| Education | |
| 2003-06 2002-03 | Loughborough University School of Art and Design – BA Fine Art (Painting) The Surrey Institute of Art and Design – Foundation Studies |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2017 | Art in the Library, Wokingham Library, Wokingham, Berkshire (untitled), The Eye People, Market Place, Wokingham, Berkshire. Beautiful Fenland, Octavia View, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (catalogue) While Things Were Good, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire Summer is Coming, Maiden Place window, Lower Earley, Reading, Berkshire Greetings from the Mantelpiece, ReOrsa Project Space, Bracknell, Berkshire Solo Show – LUSAD Old Foyer |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2014 – 2019 | Wokingham Arts Trail, various venues, Wokingham, Berkshire Artlines, Broad Street, Reading Artweeks Open, The Jam Factory, Oxford Sketchbook Project 2013, Brooklyn Art Library (and touring in the USA) Sketchbook Project 2012, Canada Water Library (and touring internationally), London Mis-InFormation, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath Boundaries and Beyond, Gallery@49, Bracknell, Berkshire Spring exhibition, Ark Centre, Basingstoke, Berkshire Wokingham Arts Trail, Wokingham District (Maiden Erlegh school), Berkshire Jungle City Edinburgh, The Elephant Family, Throughout Edinburgh. (untitled), Bracknell Clinic, Bracknell, Berkshire Brighton Open, throughout Brighton’s streets Trans-Siberian Arts Centre, A KITCHEN project, travelling from Moscow to Beijing. Unblank, Square Art Exhibition, Golden Square, London. All That Remains, ReOrsa project 5, ReOrsa at More Arts space, Wokingham. Light Bite, throughout Nottingham’s streets. Double Lives: Duple Trials, Malt Cross gallery, Nottingham 5th Annual Summer Exhibition, Atelier-East at Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Wisbech Summer, The Crocus Gallery, Nottingham The Elephant Parade, The Elephant Family, Throughout London (31 Harbet Road, Paddington) ReOrsa Project 4, 11 Crossway, Bracknell, Berkshire Somewhere Else, Broadwalk Arts, Bristol Summer Salon 09, Islington Arts Factory, London Wish You Were Here?, The Firestation, Windsor (2 man show) Ideas Bank 2009, Slough Museum, Slough Wrapped and encased in Liverpool, The Artists Book Fair, Liverpool Biennial, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool In Common, New Greenham Arts, Newbury (catalogue) The Great Purpose of Landscape Art, Mile End Park Arts Pavillion, London (catalogue) Locus, Fringe Arts Bath, Bath Ode to Sartorial, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London Hide and Seek, Blue Elephant Theatre, Camberwell, London Notting Heaven, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London A Word on the Street, Museum of Farnham, Farnham Art at the Heart, Civic Centre, Esher Loughborough University Final Degree show (catalogue) 99 Red Balloons– group show/intervention LUSAD Staircase Foundation degree show – Surrey Institute of Art and Design |
| Prizes | |
| 2006 | Charnwood Borough Council Purchase Prize |
| Residencies | |
| 2011 | Artist in Residence at Ashmead Combined School, Aylesbury, Bucks. |
| Artist Talks | |
| March 2009 March 2009 June 2008 | A talk about my work in Ideas Bank 2009, Slough Museum, Slough Symposium “What would it mean to take part?” 23:25 group, Goldsmiths University, London. A talk about my work in Locus alongside a selection of the other artists, Fringe Arts Bath |
| Proffesional Affiliations | |
| 2009 – 2013 2007 – present 2006 – present 2009 – 2010 | ReOrsa – www.ReOrsa.org AIR Artists (A-N magazine) Axis – www.Axisweb.org Stag Fine Art and Photography |
| Related Employment Experience | |
| 2012 – present Feb/Mar/Apr 20112010 – 20122010 – 2012 August 2009 2006-2008 | Arts and Culture Officer, Wokingham Town Council, Wokingham, Berks Creative Partnerships work with Ashmead Combined School, Aylesbury, Bucks. Acting as Artist in Residence as well as delivering workshops, Art Club and final exhibition. Freelance Workshop Facilitator. Delivering art based workshops and activities to local groups. Gallery Education Intern, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire Art Assistant, Bracknell Forest Council (Extended Services) Gallery/Office Assistant, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London |
| Bibliography | |
| Apr 2012 Apr 2012 Mar 2012 Jan 2012 Sept 2011 Sept 2011 Aug 2010 June 2010 Oct 2009 Nov 2008 Dec 2007 April 2007 June 2006 | “Art in the Ark celebrates the centre’s decade in town” Basingstoke Gazette, 19/04/12 “Alternative Art: an interview with Gemma Cumming” Beat Magazine, issue 29, 06/04/12 “Postcards from the edge” Bracknell News, 22/03/12 “Youngsters get crafty at gallery” Farnham Herald, 12/01/2012 “On the trail of great art” Bracknell Forest Standard, 08/09/2011 “Artists open their homes so you can enjoy a visual treat” Wokingham Times, 07/09/2011 “Wish you were here” Bracknell Forest Standard, 05/08/2010 “Jumbo parade to protect elephant is capital” Bracknell Forest Standard 03/06/2010 “Freedom to Paint” Picture Business Magazine “Opening up possibilities” Newbury Weekly News The Rebel – Class issue Incorporating Writing Issue 4 Vol 2 2007: TRAVEL “Council buys works of art” Loughborough Echo |
Work in various public and private collections including Charnwood Borough Council. |
