Bio

Lives and works in the U.K

2003 City & Guilds of London Art Institute, London – BA Hons Fine Art Painting

Solo Exhibitions

1983 Billy Smarts Circus, Windsor, Berkshire, U.K

2001 The Gallery, Virginia Water, Surrey, U.K

2004 Craven Gallery, Lancaster Gate, London, U.K

2004 101 Gallery, Tea Building, Bethnal Green Rd, London, U.K

2004 Smudge Gallery, Commercial St, Shoreditch, London, U.K

2008 BciRcuS, Nazeing Park, Essex, U.K

2009 Kicking Sawdust, Morgen Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2009 The Happening, Morgen Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2009 A Sawdust Trail, City of Westminster Library, London, U.K

2009 A Sawdust Christmas, Gieves & Hawkes, Saville Row, London, U.K

2010 Automatic Smile, Henley Festival, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, U.K

2017 Decades Of Delight, Cartwright Hall Museum, Bradford, U.K

Group Shows

1997 The Mask, Princes Trust, Royal Festival Hall, London, U.K

1999 Foundation Show, City & Guilds Art College, London, U.K

2000 Relief, The Space, Wapping, London, U.K

2001 Mander Gallery, Borough Market, London, U.K

2003 Rock the Tent, Chantry House, Belgravia, London, U.K

2005 Tracey Emin Group Show, Trolley Gallery, Redchruch St. London, U.K

2008 HP Photography, British Film Institute, Southbank, London, U.K

2008 Art in Mind, Brick Lane Gallery, Shoreditch, London, U.K

2008 Blank Canvas, Pollocks, Carnaby Street, London, U.K

2009 EastWing VIII, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, U.K

2009 LTS, ICA, The Mall, London, U.K

2010 Birma, Elephant Parade, Gower Street, London, U.K

2011 Top Floor project Space, Hoxton Square, London, U.K

2014 Retro-spectiva, Espacio 116, Cultural Centre, Funchal, Madeira

2014 Signal Over Noise, Pictorem Gallery, Walthamstow, London, U.K

2018 Winter Space, The Old School House, Gstaad, Switzerland

Collection/Awards

Bolshoi State Circus Museum, Russia

CCA Andratx Contemporary, Spain

Christian Knuth collection, Germany

Private collection, Russia

Greer collection, U.K

Chudzynski collection, Dubai

Skipper collection, Spain

Private collection, Germany

Vedaris collection, U.K

Vadaris Art Prize, Standpoint Gallery, London, U.K

Urban Art Prize, City & Guilds of London Art College, U.K

Film, Be a clown Make’em Laugh, River Run Film Festival, US

Universal Music, US

Residencies

2012 Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs, Kerry, Ireland

2014 Pedra Sina, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

2014 St. Petersburg Art Residency, St. Petersburg, Russia

2014 CCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain

2017 Sumburgh Head lighthouse, Shetland Islands, Scotland

2018 Open Spaces Art Centre, Feutersoey, Switzerland

Publications

2009 The German Times, Born Into The Circus by Harriot Tory

2011 What’s Happening On The Art Scene, The Colourful World by James Ollerenshaw

2015 The Poster’s of Billy Smart’s Circus by Steven B Richley

2016 Celebrating the Modern Circus, Art Essay, Novelty Magazine

2018 The Big Issue, Ring Of Changes by Steve Lee