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SOLO SHOWS,  PROJECTS & COLLABORATONS 

Ghosted Ground, Research Exhibition at the National Fairground and Circus Archive, supported by a Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant.

A year long period of research followed by a solo exhibition at the university of Sheffield, involving numerous collaborations with academics, community groups, Showmen, photographers and other artists, 2022-2023 

Heavy Water, PostNatures, A vitrine of the collective's creative output from various research projects situated within the context of the PostNatures exhibition curated by collective member Victoria Lucas, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, 2023-2024

On Shifting Ground, solo exhibition at the Whitaker museum, Lancashire 

Material Mourning, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield part of Festival of the mind , Sheffield. A body of work produced following a period of research  with archeologist Lizzy Craig atkins (University of Sheffield) and Dr Jane Wildgoose (founder of the Jane Wildgoose Memorial Museum) 

Heavy Water Collective, Research  Residency  at Sheffield General Cemetery, funded by the University of Central Lancashire, 2022 

Heavy Water Collective, Research Residency at Special Collections, Cardiff University and G39, Cardiff - funded by Four Nations, 2022 

The Mitre OwlOngoing collaborative project with David Orme. An evolving collection of artworks, artefacts and 'object perdus', first exposition held at Artcade, Sheffield, 2021 

Between Islands, Arts Council funded project (DYCP) working with the Portland Collection and the Welbeck Estate, Worksop , culminating in a final exhibition at the Harley Gallery on the Welbeck estate, Nottinghamshire,  2020

Flat+Earth, Curation Sidney& Matilda,  Sheffield2019

Deluges, Public commission for Kelham Island Industrial Museum and KINCA2018

Island and Water, Steel, Stone Mural and ceramic pieces as part of a wider public commission- CITU , Sheffield2018

Clapton to Centre Point, 1183 Trees, Museum of London, A year long residency funded by The London Arts Café in collaboration with the Natural History Museum. Culminating in a final show at the Museum of London, 2003-2004

Badly Led Lives, Tower records / Piccadilly, London, an installation at Piccadilly Underground Station in  association with Bowie Arts, 2002

New Paintings, Agnews, London, Solo Show, 2001

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2024

Beyond the Gaze, Charlie Smith London, London Arts Fair, London 

2023

Bloc Projects Members Show , Bloc Projects, Sheffield

PLATFORMS Project, Independent Art Fair, Athens, Greece 

John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 

Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now, Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester 

No Place Like Home, ArtHouse, Jersey 

Beyond The Gaze, Reclaiming the Landscape, Saatchi Gallery, London 

X, Contemporary British Painting, Newcastle Contemporary art  

VOLTA Basel, with Charlie Smith London, Basel 

Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now, Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

PREVIEW with Charlie Smith London at Gramercy Park studios, London 

PostNatures, Heavy water Collective, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield

Entwined, Plants in Contemporary Painting, 2021 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe

2022

The Tyranny of Ambition, Highlanes Public Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland

Entwined, Plants in Contemporary Painting, Huddersfield Art Gallery 

Paint Edgy, Contemporary British Painting, Barton upon Humber 

The Fool, Air Space Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

Volta Basel, Charlie Smith Gallery, Basel 

RASE, Royal Academy, London 

New Light Retrospective, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester 

ParadoxesContemporary British Painting Society, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight  

Aggregate, Freelands Foundation, London 

2021

New Light Prize Exhibition, Tullie House Museum, Carlisle

Silent DiscoCurated by Graham Crowley, Greystone Industries, Suffolk

Heavy Water, Site Gallery (Freelands Artist Programme Residency), Sheffield 

Emergence, Rise Art, London 

Human Nature, Linden Hall Studio, Kent 

New Light Prize Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle 

Darkness At Noon, Contemporary British Painting Society, APT Gallery, London 

The Lockdown Interviews Exhibition, ArtTopTen, Cello Factory, London

2020

Plausible Objects / Difficult Things, virtual exhibition curated by Professor Frances Woodley 

Thing Worlds, Spot Korin, Kyoto, Japan

The Viewing Room, UK New Artists, virtual exhibition 

Vitalistic Fantasies, The Cello Factory  

Vitalistic Fantasies,  BEEP Biennial, virtual exhibition

YES/NO, Contemporary British Painting, virtual exhibition 

New Light Prize Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough

Prosaic Mosaic, Globe Arts, Slaithwaite 

Contemporary British Painting Prize,  ASC Gallery, London

2019

Contemporary British Painting Prize, Huddersfield Art Gallery

Rogue Women, Rogue Galleries, Manchester

Bethlehem Boys Club IIISidney & Matilda, Sheffield 

Prosaic/ Mosaic, Bloc Projects, Sheffield

Second Nature, Portico Gallery, Manchester

Just One More Thing, Asylum, Suffolk

Two Fold, OA Studios, Manchester 

This Is Not An Oak Tree, Jugg Art Foundation, Suffolk 

The Immaculate Dream, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London 

RASE,  Royal Academy

Place, Boston Castle, Rotherham 

Harley Open, Harley Gallery, Worksop

Flat+Earth, Sidney & Matilda , Sheffield

2018

Bethlehem Boys Club II, Sidney & Matilda , Sheffield

Confluence at Bloc, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, 2018

Land♦Scape, Exchange Berlin, Berlin, 2018  

Confluence, Herrick Gallery, London, 2018

Uncommon or Garden, Jugg Art Foundation, Suffolk

John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 

Brownfield Research Centre, AirSpace Gallery, Stoke-On-Trent

Public Commission, Kelham Island, Sheffield

2016/17

Strangelands, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, 2017

End of Beginnings, Mandell's Gallery, Norwich, 2016

Various Species, Greystone Industries, Wickham Market, 2016

Sad But True, Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich, 2016

2000-2015

Atrium Summer Exhibition, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, 2015,  

Atrium Winter Show, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, 2014

Winter Show, Subterranean Boulevard Gallery, Ipswich, 2014

Celeste Art Prize, London, 2006

Deck of Cards, 39 Gallery, London, 2006

Group Show, Keith Talent Gallery, London, 2005

Hand In Hand We Walk Alone, Clapham Art Gallery, London, 2005

Pocketscopic, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London, 2005

Christmas Tree, 39 Gallery, London, 2004

Aftershock, Oneaspace, Hong Kong, 2004

Pub Crawl, 39 Gallery, London, 2004

Francis Bacon as an Exquisite Corpse - 39 Gallery, London, 2003

Drawing Show, Keith Talent Gallery, London, 2003

Four Colleges Show, AT Kearney, London, 2002

New Painters, Group Show, Agnews, 2001

Collector’s Choice, Exit Art, New York, 2000

Assembly, Stepney City, London, 2000

Summer Show, Beaux Arts, London, 2000

AWARDS, PRIZES AND RESIDENCIES

New Light Prize, Valeria Sykes Award, 2020 

Contemporary British Painting Prize, 2019 

Freelands Artist Programme Residency at Site Gallery, London & Sheffield, 2019-2022

Harley Open Prize, First Prize (joint), 2019 

LAC Residencies in the City, London, 2004

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Painting Prize, London, 2000

TI Group Painting Prize, London, 2000

NADFAS Greater London Art Bursary, London, 1999

John Crane Summer Travel Award, London, 1999

Bundy, New York Travel Award, London, 1999

Amy Sadur Freidlander Memorial Art Fund, London, 1998

BIBLIOGRAPHY / PUBLICATIONS

Archive Research Committee, academic paper, 2023 

X, Contemporary British Painting, exhibition catalogue, 2023 

Arcadia for All? Rethinking Landscape Painting Now, Exhibition Catalogue, 2023 

PostNatures: Heavy Water, Lauren Velvick, Limited Edition Poster / Publication with AW-AR Studios, 2023 

Heavy Water, digital publication (website) in conjunction with AW-AR Studios, 2023 

The Tyranny of Ambition, exhibition catalogue, 2022

Entwined, exhibition catalogue, 2022

Aggregate, Freelands Foundation, publication and exhibition catalogue, 2022 

Concealed Rituals, Ritual Concealments, in Aggregate, Freelands Foundation publication,  Albert Godetzky, Courtauld Institute, 2021 

Artist Interview with Why Now Magazine, February 2022 

Platform, Site Gallery exhibition text, Lauren Velvick, Corridor 8 

Smaller is Beautiful, the tiny but triumphant comeback of the art miniatureHow to Spend It, Financial Times, 2021 

Vitalistic Fantasies,  Catalogue, essay by  Dr Catrin Webster, 2020

Plausible Objects, Difficult Things, Catalogue,  essay by Dr Frances Woodley, 2020

Fresh PaintArtist &  Illustrators magazine (June) , 2020

A Celebration of Painting, an essay by Griselda Pollock,  2020

Contemporary British Painting Prize,  Catalogue, 2019 

John Moores Painting PrizeExhibition Catalogue, 2018 

Celeste Art Prize, Catalogue, 2006

Art & Cities, Issue 14, Catalogue, 2004

Miser & Now, Keith Talent Gallery publication, 2004

Art & Cities, Issue No.13, 2003

Joanna Whittle: New Paintings, Catalogue, 2001

Time Out, October,  2000

The TI Art Group Collection, Catalogue of Collection, 2000

Assembly, Catalogue, 2000

EDUCATION

MA Fine Art, Painting, Royal College of Art, London, 2000

BA (Hons) Fine Art (First), Painting, Central Saint Martins, London,1997

MEMBERSHIPS 

Landscape Research Group, Since 2022 

Heavy Water Collective,  Since 2021

Guild of St George, Since 2021 

Contemporary British Painting Society (Committee Member), Since 2019 

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