Education:
1989-1992 Ba(honours) Degree in Fine Art – Gwent College of Higher Education
1988-1989 Diploma in Foundation Studies: Art and Design – Burton-Upon-Trent Technical College
Since the early 90’s I have been developing my practice as an artist in various contexts, including creating decor for nightclubs, training young people in animation, running one of the UK’s first street art galleries, curating for a number of gallery spaces and creating my own artwork through video, painting, sewing and construction with wood.
I have also been working as a production manager/technician/lighting and sound designer in theatre since 1998, with an emphasis on contemporary dance, collaborating with choreographers to provide artistic and technical support for their productions. I also use video, photography and digital media to create interactive environments for performance.
Since moving to Finland in 2015, I have been focusing on creating interactive and site-specific video installations and facilitating a programme of artist residencies and community dance projects.
Regular projects include the annual residency – Oulu Dance Hack – where I mentor a group of international artists over a week-long exploration of dance and technology, and Born Old – a performance for children where I create a digital projection and sound environment for the storyteller. This has been performed regularly in Finland, Norway and the Faroe Islands – and also as a live-stream – since 2018.
(Selected) Recent Projects (performance and facilitation):
2024
‘EU Dance Hack’ – Technical Mentor for dance/tech residencies – Oulu, Chemnitz & Budapest
‘Warjakka Bio’ – resurrection of the idea of the village cinema – pop-up films screenings in KALAMAJA
‘Louhi’ – design of interactive visuals and live sound manipulation for pilot demo – Turku
2023
‘Oulu Dance Hack’ – Technical Manager for 5-day residency – Oulu
2022
‘Näenkö Sinua’ – Sound design and technical mentor for Elina Tähtelä – Oulu Museum of Arts.
‘Oulu Dance Hack’ – Technical Manager for 2 x 5-day residencies – Oulu.
‘Remembering Futures’ – Technical Manager/Sound Designer for performances in Kazan, Russia.
‘KRO.FM’ – DJ/Technical support and web design for local radio station – Oulu.
2021
‘Remembering Futures’ – artist working on collaborative research in Oulu, Finland and Kazan, Russia.
‘Keho on Dacha’ – artist working on collaborative research in Varjakka, Finland and Arkhangelsk, Russia.
‘Warjakka Art Lab’ and ‘CROWD’ – Mentoring/documentation/tech support for artists residency – Varjakka Island.
‘Shapes of Water’ – Technical Mentor for performance by Kat&Jared – Tähtisirkus, Oulu.
‘Foddur Gamal’ – Live visuals/sound for storytelling duet simultaneously in Oulu and Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
2020
‘Moving Barents 2020: OUT OF URGENCY’ – Technical manager for simultaneous performances in Finland, Sweden, Russia and Norway.
2019
‘DigiDance’ – Workshops and open studio sessions – Piteå, Luleå and Moskosel, Sweden.
‘Warjakka Art Lab’ – Mentoring/documentation/tech support for artists residency – Varjakka Island.
‘Ode to You’ – Mentoring/technical management for Manon Siv Duquesnay – Zaragoza, Spain.
’12Hours4Deep – Glacial Galaxies’ – Video set (and publicity design) for Corridoors of Sound Collective – Valve, Oulu.
‘African Vibez’ – Live visuals for DJ/dance jam – Bingo, Oulu.
‘Warjakka 3D’ – Research into augmented reality heritage site – Varjakka, Oulu.
2018
‘Please Switch On Oulu’ – Interactive system/sound/video – Oulu.
‘Oulu Dance Hack 18’ – running a 5-day creative dance/tech workshop – OAMK, Oulu.
‘Born Old’ – Live visuals/sound for physical storytelling show for children – Oulu & Hammerfest (Norway)
‘DigiDance’ – Dance/tech workshops – Oulu, Eindhoven (The Netherlands) Vasaa, Mounio & Hailuoto.
2017
‘Rajamailla’ and ‘Blastin the Jam’ – Projected visuals and lighting – Valve, Oulu.
‘DigiDance’ – Dance/tech workshops for school pupils/young people/refugees – Oulu.
‘Oulu Dance Hack 17’ – running a 3-day creative dance/tech workshop – OAMK, Oulu.
‘Corridors of Sound’ – various collaborative improvised soundscapes – Valve, Kulttuuribingo & Vanha Villatehdus, Oulu.
‘PSO’ – Interactive system/sound/video – Vilnius, Lithuania.
‘Machine Movement’ – research and performance of a new system for realtime control of a robot arm – Oulu and on Finnish national TV.
‘Totem’ – Interactive sound/video dance performance – Voimala1889, Oulu
2016
‘Koti’ – Projected visuals/lighting/sound design – Valve, Oulu.
‘Between Coil and Recoil’ – Live digital sound/system design – Haparanda, Sweden.
‘Oulu Dance Hack’ – running a 3-day creative dance/tech workshop – OAMK, Oulu.
‘Corridor Collective’ – Improvised collaborative soundscapes – Valve, Oulu.
‘PSO’ – Interactive system/sound/video – Zug, Switzerland.
‘DigiDance’ – Workshops for disabled dancers – Xdance Festival, Helsinki.
‘Corridors of Sound’ – 12 hours of collaborative improvised soundscapes – Valve, Oulu.
2015
‘Please Switch On’ – Interactive system/sound/video – Kiertoliike, Zodiak, Helsinki.
‘Fix Me’ – Live digital sound – City Theatre, Oulu.
‘Heart & sOul’ – Projected visuals – Global Forum Gala, Oulu.
‘Between Coil and Recoil’ – Live digital sound/system design – City Theatre, Oulu & Theatr Harlech, Wales.
‘365’ – DJ set with visuals – EverWhat Gallery, Oulu.
‘A Study in Telesymbiosis’ – System/sound design for TaikaBox – simultaneous projected performance in Oulu and Newport, Wales.
‘The First Time Machine’ – Lighting/video design for Run Ragged Productions – Welsh retour.
‘My Skin Is a Thin Boundary’ – Lighting/video/sound for TaikaBox – Paris.
‘Rites for the Digital Shaman’ – Interactive systems/photography for TaikaBox – ongoing research, performances in Oulu, remote performances in Harlech, North Wales and Lodz, Poland.
‘Transition’ – Video design for Run Ragged Productions – Welsh tour.
‘An Invitation…’ – Lighting design for Jo Fong – UK tour/Edinburgh Fringe.
2014
‘PlayDanceMe’ – Interactive video installation – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff & online.
‘Ntokee’ – Lighting/video design for Ballet Nimba – Chapter, Cardiff.
‘UnEase’ – Video/lighting design for Sinfonia Cymru/Tom Raybould – Site specific performance installation, Cardiff.
‘Beyond the Body’ – Video/lighting/direction with TaikaBox – Welsh tour/Edinburgh Fringe.
‘The Audience’ – Video/lighting design for Jo Fong – International tour.
‘Please Switch On Your Mobile Phones’ – Project management/sound/video/light for TaikaBox – Digital Research project.
‘21st Century Dinosaurs’ – Video/lighting design for Chris Tally Evans & Co – Chapter, Cardiff
2013
‘UnBUTTONED’ – Responsive visuals for concert by Sinfonia Cymru – Chapter, Cardiff.
‘Wonders of the Universe’ – Lighting design for Karol Cysewski – Welsh tour/Edinburgh Fringe.
‘Fallen ‘ – Video/lighting design for Shock n Awe Productions – Chapter, Cardiff.
‘The Day We Discovered the World was an Oyster’ – Lighting design for Chloe Loftus – Outdoor performance installation – UK tour.
‘Witness’ – Project management for Jo Fong’s 3-screen video presentation – UK tour.
‘INHABITANTS’ – Project management/design for site-responsive dance work – Welsh tour.
‘Nine’ – Lighting design/technical management for Mr & Mrs Clark – Welsh tour.
Exhibitions:
2024
‘Reflections of CROWD’ – Multimedia installation – KALAMAJA, Varjakka.
‘Kantele’ – Interactive installation – KALAMAJA, Varjakka.
2023
‘Waves’ – Video installation – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘MANDALA’ – Immersive video installation – Im Konsthall, Moskosel, Sweden.
‘Keho On Dacha’ – Video installation – Pikisaari Art Hub.
‘Stump Village’ – Small wooden buildings installed in the forest of Varjakka.
2022
‘The Beat Hotel’ – Collaborative installation – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘Kalamaja’ – Photography exhibition – Varjakka Harbour.
‘Stump Village’ – Outdoor installation – Warjakka Taidepolku.
2021
‘1989’ – Retro Light Installation – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘Merkkituli’ – Light Installation in Oulunsalo Church – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘Keho on Dacha’– Video/audio installations– CSA– Arkhangelsk.
2018
‘Rorschach’ – Multi-screen video installation – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘Some Things From Somewhere’ – Audiovisual exhibition – Collaboration with dance artist Cai Tomos and disabled artists collective Debajo del Sombrero – Matadero, Madrid, Spain.
2017
‘COLOURS’ – Community video installations – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘AVATAR’ – Interactive video installations – LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘Tanssilava’ – Projection/sound installations – Galleria Napa, Rovaniemi.
2016
‘Karhusaari’ – Video interventions, LUMO – Oulu Light Festival.
‘Nightwatch’ – Installation for children in Liminka Library.
2015
‘The Allegory of the Cave, 2015’ – Interactive video installation, EverWhat Gallery, Oulu.
2014
‘HIDE on Location’ – Photographs printed onto wood, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
2011-2013
‘Duet for Three’ – Installation in various conferences and festivals around the UK.
2012
‘Motor Head’ – Sound design for Nick Elphick’s sculptural installation in Adain Avion, Llandudno.
2008
‘Diego’ – Audio installation as part of En Residencia, Laboral, Gijon, Spain.
Selected Films:
2023
‘Kuin kylpisin nestemäisessä kivessä’ – Short dance film made as part of Keho On Dacha
2022
‘Past Lives’ – Site-specific 360 film made for AR.
‘Another Day Without Rain’ – Dance film made with Kepposet folk dance group.
2019
‘PIIKA’, ‘Aquarius’, ‘192019’ & ‘The Blue Room’ – Short dance films made with KEHO collective on location on Varjakka Island.
2018
‘Some Things from Somewhere’ – Series of films made with Cai Tomos and the artists of Debajo del Sombrero – Matadero, Madrid, Spain.
‘Metsänläpset’ – Short dance film made with local schoolchildren.
‘Village Millionaire’ – Documentary about a local historical figure. (editor)
2017
Three Cane Whale: ‘The Bronze Sounding’ – Music video and projected backdrop for performances.
ISAN: ‘Glass Bird Movement’ – Music video.
2012
‘The Submergence Trilogy: The Beautiful’ – 360degree short that has been screened all over the world and won 3rd prize at Shortcuts International Dance Film Festival, 2014, Graz, Austria.