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Born Essex, 1954.

1973-77 - Studied at Bath Academy of Art
1979 - Worked on conservation of 13th-century sculpture at Wells Cathedral
1980 - Won Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowship to study marble carving in Italy
1982-89 - Visiting Lecturer in Sculpture at Brighton Polytechnic
1986-87 - 'New Milestones' project with the assistance of Common Ground
1989-96 - 'Local Distinctiveness' project with assistance of Common Ground
1992 - Participated in Stone Sculpture Symposium in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
1993 - Visiting Lecturer in Sculpture at Royal College of Art, London
1994 - Artist-in-residence at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania and Australian lecture tour; aided by British Council travel award
1999 - Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Arts, University of Plymouth
Participant in the architectural ceramics symposium, 'Creating the Yellow Brick Road'
2000 - Research Fellow in Visual Performance at Dartington College of Arts
Participated in Sculpture Symposium in Oggleshausen, Germany
'Womb Tomb' large boulder work enabled by Sculpture at Goodwood
2002-05 - Associate Research Fellow at Dartington College of Arts
2003 - Jerwood Sculpture Prize Judge, RWA Sculpture Open Judge
Give & Take' large boulder work enabled by Sculpture at Goodwood
2003-2005 - Member of the design team for the new education building, Eden Project
2004 - Invited Artist, Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
Selector for the ‘Discerning Eye’ exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Participant in the Taurenne Dialogues, France. A dialogue on the challanges faced by ecologists, artists, philosophers and activists in inspiring the changes necessary to achieve a sustainable society. Participants: Rosalie Basten, Tony Juniper, Satish Kumar, Peter Randall-Page, Samdhong Rinpoche, Wolfgang Sachs, Rupert Sheldrake, Vandana Shiva
2005-2006 - External assessor for the new Sculpture MA, Cork Institute of Technology, Eire
2006 - Winner of the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture ('Give and Take')
Invited plenary speaker, Bridges Maths/Art Conference, London
2007 - Residency on Lolui Island, Uganda