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