Studied at Byam Shaw School of Art and Royal College of Art, London (MA, 1985) Senior Lecturer Brighton University 1986 - 2014, External Assessor, University of Glasgow (2013/14)
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
GLC Peace Prize, 1983; Northern Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, 1983; New Contemporaries, ICA London (Windsor & Newton award), 1984; Barclays Bank Award, 1985; GLAA Award, 1988; Artist in Residence, National Gallery, London; 1988; Whitechapel Art Gallery, Whitechapel Open (Commendation), 1989; Abbey Award in Painting, British School of Rome, 1996; 1997; WINNER Jerwood Painting Prize 1998; shortlisted for the Charles Wollaston Award, Royal Academy, London, 2000 EAST international; shortlisted for Jerwood Painting Prize, 2001 HEADLINES large-scale projection, TWA screen, Leicester Square, London
1997; WINNER Jerwood Painting Prize 1998; shortlisted for the Charles Wollaston Award, Royal Academy, London, 2000; shortlisted for the Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, 2007; 2010/2011 Award of University of Brighton Research Sabbatical Scheme; Summer Residency at British School of Rome 2016.
Exhibited widely in solo and mixed representations in GB and Europe, most recently in September ‘18 contributed to ‘Rot’ at 35Blumen-Kultur in Krefeld, Germany and they current Brexit show.