I am a visual artist, researcher and writer based in London. I have made installations and site-specific work in the public realm since 1994. My work is largely project-based.  I often develop my practice in site-specific contexts and I collaborate with a number of professionals from other specialisms including architecture and design, as well as community individuals and groups.

Permanent Commissions
I have been commissioned to design and make a number of permanent public works. My current project Wall of Letters is a large glass text wall for Christ's Lane, Cambridge commissioned by Land Securities with Christ's College.  Other permanent works include Postcard Journey and Button Wall for the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital Art Project (which won a Saltire Award for Art and Architecture in 2005) and the fibre optic installation Star Gazing for the Edinburgh Dental Institute. These permanent projects, which often evolve over a number of years, enable me to work on an ambitious scale and with a number of interesting materials.

Temporary Projects
I have initiated, as well as been commissioned to make, several temporary projects. The shorter life-span of these works, together with often less conventional spaces in which they are sited, allows a directness in both the development of ideas and the realisation of the work. These works can include large-scale works such as the building wrap Justice shines by its own light for the new UK Supreme Court in Parliament Square, London (2007-08).  As well as more intimate and interactive works such as Reflectagon, a camera obscura for Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire (2004) and A Taste of Summer, a light installation/performance for the Forces of Light Festival, Helsinki in 1999.

Exhibitions
I have exhibited widely in more conventional gallery spaces in Britain and abroad including Millais Gallery, Southampton (2008), Café Gallery, London (2005), Buzzer Thirty, New York (2004), the Crafts Council, London (2003), Dominic Berning, London (2000-2004), Harris Museum, Preston (2000), Varberg Museum, Sweden (1997).  I have had solo exhibitions at 11 Spitalfields, London (forthcoming October 2008), the Economist, London (2002), Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (2001), and Damasquine Gallery, Brussels (2002).

Writing
I am particularly interested in developing ways in which the artist's experience, and reflection of practice can be voiced to other artists, professionals, academics and other interested parties through the spoken and written word. I am currently Commissions Coordinator of a-n's online Knowledge bank. I co-edited Navigating the Unknown: the creative process in contemporary performing arts, eds., Bannerman, Sofaer and Watt (London: MU Press, 2006). My research reports Reflections on Networking and Impact of Networking (both Newcastle-upon-Tyne: a-n The Artists Information Company, 2006) examine artists' experiences of the Networking Artists Networks (NAN) project and what the impact of networking has on artistic practice.

The negotiation process involved in realising my large-scale projects is a primary research interest and formed the basis of my PhD thesis The Process and Practice of the Artist in Public Art Commissions completed at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2002. My six part series ‘Navigating Places' published in a-n Magazine, 2003-2004 discusses a number of issues that artists face in working in the public realm through the examination of specific temporary and permanent projects in the UK.

Consultancy and Academic Work
My interest in supporting artists' practices has led me to mentor a number of emerging artists on the Irwell Sculpture Trail's 1st Out Bursary (2003-2004) as well as mid-career artists on Making Art Work, a professional practice scheme run by Suffolk County Council (2003-2006).  I am currently curator for the Open Space projects as part of the major new public art commissioning programme Genius Loci for Essex County Council.

I was Research Fellow at ResCen (Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts) at Middlesex University (2004-2008) and I was a part-time lecturer in Contextual Studies and Art History at Roehampton University (2003-2007).  I continue to guest lecture.

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