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