Exhibitions and Film Festivals
2026
What Are the Odds? - Ikon Gallery Offsite Group Exhibition - Birmingham Library.
2025
Waiting 'Til Next Year for Another Year - Art in Prisons Showcase, Group Exhibition, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Practice Matters, Millennium City Gallery, Wolverhampton
2024
Attic Theatre International Film Festival ( ATIFF24) Attic Theatre, Newcastle Emlyn, Wales.
Green - Glasgow Gallery of Photography
Time and Space - Unique Photo - Philadephia
Darkness Vs. Light - Open Gallery, Halifax
2023
Light and Shadow - Glasgow Gallery of Photography
Abstract - Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
Uchi-Soto - COPA and S.A.G.E Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
Winter Solstice - Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
D31 Art PrizeExhibition - D31 Art Gallery (Online)
Niki Gandy and Lauren Kate - New Art Gallery Walsall
From Night into Day - Ikon Gallery Offsite - Ikon Gallery 8, HMP Grendon, Buckinghamshire.
Somewhere Between Sharp Cheddar and Tiger - 7th Floor Studios, Wolverhampton School of Art
AA2A in Progress - Bessant Gallery, Wolverhampton
AA2A Showcase - Wolverhampton School of Art Degree Show
The West Midlands Open - New Art Gallery Walsall
In Residence (in collaboration with Clare Chennells: Athenaeum) - The Bessant Gallery, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton School of Art Prizewinners Showcase - The Bessant Gallery, Wolverhampton
From Night into Day - University of Wolverhampton/Ikon Gallery Offsite Show
RBSA Photography Prize Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
Ikon for Artists, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Advanced Workshops, Mander Community Hub, Wolverhampton
Interim MA Show, Mander Community Hub, Wolverhampton
2020
New Wave WV3 - Viner Gallery, Wolverhampton Grammar School
New Wave WV1 Studios, Wolverhampton
New Wave - White Ladies Priory, Wolverhampton
Artists Supporting Artists WV1 Studios
New Wave Artvent Calendar (Online)
2014-19
AB Open, Abbots Bromley
2007
Degree Show, University of Wolverhampton
2006
Stafford Film Festival (Nominee)
2004
The Oval, Stafford
2003
Stafford Open Art Exhibition, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
Group Show, Riverside, Stafford
2002
Group Show, Shire Hall Library, Stafford
Accolades
Shortlisted for the Teaching Excellence Award, University of Wolverhampton Student Union, 2023
Runner-Up, Research Excellence Award, University of Wolverhampton Student Union, 2023
Winner of the School Prize, Wolverhampton School of Art, 2021
Winner of the Dean's Prize for Excellence in Fine Art, University of Wolverhampton 2021
3rd Prize Worksworth Festival Art Prize 2021 - "Moment; Extended"
Residencies
Ikon Gallery: Art in Prisons - HMP Birmingham
January 2025 - Present
January 2025 - Present
Practice Matters - PhD Micro Residency, The Roden Centre for Creative Learning, National Gallery, London
July 2025
July 2025
AA2A - University of Wolverhampton School of Art and Design,
October 2021 - April 2022
October 2021 - April 2022
Athenaeum - Harrison Library, Wolverhampton ,
January 2020 - September 2021, in Collaboration with Clare Chennells
January 2020 - September 2021, in Collaboration with Clare Chennells
Socials
Publications
“Contrast" Material Issue 3 (2024) Joshua Obara Norwood, A Meta Space Gallery Publication
Workshops
2025
Drawing With Light - University of Wolverhampton
Freelands Foundation Artist Teacher Network - Roden Centre for Creative Learning, National Gallery, London.
2023
Pinhole Photography - Ikon Gallery 8, HMP Grendon, Buckinghamshire
2022
Alternative Photographic Process - Ikon Youth Program (aboard Ikon Gallery's Slowboat), Wolverhampton
Moving Image Project, Illustration Level 5, University of Wolverhampton
Moving Image Project, Illustration Level 5, University of Wolverhampton
Panels and Conferences
2025
Practice Matters (Exhibition) Millennium City Gallery
Practice Matters (Exhibition) Millennium City Gallery
Part of "Beyond Futures: Festival of Research and Innovation," University of Wolverhampton
2024
The Art of Experimentation - A Symposium on Alternative Photography
Women Alternative Photography Group, Bristol Folk House
2022
AA2A Artists in Residence - In Discussion. University of Wolverhampton
AA2A Artists in Residence - In Discussion. University of Wolverhampton
Boards
2016 - Present
University of Wolverhampton School of Creative Industries Advisory Board (Formerly the Media Advisory Board/Screen School Advisory Board)
University of Wolverhampton School of Creative Industries Advisory Board (Formerly the Media Advisory Board/Screen School Advisory Board)
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Employment
2022 - Present
Subject Lead for Art within a CAMHS Inpatient Provision.
2021 -2023
Visiting Lecturer in Photography/Fine Art/Film and Television Production - University of Wolverhampton
2020 -2023
Lead Tutor for University of Wolverhampton’s online Saturday Art Club/National Saturday Club Trust
2008-2019
Subject Lead for Photography and Teacher of Art, Abbots Bromley School.