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| Biography |
| 1949 | Born Welwyn Garden City. |
| 1955 | Family moved from London to Cornwall |
| 1967-68 | Falmouth School of Art |
| 1968-71 | 1968-71 Central School of art and design. Bauhaus Exhibition-Inspired by original black and white1921 film ofOskar Schlemmer's Slat Dance and his definition of 'ambulant space'. The live body and the personal activity of wearing were to become primary concerns |
| 1971-82 | 1971-82 Works exhibited and published internationally. |
| 1973 | Works purchased by Stedelijk Museum through jewellery champion Ralph Turner |
| 1977 | Awarded United Kingdom/United States
Bicentennial Arts Fellowship (British |
| 1980-1994 | Associate Lecturer Middlesex University. Foundation Year. |
| 1981-2 | Made the Wearables a group of works to be worn. The title served distinguish them from non-wearable work of the same period 'Wearing' provided both function and subject for these works. |
| 1982 | Ceased to make Wearables A fundamental change in the work was necessary. Ceased exhibiting new work to enable a fresh start in sculpture. |
| 1985 | First one-person exhibition of sculpture in the New Gallery at the Whitechapel Art Gallery |
| 1987 | Became involved in the regeneration of Will Arnold Forster's garden at Eagles Nest, Cornwall. |
| 1989 | One person exhibition at Camden Arts Centre. |
| 1989-92 | Looked at 1970's Structural film Went to Spain and Italy. |
| 1991-92 | Wrote text for Shima: Island and Garden |
| 1992 | Exhibited a series of slate engravings on pool-table slate, published Shima: Island and Garden and a series of cibachrome photographs . Became interested in incorporating large scale drawings into buildings. Answered advertisement for major sculpture commission for The European Union Consilium in Brussels. Awarded the commission in 1993. |
| 1995 | Completed first site specific commission
Slate Frieze for The European Union Other site specific works and collaborations followed. |
| 1999 | Awarded hon FRIBA |
| 2001-2003 | Commission to make Side Street a new pedestrian
street in Westminster. First visit to Japan. Commission to make 36 Elements: Glass Wall in Tokyo Created first one person exhibition for ten years Elements a site specific installation of large scale wall drawings for the Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre. Further developed interests in the effect of scale and place on drawings. |
| Lives and works in London. |
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