About the work

Looking at the microscopic often leads to glimpses of the cosmological.
The lights and shadows of this drawing come from a map of the human genome, but then turn towards the stars.

Date and country of birth

1965, GB

Career Highlights

Selected Exhibitions: Lines of Empathy”, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK (2023); Weather, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK (2022); Protest and Remembrance, Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, UK (2018); Wild Honey, The Turnpike, Leigh, UK (2018); From Seathwaite, National Graphene Institute, Manchester, UK (2015); Cabedal, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal (2012)

Award: Gatenby Fellow, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, UK (2023-25)

Publication: Pictures of War, Carcanet, Manchester, UK (2009).

Collections: Arts Council Collection, London, UK, Manchester Art Gallery, UK, The Turnpike, Leigh, UK, The Whitworth, Manchester, UK.