CV

Selected Shows

Re-covering, Untitled Gallery, Manchester (2011)
Paperworks: Paper Art in the 21st Century, Bury Art Gallery (2010)
Unrealised Potential, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2010)
Progress Reports: Art in an era of diversity, INIVA, Rivington Place London (2010)

Wind- Up, Manchester Central Library, Manchester (2009)
Radical Obsolescence Print Portfolio Launch, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool (2009)
Wind-Up, Between Tracks, Nextex, St Gallen, Switzerland (2009)
The Kiss of a Lifetime, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester (2009)

The Intertwining Line: Drawing as Subversive Art, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2008)
Wind-up, Barbican London, (Sept 2008)
Wind-Up, Cloth and Culture NOW, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2008)
The Best of Manchester 2008, Urbis, Manchester (2008)
||: Repetition :||, Fugue No.1 in QWERTY for 8 typewriters, The Art of Sound: The Sound of Art, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2008)
Unplugged, Herald St Gallery, London (2008)

ArtRadio, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2007)
Demolition, Site, Liverpool (2007)
ContentsMayVary, Victoria Baths, Manchester (2007)
Meeting Point, Axel Lapp Project, Berlin (2007)

Becoming Electric, The Lower Turk’s Head, Manchester (2006)
Sonic Arts Network Expo 2006- The Annual San Exhibition, Victoria Baths, Manchester (2006)
Notions of Drawing, CIP House, Chelsea, London (2006)
The British Art Show Sideshow, Duet, Southwell Art Space, Nottingham (2006)
Obsolete Technology, Here Gallery, Bristol (2006)
Paperworks: Paper Art in the 21st Century, Bury Art Gallery (2006)
Mastering It, Stroud Art Gallery, Stroud (2006)
Another Product, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2006)

Compartment- On the Shelf, Rogue Studios, Manchester (2005)
From Manchester With Love, Kuvataideakatemian Galleria, Helsinki (2005)
Recent Works, Apartment, Manchester (2005)
Nationwide Mercury Art Prize 2005 exhibition at Air Gallery, London (2005)

Performances

Wind-Up, Cafe Oto, London (2011)
Wind-Up, Fabrica, Brighton (2011)
Wind-Up, An Evening with MCR Scenewipe, Fuel, manchester (2011)
Kazimier Jazz Club Presents…, Kazimier, Liverpool (2011)
Wind-Up,
Krysko & Kashiwagi…In The Mix, Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester (2010)
Krysko & Kashiwagi…In The Mix, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2010)
Krysko & Kashiwagi…In The Mix, Unconvention Music Conference, Salford (2010)
Wind-Up, Salon Night, Lanternhouse, Ulverston (2010)
Wind-Up, Progress Reports: Art in an era of diversity, Iniva, London (2010)
Wind- Up, Manchester Central Library, Manchester (2009)
Wind-Up, Between Tracks, Nextex, St Gallen, Switzerland (2009)
Wind-Up, The Intertwining Line: Drawing as Subversive Art, Cornerhouse, Manchester (2008)
Wind-Up, Barbican London, (Sept 2008)
Wind-Up, Cloth and Culture NOW, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2008)
Wind-Up, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2008)
Wind Up, Manchester Central Library, Manchester (2006)

Residencies

Artist Research Residency, Lanternhouse, Ulverston (2010)

Commissions

'Stationery Orchestra' Lanternhouse, Ulverston (2011)

Publications

Quote included in Achieving great art for everyone | A Strategic Framework for the Arts | Arts Council (2010)
Drawing Now: Between the Lines of Contemporary Art (2007), TRACEY, I.B.Tauris.

Quote cited in ‘TILLTEUROPE: Creative Clash: Transforming Organisations with the Arts: Artistic Interventions to stimulate innovation, sustainability and inclusivity' (2010) Drawing Now: Between the Lines of Contemporary Art (2007), TRACEY, I.B.Tauris.

Conference Papers

Reinventing the Reel: Reclaiming the Everyday, Old Media/New Work: Obsolete
Technologies & Contemporary Art, Institute for Modern and Contemporary Culture, University of Westminster (2010)

Awards

Awarded Umbro Creative Industries Grant (2010)
AA2A Scheme placement at Manchester School of Art, Manchester (2009-2010)
Winner of Arts Council North West prize, art08 Individual Artist Award, 2008 Winner of Best of Manchester (Art), 2008
Shortlisted for the Nationwide Mercury Art Prize 2005
AHRC Professional Preparation Master’s Scheme Award 2004

Groups

Associate Lecturer of Fine Art, Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University (2010- onwards)
Host Producer at the Whitworth Art Gallery for PRS New Music Plus 2010
Advisor for Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University (2009 onwards)
On the judging panel for the Arts Council North West Cultural Olympiad project, Artists taking the lead, (2009-2012)
Radical Obsolescence (other artists include Pavel Büchler, David Osbaldeston, Ian Rawlinson, Maeve Rendle and David Price), 2009
Represented by Castlefield Gallery at Buy Art Fair 2008, Manchester

Public Collections

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Education

2006-2007 MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies, University of Manchester
2004-2005 MA Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
(including a 1 month exchange to Tokyo University of Art and Music, Japan)
2001-2004 BA Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
(including a 3 month exchange to Venice Academy of Art, Italy)
2000-2001 BTEC Foundation of Art and Design, Manchester Metropolitan University