education
2014 Gains PGCE (secondary school art and design) at The Institute of Education, London.
2005-2008 Studied at The Royal Academy Schools, London - postgraduate diploma.
2008 Dissertation (Distinction) ‘An Investigation into the Allegorical within Contemporary Art’ Specialism: Painting.
2001-2004 Studied ‘Fine Art and Visual Culture’ (Hons) at The University of The West of England, Bristol. Graduates. 2:1.
awards & achievements
2025 Shortlisted for John Moores painting prize.
2012 Shortlisted for John Moores painting prize.
2009 Receives Steiner painting award.
2008 Visiting tutor at the University of the West of England.
2008 Cheneviere Travel award.
2007-2010 The Lady Sharon Walker Trust (three year sponsorship).
2007 Richard Ford Travel award.
2007 Dover Arts Club Excellence in Drawing Award.
2007 Edna Wise figuration prize.
2006 Voted 1 of 6 favourite pieces in the Summer Exhibition.
2005-2008 Studied Fine Art at The Royal Academy Schools, London for postgraduate diploma.
2004 Nominated for The Aiden Threlfall Scholarship.
2004 Nominated for The New Contemporaries.
2001-2004 Studied ‘Fine Art and Visual Culture’ (Hons) at The University of The West of England, Bristol. Graduates. 2:1.
solo shows
2025 After Hours, Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Liverpool
2012 Fruit Cannot Drop through This Thick Air, Motorcycle Showroom, Bristol.
2009 No Flower ever Opened, The Royal Academy of Arts Café Gallery, Piccadilly, London.
2007 Nocturnes, Francis Kyle Gallery, Mayfair, London.
Selected Mixed Exhibitions
2025 RWA Biennial Open 2025: Paper Works, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2017 ‘Creekside open 2017’ A.P.T Gallery, London
2009 ‘New Works’. The Royal Academy café gallery.
2008 ‘Rapunzel Rapunzel’, Shoreditch Town Hall, London.
2008 ‘Influx’ Nolias Gallery, London.
2008 Atkinson Gallery, Somerset.
2008 Martin Art, Turin, Italy.
2008 Royal Academy student show.
2007 ‘Premiums’ Royal Academy of Arts London.
2006 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
2005 ‘Paint’ Islington arts centre, London.
2005 ‘Burgson Likens…’ Spike Island.
2004 Degree show, Bower Ashton, Bristol.
2004 ‘Frame Academy’, Royal West of England Academy.
2004 ‘Lux’ St. Paul’s, Bristol.
2003 ‘WallTeasers’, Spike Island.
2003 ‘Diary of a Pirate Philosopher’, Spike Island.
2003 ‘Shed’ Spike Island.
Collections
Mizuho Bank
Francis Kyle
general
2020 Relocation to Liverpool
2017 Starts family
2014-2017 Head of Art at Windsor Girls
2014 Gains PGCE at The Institute of Education
.2010 (present) Artist assistant to international artists Mustafa Hulusi and Lucy Williams.
2008 Visiting tutor at the University of the West of England
2008 Receives a distinction for dissertation at the Royal Academy Schools.
2008 Juror for The Royal Academy of Art ‘A’ level Summer Exhibition.
2008 Lives and works in London as professional artist.
2008 Visiting tutor at the University of the West of England