmingham Opera Company
10.2009 – 02.2009 – Adults Other Than Children – University of the First Age
07.2008 – Young People and Arts Boards Programme – Birmingham City Council
09.2007 – 02.2008 – Flying Start – Birmingham
2007 – Student Associates – Moorside High School, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent
2004 – 2007 – BA (Hons) Multimedia Graphics [2:2] – Staffordshire University

Residencies

05.2010 – The Lombard Method, Birmingham with fizzPOP
11.2011 – Micro-residency at Fargo Hack Play Space #

Grants

11.2012 – Grants for the Arts: Flip Festival
10.2012 – Grants for the Arts: Birmingham Zine Festival
11.2011 – Birmingham City University: GLI.TC/H
11.2011 – Grants for the Arts: GLI.TC/H
08.2010 – New Generation Space: Bursary received to attend Stenchival #
10.2009 – Hello Digital fringe event: fizzPOP Howduino hackday #

Exhibitions and performances

2012

FRAME_ – Exhibition of framed artwork – Clarke Gallery at Hotel du Vin, Birmingham
Pop! Bang! Wallop! – Exhibition of modified found items at TROVE – Birmingham
Wednesday from Light – Video screening for Birmingham Opera Company – Birmingham
SuperByte – Video performance as part of Freecode – Manchester
BYOB Leicester – Video performance and screening – Leicester
The reUNION – Audio/visual performance as part of Freecode – Southwark, London
Papergirl – Public art display – Birmingham
BYOB Birmingham – Video screening as part of Flatpack Festival – Birmingham
TEDxBirmingham – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Birmingham
Bus Tops – Exhibition of animated artworks on LED screens at bus stops – London
Network Music Festival – Performances as part of BiLE and Freecode – Birmingham

2011

D1sc0nNe3ct – Video screening at Townhouse Gallery – Cairo, Egypt
Destructural Video – Video screening at Leeds International Film Festival – Leeds
Alvin Lucier: A Celebration – Video screening at Wesleyan University – Conneticut, US
ArtsFest – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Birmingham
Laptops Meet Musicians Festival – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Venice, Italy
SOUNDkitchen – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Birmingham
Electroacoustic Composition Forum – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Liverpool
New Generation Space – Video screening at Newcastle Borough Museum and Art Gallery – Newcastle-under-Lyme

2010

Remember Me – Performance as part of Somesuch Theatre Company – Birmingham
Critical Glitch Artware – Video screening at Notacon – Cleveland, US
Show of Science – Video screening as part of AAS – Birmingham
INFOPORN II – Video screening – Chicago, US
Mixed Material – Video screening and group exhibition – Leicester
Changing Room v2.0 – Virtual exhibition in Second Life at Sonic Arts Research Centre – Belfast
GLI.TC/H – Video screening and group exhibition – Chicago, US
BitJam – Live art performance – Stoke-on-Trent

2009

Othello – Chorus member as part of Birmingham Opera Company – Birmingham
Changing Rooms – Virtual exhibition in Second Life at Eastside Projects – Birmingham
The Event – Performance as part of AAS – Birmingham
The Family – Performance as part of AAS – Birmingham
Caliban’s Island – Performance as part of Somesuch Theatre Company – Birmingham

2008

Flash Art Mob – Public art display as part of B-VAC – Birmingham
Exhibition #1 – Exhibition as part of B-VAC (Birmingham Visual Arts Coalition) – Birmingham
we.assimilate – Performance as part of AAS – London

2007

The Naugal – Performance as part of AAS – Birmingham
Reality Estate – Performance with Friction Arts – Birmingham
we.infest. – Performance as part of AAS – Birmingham
Vivid – Graduate Exhibition – Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent

Memberships

01.2009 – Present – Board Member at VIVID gallery in Digbeth, Birmingham

Professional Experience

11.2010 – Presentation on digital cultures delivered for Fierce Digital Culture Research #
09.2010 – Presentation on Open Source and Art delivered at Birmingham Linux User Group
02.2010 – Introduction to fizzPOP and hackerspaces presentation delivered at Birmingham Linux User Group
02.2010 – Introduction to fizzPOP and hackerspaces presentation delivered at dev8d #
02.2010 – Reporter on GNOME Hackfest for JISC #
10.2009 — 04.2010 – Part of Young People’s steering group for the City Of Culture bid for 2013
12.2009 – Introduction to fizzPOP and hackerspaces presentation delivered at BrumCon 9 #
11.2009 – Introduction to fizzPOP and hackerspaces presentation delivered at Eastside Projects #
06.2009 – Presentation on Open Source Software and Art delivered at Birmingham Linux User Group #
03.2009 – Presentation on Hacking at West By West Midlands # # #
10.2008 – Workshop facilitator for Blog Action Day