Education
2021-present PhD in Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art
2013 MA Photography, London College of Communication (Distinction)
2008 BA (hons) Visual Communication (First Class) Edinburgh College of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Loose Parts, Abbeyhill Primary School, Colony of Artists Festival, Edinburgh
2019 The Photographers’ Gallery New Talent, London
2018 Never Got to Say Goodbye, Public Installation commissioned by Vox Liminis, Glasgow
2018 Answers Without Words, Paragon Arts, Portland OR
2017 When the Light Shifts, Glasgow Women’s Library
2016 Opposite Tendencies, 16 Nicholson Street, Glasgow
2016 The Sky is Down on the Ground, Meno31 Festival, Sardinia
2016 Common Ground, BALTIC Contemporary Art, Newcastle
2016 Common Ground, Woodhorn Museum, Ashington
2015 Burning with Pleasure, Artist’s book exhibition, Curious Duke Gallery, Hoxton
2015 Dis/placed, Counterpoints Arts, the Ditch, Shoreditch
2015 Nothing is Impossible Under the Sun, Likovni Salon, Celje, Slovenia
2014 Defining Lines, Brewery Tap, Folkestone Triennial Fringe
2014 Fresh Faced + Wild Eyed, Photographers Gallery, London
2014 The Bridge and the Fort, Zandra Rhodes Gallery, UCA Rochester
2012 IdeasTap Finalists’ Exhibition, Magnum Print Room, London
2012 Project 30: New Perspectives from Ireland, Gallery of Photography, Dublin
2012 Border Work, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton Photo Fringe
2012 Apocalympics, Hundred Years Gallery, London
2011 Open Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
2010 The Floor to Ceiling Show, Troika Editions Gallery, London
2009 Missed Connections, Project Slogan, Aberdeen
2008 Jerwood Award Winners Exhibition, Jerwood Space, London and Impressions, Bradford
Awards and Grants
2021 Carnegie Trust Doctoral Award
2018 Lucy Art Residency, Shortlist
2018 Jerwood/Photoworks Award, Shortlisted
2017 Focas Scotland, Shortlisted
2016 Creative Scotland Open Project Fund
2015 Grand Prix Festival Competition, Łódź, Shortlisted
2014 Grants for The Arts, National Lottery through Arts Council England
2014 MACK First Book Award, Shortlisted
2013 MACK/MAPP Award, Highly commended
2012 IdeasTap Photographic Award, Winner
2011 Visual Arts Award, Edinburgh
2009 Bursary, Arts Trust Scotland
2008 Jerwood Photography Award, Winner
Residencies
2018-19 Artist in Residence, Abbeyhill Primary School
2016 Artist in Residence, Santa Fe Art Institute
2015/16 B&b, a residency in South East Northumberland with BALTIC and bait
2014 Medway Fellowship with UCA Rochester and Recreate
2010 Curious Thinker in Residence, The Society for Curious Thought
2009 Project Slogan, Aberdeen
Publications
2016 Nothing is Impossible Under the Sun, published by SOAP
Press
2019 Featured in Contra Issue 2
2017 Featured in Waterfall Issue 7
2016 Showcased in The Skinny
2016 Featured in The Drouth
2014 Featured in Photoworks Annual, Issue 21
2014 Featured in ‘Next Generation’, Aesthetica, Issue 60
July 2009 ‘Into the Wild Blue Yonder’, Guardian Weekend Magazine
Spring 2009 Feature, 1000 Words Photography Magazine
November 2008 Portfolio Magazine, Issue 48
June 2008 ‘Scotland’s got Talent’, The Scotsman
Festivals and Screenings
2018 Social Art Summit, Sheffield, Screening of Nothing is Impossible Under the Sun
2017 Indefinite Article, (audio tour) Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
2013 In Common, IC-Visual Lab, Bristol
2013 Night Contact Festival, Dalston
2013 Journeys Festival, Leicester
2013 Cine Migratorio, Santander, Spain