Curriculum Vitae

Employment

CABUWAZI   //   Zirkus Pedagogue - 2022 - present

As a freelance pedagogue, I teach workshops in circus skills for children, young people and families, mainly in German.

Artistania / Theater of Details   //   Performer/maker - 2021 - present

I have worked on various shows and community art projects as a puppet & mask builder.

Down2Clown   //   Performer - 2023 - present

I perform walking acts / interactive comedy as various characters.

Handmade Parade   //   Workshop Artist - 2019

Workshop prep and delivery of make & take workshop at Harrogate Carnival and repair/redecoration of large fish lanterns. 

DIY Theatre   //   Workshop Assistant / Support Worker - 2019

I support workshop leaders and participants with learning disabilities in theatre making and drama sessions, which culminate in an end of term showcase. 

Manchester Day Parade   //   Artist - 2019

I assisted lead artist Sarah Oxley with props for her sections of the parade. 

Peshkar   //   Workshop Artist - 2019

Animated glitched gif art workshops for young people in Oldham for Digital Saturdays and Young Digitals Festival. 

Salford Community Leisure   //   Workshop Artist - 2018

Large-scale participatory 3D drawing workshop for families for national event, the Big Draw. 

Salford community leisure   //   Arts worker - 2018/19

Arts and crafts for young people aged 8 - 16. 

Cont. below

Manchester Day Parade   //   ELEVATE Artist - 2018

As part of Walk the Plank and Manchester Day’s artist training programme, I took part in the making process as an emerging artist, working on costume, props and large puppets for the parade.

CELEBRATE WHALLEY RANGE FESTIVAL    //   Workshop Artist - 2018 / 2019

Koinobori (japanese flying fish) making workshops for children and families. Workshops took place beforehand at the local youth centre and at the festival. 2019 - musical instruments from recycled materials. 

Feedback’s Spring Fiesta w/ Real Junk Food   //   Workshop Artist - 2018

Family friendly carnival crafts workshop - paper flower headbands and musical shakers made from recycled materials.

CELEBRATE WHALLEY RANGE FESTIVAL - Winter Parade   //   Support Artist - 2017/18

Lantern making workshops for children and young people, culminating in a lantern parade and fire show at the Muslim Heritage Centre.

MANCHESTER MEGA MELA   //   Workshop Artist - 2017 

South Asian mask making workshop with children and familes around the theme of identity.

Space2 /Leeds Metropolitan University   //   Support Artist - 2012

Working consecutively over several weeks in 2 secondary schools in West Yorkshire. Workshop sessions with a group of young people, generating ideas for health campaign SNIPS (Social Norms Intervention to Prevent Smoking), funded by the the NHS.

Internships / Volunteering / Residencies

Handmade Parade  // Hebden Bridge //  June - Nov  2019

Paid internship working on giant puppets, costumes, etc for Handmade Parade in June, big makes & performance for Leeds Light Night, giant puppets & workshops for Skipton puppet festival in October and Burnley Light Night.

El Buho, Joaquín Cornejo & Me Gusta // Hidden //

Decor for music event at Hidden. Tribal mask sculptures made from found materials and jungle-themed fabric banners. 

Cherry Chung // The Enchantment of Chester Zoo

I assisted artist Cherry Chung with building a willow sculpture 

Global Grooves  Mossley

Volunteer - Batiking and sewing giant flags and costume pieces. - Giant puppet making masterclass for Manchester Dashehra Diwali Mela with the artists.

Lamplighter festival  Todmorden 2017 / 2018

Workshop volunteer with handmade parade. Workshop volunteer at public lantern making workshops, workshop volunteer artist, puppeteering at the event.

Manchester Day Parade //  Manchester

Volunteer / Maker assistant. Prop making for the Bollywood section with the artist and community group, puppeteering at the event.

Grabowsee Festival, Globe Gallery  // Berlin, Germany

Artist residency 2017 - Fine art installation and costumes. 2019 - Immersive performance

Envirolution, Manchester

Workshop artist. I assist or run eco-craft, creative family workshops using recycled or natural materials.

The Lost Carnival // Wild Rumpus,  Bury

Sign painter. For the sideshow acts at the festival I designed and hand-painted large, circus-themed signs.

Horizon festival  Bansko, Bulgaria

Decor Assistant - Crafting and building decor for the festival venues.

I LOVE WEST LEEDS FESTIVAL  Armley, Leeds

Artist in Residence - During the residency we put on fun, free events in exchange for anecdotes and memories of Armley, which were collated into a book.

Education

Level 1 MIG Welding  Tameside College, 2019

Level 2 Garment Construction The Manchester College, 2019

Level 1 Carpentry and Joinery Tameside College, 2018

Level 2 Community Development Work AQA/Manchester City Council, 2018

MA Design Manchester Metropolitan University, 2014

BA (Hons) Graphic Arts and Design Leeds Metropolitan University, 2011

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design Manchester Metropolitan University

Training

Joanna Bassi / Katapult, Berlin 2020

Game of Clowns 1 day clowning workshop.

Sarah Wright (Curious School of Puppetry) - Rhythm and Life

1 day puppeteering workshop.

Judith Hope / Little Angel Theatre  London, 2019

Making a Suitcase Theatre, weekend workshop.  

Walk the Plank / Alison Duddle  Manchester, 2019

Creating Carnival without Costing the Earth 

Hull Carnival Arts  Hull, 2019  

Carnival costume backpacks with Lewis Hunter (EMCCAN) 

Judith Hope / Newcastle Puppetry Festival

6 day Winged Creatures puppet making masterclass

Handmade Parade  Hebden Bridge, 2019

Surface decoration and pattern for costume and parade art

ARTS Award Advisor training - discover & explore, Salford, 2019

Walk the Plank / Rosalind Johannson, Manchester, 2019

Colour & Texture Through Textiles workshop 

Performer’s Playground taster workshop

Physical theatre and clowning full day training

Walk the Plank / Spirit of Little Hulton festival

Assisted lead artist with the construction of a giant mythical creature puppet/float 

Walk the Plank / Fireter, (Bulgaria)   Manchester, 2018

Design & Movement Techniques for Character Creation 

Walk the Plank / Mas Rampage  Manchester, 2018

Rigging large costumes workshop

Global Grooves  Mossley, 2017

Week-long ‘Giant puppet making masterclass’. We learnt how to build structures for big makes, incorporate lighting, cover and decorate. 

Cheryl Mclean Blackboard Art

Weekend blackboard art course, London, 2017 

Nick Garrett Traditional Signwritng

Weekend traditional sign writing / painting course, London, 2016

Mike Meyer Signwriting

Weekend American sign writing / painting course, London, 2015

Performance

Elrow // Warehouse Project / Canal Mills / Parklife festival  Manchester, Leeds & Heaton Park

As part of the Elrow stage, several walkabout shows in character under the theme ‘Bermuda Triangle’, ‘Psychedelic Trip’ & ‘Da Bronx’. 

Walk the Plank,  Salford

Halloween Cabaret ‘A Witches’ Soap Opera’, at Walk the Plank HQ October 2018. 

Celebrate Whalley Range Festival  Manchester

‘Good Fences Make Good Neighbours’, June 2017. In character as ‘estate agents’ we lead children and families through a series of games and activities designed to allow strangers to meet and ‘get to know their neighbour’. For this we made costumes and make-up, props and built a mobile picket fence as part of our set.

Manchester Museum After Hours w/ Girl Gang Manchester 

In character as research scientists Dr Labia, Professor Muff and Dr Frontbottom, we lead participants through some ‘market research’ about female anatomy and sexuality involving quiz questions and games. For this we made props such as knitted breasts and a magnetic ‘pin the clitoris on the vulva’ game.

Loose Space,  Manchester 

Costumes and performance for Mystik Masquerade, April 2017. Costume including giant cardboard masks and feather gloves.

Small Steps Festival  Manchester 

‘New World Tours’, May 2017. In character as Alien Travel Agents we questioned earthlings on the streets of Manchester about their thoughts on Utopia and took them on a journey to discover which new planet they will be sent to repopulate.

Dada Festival, Islington Mill Manchester

‘Art Critics’, January 2017. Surreal performance where we subverted the role of art critics by criticising the art in the exhibition using the ‘yes, no, maybe’ game. Costume and performance.