I’m a visual artist with a keen interest in society’s impact on us as individuals. I’m a former graduate of languages at Edinburgh University (French and German). I completed my postgraduate studies in Documentary Production at Salford University in 2002 and founded RipRoar Productions where I worked as a freelance documentary filmmaker delivering film projects in the Greater Manchester area to socially excluded young people and disadvantaged members of the community. I studied photography at L’Espace Jemmapes, Paris and Westminster College, London.
I am part of a collective looking at possessions and how they affect our identity. If you would like to get involved or find out more you can click here
I am Founding Director and Curator at Fuse Art Space and founding director of CAMP
Music: Ambrosia(@), Voyou
Clients
My work has been featured in Fact Magazine, BBC Online, The Guardian, The Wire, Les Inrockuptibles, Music Week, Vanguard Red Magazine, The Parisian, The 405, Meme magazine, Fame magazine, Portable TV, Concrete Playground.
Exhibitions
Selected for Portrait Salon 2012, Third Floor Gallery (Cardiff), White Cloth Gallery (Leeds), Roxy Bar and Screen (London).
May 2013-June 2013, Possessed, Liverpool International Photography Festival.
July 2013, “A Fraction Of A Second Or More”, The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool.
October 2013-January 2014, Journey In, The Lauriston Gallery, Waterside Arts Centre.
October 2013, Possessed, Altrincham Arts Festival.
November 2013, Brighton Photo Fringe
September 2014, ‘Every Little Hurts’, Contemporary Landscapes, Great Northern Warehouse, Manchester
October 2014, Possessed, Free For Arts Festival, Manchester
November 2014, Possessed, Carlisle Photo Festival, Carlisle.
March-April 2015, Canvas, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
May 2015, Drift, Saltaire Arts Trail
July 2015, Possessed, Ladyfest Tod, Todmorden
July 2015, Creepshot Disaster, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
September 2015, Drift, British Science Festival, Bradford
March 2016, Stillness & Silence, Kaktus, Iceland
March 2016, Stillness & Silence, Mengi, Iceland
November 2016, Creepshot Disaster, The HTMlles Festival, Montreal, Canada
January-March 2017, Parallel Republic: The Art of Civil Disobedience, People’s History Museum, Manchester
October 2017, Open Studios Exhibition, Redgate Gallery, Beijing
Upcoming Exhibitions:
November 2018 Drift UK Tour as part of OUTLANDS experimental music network
7th Nov , Milton Keynes, MK Gallery
8th Nov , Cambridge, Cambridge Junction
9th Nov , Birmingham, Vivid Projects promoted by Supersonic Festival
11th Nov , Bexhill on Sea, De la Warr Pavilion
14th Nov , Bradford, Fuse Art Space
15th Nov , Manchester, The White Hotel, promoted by Fat Out
16th Nov , Bristol, Arnolfini promoted by Qu Junktions
17th Nov , Plymouth, KARST
Curated Exhibitions:
2015, Exquisite Corpse, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2015, Feint, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2014, Portrait Salon 2014, Bradford
2014, Parallel Republic: The Art of Civil Disobedience, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2014, Bradford Beach, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2014, 2014, Mazy Way or a Luddite’s Height- Jamie and Rickie McNeill, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2014, Lydia Goldblatt, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
2014, Portrait Salon 2013, Fuse Art Space, Bradford
Publications, books, press, and printed work
Soundlessly Collateral, Reykjavik Zine Fair, 2016
This is tomorrow, 2015
Corridor 8 Magazine, 2015
Prototype Magazine, 2013
Portrait Salon 2012
Flair Magazine (Italy), December Issue, 2012
PAPERVAMPIRE Issue 1, 2012
Polkadot Magazine, 2012
Abney (handmade book, Bomb Shop, 2012)
Other Projects
Manuel Göttsching and Rough Fields, live visuals, Hebden Bridge Picture House, 2015
Cover art and photography book, ”Cornelius Cardew”, Language Editions, Bomb Shop, 2015)
Cover Art, ”Neacure, Veacute” by Ambrosia(@), (Bomb Shop, 2015)
Cover art, Petrels, Fuse Editions, (Bomb Shop, 2015)
Cover Art and booklet, “Wessenden Suite” by Rough Fields (Tape and Vinyl, Bomb Shop, 2014)
Cover art/booklet, Steve Reich: “Music for 18 Musicians” Rough Fields version (Digital, Bomb Shop, 2014)
24 page photography book, “Edge of the Firelight” by Rough Fields (CD, Bomb Shop, 2012)
8 page photography book, “Pevensey NLZ” by Ambrosia(@) (CD, Bomb Shop, 2012)
Cover art for “Watery Fable” by Rough Fields (7″ Vinyl, Bomb Shop, 2012)
Music Videos: Watery Fable/Manila/Harbour Wall/Curtain Music by Rough Fields (Bomb Shop)
Residencies
Fjuk Arts Centre, Iceland, Feb-April 2016,
Centre Pompadour, Laboratoire du néoféminisme, France, May 2017
Redgate Gallery, Beijing October 2017
Grants and Awards
Grants for the arts, Arts Council England