Bio

I gained my architectural degree in 1991 from Oxford Brookes University, post graduate architecture in 1994 from Dundee University, during which time I spent a year at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, then gained my professional architectural exams in 1996 from South Bank University, London. As a successful Architect/Project Manager working in London I was sponsored by her employer to gain an MBA in 2005 in Construction & Real Estate, from Reading University. More recently from 2010 onwards, Jennifer gained art-based qualifications in Ceramics, Portraiture and Printing. I have been involved in commissioning and overseeing art installations throughout her Architectural/PM career, examples being an interactive art installation wall for EDF’s Trading UK Headquarters and the art based architectural glass wall installation for the Royal College of Nursing. I now focuses more significantly on art, exhibiting in Ireland and UK and has won several art awards including the Sir James Kilfedder Memorial Bursary. More recently a selection of sculptural schemes she has Project Managed the delivery of are: Brackfield Birds in the Faughan Valley;  ‘Art Bins’ in Great Yarmouth; Public Realm Artwork, Enniskillen and Public Art Trail in Donegal and more recently a complex but rewarding and ongoing project for Antrim Borough CouncilI am an Artist and qualified Architect.

My range of distinctive work includes a varied range of sized vessels that relate to the ordered, defined industrial landscape which having degraded over time and in many instances fallen foul of the inevitable…nature. My work is highly expressive and explores colour, surface texture, form, detail of edge and line to create a depth of surface that reflects decay. Jennifer’s vessels can be approached as artworks, as much as ceramic forms.

I was born in Northern Ireland in 1970. My career as a potter, although short, is robust as a result of my architectural design background which underpins my current work. As a student, I studied architectural design from 1988 until 1995 at Oxford Brookes University, Dundee University, Royal University of Copenhagen and finally finishing at Southbank University in London. This varied design education is key to my structured approach but maintains a free, powerful and often abstract finish.