Collections
My books are held in various permanent collections including:

The V&A Museum, London, UK
Tate Britain,The Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, London, UK
Modern British Collections, The British Library, London, UK
Chelsea Library, London, UK
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
The Old School Press, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, UK
The Culture Archive, Brighton, UK
St. Peter's House Library, Brighton, UK
Center for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol, UK
Eton College Library, Windsor, UK
Women's Library, London Metropolitan University, UK
Knights Park Library, Kingston University, Kingston-Upon-Thames, UK

Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Artists' Books Collection, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Golda-Meir Library, UWM LIbraries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries, Richmond, USA
Rare Books, The Yale Centre for British Art, Connecticut, USA
San Diego State University Library , San Diego, California, USA
Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, USA
Barnard College Library, New York, New York, USA
Colorado College Special Collections, Tutt Library, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
BCPL Zine Collection, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Maryland, USA
Aboveground Zine Library, Carriere, Mississippi, USA
Browne Popular Culture Library, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
City Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Sallie Bingham Center, Special Collections Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
ZAPP Zine Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA
Civic Media Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA
The Denver Zine Library, Denver, Colorado, USA
IPRC - The Independent Publishing Resource Center, Portland, Origan, USA
100 Library, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
Hot Iron Press, Artist's Book Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Mansfield Library - Zine Collection, The University of Montana-Missoula, Montana, USA
Papercut Zine Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Seattle Public Library - Teen Center Zine Collection, Seattle, Washington, USA
Fine Art Library - University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA
Special Collections - University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Brian MacKenzie Infoshop, Washington DC, USA
Dry River Collective, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Warehouse 21, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
POND: Art, Activism & Ideas, Zine Library, cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Idaho State University Library, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Linebaugh Public Library - Zine Collection, Murfreesboro, Tennessee , USA
Newark Public Library, New Jersey, USA

Toronto Zine Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Also for sale in BookartBookshop - 17 Pitfield st, London N1 6HB
Opening hours: 1-7pm Wednesday to Friday, 1-6pm Saturday
Email: info@bookartbookshop.com

Exhibitions


2008

B**K an exhibition of book-inspired artworks at the London Print Studio gallery
425 Harrow Road, London, W10 4RE, United Kingdom
Exhibition 11th July - 27th September 2008
Private view 10th July, 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Included in this exhibition is: Future Fantasteek - The Sick-o issue, No.4 Feb 2008

Shelter Artist's Book Exhibition, at Lasell College, 1844 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02466, U.S.A. New book - Head Room & Anxious Homes have both been accepted for exhibition due to open in late April - May 2008, now due to tour until 2009

Re: 2008 The Gallery, The University of Northampton, Monday 12th – Thursday 29th May 2008
New book - Reboot has just been completed and accepted for the exhibition Re: 2008
To be held at, The Gallery, The University of Northampton, Avenue Campus, St. George's Avenue, Northampton, NN2 6JD, UK. Private view: Friday 9th May 4.30–7pm
Selected work from the exhibition will then be exhibited at:
Artworks MK, Milton Keynes, UK from 14th July–14th August;
Herefordshire College of Art – Summer 2008;
University of Portsmouth from 3rd-14th November 2008.

Visual Diaries - The Space Gallery, University of Portsmouth 3rd-14th November 2008
Invited artist as part of a rotating sketchbook project.
To see the project go to...

The University Library - 11th Jan until 1st February 2008
Solo exhibition of Damp Flat Books on display in the University Library at the University of Portsmouth, UK. This is part of a series of four rolling displays to promote artist's books and zines within the University.
Click here to see the display...

Sitting Room Exhibition has continued on to The Ruskin Gallery at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University. The show opens on 13th Dec and runs until 2nd Jan 2008. Then:
K Gallery of Rhythmix Cultural Works in Alameda, California from 7th March until 27th April.
From there they will travel down to Mexico City (dates and venue TBC).
Anxious Homes from Damp Flat Books is part of the group show, see my news section for more details about this exhibition.

2007

The Blue Notebook - peer reviewed journal about artists' books, August 2007 issue.
Edited by Sarah Bodman. Damp Flat Books was invited to produce an Artist’s Page - Evil-Pet Shop
In each issue 5 artists are asked to provide an artist's page. The content of the page is entirely open and can be text, image or both. The only stipulation is that it needs to be A4 portrait, RGB colour, saved as a jpeg or pdf at 300dpi. The Blue Notebook is produced as a full colour pdf and also a black and white printed magazine.

Sitting Room Exhibition has continued on to Winchester Gallery at Winchester School of Art.
The show opens on 6th July, with a private view on 11th July, and runs until 2nd August.
Anxious Homes from Damp Flat Books is part of the group show, see 2006 news below for more details about this exhibition.

Visions and Voices: Art Inspired by Kentucky Poetry, Prose and Songwriting
7th July - 6th October 2007
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
Louisville. KY 40202, USA
www.kentuckyarts.org
Mortal Coil is based on the poem, Mortal Limit by Robert Penn Warren. The text of the poem is split into 7 sections, hand drawn typographically to emphasise key words. The typography sits above photo collages exploring the melancholy of the landscape as it metamorphoses from undeveloped ruralscapes into urban jungles. Edition of 10, each numbered and signed, 105mm x 275mm 10 pages, 8 of which fold-out.

Arcadia id Est continues touring during 2007: Menthol Daze is on display.
Feb 1st - Feb 22nd 2007: John M Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
9th March - 13th May 2007 at Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, USA
1 June - 31 July 2007 at Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA
20 August - 2 October 2007 at Noosa Regional Gallery, Australia
12th November - 21st December 2007 at the National Print Museum of Ireland, Ireland

Poetry Books: Reading Books - 25 January 2007 - 24 March 2007
Exhibition at Broekhuis Bookshop, Enschede, The Netherlands
Notebook 57 from Damp Flat Books will be in the exhibition.
...For more about the exhibition:
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bruik07.htm

Sitting Room Exhibition has continued on to the Permanent Bookshop, Brighton.
4th December 2006 – 26th January 2007
Anxious Homes from Damp Flat Books is part of the group show, see 2006 news below for more details.The Private View is on 31st January and the show will run until 18th February 2007

Montage Over Britain : David Ferry plus Artists’ Books from the CFPR Collection
Saturday 9 December 2006 - Sunday 14 January 2007
Permanent Gallery and Bookshop, Brighton
We're Sorry_ from Damp Flat Books will be in the exhibition.
Accompanying the show will be a unique collection of 45 contemporary books by artists, available for visitors to view. This collection has been especially selected for The Permanent Bookshop by Sarah Bodman, and includes the work of Jake Tilson, Yoko Ono, Sophie Calle and David Shrigley.
....For more about the exhibition:
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/montag06.htm
....For links to The Permanent Bookshop:
http://www.permanentgallery.com/



2006

Babylon Lexicon - 28th October - 30th November, 2006.
Selected Damp Flat Books will be appearing at the New Orleans Bookfair - Babylon Lexicon.
Selected books and my catalogue will be on display in this showcase of artists' books and book-related art.The New Orleans Bookfair opens Oct 28th, 2006, from 10am - 6pm,
Barrister's Gallery
1724 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.,
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A
Link to the bookfair here...

KART Magazine of Multiplicity - Australia, December 2006
This is an ongoing project - A specially produced mini-excerpt from Future Fantasteek! (edition 40) will be participating in KART during Dec. 2006. The KART (Field Study) is curated by David Dellafiora at Karingal Community Living. PO BOX 1838 Greelong, VIC 3220, Australia.
Email: fluxusstudy@hotmail.com
Issues of KART comprise of 15 various limited edition artworks in a portfolio-box. Some issues will be sold to institutions, libraries and archives. Karingal is a non-for-profit organisation and provides activities and services for people with a disability or who are experiencing disadvantage.
This edition of KART will be sent to:

The State Library of Victoria, Australia
Sackners Visual Poetry Archived, U.S.A
University of Buffalo, U.S.A
Sticky - Artist's Bookshop/Zineshop in Melbourne, Australia.

Sitting Room - 20th May - 15th July 2006
Manchester Craft and Design Centre, UK
A touring show - This will be a handling show of artists' books held in environments that have been created to allow the books to be freely read. The exhibition areas of each venue will become a sitting room, complete with soft armchairs, standard lamp, coffee table and wallpaper.
Link to website...
Sitting Room has continued on to the Alsager Arts Centre, 4th December 2006 – 26th January 2007
MMU Cheshire, Alsager Campus, Hassall Road, Alsager, ST7 2HL
Box Office: 0161 247 5302
A.A.C@mmu.ac.uk
www.alsagerartscentre.org.uk

Bookmarks I, II, III  - March 6 - April 23, 2006
Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
This exhibition will feature fine art prints in the form of bookmarks and unique artist books.  “Bookmarks” is a three part project from The Centre for Fine Print Research at The University of the West of England to encourage people to appreciate artwork in the book. The display sets have now been installed in over 20 venues, with more than 75 contributing artists producing over 5,000 bookmarks.

Personal Archive Show 2005-6 -December 05 - January 06
The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England.
Curated by Sarah Bodman author of The Artist’s Book Yearbook.

Small Works Show 2005-6 - November 2005 - January 2006
Leonardo Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Personal Archive Show 2005-6 - December 05 - January 06
The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England.
Curated by Sarah Bodman author of the Artist’s Book Yearbook.



2004-5

Daily Routine Internet Site and Research Project - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sep 2005,
Internet site designed to archive an ImageXchange Project.
Link to website...

2nd Seoul International Bookarts Fair 2005, 3rd-8th June 2005
Medal Winner
Korean Publishers Association, 105-2, Sagan-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-190, KOREA
Link to website...

Arcadia Id Est -The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England.
Travelling exhibition, worldwide locations from Australia to Cyprus, March 2005 - December 2006

Tour launched on - 19th March 2005
TRACE Gallery
Dorset, U.K.

11th June – Sat 9th July 2005
Centre for the Artist’s Book - Grahame Galleries + Editions
1 Fernberg Road, Milton 4064, Brisbane. Australia

Weds 14th Sept - Weds 26th October 2005
Moufflon Bookshop - Nicosia
1 Sofouli Street, 1096 Lefkosia/Nicosia, Cyprus

Weds 16th – Saturday 26th November 2005
Emma Hill Fine Art - Eagle Gallery
159 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3AL, U.K.

Sat 4th February – Sat 4th March 2006
BALTIC Library and Archive
South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 1FG, U.K.

1st April – 15th May 2006
Library AKI
Hallenweg 5, 7500 BK, Enschede, the Netherlands

7th July - 31st August 2006
Rikhardinkatu Library
Rikhardinkatu 3
00130 Helsinki, Finland

Feb 1st - Feb 22nd 2007
John M Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA

9th March - 13th May 2007 at Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, USA

1 June - 31 July 2007 at Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA

20 August - 2 October 2007 at Noosa Regional Gallery, Australia

12th November - 21st December 2007
National Print Museum of Ireland
Garrison Chapel, Beggars Bush, Dublin 4, Ireland

Link to website...

Bookmarks II -The Centre for Fine Print Research, The University of the West of England.
This exhibition is part II of a three-part project to encourage people to visit artist's book venues and libraries. Two series of display sets will be installed in over 20 worldwide venues, with 50 contributing book artists producing bookmarks over the one-year period. Available to view from, Nov.04-Nov.05
Link to Bookmarks II website...



2003 and before


The Safe Cigarette
Solo Ph.D. Showcase exhibition, Brighton University South Gallery, Brighton, September 2003
Images of Foyer Show...

E4 Comedy Web Archive
Burk Alert, flash animation for E4 Web Show, invited artist, 2002
Click here to see preview...

London Artists' Book Fair
Barbican, London and ICA Galleries London
I have exhibited here for Damp Flat Productions every year since 1998

The Peculiar
This book was showcased in The Peculiar, a comic of collected works by artists and designers in the U.K, 2002 edition

Secrets Exhibition
Group exhibition, The Hague, The Netherlands, March 2000
View Running a Secrect Society No.20 for more info...

Pink as a Soft Idea
Anxious Homes Book exhibited in the University of Brighton North Gallery as part of LIAM:3 (living in a material world), 2001, Conference paper also presented.
Click here for more about the exhibition...

Making Unmaking Exhibition and Conference
Running a Secret Society No.20 Book exhibited, University of Portsmouth, August 2000
Click here to see the book...

Children's Rights Visualised
Mexico City, Museum of Childhood and the British Council, Dec.1999, Internet site designed to archive a Children's Rights Project.
Link to website...

Visual Language of Number Internet site, under '0', March 1999
Link to website...

A Bit of Skirt
100 Air-Tight Exscuses limited edition print, exhibited at the Air Studios, London for SKIRT design group. September 1999
Click for images of Skirt show...