Born Lancashire, UK, 1984

BA (Hons) Drawing and Painting, Edinburgh College of Art (2006)

MA Drawing, UAL (2009)

Collections

The British Museum
The Royal Scottish Academy Victoria and Albert Museum Edinburgh College of Art
Glasgow Airport
Chichester Cathedral
West Dean College
Private International Collections.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2024 – Somewhere, Beyond the Tide, the Wind Whispers, Alveston Fine Art, London

2022 – Ostara, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth

2019 – Behind the Blue Curtain: Motherhood, Oxford John Radcliffe, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford

2018 – Patients and Pets, Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford

2016 – Women's Work: Women in the Rural Landscape, Hill Top Farm, National Trust, UK

2016 – Women's Work: Women in the Rural Landscape, Acorn Bank, National Trust, UK

2014 Hot Dogs and Problem Pets, Breese Little, London

2013 – Wolves Find Dogs Delicious, Breese Little, London

2010 – Drawing on the Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 – Read My Lips, Curated by Anna McNay, Common Room Projects, UK

2022 – Once Upon a Time, Curated by Flora Fairbairn and Katie Heller, London

2021 – Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London

2021 – Correspondence, Curated by Kristian Day, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth and Exeter Phoenix, UK

2021 – Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London

2020 – Artist Select Prints, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

2019 – Ing Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2019 – Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries, London

2019 – Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, Piano Nobile Kings Place, London

2017 – Daybreak, Royal College of Art Research Show, AMP Gallery, London

2014 – Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, Mall Galleries, London

2012 – Art Below for Frieze, Regents Park Underground Station

2012 – Maggs Beneath the Covers, Maggs Bros, Berkeley Square, London

2012 – BITE: Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London

2011 – Summer Exhibition, The Florence Trust, London

2008 – Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space & Touring, London

Selected Residencies

2023 – The Bothy Project, Isle of Eigg, Scotland
2023 – Cove Park, Scotland
2016 – National Trust New Art: Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Artist Fellowship at Acorn Bank
2014 – West Dean College
2014 – Somerset House with The National Open Art Competition
2011 – The Florence Trust Studios
2010 – Chichester Cathedral and West Dean College
2007 – Scottish Arts Council-funded residency; Convento São Francisco de Mértola, Portugal
2006 – The Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence

Selected Competitions, Funding Prizes, and Awards

2023 – Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) Grant, Arts Council England
2019 – Regional Prize Winner, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries
2015 – Visitors' Choice Award at Brighton Fringe for National Open Art
2009 – Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary: Runner-up, Mall Galleries, London
2007 – Scottish Arts Council Funding for residency in Portugal
2006 – John Kinross Travelling Scholarship to Florence, The Royal Scottish Academy, Italy
2006 – The James Cumming Award for Draughtsmanship, The Royal Scottish Academy
2006 – Andrew Grant Travel Award, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh

Selected Publications / Articles / Press / Features

2025 – Flux Review interview with Anna McNay
2018 – PROVA 4, Royal College of Art Arts & Humanities Research Journal
2016 – Countryfile (24th July) – 150 Year Beatrix Potter Anniversary for National Trust
2015 – Review (Hot Dogs and Problem Pets), Art Daily
2014 – “Old Tin Cutlery Before the Invention of the Fork” Review, Wall Street International Magazine
2014 – “Where to Buy…” The Week
2014 – “Lost and Found” (Library of Lost Books), Printmaking Today
2013 – In Pictures: The Library of Lost Books, BBC News
2013 – Wolves Find Dogs Delicious, Exhibition Preview, ELEPHANT Magazine
2012 – Printmaking Today, Pocklington Press

Selected Teaching and Project Experience

West Dean College (Sussex), Putney School of Art and Design, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Arts University Bournemouth, Victoria & Albert Museum, The October Gallery, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art.

Last Updated 24.10.31