SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2011
Ekologie Miejskie, Museum of Art, Lodz, Poland
MFA degree show, Goldsmiths College, London (publication + print portfolio)
Jour de Fête, The Private Space Gallery/LOOP Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Paivascapes #1 Festival, Vila Nova de Paiva, Castro Daire, São Pedro do Sul, Arouca and Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
The Open West, Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham (catalogue + print portfolio)
Over Here – European Artists at Garikula, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia
2010
Uncertain Ratio, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Imperial College London
To Look is to Labour, Laden Für Nichts, Leipzig, Germany (print portfolio)
The Pursuit of Happiness, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, Poland (catalogue)
No Soul For Sale, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern (representing 98weeks)
The Man Who Tasted Shapes, Made In Goldsmiths Gallery, London
IN OUT Festival, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
Thinking About Paradise, FestiNova International Festival of Contemporary Art, Art Villa Garikula, Georgia
Møteplasser, outdoor 24h projection, Rom For Kunst, Oslo Central Station, Norway
B-sides, Goldsmiths College, London
Rain of Down, Linnagalerii, Tallinn, Estonia
Panopticum – an exploration, Camden International Film Festival, Asymmetrick Gallery, Rockland, USA
Film/Video/Performance, Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Art, London
2009
VIDEOMEDEJA International Video Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
FestiNova 2009, International Festival of Contemporary Art, Garikula, Georgia (catalogue)
Skopje Viewpoints, CDA-T House, Skopje, Macedonia
Rain of Down, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki, Finland
Supermarket 2009, international artist-led art fair, Stockholm, Sweden
The Pursuit of Happiness, This Is Not a Gateway Festival, London (publication)
The Table, Ear-plugged Festival, Dublin, Ireland
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece (online publication)
Binaural U.S. Tour 2009, video screenings across the US (Boston, Buffalo, Los Angeles and others)
Curiosity, The Vault Gallery, Lancaster
Window Festival, Residence, Belfast
Flatpack festival, The Electric Cinema, Birmingham
Outcasting, www.outcasting.org
2008
Beirut Every Other Day, Sanayeh House, Beirut, Lebanon
For Video For You, twochange, Stockholm, Sweden
Nodar: Visions of Sound, Grão Vasco Museum, Viseu, Portugal
Up&Coming, Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
Open West Midlands, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton
Dwayer, Atelier of Alexandria, Egypt
Read Me, Havant Arts Centre, Havant
2007
Testing the Waters, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
Intrigue, Curio City Shop, Birmingham
Poles Simply Work Harder, 22 Green Street, Birmingham
The Art of Picnicking, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
2006
Dive Right In!, The Custard Factory Gallery, Birmingham
The Urban Lighthouse, Old Tourist Information Centre, Architecture Week, Coventry (catalogue)
RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS
2009
Art Villa Garikula, Akhalkalaki, Georgia
Skopje Viewpoints, CDA-T House, Skopje, Macedonia
Travelling Laboratory, Intercultural Dialogue project, Crete, Greece
Brisons Veor Trust, Cape Cornwall
2008
98weeks, Ruins in The City workshop, Beirut, Lebanon
Dwayer International Artist Workshop, Atelier Alexandria, Egypt
2007
Testing the Waters, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
NOG, Binaural Media, Nodar, Portugal
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2011
Ekologie Miejskie, collaboration with sound artist Martin Clarke, Lodz, Poland ((Museum of Art)
2010 – 2011
Our School of The Future, consultation/research project, Colton Hills Community School, Wolverhampton (Creative Partnerships)
2009
This Weekend…?, temporary site-specific public art commission, Cornwall (BOSarts)
Connect Through Art, photography mentoring for mental health service users culminating in a 3-month-exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Community Gallery (Full Potential Arts)
Young People’s Summer School, visual performance project, collaboration with Motionhouse dance theatre, bronze Arts Award (Compton Verney Gallery)
2008
Summer Arts Academy, project leader and tutor, European Humanities University – Byelorussian university in exile, Vilnius, Lithuania (Contemporary Art Centre)
Beyond Text, AHRC-funded collaborative research (Department of Law, University of Edinburgh)
2007
The Wonders of Kaunas (Animator), Vytautas Magnus University Art Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2008/09
Transitions, artist action research – art in the public domain (Longhouse)
2007
Creative Apprentice, training and placement at George Dixon International School, Birmingham (Aliss)
After Hours, artists’ professional development training (West Midlands Creative Alliance).
Morning After, art in the public domain training (West Midlands Creative Alliance).
2005
Knowledge through art, week-long workshop, International Student Festival, Trondheim, Norway
2004
Project development bursary, collaborative art practice, The Public, West Bromwich
Intercult, internship: project management, marketing, interdisciplinary arts, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
Laboratory of Creative Education, Centre For Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
TALKS AND WRITING
2011
The Open West, Summerfield Gallery, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham (talk)
2010
Un Bruit-Une Melodie, Resonance FM (interview)
Interchat conference, The Drum, Birmingham (presentation)
2009
Supermarket 2009, a-n magazine (article)
Georgian and Armenian art scenes, Artquest (series of articles)
2008
Custard Factory Gallery, Birmingham (talk)
Solihull Art Gallery, Solihull (talk)
2007
Creative Alliance, Birmingham (talk)
EDUCATION
2009 – 2011
MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
2000 – 2006
MA Cultural Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland
2004 – 2005
Cultural Studies/Cultural Project Management, University of Stockholm, Sweden
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2009
European Cultural Foundation, STEP Beyond Mobility Fund, travel to Armenia and Georgia
2008
Longhouse, action research bursary; art in the public domain
2007
Arts Council England, individual project grant
2006
Arts Council England, travel grant
2005
Socrates-Erasmus – EU study abroad scholarship
