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CURATION & PRODUCTION: 

Convenience Gallery

2024: 

The Town is the Gallery, Phase One: Wirral Borough of Culture, Ran March 22nd - September 5th. 

Featuring 8 exhibitions:

1. Sorrel Kerrison, Chwarae Teg/Fair Play

2. Ella Matthews & Elisa Sallis, On the Walzters

3. Leo Fitzmaurice, FIT IT

4. Kate Bigley, In a past line

5. Karema Munassar, Al-Miyada

6. Mia Cathcart, Art Motherly

7. Convenience Gallery OPEN - featuring 60 artists. Featuring: Mike Carney, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould, Craig Fisher, Stephen Forge, Harry Garner, Olivia Vacanti, Richard Meaghan, Scott McDonald, Les Weston, Yvonne Blair, Nil00, Greg Hodge, James Hallinan, Neat Sleeper, Kevin Francis Smyth, Tom Shennan, Maja Lorkowska-Callaghan, Tom Doubtfire, Mick Flaherty, Karen Lawrence, Pig Meat, Katharine Clare Ward, Kerynne Robertson, Emma Gnosill, Wendy Williams, Jackie Pease & Sanna King, Rob Ellis, Molly Wray, Izobella Travis, Monica Marshall, Amy Donegan, Lois Kennerley, Amelia Wright, Pamela Holstein, Orla Carter, Stevenson Art, Malcom Eleen, Xanthe Tilzey, Elsa Poland, Parice Bowyer, Gareth Kemp, Jon Pountain, Freddy Franckè, Jason Richardson, Thom Isom, Tony Jaycott, Paul Mellor, Karl Kolley, Emily Armstrong, Sophie Rice, Gabriel Yael Coronado Sánchez, Nick Davies, Richard Wyn Williams, Kate Bigley, Matthew Alport, Molly Pilkington.

8. Wirral MET, animation and illustration exhibit. 

LOC, Youth offer, Phase One: 

Workshops from: Di Vegemartis, Karema Munassar, Elisa Sallis, Ella Matthews, Sorrell Kerrison, Eleanor Szydlowska, & Rudolf and the Scwarzkoglers.

2023: 

Astles @ Philharmonic Music Room - Community Banner Workshop

Abstract Kab (broken down - solidarity hazard lights) - pop exhibit planned with Division of Labour, Daniel Pryde Jarman, Leo Fitzmaurice, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould. @ Second Act, London.

Convenience Editions: Charlie Ann Buxton Birkenhead Scarf & Dripped Goods, Lucky Hats, Online

Convenience Store: Online curated sale platform

Manchester Contemporary: Featuring, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould, Luke George, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro & Leo Fitzmaurice. Alongside the Convenience Store artists. 

Birkenhead International Film Festival #4: Worldbuilding - 13 filmmakers, collaborations with, Williamson Art Gallery, Focal Studios, Scenegraph Studios & Northern Fortress

Gathering: Cultural and Social History event: featuring Spaces of Hope, a lecture from Dr Michael Howcroft, and exhibition of Working Class History project.

M&S Bank Arena Showcase: Featuring artwork from, Zahra, Elisa Sallis, Jason Hollis, Jon Edgley, Luke George, Max Mallender, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, & Mia Cathcart.

BIOART: A science and arts collaboration consultation workshop series, in collaboration with Wirral Council and Di Mainstone.

CRAFTBAR: Circular economy and sustainability creative session, and workshop programme: Featuring, Jackie Pease, Alison Bailey Smith, Ellie Hoskins, Rosie Ashton/ Urban Herbal, Di Vegartemis, Nathan Thomas, Charlotte Boardman, Claire Henderson.

Uncovering Birkenhead's Working Class History, Convenience Gallery X Historic England, featuring artwork from Astles, Charlie Ann Buxton, Jon Edgley, Tash Evans, David Bell/ Sugarshack Soundsystem and Declan Connolly. Additionally featuring 100+ voices of Birkenhead residents and their story of Birkenhead. 

2022: 

Birkenhead International Film Festival #3: Science Fiction @ Pilgrim Street Arts Centre

Summer Festival: Art Fair, and live performance from Nil00, Andy Wolfenden and Luna thee frenchie

Not a cloud in the sky, 175th Park anniversary showcase: 23 artist exhibition @ Birkenhead Park Visitor Centre, featuring, Monica Marshall, Landlines Studio, Lo Tierney, Laleh Kamalian, Joseph Hulme, Eleanor Szydlowska, Joy Clarke, Ellie Towers, Parice Bowyer, Max Mallender, Those Bitches, Alex Long Yuan, Declan Connolly, Karema Munassar, Hasnat Sikander & Tom Doubtfire, Phoebe Thomas, Steve Skull, Ferne Cooke, Paul Mellor.

The Good Business Festival: CRAFTBAR, Ryla Dilkes and Dripped Good

In Cahoots: Fly on the wings of love, Nil00 @ Bloom Building

Challenging Love: Declan Connolly and Hellen Songa - Open Door Charity and VRP collaboration.

In Cahoots: Blip! Dan Chan @ Bloom Building

In Cahoots: Discombobuloscopy, Roxy Topia & Paddy Gould @ Bloom Building

2021: 

On the Brightside (3-Panel), Installation at St Brides Church with Astles & Balloon Moon Community.

Christmas Festival: Featuring, Sugarthief, Louie Miles, Astles, Luna thee Frenchie, NACE, and 25 LCR Artists in an Auction (selling 48 works), Dripped Goods Workshops, Ena Pa, and Aloe Birra. 

In Cahoots: Ellie Towers & Reece Griffiths, Floor Plan @ Bloom Building

In Cahoots: Mat Lomas, I'm not the sentimental type but...

Birkenhead International Film Festival #2: Animation, 20 short films + Scenegraph studios, Dripped Goods and Ena Pa. 

Aesthetics, Exhibition and workshop programme in collaboration with Cheshire West Partnership NHS, Open Door Charity featuring artists, Fauziya Johnson,  Joseph Charlton, Ally Zlatar,  @ Bloom Building

In Cahoots: Patric Rogers & Angelo Madonna, Space is the Place @ Bloom Building

In Cahoots: On the Brightside, Jon Edgley, @ Bloom Building

Georgemma Hunt, Face Hole - Public Work

Horizons Youth Programme #2: Painting, featuring guest artists: Georgemma Hunt, Andy Wolfenden, Millie Toyin Olateju, & Jason Hollis. 

Birkenhead International Film Festival presents, 30 second shorts. Digital festival. 

Horizons Youth Programme #1 & Exhibition, featuring workshops from: Max Mallender, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, Ryla Dilkes, Rosa Kusabbi, Ellie Brennan, Declan Connolly, 

2020

Birkenhead International Film Festival #1, Horror - Youtube

Horizons exhibition, showcasing COVID community work @ Bloom Building

Elle Bulger Growth Infinity, digital exhibition, itch.io

Another Night In, Social Media Exhibition

Stephen Forge, Untitled, @ Bloom Building, future Bee Well Office

Convenience Open #2: Fletcher Downie, Georgemma Hunt, Luke Beech, Nerissa Carghill Thompson, Max Mallender, Dan O'Dempsey @ Bloom Building, future Bee Well Office

The Future is..., event @ Bloom Building. featuring work from: Max Mallender, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, Ben Lunt, Elle Bulger & Claire Henderson

2019

Thinking Out Loud, Lecture series in collaboration with John Hyatt. 

Workshops programme, featuring, Ellie Brennan, Jocelyn Allen, Ashley Van Dyke, Lois Tierney, Rob Flynn, Ryan Gauge, Me, Jess Scott, Claire Henderson & Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro. 

Group Exhibition, Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, Ellie Brennan, Mia Roberts, & Claire Henderson @ Studio Shuffle, Northern Lights/ The Royal Standard

Dinu Li, Look Photo Biennial in collaboration with Open Eye @ Birkenhead Market

TV Babies @ Birkenhead Market

Burst our Bubble, LJMU graduate show, @ Birkenhead Market & Darkside Art Lab

Joana de Oliveira Guerreiro, Joie de Vivre, @ Birkenhead Market

Convenience Open #1 @ Birkenhead Market

Small Steps, @ Gibberish Brew Pub

Visual Art Practice:

2024

September 2024 - October 2024: Into the Wyld - Chivalry. Comfort/Discomfort

2019

May 26th - Interlude Video & Curation of event - Shai-Li Paldi E.P launch, Output Gallery, Liverpool.

May 24th - June 9th 2019 Fringe Arts Bath - 36 Exposures. 

2018

JULY: SMALL STEPS - Red Brick Vintage. ' 10 Steps ' .

2017

OCTOBER: Synthesis MCR: Green Room (With Collective), Partisan, Manchester

JULY: RNCM: 'Fun Fair', Manchester

JUNE: MMU Degree Show: 'Folk Songs' & 'Fun Fair' & 'Happening Stream', Manchester

2016

MMU UNIT X Exhibition: ‘Archiving the Everyday’ Scottish House, Manchester

Interactive Arts Presents: ‘Telephone Boxes’ Link Gallery, Manchester

2015

MMU UNIT X Exhibition: ‘Passing Conversation’ Federation House, Manchester

MMU 1st Year show: ‘Ten Steps’ LinkGallery, Manchester

2014 

MMU 1st Year Show: ‘Non-Space’ Link Gallery, Manchester

Foundation Degree Show: 'Observation'  Birkenhead Sixth FormCollege, Wirral /Bluecoat Sandon Room, Liverpool

AWARDS:

Liverpool City Region, Culture & Creativity Award Winner 2025 'Borough of Culture Star of the Year', Convenience Gallery.  

Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Entrepreneurs 2022. (joint award with Ryan Gauge)

Jeffrey Dryland award for Arts (Pensby High School 2011) (yes this is from high school)

runner up:

Liverpool City Region, Culture & Creativity Award Runner Up 2025 'Arts Organisation of the year', Convenience Gallery.  

MUSIC:

Have performed over 50 times, including: 

o2 Academy, Arts Club, Zanzibar, The Picket, Oxjam, Studio 2 Parr Street, Thornton Hough Village Hall, The Clarence & Tim's 60th (Merseyside) Whiskey Jar, Fallow Cafe, Bay Horse, Hold Fast (Manchester), The Captains Bar (Edinburgh), Kendal Calling (Ghandi's flip flop food tent lol), amongst other.