Studio: Torrisdale Studios, 102 Torrisdale Street, Glasgow, Scotland

1987 Born in Glasgow
1991 - 2006 Lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Education/ Mentorship
2017 - 2018 Glasgow School of Art, MLitt Fine Art (Performance Pathway), (Distinction)
2014 - 2015 Mentored by internationally renowned Drag King Diane Torr
2006 - 2010 The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, BA (Hons) Contemporary Performance Practice, (First Class)

Solo Exhibitions
2020 Angled Arm and Hand Signals , Funded by The ScotRail Cultural and Arts Fund (Artist Commission)
2018 Strike Score , SEXES, an interdisciplinary, cross-ECA research cluster , Edinburgh College of Art
2016 EXTENSIONS , ‘Porin Juhlaviikot’, Gallery 3H+K, Pori Finland

Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 BLOCO BLOQUEADO , Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 Chair Poses , Street Level Open, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Chair Poses, FLING project , Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Block Block, Open Out/ Open Bodies programme, supported by Creative Scotland and the British Council, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 Strike Score, Open Bodies sharing, Despina Gallery, supported by Creative Scotland and the British Council, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
2018 TWO-FOLD, Glasgow School of Art (Tontine Building), Master’s degree show, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Transperception , Dornoch Street Project Space, artist collaboration with Flora deBechi, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 A-part-of, for I’m not moving , but I am moved , Mount Florida Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 between her legs , for Exquisite Offerings, Glasgow International, Glasgow, Scotland

Selected Performance
2019 501 ®, Tragicom , An Exhibition in III Acts, Patriothall, WASPS, Edinburgh, Scotland
2019 Allied & Amalgamated, for Last Futures, Tramway, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, Scotland
2019 Modular drawing, for Casual Nexus, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Scotland
2018 Fem Vocal No.2 , Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015 Exhibit 3. Fermented In k, UNFIX, Festival, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2016 EXTENSIONS , Rapid Pulse Festival, Chicago, United States of America
2016 EXTENSIONS , Über Teüchter, Month of Performance Art, Berlin, Germany
2015 Dowry , Calm Down Dear, Camden People’s Theatre, London, England
2015 Dowry , SPILL National Platform, Ipswich, England
2014 Dowry , SPILL National Platform, Ipswich and Arches Live, The Arches Venue, Glasgow
2014 raised earth , St.John’s church, Table of Submissions, Just Festival, Art Shed Collective
2013 CRUX , Buzzcut Glasgow, The Glue Factory, Visual Arts Venue, Glasgow

Selected Screening
2018 a-part-of , part of Simply Beaming supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation and Embassy Gallery, International premier at Maruseppu Art Residency (M.A.R), Maruseppu, Hokkaido, Japan

Awards/ Commission
2019/2020 Visual Artist & Craft Maker Award Scheme, Glasgow, Scotland
2019/2020 The ScotRail Cultural and Arts Fund Awardee, (Artist Commission), Glasgow, Scotland
2010/2011 Athena Award, by New Moves International and National Review of Live Art Glasgow, Scotland

Artist in residence
2018 - 2019 Open Bodies (national artist), designed jointly by Despina (Rio de Janeiro) and The Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh) with support from British Council and Creative Scotland, Scotland and Brazil

Publications
2020 The May MASS, (the MASS collection), a monthly online collection of discursive art, articles, opinions, prompts, thoughts, and questions, gathered in response to global issues, co-edited by Henry McPherson and Maria Sappho
2018 The Self and Other, by Aldobranti Fosco Fornio
2017 Glasgow Art Review, Publication 1, EXTENSIONS , performance score
2016 Materials in performance, featured artist, University of Glasgow paper 
2015 UNFIX festival Publication, on ‘EXTENSIONS’, poetic actions on paper, paper bound publication, Contemporary Centre of the Arts, Glasgow
2011 Performance Matters, Documentation Contribution, workshop led by Julie Tolentino and Ron Athey, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
2011 National Review of Live Art 2011, Winter School Blog contribution co-organised by artist Sarah-Jane Grimshaw