Artworks, Published Work, Exhibitions:

2006. Joint Exhibition: 'Imagine' at The Chartreuse de Valbonne, Provence, France. Featuring giant fractal fabric pieces, 3D computer-generated images on glass, and video / animation / musical installations. See the Imagine Website. My CG image on glass, 'Oui et Non' was also selected for the Brazil render gallery.

1996. 3 large-format computer prints shown at ‘LoveBytes’ Digital Media Festival, Sheffield.

1995. Commissioned to construct 40-min. video, utilising CG modeling, stills and animation for British composer Gavin Bryars, used in orchestral concert performances of ‘Sinking of the Titanic’, one of Bryars’ most well-known compositions. The video was projected as part of a large themed presentation of the piece in Belgium and Japan during 1995.

1994. Produced and Co-directed (Motion), a 40-min. computer animation/music video for Warp Records. First full-length completely 3D computer-generated music video released by an independent record label. See Review.

1994. Received Silver Disc for contributions to cover artwork for The Orb album, ‘UF ORB’.

1992. Album cover design for Warp Records' Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove published in Roger Dean’s Album Cover Album.

1987. Solo Photographic exhibition, Network, at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, which expanded on themes developed during my degree course.

1984-1986. Member of Fabricata Illuminata, a multimedia group, producing video, sound, film and photography as components for live performance works. 

• As Fabricata Illuminata, performed The Bell Monitor at the Leadmill, Sheffield, March 1985.
• FI then produced a 40-min piece about the Inner-city riots of the 80’s, This Heat, which was performed live at the Zap Club, Brighton, and the Midland Group, Nottingham, as part of the ‘8 Days of Live Art’ Review Oct. 1985.
• FI performed Potlatch, our final piece, detailing the incongruities of live art when viewed through a Situationist perspective at the ICA, London, May 1986.
• Fabricata Illuminata also developed a low-cost binaural (3D) recording system for soundworks, and utilised these techniques in live and recorded pieces. 
  I subsequently produced solo sound-pieces using similar techniques for assessment in final-year degree show.

Business and Employment:

2005-present. Founded Heavy Everywhere Ltd. to publish radically new fractal fabric designs for fashion and other products. Currently working on a variety of projects for commercial outlets, including a new range of luxury Cruisewear.

1999-2004. Worked for Kazoo PLC and then ZOO Digital Group PLC in Sheffield, Great Britain, in a variety of roles in the 3D sector. I worked on the Kazoo software team for three years as 3D Content Supervisor, producing and commissioning a vast library of thousands of 3D models and characters.
I defined standards for modellers, both freelance and in-house, supervised overall model production, and I also built a large proportion of the 3D model library myself. Additionally, I designed and presented demonstrations of ‘Kazoo’ software at SIGGRAPH, New Orleans in 2000 as part of the International sales team.

I subsequently managed a development team producing its successor, Home Creative Studio, a consumer-level software package for image-creation, using 3D models and photographs. This significantly increased the product's capabilities, and in addition to writing the product documentation and localisation, I also designed and produced all the website content, visualisations and tutorials.

1996-99. Worked for Second Nature Industries as part of the development team of HyperMatter. This was a soft-object dynamics plug-in for the popular 3D animation package 3D Studio MAX®, which won three awards in its first year of sale, including Computer Graphics World’s ‘Product of the Year’.

Responsibilities included beta-testing of HyperMatter, production of software demos and tutorials, and company website design and maintenance. 
Additionally, I provided technical support for users, authorising users and maintaining user databases, and production of promotional material, both image-based and textual. I also designed and presented demonstrations of HyperMatter on the Kinetix booth at SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, and Digital Media World, London in 1997, and then again at SIGGRAPH in Orlando, Florida, in 1998.
You can see the archived Hypermatter website and demos here: HMWebsite

1992-1994. Part-time lecturer in Computer Graphics, HND Design Diploma, Norton College, Sheffield. Taught basic image creation using Amiga Paint packages, and rudimentary use of 3D software.

1988-Present. Freelance computer artist and photographer. Self-taught.
Produce computer-generated art and video for commercial and not-so-commercial usage. Produced stills and animated work for many commercial projects, mainly album cover work, poster designs and video. Also produce panoramic landscapes and other photography projects. Proficient on all formats of camera from 35mm to large-format, to a Spheron HDR 360° panoramic camera.

Produced and co-directed (Motion) in 1994 - a 40-minute CG animation, released by Warp Records - Review

In 1995, produced and directed a concert video for the British composer Gavin Bryars. The video was used as a backdrop for orchestral performances of Bryars' composition 'Sinking of the Titanic'.

Album cover clients include:
The Orb, 808 State, Warp Records, Designers Republic, The Shamen, Sony Music, Frogman Records, Strictly Rhythm, Cabaret Voltaire, Richard H Kirk, The Lovers. 

1986-1987. Part-time lecturer in Darkroom Practice, HND Design Diploma, Castle College, Sheffield.

1981-1982. Assistant Art Technician, Rotherham Art College. Main responsibility was maintaining the Photography Studio and darkroom. 

Education:

1983-1986. BA (Hons.) Degree in Fine Art (Communications). Sheffield Hallam University.

1982-83.  ‘A’ Levels in Photography and Art, Rotherham College of Arts and Technology.

Other Skills:

Excellent written and communication skills, 3D modelling/lighting/rendering, website design, image manipulation and processing. 

Wide experience of different visual media, including Painting, Photography (film and digital up to 360° panoramic), Video, Sound Recording (studio and remote, inc. Binaural), and Non-linear digital editing. 

Can print black-and-white photographs to exhibition standard. 

Experience of live performance and public speaking. Capable (non-qualified) teaching skills in known subjects.

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