Born in London and studied at St. Martin’s and Camberwell Colleges of Art, with postgraduate study at the University of Leeds. She has taught as a part-time and visiting lecturer at many colleges, and has lived and worked in Belfast for the past twenty years. She is well recognised as a part of the Arts and Environmental Project commissioning new work for the Royal Group of Hospitals, and as a trustee of the Ormeau Baths Gallery, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004        Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast - ‘TIME FRAMES’ a collaboration with composer Paul Wilson - Also a series of new paintings

                ‘KHAZARIA’ a book of combined  images and text with writer David Brett

2002        An Gaileari, Donegal - ‘CEILP’ collaboration with four composers from Foinn Chonallacha, also at the Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast

2001        Hart Gallery, London - New Paintings

2000        Millennium Images - Ireland / America, Seattle, U.SA. (invited artist)

                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast - Paintings and Prints after Boulez

1999        Rubicon Gallery and the Original Print Gallery, Dublin - Paintings and Prints after Xenakis

                Keller Galerie, Weimar, Germany. (European City of Culture)

1998        The Waterfront Hall, Belfast - ‘The City Dreaming’ installation of large drawings

                Ormeau Baths Gallery - ‘in Parallel’ a collaboration with four composers for the Sonorities Festival at Queen’s University, Belfast

                Hart Gallery, London - Paintings and Prints

1997        Moon Gallery, Georgia, U.S.A. two installations

                Context Gallery, Derry - Painting and Prints

                Trist’Ans gallery, Dundalk, Ireland - ‘Transcriptions’

1996        Model Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland - installation of paintings and prints in association with Concorde Contemporary Music Ensemble

                Hart Gallery, London - paintings and drawings

1995        Fenderesky Gallery at Queen’s, Belfast - paintings

                Rubicon Gallery, Dublin - paintings and prints

                Hart Gallery, London and Nottingham

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004        University of Wisconsin-Madison - ‘Cultural Landscapes’ an artist print exchange between Northern Ireland and North America

2003        Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast - New Irish Painting

                Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast - Works on Paper

                The Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick - small works of art

2002        Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast - Works on Paper

                Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, Ireland - invited artist

                Boyle Arts Festival, Ireland - Artists from Ulster

                Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast - The Really Big Print Show

2001        Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast - ‘The Last Lines of Waiting’, collaboration with composer Paul Wilson

2000        Seattle Pacific University, Washington, U.S.A. - Experimental Print’

                Claremorris Arts , Ireland - ‘Fontana Mix’ after John Cage

                Trist’Ans Gallery, Dundalk , Ireland - New Painting

                Transatlantic 2000, Alexandria, U.S.A.

1999        Fenderesky Gallery, Belfast - ‘Shadows’ / Sculpture

                Department of the Environment touring Exhibition

1998        R.H.A. Banquet Exhibition, Dublin - ‘Academy Without Walls’

SELECTED PUBLICATION AND REVIEWS

2003        Circa Art Magazine - review of /Ceilp’ Exhibition

2002        ‘CEILP’ exhibition catalogue with introduction by Cathal O Sarcaigh and CD-ROM

2001        ‘Differential Aesthetics’ edited by Dr. Penny Florence and Nicola Foster, Ashgate - contribution by artist

1998        ‘Introduction to Mixed Media’ - edited by Michael Wright, Royal Academy of Arts

                ‘Work in Progress’ - Circa Art Magazine, Winter issue

1997        ‘In Parallel’ - exhibition catalogue with essay and notes by David Brett and CD with music by Michael Alcorn, Nicola LeFanu, David

                Lumsdaine and Ian Wilson

1996        ‘Transcriptions’ exhibition catalogue - Black Square Books

                Circa Art Magazine - review No. 73

                ‘Thinking Long: Contemporary Art in Northern Ireland - by Liam Kelly, Gandon Editions

1995        ‘A Crazy knot’ Print collaboration with Seacourt Print Workshop

                ‘The Georgia Review, Athens, U.S.A. - ‘Precise Monentis’ a profile of Barbara Freeman

PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Fine arts, Hungary

National Museum of Art , Prelip, Macedonia

West Yorkshire County Council

The Office of Public Works and IAWS, Dublin

Norwich Union, Dublin

S.K.C. Dublin

Lincoln Buildings, Belfast

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Northern Bank, Belfast

Life Association of Ireland

Contemporary Irish Arts Society

Allied Irish bank

Trustee Savings Bank

Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland

University of Cork

Mestna Galerie, Slovenia

University of Debrecen, Hungary

Greater London Council

Leeds City Council

University of Bradford

Cartwright Hall, Bradford

University of Leeds

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Kuwait, Macedonia, Slovenia, Switzerland, U.S.A.