Profile
I’m a Sheffield-based creative designer, public artist, and former teenager.
Born in 1982, I ran techno and electronic music events for a number of years — booking artists such as Jerome Hill, Surgeon, Altern 8, DMX Krew, Andrea Parker, and DJ Rephlex Records.
As a designer I’ve worked with agencies including Peter & Paul, The Cafeteria, Storycatchers, and LEO Learning. Since 2012 I’ve produced work for a range of conferences and festivals, education institutions, and arts organisations across the UK. While I work collaboratively with other creatives, I’m staunchly and unashamedly independent — you’ll never see me pretending to be a studio on Twitter.
My printmaking and art projects explore pattern, data, cartography, and obsessive levels of repetition. Since 2013 I’ve planned, designed, and fulfilled ten successful Kickstarter campaigns, distributing limited edition artworks and products throughout the world. My work has been published in The Atlantic, Billboard, Creative Boom, Creative Review, DJ Mag, The Guardian, Fact, Mixmag, My Modern Met, and National Geographic.
In a parallel life I was a teaching assistant, became an Associate Lecturer — teaching Graphic Design, Media, and Journalism — at The Sheffield College, and now guest-lecture on FE and HE courses.
Experience
Branding and Design
Artfelt
Augur Project
Barnsley Museums
The Children’s Media Conference
Creative England
Eizo
Jaguar Land Rover
MakerFutures
Migration Matters Festival
Museums Sheffield
Peacefrog Records
Petronas
PrintAply
Royal Armouries Museum
Sheffield DocFest
Sheffield Hallam University
St Luke’s Hospice
Social Art Summit
SPARC
Theatre Deli
Tramlines Festival
University of Huddersfield
The University of Sheffield
Yorkshire Water
Teaching
Two years 2010-12 working as a Cover Supervisor, Teaching Assistant, and BTEC Media Instructor at Sheffield Springs Academy.
Two years 2012-14 working as a Learner Support Assistant at The Sheffield College. Two years 2015-18 employed as an Associate Lecturer delivering on Graphic Design, Journalism, and Media courses.
Visiting lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University 2015-present.
Art Projects and Exhibitions
Vista Tower, public art commission (2021)
Millennium Gallery, print show (2019)
Cutler’s Hall, Etsy Made Local (2019)
APG Works, Up There (2017)