Lives and works in Edinburgh, Scotland

Studio holder at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop ︎︎︎


Selected Exhibitions

2024 - Fixings. Detail Gallery, Edinburgh (SOLO)
2023 - Fastenings, Moray Art Centre, Findhorn (SOLO)
2022 - Tracks. Goodvibes Studios, Leith (SOLO)
2018 - Passing Place, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Skye (SOLO)
2016 - Mapping King's Cross, House of Illustration, London (SOLO)
2015 - Debris and Phenomena, Edinburgh Printmakers (SOLO)


2025 - Constructed. Gallery57, Arundel, West Sussex
2024 - Anonymous Drawings 2024. Kunstraum, Berlin
2024 - Chromaterial: color and materiality. KSU, Ohio
2024 - SSA 126th Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2024 - Framework. Dundee Design Festival, Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc
2024 - Threads. Old Gala House, Galashiels
2024 - Debut :: Inaugural Open. &Gallery, Edinburgh
2024 - Air Gallery Open 2024 (online)
2024 - Ebbe + Flow. Touring. Shetland Museum & Archives, Gulatinget 2024, Eivindvik, Norway
2024 - Print24. Detail Gallery, Edinburgh
2024 - Then and Now : VAS Centenary Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2023 - Journey. Edinburgh Printmakers
2023 - Ebbe + Flow. Touring. Taigh Chearsabhagh, Grinneabha, Dunoon MOCA
2023 - SSA at the Caledonian Club. London
2022 - SSA 130 Years, Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2022 - Winter Exhibition. Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow
2022 - RA Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy, London
2022 - Ebbe + Flow. Touring. Galleri Rustica, Holmeknappen, Norway, An Tobar, Mull
2022 - RSA Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2021 - Ebbe + Flow. USF, Bergen, Norway
2021 -  RSA Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2020 - Reduct: Abstraction and Geometry in Scottish Art.  Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2020 - Urban Departures. Projectroom2020.org
2019 - Utopia - What’s Yours?. Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
2019 - Palimpsest. An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis
2019 - In Progress. Architecture Fringe, Lighthouse, Glasgow
2018 - SSA Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2018 - RSA Annual Exhibition. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2018 - Simply Beaming w/ Embassy Gallery +  Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo
2017 - Paper To Gold. Edinburgh Printmakers
2015 - Aesthetica Short Film Festival.York
2015 - Parallel Perspectives. Edinburgh International Science Festival, Summerhall
2014 - Hunting For Answers. Strathclyde University, Glasgow,


Residencies + Awards

2024 - Homiens Art Prize Summer 2024 - Highly Commended
2022 - Topshed residency, Lyng, Norfolk
2022 - European Healthcare Design Awards - Highly Commended
2021 - an Artist Bursary
2021 - Creative Scotand VACMA Edinburgh
2020-21 -  Artist in Residence, Royal Brompton Hospital, Chelsea
2019 - (w)ORD, with SSA and BAG Art Camp, Gulen, Norway
2019 - Refectorio Residency. CEIBA Studio, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2018 - Greyfriars award, SSA Annual Exhbition
2017 - Jon Schueler Visual Artist in Residence, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye
2015 - Illustrator in Residence, House of Illustration, London
2014 - Hope Scott Trust award
2014 - Mapping Eigg, Bothy Project + lifeoffthegrid.net, Isle Of Eigg
2014 - Ethnograms, lifeoffthegrid.net + ASCUS, Dovecot studios, Edinburgh
2014 - The Chamberlain Lab, Strathclyde University + ASCUS, Glasgow


Full CV available on request.

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