I am interested in the mechanics of artistic process, exploring the dynamics of collaboration and the ethical role of the artist. I examine the tension between what motivates me as an artist, and how this can both support and conflict with the needs of participants. My work explores some of the ambiguities, the difficulties and also the opportunities that can arise, including the blurred boundaries between exploitation and consent.
Alongside my art practice, I have facilitated over 400 phototherapy workshops working with an intergration of art therapy, somatic trauma recovery and psychotherapy. The workshops offer a playful group experience, that allows participants to develop self-expression while exploring new creative possibilities.
My work has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4 and Dazed Digital and been commissioned by Bombay Sapphire. I was shortlisted for The Artist’s Cut a film industry led programme in partnership with BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts. My work has also been included in numerous group shows and exhibited at The Photographers’ Gallery and the Florence Trust.
Education
· 1986-1989 Diploma Preliminary Art & Design, Withens Lane College of Art, Wallasey
· 1989-1991 OND Graphic Design, Withens Lane College of Art, Wallasey
· 1991-1993 HND Graphic Design, Nene College of Art & Design, Northampton
· 1990-1992 BA Hons Graphic Design, Liverpool College of Art
· 1992-1996 Lives in London working as Graphic Designer in Television
· 1996-2004 Lives in London working as Director in Television
· 2004-2008 Lives in New York and Los Angeles working as Director in Television
· 2009-2012 Lives in London and Paris working as Creative Director
· 2012-2014 MA Photography, London College of Communication
· 2019-2020 CPCAB, Level 2 certificate in Counselling
· 2020-2023 3-Year professional trauma training - Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings
· 2021 Winner Create Recovery Community Grant
· 2019 Winner Create Recovery Community Grant
· 2018 Winner Create Recovery Individual Artist Grant
· 2018 Florence Trust Summer Show, Highbury, London
· 2018 Elephant Atlas, London College of Communication (LCC), London
· 2017 Florence Trust 12-month residency, Highbury, London
· 2017 Traces, FreeSpace Project, Kentish Town Health Centre, London
· 2015 Fresh Faced & Wild Eyed, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
· 2013 The Artist’s Cut, shortlisted, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gateshead
· 2013 Alan as part of Totem: Trajectories in Tragedy, Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent
· 2013 Sanskara (Steelite Pavilion, with Corinne Felgate) British Ceramic Biennial, Staffordshire
· 2013 No Guts No Glory, LOOK/13, Liverpool International Photography Festival
Selected Commissions
· 2019 Guest Speaker, University of Westminster, BA (Hons) Photography, London
· 2018 Experiential Phototherapy Workshop, BA (Hons) Photography, (LCC), London
· 2018 Elephant Atlas - Compulsion to Collect Workshop, (LCC), London
· 2017 Guest Speaker, University of Westminster, BA (Hons) Photography, London
· 2017 Phototherapy Workshops, 12-weeks, Steps2Recovery, London
· 2016 Guest Speaker, University of Westminster, BA (Hons) Photography, London
· 2015 Phototherapy Workshops, 10-weeks, Cranstoun City Road
· 2015 Artist film collaboration with Corinne Felgate, The Factory of Things, Camden Arts Centre
· 2014 In Conversation, Yinka Shonibare MBE & Iwona Blazwich, (Director Whitechapel Gallery), documentary Director
· 2013 Photographic Collaboration with Florence Peake for Orpheus Twice at David Roberts Foundation, London
· 2013 Short Film (Alan as part of Totem: Trajectories in Tragedy, Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent
· 2011 Director Joe Wright, photographic Portraiture Commission
· 2011 Actor Jo Hartley, photographic Portraiture Commission
· 2011 Actor Peter Sullivan, photographic Portraiture Commission
· 2007 Noise (feature film), photographic portraiture commission by Warner Brothers & Henry Bean.
Awards
· 2001 BBC2 Greenlight Award – nominee
· 2001 Broadcast Award for best satellite, cable & digital documentary - nominee