A Matter of Taste

A Matter of Taste. Oil on reclaimed cupboard door. 2007

Photos from week three at Art Gene

I've been spending a lot of time on the dunes and beaches around Walney Island in Barrow in Furness as part of our residency. Here's a photo from this week (the contraption pictured is for collecting cockles).

B.tween project - save the bee!

UHC have put together a new artist-led mapping project and have entered it for the B.tween Mapping Creativity commission. From the 50 or so projects currently proposed, 3 will be chosen to go through to the next stage for potential funding. Read more here and vote for us or leave a comment.

Off to Art Gene

Last year UHC won the Art Gene open exhibition prize, and this month we took up our two month residency at their studios in Barrow In Furness. This picture was taken on day two on the National Trust nature reserve we'll be no doubt visiting a lot.

Best of?

Ok, so didn't win the 'Best of Manchester' award, but it was great to be in the final three! The work is on show at Urbis until the end of the month. 

Although I missed the whole award ceremony after rushing to the loo to clean a spilled drink from my shirt (!), Peter Saville reportedly said on stage that UHC were 'the ones to watch'. I'm just a little chuffed! 

I'm a finalist in 2008's Best of Manchester Awards

I'm one of three shortlisted artists for this year's Best of Manchester Awards, with the winner to be announced at a special event this coming Thursday night at Urbis. A small exhibition of work by all those shortlisted in the three categories (art, music and fashion) is on at the venue from 8th August until 28th September - I'll be showing the 'Spring Shrouds' project I worked on with UHC and comedian Mark Thomas last year. I'll put some pictures up here after Thursday.

My website is back up!

My website - see the link opposite or click here - is back up and fully updated. Many thanks to Joe for putting this together for me.