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my first steps after graduating

It’s four years since I left Uni clutching my Degree and nobody’s banged on my door proclaiming that I am the next greatest thing in art.I’m starting to think people haven’t noticed me.Well today is the day I start to […]

I’m working in a graveyard. This residency has me based in church grounds: an old chapel, newly converted into shiny studios. I’ve been appointed as Lead Artist and Project Coordinator for this, and over the next 12 months will recruit […]

The following blog has acted as a pre cursor to the exhibition Celestial Contrakt which opened on the 12th November at Schwartz Gallery, Hackney Wick, and is now in it’s fourth week. Curated by Christina Mitrentse and Jonas Ranson the […]

SHOPPUTTING is an ongoing work that sees Paul Conneally placing clothes, shoes and other goods in shops. It is the opposite of shoplifting. The goods are not for sale but have a label informing shoppers that if they like this […]

Curated by Christina Mitrentse and Jonas Ranson London 12 November – 6 December Private View 6-10pm Thursday 12 November 2009 Opening Performance Music By Douce Angoisse . Audio Mixes by Exitjesus Artist talk Saturday 28 November Late Night View 3th […]

Ania Bas at Kube has invited us (WAVYBLUE artists group) to develop our ideas through ArtLab at Kube . We were inspired by meeting Ania and are looking forward to working with her at Kube.

A single large format photograph of a group of postal workers thanking members of a knitting circle for their gift of a homemade cosy for their local post box. A gesture of solidarity to celebrate the hidden industry of those […]

I’m exposing myself to find community in the journey… I feel like a slow starter, stumbling around in the dark working out what it means to call myself an artist &always questioning whether I ‘qualify’.

An artist practising again and finding it tough, hard and bloody exciting

My art work, reading, thinking and writing has wilted and is in desperate need of nurturing. This blog is hopefully going to be stage one in it’s blossoming…….

Invigilator is a series of public interventions. It's a collaborative project with Nikki Pugh and Kev Ryan. The latest piece is INVIGILATOR : DIGBETH – this intervention took place on the 29th of March. INVIGILATOR : DIGBETH is the 5th […]

Recently my partner took me on a tour of the inside of a derelict mill on a site which we (Lancaster Co-Housing Company) have bought. I decided to make an installation based on the contrast between orderly systems and creative […]

Keeping things going post graduation in a place by the sea… follow the development of my work and ideas in the big wide world!

I am in the process of moving out of "The Shed", and moving into a proper rent paying (space) studio of my own. This is scary stuff, leaving behind my free shed, and forcing myself at a point of economic […]

What do Middleport, St. Radigans and probably Kemsley have in common? 1) They all got old range rovers resting on piles of bricks, fridges or broken plastic goal posts in the front gardens. 2) I am working or going to […]

After finally stepping on to the first rung of the 'artists ladder' by graduating, exhibiting work, having poetry published, and teaching. I was buzzing. Then unforseen events (including a RTA and having a baby) knocked me right off path. Now, […]

I shall be doing a residency at Château de Sacy in France for one month. This will culminate in an exhibition in September as well as an extended project in October. This is my first art residency yet i hope […]

Our project ‘Red’ is a series of 3, one month residencies in 2 market towns and one city. We have been commissioned by ‘In Certain Places’ to work in the St John’s Centre, Preston, for the first month. This blog […]

26.9 – 4.10 09 Catalyst Arts presents FIX09, the 8th Belfast Biennale of live art. This year features music, singing, travelling cinemas, sea-searchers, drawing, westerns and much, much more. In addition to a panoply of performances and interventions, Fix09 also […]

10º is an international exchange project between Northeast England and the Rhône – Alpes in France . 4 designers from each region have linked-up in pairs to produce joint work that will be on display at the Sage Gateshead, 16-25 […]

This blog will document my reactions and processes as i travel to Finland for 2 weeks to participate in Riihimaki’s first Ars Hame (Art Week). The programme is focused on the changing image of a town and i will be […]