CV

Whilst every effort is made to keep this CV up to date sometimes it falls behind.

The following year-in-review blog posts may give you a better sense of my practice and how it has developed over the years.

Solo Exhibitions

11.2019 – We Are Your Friends – Czurles Nelson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
10.2015 – 01.2016 – Permission Taken – Birmingham Open Media
03.2016 – 05.2016 – Permission Taken – University of Birmingham

Selected Exhibitions and Performances

2020

2019

Right The Right – Video screening – Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Gamerz Festival – Video screening – Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France
Will’s Kitchen – Video screening – Will’s Kitchen, Stratford
Bcc: – Video screening – Vivid Projects
Wonder – Video screening and vinyl wall installation – The Herbert Gallery & Museum, Coventry
Algorave Elephant – Audio visual performance – Corsica Studios, London
Vague but Exciting – Exhibition on wifi routers – Vivid Projects
Algo/Mesh – Live coded visual performance – DINA Venue, Sheffield
Patterns of Movement – Video screening and prints – Sidney + Matilda, Sheffield
Time Portals – Augmented reality video screening and billboard print – Furtherfield, London
Toggler – Online exhibition – Fermynwoods Contemporary Arts/Online, Leicester
Late at the Library: Algorave – Live coded visual performance – British Library
Friday Late: Copy / Paste – Video screening – V&A, London
Lush Presents Algorave: Live Coding Party – Live coded visual performance – SXSW, Texas
Forward: New Art from Birmingham – Exhibition of data visualisation – Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

2018

Algorave Bristol – Live coded visual performance – Bristol
Cheltenham Science Festival Algorave – Live coded visual performance – Cheltenham
Digital Domestic – Performative Lecture – Konstfack, Sweden
Algorave Karlsruhe – Live coded visual performance – ZKM, Karlsruhe
Late at Tate Britain: Echoes – Video Screening – Tate Britain, London
Re-Animation – Outdoor projection of animated GIFs – University of Birmingham, Birmingham
Granular: The Material Properties of Noise – Vinyl wall installation, University of Greenwich, London
Basquiat’s Brain – Video screening – Barbican, London

2017

Algomech Algorave – Live coded visual performance – Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
Too Young for What? – Live digital drawing – Barbican, London
V&A Digital Design Weekend – Exhibition of art on WiFi routers – V&A, London
Green Man Festival – Light Installation – Breacon Beacons
Algorave – Bluedot Festival – Live coded visual performance – Macclesfield
BUMP – Live coded visual performance – Kortrijk
Algorave Supersonic Festival – Live coded visual performance – Birmingham
Short Circuit – Terminal 3 – Exhibition of art on WiFi routers – OK Corral, Denmark
Hybrid Landscapes – Video installation – Open Data Institute, London
Ways of Something – Video screening – Flatpack Festival, Birmingham

2016

Short Circuit – Terminal 1 – Exhibition of art on WiFi routers – Stryx, Birmingham
Thinking Out Loud – Exhibition of aluminium prints – Open Data Institute, London
Random String microFestival – Vinyl wall installation – Coventry
Common Property – Video screening and vinyl wall installation – Jerwood Space, London

2015

RoCH Fans & Legends – Video screening – QUAD, Derby
The Death of the Authors – 1943 – Interactive performance – Brussels Poetry Festival, Brussels
I Am My Mother’s Child – Visuals performance – Birmingham Open Media, Birmingham
GIFs to Have Sex By – Exhibition of animated GIFs – Transfer Gallery, New York
This is What a Feminist Looks Like – Interactive Installation – Stryx, Birmingham
Moving Bodies Butoh & Live Art Dublin – Interactive Performance – MART, Dublin
µchip 5 – Visual performance – London
Do it Anyway Festival – Live coding visuals performance – Access Space, Sheffield
Late at Tate: Disrupt – Video screening – Tate Britain, London
Computer Club Algorave – Live coding visuals performance – Access Space, Sheffield
BOM Fellows: Live R&D – Exhibition of animated GIFs – Birmingham Open Media, Birmingham
Public Domain Day – Botopera – Audio/visual performance – Nova Cinema, Brussels
Birmingham Show – Video screening – Eastside Projects, Birmingham

2014

Cornerstone Arts Festival – Interactive performance – Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
Loud Tate: Code – Video screening – Tate Britain, London
OSP Print Party – Interactive performance – Balsamine, Brussels, Belgium
Club Fierce: Algorave – Live coding visuals performance – Fierce Festival, Birmingham
GIF Free For All – Exhibition of animated GIFs – Online/Computer Art Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
glitChicago – Audio/visual performance – Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, US
Ways of Something – Video screening – TRANSFER Gallery, New York, US
Between Two Worlds – Interactive video screening – STRYX/Vivid Projects, Birmingham
Syndrome Sessions 2.0 – Interactive performance – Liverpool
Algorave – Live coding visuals performance – Brighton
GIFbites/Bitrates – Exhibition of animated GIFs – Online/Shiraz Artist House, Iran
Art Market San Francisco – Exhibition of artworks – San Francisco, US
Next Wave – Video screening – RBSA, Birmingham
LightNight Liverpool – Interactive performance – FACT Gallery, Liverpool
Algorave – Live coding visuals performance – Gateshead
Electronic Voice Phenomena – Video screening – Online/Liverpool
Antagonists Anonymous – Visual performance – Tritriangle, Chicago, US
BYOB Stony Brook – Video screening – Stony Brook University, New York, US
VOID – Exhibition of artwork – BPN Architects, Birmingham

2013

The Tale Tellers – Exhibition of animated GIFs – Online, UK
Come Heavy Sleep – Visual performance with KILN Ensemble – The Studio Theatre, Library of Birmingham and The REP, Birmingham
BYOB Birmingham 2013 – Video screening – Vivid Projects, Birmingham
7 Days of Sound Festival – Audio/visual performance – Althorpe Studios and Gallery, Leamington Spa
Molécula/The Wrong Biennale – Audio/visual performance as part of Feedback Symphony – Mutuo Centro de Arte, Barcelona, Spain
databit.me #3 – Audio/visual performance – Arles, France
SuperByte Festival – Visual performance and exhibition of artwork – Jabez Clegg, Manchester
Ghosting #3 – Video screening – Los Angeles, California, USA
_ģ̶Ł̶1̶ɫ̶C̶ʮ̶_Δ┌┼- – Video screening – Neutral Ground Contemporary Art Forum, Regina, Canada
BYOB Boiler Room – Video screening, London
Glitch Moment/ums – Exhibition of artwork and audio/visual performance – Furtherfield Gallery, London
Art + Copyright – Online exhibition of animated GIFs – Barcelona, Spain
FRAME_ – Exhibition of framed artwork – Clarke Gallery at Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham
Dirty New Media – Video screening – Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham
BYOB London – Video performance and screening – London
FRAME_ – Exhibition of framed artwork – Clarke Gallery at The Big Peg, Birmingham

2012

FRAME_ – Exhibition of framed artwork – Clarke Gallery at Central Library, Birmingham
FRAME_ – Exhibition of framed artwork – Clarke Gallery at Hotel du Vin, Birmingham
Pop! Bang! Wallop! – Exhibition of modified found items – TROVE, Birmingham
SuperByte Festival – Video performance as part of Freecode – Manchester
Wednesday from Light – Video screening – Birmingham Opera Company, Birmingham
Papergirl – Public display of artworks – Various locations, Birmingham
BYOB Birmingham – Video screening – Flatpack Festival, VIVID, Birmingham
TEDxBirmingham – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
Bus Tops – Exhibition of animated artworks on LED screens at bus stops – London
Network Music Festival – Performances as part of BiLE and Freecode – Birmingham

2011

D1sc0nNe3ct – Video screening – Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
Destructural Video – Video screening – Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds
Alvin Lucier: A Celebration – Video screening – Wesleyan University, Conneticut, US
ArtsFest – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Birmingham Musem and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Laptops Meet Musicians Festival – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Venice, Italy
SOUNDkitchen – Audio/visual performance as part of BiLE – Birmingham

2010

Critical Glitch Artware – Video screening – Notacon, Cleveland, USA
Show of Science – Video screening as part of AAS – TROVE, Birmingham
INFOPORN II – Video screening – Chicago, USA
Changing Room v2.0 – Virtual exhibition in Second Life – Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast
GLI.TC/H – Video screening and group exhibition – Chicago, US, USA

2009

Othello – Chorus member as part of Birmingham Opera Company – Birmingham
Changing Rooms – Virtual exhibition in Second Life at Eastside Projects – Birmingham
The Event – Performance as part of AAS – Birmingham

Curated Exhibitions

05.2020 – Copy Paste – Piksel, Bergen, Norway
06.2018 – Assembly – Eastside Projects, Birmingham
09.2017 – No Copyright Infringement Intended – Vivid Projects, Birmingham
04 – 05.201 – No Copyright Infringement Intended – Phoenix, Leicester
06.2015 – Stealth – Vivid Projects, Birmingham
03.2015 – μChip 3 – Vivid Projects, Birmingham
03.2014 – BYOB Stony Brook – Stony Brook University, New York, US
11.2013 – BYOB Birmingham – Vivid Projects, Birmingham
03.2013 – Dirty New Media – Barber Institute of Fine Art, Birmingham
09.2010 – 10.2012 – Birmingham Zine Festival – Various venues, Birmingham
11.2012 – Flip Festival – Lighthouse Media Centre, Wolverhampton
06.2012 – TOYBOX – TROVE, Birmingham
03.2012 – BYOB Birmingham – VIVID, Birmingham
11.2011 – GLI.TC/H Birmingham – VIVID, Birmingham

Awards and Funding

02.2018 – Grants for the Arts: No Copyright Infringement Intended
10.2015 – Grants for the Arts: Permission Taken
03.2015 – Grants for the Arts: μChip 3
10.2012 – Grants for the Arts: Birmingham Zine Festival
11.2011 – Birmingham City University: GLI.TC/H
11.2011 – Grants for the Arts: GLI.TC/H
08.2010 – New Generation Space
10.2009 – Hello Digital fringe event: fizzPOP Howduino hackday

Residencies

08.2020 – Stay At Home Residency – New Art Gallery Walsall
07.2014 – 06.2016 – Artist in Residence – University of Birmingham
06.2014 – Post-Modern Plant Life – Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa
10.2012 – Databit.me – Arles, France
11.2011 – Fargo Hack Play Space – Coventry
05.2010 – The Lombard Method – Birmingham with fizzPOP

Judging and Selection Panels

08.2020 – Hyperlink – Test Card x Live Cinema
05.2020 – Network Music Festival
02.2020 – Ten Acres of Sound – Artefact
09.2019 – a-n Coaching and Mentoring 2019 bursaries
06.2019 – Koestler Awards – Another Me – Koestler Trust
04.2019 – Collaborate! – Jerwood Arts
10.2015 – Open Online Six – Fermynwoods Contemporary Art

Memberships

03.2020 – Present – Board member at Birmingham Open Media
06.2019 – Present – Part of the Artist Council for a-n
04.2019 – Present – Artist Adviser for Jerwood Arts
2016 – 2020 – Part of the Advisory Group for New Art West Midlands
2017 – 2018 – Fellow at Near Now
10.2014 – 12.2016 – Fellow at Birmingham Open Media
06.2014 – 01.2016 – Honourary Associate at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
05.2014 – 02.2016 – Board member at Fierce Festival – Birmingham
01.2009 – 2012 – Board member at VIVID – Birmingha