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 & Design

                      Selected 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, Cambridge

                      Selected 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 Gallery

                      Collections

                      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