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1964 Born in Liverpool, England
1983-86 Chelsea School of Art H.N.D. Mural Design
1987-88 Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. Dundee Scotland M.A. Public Art
1987 Travelled to Mexico studying muralism
1990 Resident artist (Tate Gallery educational outreach) Rotunda Community College, Liverpool
1991 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Residency
1994 Richard Mills Travel Scholarship, Berlin Germany
1994-99 Co-ordinator, Artskills youth arts project, Liverpool
2003-04 Firestation Artists Studio Award Dublin Ireland. Residency
2005 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Ireland. Residency
2006 Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh Ireland. Residency
2008 Allianz Arts Award, Ireland winner
2010 Liverpool Art Prize winner
Exhibitions
1987 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool (with Ian Breakwell)
1988 Merseyside Museum of Labour History (solo)
General Motors factory, Kirkby Merseyside (solo)
1989 T&G.W.U. Liverpool Municipal Annexe (solo)
1991 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (solo)
1992 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool ‘A pool of signs’ (group)
1993 North West Arts Board, Liverpool ‘Recent Work’ (solo)
1994 Clwyd & N.W. Arts ‘touring exhibition’ (group) Asturias Spain
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall ‘Pageant’ (solo)
National Portrait Gallery, London B.P.Portrait Exhibition (group)
Liverpool University, Senate House ‘Recent Work’ (solo)
1997 National Portrait Gallery, London B.P. Portrait Exhibition (group)
1998 Galerie Berners ‘Das Ich und die Gesellschaft’ Cologne Germany (solo)
2000 Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
2001 Lichtof der VHS Cologne, Germany ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
The Gasyard, Derry, Ireland ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
2003 Bury City Gallery ‘A plea to somewhere else’ (group)
2003-04 Museum of Liverpool Life ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
2004 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin Ireland ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
2005 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Ireland ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
The Model & Niland Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ (solo)
Galerie Gulliver, Cologne, Germany ‘Allotment’ with Carl Hunter & Clare Heney
2008 Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool ‘Next up’ (group)
2009 Contemporary Art Norwich EAST International 09 (group)
Northern Print Biennale, Newcastle (group)
EASTvideo, screenings at various venues across the UK (group)
Trafo Gallery, Budapest, Hungary ‘EASTgoesEAST’ (group)
Royal College of Art, London ‘Por Convencion Ferrer’ (solo)
2010 Liverpool Art Prize (group)
Northern Art Prize (group)
2011 Walker Gallery, Liverpool ‘The Irlam House Bequest’ (solo)
Public/Site Specific Artworks
1986-00 Numerous Trade Union Bannerworks (solo)
1986-87 T.U.C. National Education Centre, London Mural (group)
T.U.C. National Education Centre, London Mural (solo)
Granada Television Youth Festival, Manchester, Backdrop (group)
1992 Knowsley Borough Council, ‘The past we inherit the future we build’ Mural (solo)
1995-98 Artskills youth arts project Bannerworks 37 collaborative, public-sited projects (group)
2000 Liverpool Billboard Project Billboard ‘1911 General Transport Strike’ (group)
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Bannerworks (group)
2001 New Zealand House, Newz Bar Liverpool ‘Some Liverpool Radicals ’ series of 8 large-scale paintings
2003 National Concert Hall Dublin ‘A celebration of the life of Victor Jara’ Backdrops
2005-06 100 Banners & embroidered works with St Joseph’s Primary School ‘One hundred flowers to bloom’
Dublin Port Terminus
2006 11 Banners ‘Some Cobh Non-Natives’ Cobh Public Library Ireland
Projections & stage design ‘Bang on’ Dublin Aids Alliance theatre production. Liberty Hall Dublin
2008 ‘Cities on the edge’ Liverpool Biennial. ‘La Dolce Vita’ 3 billboards with Alan Dunn
2009 Mural workshop ’Bidder’ EASTproject 5. Gallery at Norwich University College of the Arts (group)
2011 Robert Tressell Centenary, 87-95 Dale Street Liverpool. Large scale Bannerwork (solo)
Bibliography and Interviews
1987 ‘Die Horen’ feature, Arts review quarterly, Germany
1988 A.E.U. Journal exhibition review, U.K.
1990 ‘The New’ feature, Granada Television
1990 ‘Zone Rouge’ film feature, W.F.A. Manchester for Belgian Satellite Television
1991 ‘11 Painters painting’ feature, Granada Television ‘Strongholds’ interview, B.B.C. Radio Ulster
‘Gift for the grotesque in images of modern mayhem’ exhibition review, Steve Brauner Liverpool Daily Post
1998 ‘Das Ich und die Gesellschaft’ feature Jurgen Kisters ‘8 Days a Week’ exhibitions programme
‘Meschen im Halbdunkel’ exhibition review Kolner Stadt-Anzieger. Jurgen Kisters
1999 Liverpool Billboard Project, catalogue
2000 ‘The Beautiful North’ presenter, 5 part series Granada Television
2004 ‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ feature FACTO magazine, Bryan Adams
‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ Contexts – arts & practice in Ireland Journal
‘As if in a dream dreamt by another’ Katrina Goldstone. Exhibition catalogue Ireland
2005 ‘Fluchtlinge verwachsen mit der neuen heimat’ exhibition review Kolner Stadt-Anzieger. Jurgen Kisters
2006 ‘Allotment’ CONTEXTS arts & practice in Ireland journal
‘The art of moving on’ The Sunday Tribune supplement Ireland, Gary Culliton
‘100 Flowers to bloom’ Helen O’Donohue Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Port Authority publication
2008 ‘Sklave, geld, musik und fussball’ interview. Die Wochenzeitung WOZ Germany. Pit Wuhrer
‘Por Convencion Ferrer - The North West of England, Anarcho-Syndicalism & Time Travel’ Liverpool University Press
‘On the edge of passion’ (film, 52 minutes) presenter. Director: Thierry Aguila, French production for ‘Cities on the edge’
2009 EAST International 2009. Exhibition catalogue (’Por Convencion Ferrer’)
Northern Print Biennale 2009. Exhibition catalogue
‘Free for all’ article featuring ‘Some Liverpool Radicals’. The Guardian. Mike Morris 27/6/09
‘East International plays fast and loose with the truth’. The Guardian. Adrian Searle 20/7/09
2011 AP Engine. On-line interview & ‘North Canada - English Electric’ Gary Thomas 13/1/11
Collected Works
Museum of Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery Liverpool
T&GWU North West Region and numerous U.K. Trade Unions
University of Liverpool
The British Council in Ireland / CREATE /
Firestation Artists Studios, Dublin
Triskel Arts Centre Cork Ireland
Dublin Port Company
Cobh Public Library
Numerous private collections