EDUCATION_________________________________________

U.C.L.A.N : BA(hons) Fine Art : 1:1
Blackpool Art & Design College : Diploma : Distinction
Blackpool Sixth Form College : A Levels : Art, Film Studies

COMMISSIONS_____________________________________

'11' : Myriorama, Sculptural Installation. Blackpool Council, Hope Street ltd, ACE, UK
'10' : Collapsing the Boundaries, Sculpture MELA Festival, Preston, UK
  • '09' : Once Upon A Street, Canal Street, Manchester, Manchester Pride,UK
    • '08' : Padded Cells, LCT, NHS West Strand Facility, BS Arts, Preston.UK
  • '08' : Banner making, BS Arts & community artist Liz Collier, Preston.UK
  • '08' : Arena installation PCT, Soundskills, Long Term Condition Centre, Preston. UK

WORK_____________________________________________

'11': Assistant Editor : BRUCE independent Art Zine (Blackpool, Preston, Liverpool, Manchester)
'09-10' : Curator : Chrysalis Arts & Wellbeing Festival 2010 ( Bluestreak Arts, Big Lottery)
'09-10' : Lead Artist : Chrysalis Project (Bluestreak Arts, Big Lottery)
'09' : Curator : The Space Gallery, Preston,  (1 year pilot & evaluation)
'08' : Art Director : MODE fashion launch Carlisle
'06-11' : Public Art Consultation Officer, Nationwide (Teraphim Consulting ltd)
'06' : Information Assistant : Kutlug Ataman, KUBA (Harris Museum & Art Gallery.

EXHIBITIONS_______________________________________

I AM GARTH- see 'ego' or 'home', Oxheys Mill Studios, Preston, UK
We are all in this together, Bureau Gallery, Manchester
In the time it takes to travel, public transport doodles, Nationwide, UK
My My My De Liza, The Space Gallery, Preston, UK
Theres no place like home, FLACK, Cambridge, UK
Antifreeze, Contents May Vary, CHIPS Building, Manchester, UK
Salon Show, Temporary Art Show, Halifax, UK
Palletteable, The Space Gallery, Preston, UK
Have Art Can Travel, Wolstenholme Projects, Liverpool Bienniel Independents, Liverpool, UK
Fish Nets & High Heels, Media Factory, U.C.L.A.N, Preston, UK
Have Art Can Travel, Travelodge, Liverpool Bienniel Indpendents, Liverpool, UK
Because of the wonderful things we does, The Space Gallery, Preston UK
The Simplicities of my Complexities, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK
Superstar Thruster, video, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK
Preston, Rogue Artist Studios, Manchester, UK
Constantchangimorons, Left doodles, Mijas, SPAIN
Art on Buses, Prestival Fringe, Preston, UK
Nannaconda, Prestival, Preston, UK

RESIDENCIES___________________________________

'11' : I AM GARTH- see 'ego' or 'home', Oxheys Mill Studios, Preston, UK
'11' : An indefinite period as given or used, Garth Gratrix & Mark Oughton (Burntworld), Durham Project Space, Blackpool, UK.

WORKSHOPS_______________________________________
  • '11' : Middle Earth Festival, Dynamic New Animation, Birnmingham, UK
    '10' : Playdays, GRUMPYS, Stanley Park, Blackpool, UK
    '09' : Jigsaw Project, Pre-School art workshops in 11 children’s centre’s, Blackburn with Darwen, UK,
  • '09' : Creative Links 3D, Mental Health Service Users, BS Arts, Preston.UK
  • '09' : Riversway Festival, Community engaging art workshop, all ages, BS Arts, Docklands, Preston, UK
  • '09-10' : Chrysalis Project, Culture & Diversity, Target Wellbeing, Big Lottery, BS Arts, Preston.UK
  • '09-10' : Chrysalis Project,Identity & History, Target Wellbeing, Big Lottery, BS Arts, Preston.UK
  • '08': Lantern Making, Rock FM, BS Arts, Fishergate Shopping Centre, Preston.UK
  • '08' : Eco-Art, Green Partnerships Award Funding, BS Arts, Pavillion, Preston.UK
  • '08' : Riversway Festival, Mask making, BS Arts, Docklands ,Preston.UK

    PUBLICATIONS_____________________________________

    BRUCE zine publications (cover artists inc Hilary Jack, Alice Bradshaw, David Mackintosh, Sarah Hicks, Chog Zoo) Distribution: Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool; Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston; Castlefield Gallery, Manchester; A Foundation, Liverpool (previous to close), North, UK
    FLACK Calendar 10, theres no place like home, Nationwide, UK
    The Simplicities of my Complexities, sketchbook pages, published book, UK
    Press: Liverpool Daily Post Culture DIary, Liverpool Bienniel Independents, Have Art Can Travel, 2008, UK
    Review, METRO: The Simplicities of my Complexities, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, UK