World’s First Art Exhibition for Dogs
I was invited by designer and inventor Dominic Wilcox to create a piece of artwork specifically for dogs as part of the World’s First Art Exhibition for Dogs. Other artists created paintings, collages and the like, whilst I created a video piece inspired by a friends dog who particularly likes both frisbees and the classic bouncing dvd logo screensaver.

Dominic himself created a series of interactive artworks for the dogs, including a giant dog bowl ball pool and water fountain.

More can be seen over on Dominic's website.

Fjuk - Husavik, Iceland Residency

In the summer of 2015 I spent 5 weeks in Husavik in Northern Iceland working in the studios at Fjuk Arts Centre.

Rather than drawing directly from my surroundings or responding to obvious Icelandic tropes, (which is one classic response to working on a residency) I instead built up a large collection of found imagery from the local charity shop (an hour and a half drive away) . I incorporated these with recurring shapes and lines that stuck in my head from walking around the fishing town and its surrounding areas.

I did however allow myself one day to draw in the Whale museum and embrace everything Icelandic which resulted in the zine – ‘Whales Tails’.

Versus at Doomed Gallery
Group show exploring collaboration, whereby select artists were invited to reinterpret / remix photographer Olly Burn's photographs. Using excess large format promotional material, I got to paint onto, cut up and generally deface Olly's beautiful photos. Fun stuff.

More over at Olly's website.

The Rise and Fall of Mel Gibson

‘Mel Gibson Fact 127: It took Mel 16 takes to pick out the Ace of Spades in the climatic scene in Maverick.’

Group show and book based around the life and career of troubled actor Mel Gibson. My piece was inspired by the infamous scene in the classic 1994 film ‘Maverick’.

Secret 7"

‘‘Secret 7” takes 7 tracks from 7 of the best-known musicians around and presses each one 100 times to 7” vinyl. They then invite creatives from around the world to interpret the tracks in their own style for every 7”. 700 sleeves are exhibited and then sold for £50 apiece.’‘

I have taken part in this excellent venture every year since 2013 to 2016.

BD À Bastia - Museum of Bastia, Corsica.

I was lucky enough to be among 8 artists to represent the UK at annual Comics and Art Festival – BD À Bastia in Corsica. The festival is organised by Una Volta, the Cultural Centre for Bastia and features all manner of exhibitions, talks and workshops by some of the best comics and sequential narrative artists from across Europe.

Ben Newman, Karrie Fransman, Glyn Dillon, Ian Culbard, Fumio Obata, Vivianne Schwarz, Glen Baxter and myself, exhibited in the Museum of Bastia which is an old fort. We also took part in a panel talking about comics and illustration in the UK, as well as various signings and comic workshops.

More images and info over here

Colossal Space
Colossal Space is a curatorial project by William Edmonds. Colossal Space is a 55mm x 55mm x 95mm glass case exhibition space. Artists are invited to use the space any way they desire
I wanted to address this imbalance of heads vs bodies in my work. Creating bodies for all the heads I had made over the years. However rather than creating hundreds of thousands of headless zombies searching for their head and then having to store such monsters I decided to incorporate another passion. Bread making.
The exhibition occurred on evening in early March in 2013, with friends invited to witness the scene and then eat it with Cheese and Piccalilli, and a nice glass of red.
Photos by Will Edmonds.

Now or Ever - CC Ter Dilft, Bornem, Belgium.

I was invited to take part in this excellent group show at culture centre Ter Dilft in Bornem, Belgium, by Belgian artist Ephameron. That also featured the work of Nous Vous (UK), Ward Zwart (BE), Ephameron (BE), Joanna Hellgren (SE) and Louis Reith (NL).

This was a fun show that included drawings, collages, paintings, zines and sculptures. I made and painted the shelves to display a series of mini sculptures and drawings and collages inspired by said sculptures. These were my first attempt at 3d work and saw me using air drying clay painted with gouache and varnish.

Pain At The Dentist at Alvarado Gallery

Group show in an ex-Dentists on Chatsworth rd, East London.

The Joyful Bewilderment

Touring exhibition curated by; Simon Peplow, Lawrence Roper, Marcus Oakley, Holly Wales & The Outcrowd Collective. Landing at Rough Trade East, London / Analogue, Edinburgh and Here Gallery, Bristol. Featuring over 100 artists.

People I've Never Met & Conversations I've Never Had - Concrete Hermit

My debut Solo show coincided with the release of my Nobrow published book ‘People I’ve Never Met & Conversations I’ve Never Had’ and included the pages from the book plus limited edition prints and some heads made of smaller heads.