Employment History
From-To Company Job Title
Sept 2017 - to Date Contemporary Fine Art Painting Artist
Aug 2015- Sept 2017 Cambridge School of Art ARU. MA Fine Art (Distinction)
Sept 2008 - Aug 2015 Blackpool and The Fylde College CM HE & FE Quality Assurance Manager for FE
Nov 2005-Sept 2008 Burnley College Curriculum Manager & Quality Assurance~ Art,
F ashion, Media, Music & Performing Arts
HE Development
Sept 2001-Nov 2005 Blackpool and The Fylde College Curriculum Leader Part Time Provision, Contracts Marketing & Events,
Quality Assurance External Liaison
Jan 1996- Sept 2001 Blackpool and The Fylde College Temporary Fractional Lecture 1
Art and Design
Nov 1995- June 1996 Town Hall Tavern Poulton-Le-Fylde Bar Staff
Oct 1990 -Nov 1995 First leisure LTD Bar Manager “Peggy Sue’s Theatre”
Central Pier Blackpool
June - 1990 - Oct 1990 Carr Royd Parks LTD Bar Manager
July 1985- Oct 1990 Freelance Commissioned Artist
Employment;
IN THE NEWS Colleagues and Friends
SPAN:
Sophie Hill, Pina Santoro, Adriana Forté
Personal Statement ~
I am currently self employed working individually as a Fine Art painter. As a researcher I am developing my curatorial practice working collaboratively with SPANartists, a collective of four based inMilton North Cambridge UK.
Working in the Education sector I enjoy managing people and events, problem solving and developing innovative solutions and creative teams.
I have worked with senior management on curriculum development business planning and migration strategies to new build projects. I enjoy networking and relish the chance to meet new and inspiring people and develop dynamic links to support innovation.
My management style requires staff to be individually autonomous, focused as well as dedicated team players with an outstanding work ethic driven from pride and the recognition and understanding of goals targets and shared aspirations.
I believe in research based activity and am l looking for further collaborative opportunities in and outside my discipline
I am interested in new commissions or the opportunity collaborate or curate new work in contemporary theme such as visual linguistics and translation.
Atkinson Gallery Millfield Somertset UK are showing Station Road Park which is an image that explores Latency as a focus for story telling.
This is part of the research and studio practice for the ARU MA Fine Art programme ending 2017.
The Exhibition MA and Others at the Atkinson Gallery foregrounds work selected from the MA Programmes throughout the UK in academic year 2016-17
Harold Bird
Fine Art Painter, retired from teaching, occasional public speaker with a Textiles Degree as a creative foundation.
Harold has a prolific and entertaing output and would be an ideal supplier of serial work for thematic sites
Jonathan Moss
This is a recent image from a contemporary figurative artist who has encouraged and challenged me in recent years have a look at his work or blogs
portraitfigureground.blogspot.co.uk
