CV
Education
2020-Present PhD Candidate in Women’s Studies, Centre For Women’s Studies, University of York
2018 MFA in Fiber and Material Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
2015 BA (hons) in Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Age of the Bimbo, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2019 Clash, South Block, Glasgow, Scotland
2018 MFA Thesis Show, Sullivan Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
2015 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Tontine Building, Glasgow, Scotland
POMP, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2014 Bitches and Banter, SWG3, Glasgow, Scotland
So Far So Good, WASPS, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 Distil, Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2011 While the Ink is Wet, According to McGee, York, UK
Publications & Writing
2023 How the Playboy bunny suit went from uniform to Halloween costume, The Conversation
Hyper-femininity can be subversive and empowering – just ask Barbie, The Conversation
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me- Netflix doc seeks to reclaim model’s legacy, despite problematic contributors, The Conversation
How Playboy cut ties with Hugh Hefner to create a post-#MeToo brand, The Conversation UK (Republished by CNN)
2018 In Memory and Memory, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sculpture Exit Seminar publication
2015 GSA Fine Art Photography Degree Show Publication
Conference Papers & Artist Talks
2023 Complicated Empowerment: Art Making as a Conduit for Reclaiming and Subverting Sexualised Femininities Found in Playboy, Sisterhood in . Action Conference, York, UK
2022 “A Girl Resembles a Bunny” A Feminist Reanalysis of Representations of Women in Playboy, Sisterhood in Action Conference, York, UK
Instagram Live Artist Talk with Woman Made Gallery for Age of the Bimbo Exhibition
2017 These Chicks are our Natural Enemies, SAIC Fiber and Material Studies Graduate Noon Hour Lecture Series, Chicago, IL, USA
Shocking Pink, SAIC Fiber and Material Studies Graduate Noon Hour Lecture Series, Chicago, IL, USA
Relevant Professional Experience
Current Co-editor in Chief, Cultivate Journal, York, UK
Co-founder, Re-Making Research Network , University of York, UK
Academic Assignment Tutor & Seminar Lead, YorJourney, University of York, UK
Freelance GCSE & A Level English & Art Tutor (Predominately working with MyTutor’s Schools Program)
2021 Community Projects Facilitator, Transform Challenge, University of York, Department of Sociology, York, UK
2019 Volunteer, Glasgow Zine Library
2017 Program Assistant & Residence Life Liaison, Early College Program Summer Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of . Continuing Studies, Chicago, IL, USA
2016-2018 Teaching Assistant, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Departments of Fiber and Material Studies & Contemporary Practices, Chicago, IL, . USA
2015 Volunteer, Glasgow Women’s Library