This year Pafos is European Capital of Culture 2017. As an artist who has been regularly visiting the Pafos region for over 15 years now I am honored to be able to announce that I am having a show at Cyprus College of Art as part of Pafos 2017.

http://www.pafos2017.eu/en/

The Lempa Link explores my relationship with the area and the many other artists and creatives that pass through - many of which call Lempa a second home. Also exhibiting as part of the show are Grahame Parry, Stass Paraskos, ...
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As our #Archwayeverydaystories project draws to a close this week we are holding an open invite celebration event for
anyone who is interested in the project and it's outcomes. This project has been based at Archway and as such the celebration event is also based there. The project has been funded by Leeds Inspired with additional funds coming from Marks and Spencer sponsoring Archway as their charity of the year.



 


Leeds Inspired is part of the city’s cultural programme that celebrates arts e...

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For the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of working collaboratively with Prof. Kenneth G Hay, Josef Danek and a whole host of other students and artists from England, Ireland, Czech Republic and Slovakia to create a group exhibition at the Cyprus College of Art.

The theme of the project was Paradise and a whole range of work was created from sculptures using found objects to action painting to performance work to traditional painting and sculpture. 

The whole project was documented from t...
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I will be showcasing my work with Entirely Art at The British Craft Trade Fair 2012.

Details are as follows so why not pop along for a looksie: 

BCTF 2012, The Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, Sunday 15th to Tuesday 17th April. Entirely Art can be found at Stand 111A

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Something About To Happen
January 6th
Gallery Skolska, 28 School St, Praha 1
Prague

An exhibition directed by Josef Danek, Kenneth G. Hay and Voyta Horalek in association with the Frozen Academy.

Head to Gallery Skolska this winter and you will be confronted with an installation of ideas gathered from a circle of 32 artists, theorists and performers working around the idea of 'Something About to Happen' and trying to offer some answers to the question 'What will happen in 2012?' 

There is a wall of...
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Hot on the heels of 'The Sketchbook Project' (See previous post or the link at the end of this post for more information) comes 'The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap' run by Beth Nicholls at Do What You Love.

This participation extravaganza sees creative types from all over the world creating original stitched postcards with the theme 'Bloom.' You register online at the Do What You Love webpage (link below) and you then have until August 14th to complete and send your postcard to your swap par...
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I Love West Leeds Festival takes place between 1st and 24th July with events, exhibitions and activities for all the family spread across the West Leeds area. All sorts of exciting happenings are planned including an unusual dance performance in a children's playground, an inflatable cinema and an orchestral concert in a pool where you can actually swim around the outside!

With events as wacky as these ones planned it's no wonder that yours truly had to get involved somehow! So, I am participa...
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On The Edge is basically a pilot Arts Festival that is getting the city ready for Leeds Fringe which is going to take place from 2012.

The festival is taking place at Temple Works a former mill of huge proportions that is set to become one of the cities up and coming Arts venues. It is going to feature a range of local up and coming talents including performance artists 'Skeleton Project,' theatre company 'Urban Sprawl' and of course yours truly along with a host of other exciting artists!

Over...
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Yesterday, marked the end of Saltaire's first stand alone Arts Trail and it has been the busiest trail yet with thousands of visitors to the village. There were twelve open houses, children's activities and a fantastic makers fair.

Our house has had a constant stream of visitors throughout the weekend, with steady sales and fantastic feedback from a variety of audiences.

I would like to say a big thank you to Jill Smith and Laura Slater for exhibiting so beautifully at my house and for bring ar...
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Roll up, roll up, read all about it! I've two pieces of exciting news for you!

1. Friday May 27th is 'Hot on the Catwalk' Rose and Brown's vintage fashion show with a selection of vintage stalls, cabaret seating and the all important catwalk. I will be helping tomorrow night by strutting my stuff on the catwalk and I am getting very nervous! So if you can come along and lend some support, perhaps a few whoops from the back of the room, then please do. Tickets are a measly £5 and that gives yo...
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Exhibit D is the fourth in a series of exhibitions being hosted by 'What is Art' at Milo in Leeds near the corn exchange. 

This is a solo exhibition where a previously unseen selection of smaller, more intimate works on board will accompany a number of canvases from '7 on 5', which is continuing it's UK tour!

The opening night is Sunday 10th April 6-9pm, where there will be live music, nibbles and obviously the bar!!

It'd be a great chance to see everyone and have a relaxing Sunday evening drink...
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'Are we Going to Scarborough Fair...' Currently on show at the Bradford Playhouse in the theatre bar, open most days! (See the Bradford Playhouse website for details of events and general opening hours.)

 A collection of previously unseen works on board accompany '7 on 5', which is doing a bit of a UK tour at the minute!

On '7 on 5' I am trying to find a more permanent home for this set of canvases as it is simply to large to store in my studio when it is not on display. I would hate to have to...
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 As most of you know, I have recently moved to the quaint and artistic village of Saltaire and as soon as I arrived I was keen to get involved in village activities. So, this year I am taking part in the Saltaire living advent calender. For those of you with no prior knowledge of this, it is basically where 24 houses each decorate one window in a Christmas theme. The windows are then lit up as you would open an advent calender, one a day. I am number 2, and so my window has been lit from 2nd ...
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Hello, and a happy advent to all!

This festive season head down to the South Square Gallery in Thornton for a great Salon exhibition that showcases all the best of Yorkshire's new artists and crafts persons. A fantastic one stop shop for all osrts of unique gifts and goodies whilst soaking up some of the local culture.

I have on display a small selection of paintings in a variety of sizes on canvas, (all of which can be seen in under the 'art' tab on this webpage) All of the paintings are for s...
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Hi there,

After thinking about this for a while I should have probably posted this before the event so you could come along, apologies if you missed it!

This Sunday (26th September 2010) I took over the downstairs rooms of Simon Stephenson's beautiful mid terrace in Headingley to display a selection of my artwork, jewllery and merchandise. Approximately 30 works of painting and releif sculpture were exhibitied on the walls with a wide selection of jewellery and postcards for sale on tables.

I ha...
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Hello blog-ettes and blog-eurs, I hope this finds you all well. I come bearing exciting news about upcoming shows, yes you read that write, shows in the plural!

I have recently had a positive response to an application for the Grassington Festival, an arts festival in North Yorkshire. I shall be showing a series of pieces entitled ‘Beachy Nostalgia Etc’ as part of a group exhibition in the town hall.

This series of work considers specific events that occur on the beach; day trips and ...

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Ok bloggers, so I’m afraid it’s been over a month since my last entry and as such lots has happened. I’m going to try and condense things as much as possible here so you don’t feel like you’re reading an essay here, so enjoy!

After a lovely (if exceptionally cold) couple of weeks back in the UK with friends and family for Christmas, I returned to my idyllic island in the Mediterranean. The culture shock on returning home and then arriving back in sunny Cyprus is truly remarkable. I...

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