1951 Born, Solihull
1973 - 76 Central School of Art & Design
2001 - 04 NESTA Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2005 Appointed Professor of Ceramic Art & Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & DesignSelected Solo Exhibitions
2004 Botanizing the Library, Installation, Museum & Art Gallery, Folkestone
2003 Beyond the Blue, City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
Atrium Gallery, Glaxo Smith Kline, London
2002 Pollinate, Lethaby Gallery, London
2001 Extending Traditions, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Pollinate, 3° West, The Wordsworth Trust, Cumbria
1998 Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Antonia Havani Contemporary Art, Greece
Wigmore Fine Art, London
1997 The Martyrdom of Ornament, Adam Gallery, London
1996 Reflections on another landscape, RG Gardens, Corfu, Greece
1995 Ornament, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
1994 Ex Libris, Antonia Havani Contemporary Art, Greece
1992 Osmosis, Museum of Installation, London
Propagation, Central Space Gallery, London
Offcuts and Seconds, Lethaby Gallery London
1991 Offcuts, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
1989 Gallery 175, Brussels, Belgium
New Leaves, Kettles Yard, CambridgeSelected Group Exhibitions
2006 Breakers, PM Gallery, Pitzhanger Manor, London
Gregor Mendel, Planting the seeds of Genetics, Field Museum, Chicago, USA
2005 Arcadia i Est, Eagle Gallery, London. Touring USA, Australia, Europe
2004 Idea, Tendence, Messe, Frankfurt, Germany
Q2, Queens Gallery, University of Dundee
Another View, Kew Gardens, London
2003 Flower Power, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
Go Wild, Kew Gardens, London
2002 Public Auction of Private Artworks, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon
Sleepers, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Genius of Genetics, Abbey of St Thomas, Brno, Czech Republic
Metamorphing, The Science Museum, London
2000 The Box Show, Museum of Installation, London
Secret Garden, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Fusion-Ceramics 21, Science, Art & Future, Mokpo, Korea
1999 Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby's, London
Books by Artists, Centre for Fine Art Print Research, UWE, Bristol
The Grizedale Show, Brantwood House, Cumbria
1998 Spirit of the Times, Bowes Museum, Co Durham
Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Royal Festival Hall, London
1996 Le Livre Dans Tous ses Etats, Musee des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France
Livres D'Artistes, Livres Objects, Centre Culturel, Compiegne, France
1995 Words, Words, Words, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Dedication to Delphi, European Cultural Centre, Delphi, Greece
Wipe Your Feet, Antonia Havani Contemporary Art, Greece
1994 Het Boek in Allen Staten, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels, Belgium
1992 Die Kunst Der Reise Archiv, Blau Kompressor, Vienna, Austria
In the Round, British Museum, London
1991 Louder Than Words, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
The Travel Art Archive, Chisenhale Gallery, London
1989 The Illuminated Library, Frith Street Gallery, London
Tricks and Transformations, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent.Commissions
2004 Botanizing the Library, Installation and bookwork for Folkestone Museum
and Library for Navigating History. (Arts Council & Lottery Heritage funded)
2003 Flora Calcarea, Sculpture commission for Sustrans, (UK Cycle Network)
1999 Gathered, Grizedale Forest Artists Programme
Turning over a new leaf, Landscaoe design commission for Newlands Park,
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
1992 Stepping in Time, Sculpture commission for European Cultural Centre, Greece
A Book of Leaves, medal commission for British Art Medal Society
Syrtaki, a collection of porcelain tableware for Lengsfeld Porzellan, Germany
1988 Out of this world, a tape/slice commission for the Whitechapel GalleryCollections
Ernst & Young
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
The Wordsworth Trust
The Grizedale Society
John Flaxman Library, Chicago, USA
Cultural Centre, Mokpo, Korea
European Cultural Centre, Delphi, Greece
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Tate Gallery, London
The British Museum, London