​​Curriculum Vitae

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AWARDS

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2024: The President and Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship (RCA - Royal College of Arts) 

2023: The Benyon Study Award / BSMGP / British Society of Master Glass Painters.

2022: The Lever Award / Livery Recipient / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.

2022: Commission Winner for the Stevens Architectural Glass Competition / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.

2022: 1st Prize: Design. The Brian Thomas Memorial Prize / Stevens Architectural Glass Competition / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.

2021: 1st Prize: Design. The Brian Thomas Memorial Prize  / Stevens Architectural Glass Competition / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.

 

PUBLICATIONS / EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / CONFERENCES / COMMISSIONS

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2025: 'El Vitral - Una ventana al arte contemporáneo argentino' - MUVI (Museo Municipal del Vidrio de Berazategui).

2024: Profane & Sacred City Exhibition, Swedenborg House, WC1A 2TH. Series of stained glass panels based on the alchemical text La Tres Sainte Trinosophie attributed to Count Alessandro di Cagliostro. October 2024. 

2024: Binfield Heath Chapel Arts & Crafts Exhibition. Oxfordshire. 

2024: Inspired by William Morris. BSMGP Exhibition (British Society of Master Glass Painters) 

2024: RAF Stained Glass Commission / Finalist / BSMGP / British Society of Master Glass Painters.

2023: WWI poet Wilfred Owen Memorial Window, (2750mm x 550mm) All Saints Church, Dunsden Green, Oxfordshire, UK. Double layered, Hand Etched and Painted flash glass.

2022: 1741 Snowflakes(138mm x 138mm) Six Hand Engraved Light Panels, Middleburg, The Netherlands. 

2022: Music Album Cover Art (200mm x 200mm) For musician Naima Bock. Spotify with over 100,000 hits.    

2022:  Alchemy Exhibition. The Steamship, London E14. Installation - Multimedia / Stained Glass

2021: St Peter Stained Glass Panel & St George (590mm x 390mm) Two Stained Glass Panels. Southside House Private Chapel, London.

2021-22: The Alchemist, Traditional Stained Glass Panel (300mm 300mm) / The Centenary Exhibition BSMGP    

    Ely Cathedral                                                                               17 Sep– 31 Oct ’21

    Winchester Cathedral                                                                4 Nov – 25 Nov ’21

    All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol                                           1 Dec ‘21 – 30 Jan ’22

    National Waterfront Museum, Swansea                                 5 Feb – 8 May ’22

    Wells Cathedral                                                                          13 May – 13 June ’22

    Worcester Cathedral                                                                  13 June – 23 June ’22

    Oxford Festival of the Arts                                                        24 June – 17 July ’22

    Lichfield Cathedral                                                                    18 July – 25 Aug ’22

    International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge                          26-29 August ’22

    Manchester Cathedral                                                               September ‘22

2021: The Lamb & The Musician Angel. Painted and Etched Glass. Morley College 

2021: Uganda, Engraved Flash Glass. Exhibited as part of the CGS International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge 

2020: ‘Orbital’ -  Glass and Gypsum Sculpture. Menier Gallery London 

2020: Conference facilitator for filmmaker Tova Beck Friedman ‘Women’s Mythologies’. ASWM - Israel 2021. 

2018: 12th Native Spirit Film Festival, SOAS (Film) 

2018: California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA

2018: AAR (American Academy of Religions) Tacoma, Washington State, USA

2018: ASWM Myth, Ritual and Folklore, Reclaiming our Relationship with Nature. Las Vegas, USA (Film) 

2018: FiLiArt Guerrilla Banner Showcase, Houses of Parliament, London.

2018: FiLiArt 100, Sao Paulo, Brazil Exhibition

2018: FiLiArt 100 Years Bloomsbury Festival, London. 

2017: Venice International Arts Festival. Anima Mundi. Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi.

2017: Micromania Film Festival Finalist "Brevity is the sister of genius." - Anton Chekhov

2017: FiLiArt Conference, Institute Of Education London

2017: Moda 360, Los Angeles CA. 

2016: Women on Film, Hackney Picture House, London. 

2016: ASWM (Association of Women and Myth) Film Festival. 

2016: FiliArt Refuge Art Exhibition East London. Installation. 

2016: Finding Light in Darkness, Boston Massachusetts. USA (Academic Paper) 

2016: BBC 100 Women Exhibition, London, UK (Art Video Installation ) at BBC Broadcasting House, London.

2015: Myths Shattered and Restored (Book Publication) 

2014: Cross Cultural Narratives, San Antonio, Texas (Academic Paper)

2011: City Lit. End of Year Fine Art Exhibition. Charcoal and Rubber on Paper / Video Sculpture. 

2010: The Body and Trauma. BPS, (British Psychological Society) Edinburgh, Scotland. (Academic Paper) 

2009: Nomadic Objects. Site specific temporal art works. UK (Various), Greece, Spain, France, Brazil, Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas and New York

2009: Eco-Psychology. BPS (British Psychological Society) 12th Annual Conference, Yorkshire, UK). 

2010: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Therapy; Techniques for Psychotherapists. Cornwall, UK, 

2009: NHS Primary Care Trust, & Various Educational Establishments. Stress Management for Front Line Workers. 

2009: Dawn & Dusk. Performance Art. London. 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE 

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Stained Glass Artist (2021 - present)

London based Architectural Glass Artist working on large scale site specific artworks, as well as bespoke fine art exhibition pieces. Designing and making artworks for both sacred and secular buildings and for art collectors. Her aim is to remain respectful of the genius loci (spirit of a place) and to enhancing and bringing beauty to public and private spaces through transmitted light. Studying World Religions at SOAS, gave her a strong foundation in sacred art, architecture, biblical/spiritual imagery and narrative. This knowledge was deepened through her cross-cultural ethnographic research and work as a psychotherapist, which incorporated dream symbology and archetypal imagery. 

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Visual Artist (2009- present)

Multimedia Visual Artist. Weaving together sculpture, video art, ritual, performance and  immersive installations which often invite audience participation. Interests lie in the liminal space between myth, ritual and folkloric traditions and how these can be woven back into contemporary society, eliciting a dialogue between past & present, conscious & unconscious, through international collaborations which challenge cultural assumptions.

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Advisory Board Member in Film and Visual Culture ASWM (Association for the Study of Women and Mythology -USA) (2017-2022)

Mentoring graduate students. Reviewing books, films and other resources for inclusion on web site. Suggesting speakers for conferences. Nominating books for awards program. Promoting awareness of dissertation award and grants programs. Contributing resources to online library and syllabus/curriculum projects. Consulting on content areas or on outreach to scholars and researchers. Promoting visual research techniques in the academic community. 

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Qualitative Independent Cross-Cultural Researcher (2007-present)

Methodologies: Autoethnography, a/r/tography, Organic Inquiry, Reflexivity, Narrative and Phenomenology. Themes: liminal space; creativity; rites of passage; ritual; ceremony; embodiment; materiality; image. Interests: Exploring ways of including marginalised voices in academic discourse and disseminating academic research through Arts Based Media including film and documentary work. She is interested in creative ways in which humans have transmitted narratives through myth and ritual and how these stories are relevant to contemporary society.

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Psychotherapist (2004-2023) Eco-Psychologist (2012-2023)

UKCP accredited psychotherapist and supervisor with well over 10,000 clinical hours experience. EMDR & Trauma specialist. Extensive experience of working successfully with both adults and adolescents on both long and short term basis. Integrative approach; psychosynthesis, Jungian dream work & person centred. Presented papers and workshops at various conferences. Working in natural environments so as to promote mental heath. Trained with Michael Cohen (one of the founders of Ecopsychology) in the USA.

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EDUCATION 

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2022-24: Lever Award Apprenticeships: Thomas Denny - UK / Derix Studio - Germany / Lamberts - Germany / Maria Farina Ruiz - Argentina / Jonathan Soper - UK / Jonathan Cooke - UK / Swansea College of Art, University of Wales, Trinity St David - UK / Auravisions - UK, Foustat Centre of Traditional Arts, Cairo, Egypt (see Lever page for more details). 

2020-21: BTEC Diploma Art and Design/Glass - Morley College (Kensington & Chelsea College) - Distinction 

2020-21:  UAL Diploma Art and Design/Glass - Morley College (Kensington & Chelsea College) - Distinction

2021-22:  Master Class Jonathan Cooke - Painting and Silver Stain - Yorkshire and Swansea College of Art  

2018-22: Princes School of Traditional Arts - Stained Glass, Geometry: The Windows of Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. Plaster Carving, Creative Studies based on the work of Cecil Collins

2009-11: Fine Arts Diploma. City Lit, London. Drawing, Oil Painting, Printmaking, Photo-etching, Film Editing (Adobe), Camera, TV & Film-Making

2010-2017: Princes School of Traditional Arts. Pigments, Colour Harmony and Traditional Painting Techniques, Islamic Manuscript Illumination.

2009-10: Supervision Certificate - Re.Vision (Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis) 

2005-7: MA(Hons) (Upper II:I) Couns. and Psych. Research using Art/ography De Montfort University, Leicester, UKCP and BACP accredited 

2002-7: Diploma in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy CCPE (Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education) UKCP accredited. BACP Diploma in Person Centred Counselling. 

2002-5: Philosophy and Psychology of Religions (Heythrop College, University of London) 

2002-5: BA (Hons) (Upper II:I) Study of World Religions, SOAS, University of London. 

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