Over the last 40+ years my work has evolved through painting and lightwork installations to digital imaging and an exploration of nano sounds. I consider myself to still be a painter. Everything I do is painting. Mostly my work has been based on visualising and hearing the mysterious internal workings of our bodies. It could be described as objective self portraiture and the aestheticising of viscera. We are in an age when our view of ‘the figure’ in art is being completely changed by science and technology. However, there is an expansion to this. I continue to draw and explore.<\/p>\n
Since 2003, my work in the field of soundscape goes further into the human experience, by exploring the spirit of being in a particular space or situation. I perform digital sound with musicians and have composed with film.<\/p>\n
Biography
\nQualifications and training
\n2008 Diploma with Distinction in Sound Technology, LCC, University of the Arts, London.2008 Member of the laptop orchestra Unknown Devices coordinated by David Toop, London
\n2005 MA with Distinction in Creative Technology, University of Salford, Greater Manchester
\n1996 MA Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
\n1982 BA (Hons) in Painting, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
\n1980 Six Grade ‘A’ Credits, Mackintyre Art Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA<\/p>\n
Solo exhibitions Group exhibitions Competitions, prizes and awards Performance
\n2019 Imposters<\/em>, Five Light boxes, 4 x\u00a0m2 Gallery,<\/strong> London
\n2017 Convergences in Time<\/em>, Hundred Years Gallery<\/strong>, London.
\n1996 Lightworks: Is your Red the same as my Red?<\/em>, installation, Sandbar, Manchester
\n1994 Artist for a Week,<\/em> The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh<\/strong>
\n1993 From Bare Beginnings<\/em>, WASPS Gallery<\/strong>, Edinburgh
\n1986 Paula Garcia Stone, Obra Reciente<\/em>, Galer\u00eca Diart<\/strong>, Madrid, Spain
\n1983 Paula Garcia Stone<\/em>, Exposici\u00f2n<\/em>, Galeria Litoral<\/strong>, Alicante, Spain<\/p>\n
\n2022\u00a0 Sixty Drawings + Ten<\/em> at the Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery,<\/strong> Rossendale,
\n2017\u00a0 As It Stands: Unrefined, Muted, Abandoned<\/em>, Hundred Years Gallery<\/strong>. Hoxton, London
\n2016\u00a0 ENDS<\/em>, curated by Jaime Valtierra, Hundred Years Gallery<\/strong>, London.
\n2016\u00a0 PRESCRIPTIONS<\/em>; Artists Books & the Medical Humanities, Beaney House Museum<\/strong>, University of Kent, Canterbury.
\n2015 The Engine Room, International Sound Art Exhibition<\/em>, 2015, Morley Gallery,<\/strong> London
\n2015 Sound and The Urban Environment<\/em>, ONCA Gallery<\/strong>, Brighton, UK
\n2009 The Art of Medicine<\/em>, Briitish Institute of Radiology<\/strong>, London.
\n2008 LCC<\/strong> University of the Arts London, One Minute is not enough<\/em>, soundscapes with projection.
\n2007 Digital Experience<<\/em>\/em>, <\/em>Phillip Goulden Gallery,<\/strong> Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne, Dorset
\n2005 MACT05<\/em>, <\/em>Zion Gallery, <\/em>Manchester
\n1996 Holden Gallery<\/strong><\/em>, Manchester Metropolitan University, Floor piece with illusory elements, designed for the Audio Visual Gallery
\n1996 Underwired Inprint and book of Ours<\/em>, <\/em>two portfolios of prints by women artist’s from Scotland and the USA. 1996 Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop<\/em><\/strong>, touring Scotland
\n1994 SSA Annual Exhibition<\/em>, Royal Scottish Academy<\/strong>
\n1994 Wasps Festival Exhibition<\/em> <\/em>(touring) MacRoberts Arts Centre<\/strong>, Stirling, Patriothall, Edinburgh
\n1993 Exhibition<\/em>, <\/em>Compass Gallery<\/strong>, Glasgow
\n1993 Gallery III<\/em>, <\/em>The Collective Gallery<\/strong>, Edinburgh
\n1992 Artists from the Casa Manilva<\/em>, <\/em>Casa de la Cultura<\/strong>, Casares, Spain
\n1991 Arts Intaglio Inaugural Exhibitions<\/em>, <\/em>Manchester and Berlin<\/strong>
\n1990 Edinburgh Printmakers, Members Work<\/em>, <\/em>Highland Printmakers<\/strong>, Inverness
\n1989 <\/em>369 Gallery<\/strong>, Monotypes<\/em>, touring Scotland
\n1985 Arco 85<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>International Art Fair, with Galeria Diart, Madrid
\n1984 Basel<\/strong>, <\/em>International Art Fair, with Diart, Basel, Switzerland<\/p>\n
\n2017, Solo Show 1st Prize at Hundred Years Gallery,<\/strong> London. By popular vote during an Open Call exhibition.
\n2016 Inspired By<\/em>, winner of the Digital media prize from the V&A, London. Morley Gallery.<\/strong>
\n2010-2011 Artist in Residence<\/em>, University of Salford<\/strong>, Greater Manchester. Anechoic Chamber recording, Department of Engineering
\n2006 Short-listed with two works for the second round of judging for Sense & Sensuality, Blind Art<\/em>, Bankside Gallery, London
\n2005 Short-listed in the first round of selection for the Crosby Homes Manchester Art Prize<\/em>, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
\n2005 Shortlisted, Pnonurgia Nova Prix 2005<\/em>, Arles, France
\n2004 Mature Student Award, Rootstein Hopkins Foundation<\/strong>, London
\n1993 Project Grant, for an installation at the Collective Gallery<\/strong>, Edinburgh. Edinburgh District Council<\/strong>, Scotland
\n1992 The Delfina Studio Trust<\/strong>, London. Three month painting residency, at Casa Manilva, Andalucia, Spain<\/p>\n
\nOct 2024, Mercury Over Maps,<\/em> Canvas & Cream Gallery<\/strong>, duo with Sue Lynch<\/p>\n