As an academic, researcher and artist with over 25 years experience I believe strongly in situated practice which engages with live issues through problem based learning and research. In my practice as an artist I like to engage with site and respond to place, exploring the layered meanings and possibilities within the landscape. I have been awarded prestigious research opportunities as artist in residence at numerous internationally significant institutions including the MOMART Fellowship at Tate Liverpool, Grizedale, Arteleku, Cove Park, NIFCA, Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship, Outlandia and more recently JoyaAiR in Almería, Spain. I have been visiting lecturer at at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Oslo, Sheffield Hallam University, London Metropolitan University, Chelsea College of Art, Wimbledon College of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, Bauhaus University Weimar, Stavanger Kunstskole and Hilhesheim University. I’m currently External Examiner for two pathways on the MA course at UAL Camberwell – Sculpture and Photography and have previously been external examiner on the BA Fine Art course at University of the Highlands and Islands. (UHI) I have been invited to peer-review for Natural Environment Research Council (UKRI) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada applications and subject expert for the Austrian Science Fund Awards. I currently sit on the International Arts & Design Experts Committee at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, China. Since 2008 I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.