Residencies & Awards

Artist in Residence at Le CouveNt, Auzits, France, July 2015 – Full Scholarship

The Reader Berlin 2015 Competition, Berlin, Germany, February 2015 – Published Finalist

Artist in Residence at Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, Portland, England, April 2010


Qualifications

Writing (MA), Liverpool John Moors University, 2015 – 2017 – Distinction

German Language Certificate, Babylonia e.V., 2014 – 2015 – B1

Critical Fine Art Practice (BA), University of Brighton, 2009 – 2011 – First-Class Honors

Foundation in Fine Art, Liverpool Community College, 2008 – 2009 – Distinction


Workshop Facilitation

Creative Pro for Apple, Liverpool, England, September 2017 – Present – Daily events and workshops for community groups, educational institutions and businesses on various creative subjects and technologies including Apple’s accessibility features and Procreate

What’s You Pride Story?, Liverpool, England, May – July 2016 – Ten-week writing and public speaking course

Play it Forward with Sefton CVS, Southport, England, February 2016 – Two-days of poetry workshops


Discography

The CollegiateSWard, EP, Self-released, November 25th, 2022

GürtelstraßeSWard, EP, Self-released, April 24th, 2020

Sleepless, SWard, Single, Self-released, September 24th, 2019


Exhibitions & Events

John Moores Painting Prize, ‘Portrait of Dr Sam Naghibi’, Acrylic Painting, Longlisted (Stage 2), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, May 2023

Drawing the Gallery with The Big Draw, ‘Revisiting Mrs. Martha Dix’, Digital Painting, The World of Glass, St Helens, England, September 2017

CTM Vorspiel at Oh Tannenbaum, Reading & Artwork, Berlin, Germany, January 2014

Contort at Urban Spree, Performance, Berlin, Germany, November 2013

Berlin Atonal Festival at Tresor, Nine-Hour VJ Set, Berlin, Germany, October 2013

The Burt Brill and Cardens Graduate Show 2011, Seven-Days of Events & Workshops, Brighton, England, June 2011

Squanderground at Taj, Performance & Installation, Brighton, England, April 2011

Grand Parade Gallery, Kinetic Sculpture, Brighton, England, April 2010

Occulture Festival at The Courtyard Theatre, Performance, London, England, May 2009

The 50p Show at a disused building facing Brighton Dome, Sculpture, Brighton, England, April 2009


Publications

‘Fearless’, 404 Ink: Issue Two, Fiction, Print, July 2017

‘The Faint Whisper’, Independent Variable Anthology, Poetry, Print, July 2017

Various Articles for Corridor8, Journalism, Online, 2015 – 2017

‘The Organ Recital’, Hark: Issue Four, Fiction, Online, December 2015

‘Gegen Entgegen’, Streets of Berlin: An Anthology, Fiction, Print, September 2015

‘Gegen Entgegen’, SAND: Berlin’s English Literary Journal: Issue 11, Fiction, Print, April 2015

‘The Lights & The Ride’, Yorkshire Art Journal: Afterglow, Poetry, Online, 2015

‘Donation’, Offline Samizdat: Reasons, Fiction, Print, March 2014

‘The Arbitrator’, Offline Samizdat: Discipline, Non-Fiction, Print, April 2013

‘All the World’s a Drunken Fist’, Offline Samizdat: Metaphor, Fiction, Print, August 2012