CV
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art
University of Ulster
BA (Hons) Fine & Applied Art
Certificate/Diploma in Teaching Management of Lifelong Learning
Queen’s University Belfast — Commendation
Level 3 Training for Trainers
Adapt NI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 — Threads of Time: Industry, Ecology and the River Bann
F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
2026 — Source to Settlement
Enniskillen Castle
2025 — Confluence
Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
2024 — Pathways
University of Atypical, DDASF Exhibition
2024 — Being Blue Being Green
Oriel Gallery, Clotworthy House, Antrim Castle — Shore Collective
2021 — The Mad Sweeney
An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk — Shore Collective
2020 — Group Exhibition and Workshop Series, Chronic Pain
University of Atypical
2019 — Christmas Exhibition
Mount Zion — Shore Collective
2018 — Silence
R-Space, Lisburn — Shore Collective
2018 — Man Made
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2017/18 — First Eco-Conference — Collaborative Installation
Sligo Institute of Technology
2017/18 — Eco-Sublime, Biennial International Paper and Fibre Art Exhibition — Collaborative Exhibition
NTCRDI, Taiwan
2016 — Darklands — Selected Film Exhibition
Arts & Disability Forum Gallery, Belfast
2015 — Waters Edge — NAAC Group Exhibition
Market Place Theatre, Armagh
2014 — Fabric — Platform Digital Arts Studio Residents Exhibition
2014 — Culture Night — Live Bubble Mural
Market Place Theatre, Armagh
2013 — Sequence — NAAC Group Exhibition
Flowerfield Arts Centre
2013 — Journey — NAAC Selected Exhibition
Millennium Court Arts Centre
2012 — NAAC Group Exhibition
Waterfront Gallery
2012 — Liminal — NAAC Group Exhibition
Millennium Court Arts Centre
2012 — Intersections
Market Place Theatre, Armagh
2011 — Christmas Selling Exhibition
Arts & Disability Forum Gallery
2011 — North — NAAC Group Exhibition
2011 — OBG — Invited Four-Person Exhibition
2011 — Culture Night — Live Installation
Millennium Court Arts Centre
2011 — Piece Works by Stacie Blake
Portlaoise; subsequently exhibited in Japan
2010 — Armagh O’Clock — Collaborative Sound Installation with composer Robert Jarvis
Market Place Theatre, Armagh
2009 — Group Exhibition
Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
2009 — Exhibition and Residency
Braid Museum and Arts Centre, Ballymena
2008 — Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Titanic Quarter Drawing Rooms — Best Contextual Piece
2007 — Beyond — Solo Exhibition
Arts & Disability Forum, Royal Avenue, Belfast / Cathedral Quarter Festival
2006 — Group Exhibition
Arts & Disability Forum, Belfast
2003 — Drawing with Light II — Solo Exhibition
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2003 — Slide Show
National Gallery / Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes
2003 — Drawing with Light — Solo Exhibition
Draíocht Arts Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin
2000 — EV+A — Selected Exhibition
2000 — Final
Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
2000 — Solo Exhibition
Air Gallery, Mayfair, London
2000 — PizzaExpress Prospects — International Winner
2000 — State of the Art Millennium Exhibition
Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
1999 — Quick Flux
Catalyst Arts, Belfast
AWARDS, FUNDING & RESIDENCIES
2023 — Artist Residency
Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre
2020 — Freelands Foundation Funding
2017 — General Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2017 — Travel Award
Taiwan Collaborative Installation
2015 — General Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2013 — General Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2012 — General Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2010 — General Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2009 — Arts & Disability Forum Award, Northern Ireland
2008 — Best Contextual Piece
Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
2007 — General Arts Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2006 — Disability Arts Forum Award, Northern Ireland
2003 — General Arts Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2003 — Disability Arts Forum Award, Northern Ireland
2002 — Tyrone Guthrie Bursary
2001 — General Arts Award
Arts Council of Northern Ireland
2001 — Disability Arts Forum Award, Northern Ireland
1998 — Tyrone Guthrie Centre / Craigavon Borough Council Regional Bursary
SELECTED PROJECTS & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2025 — Nature in Mind — Project Author and Coordinator, Shore Collective
Funded by Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council in partnership with Action Mental Health. Eight-month programme culminating in two showcases and an exhibition at Market Place Theatre.
2024 — Mentor / Artist Facilitator
Community Arts Partnership — Cement Community Project, Woodgreen Healthcare
2023 — Artist Facilitator
Community Arts Partnership / Education Authority — Ameera Identity Workshops
2021–23 — Project Coordinator, Manager, Lead Artist, Trainer, Researcher and Author
Urban Survival Kits, Erasmus+ transnational learning and exhibition programme — University of Atypical
2003–21 — Board of Directors
Arts & Disability Forum / University of Atypical — roles included Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer
2021 — EU Liaison
University of Atypical
2018 — Weaving Loom Programme and Living Loom
Craigavon Museum Services
2016 — Mad or Bad
Armagh Museum — full-scale replica environments and sound installation
2016 — Craigavon 50th Anniversary
Exhibition, short film and installation — Craigavon Museum Services
2015/16 — Around North Armagh Observatory
Three films and associated installation/tour connected to the permanent sound-based work by Robert Jarvis
2015 — Banbridge Box
Bubble installation, Banbridge Town Hall
2014 — World War One Trench Replica
Craigavon Museum Services
2013 — Filming, Editing and Production Residency
Digital Arts Studio
2012 — Chair and Founder Member
North Armagh Artist Collective (NAAC), later renamed Shore Collective
2009/10 — Lead Artist, Urban Constellation
Brownlow / SELB / Craigavon Borough Council
2006 — Lead Artist, Art in Wetlands
Commissioned by Craigavon Borough Council
2005 — Lead Artist, Art & Travelling Landscape, Phase Two
Sustrans
2003 — Outreach Officer / Arts & Education Officer
Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
2002 — Tutor — Site-Specific Sculpture Trails
Queen’s University Belfast
2002 — Invited Artist
National Sculpture Factory / Horse Head Day Lighting Project, Cork
2001 — Artist Assistant to Louise Walsh
Royal Victoria Hospital Commission