2011
Eurovision Marathon, May 11. My planned attempt to watch every Eurovision Song Contest back to back without sleep.
2010
Now That's What I Call Live Art! Musical Project with Inbetween Time, Bristol
Now That's What I Call Live Art! Musical Project with Inbetween Time, Bristol
Bored of Art, Oct 10. Balloon Performance at Frieze Art Fair, London
Edinburgh, Aug 10. I will be taking an innovative new show to Forest Fringe
Edinburgh, Aug 10. I will be taking an innovative new show to Forest Fringe
ArtFart, Aug 10. I will be running a performance workshop at this festival in Iceland
Latitude Festival, 15-18 July 10. I will be previewing my new Edinburgh show in the cabaret tent
Over Your Head, 01-02 Jul 10. A new commission for the New Work New Worlds festival in Glasgow
Plane Food Café, 15-20 Jun 10. Touring to the Napoli Teatro Festival, Italy
Junction Sampled: Live Art, 1-3 May 10. I will be co-curating and performing at this event in Cambridge
Supper Club, 03 April 10. I did a number of performances at this evening at The Basement in Brighton
The Art of Engagement, Apr-May 10. Online residency curated by Justin Allen
National Review of Live Art, 17-21 Mar 10. I made a new performance for the 30th NRLA in Glasgow
Scapegoat Society, 30 Jan 10. I performed at this event at Yinka Shonibare's Space.
Scapegoat Society, 30 Jan 10. I performed at this event at Yinka Shonibare's Space.
2009
Plagiarismo! 12 Nov 09. Part of the Sacred season at Chelsea Theatre, London
Anything You Can Do I Can Do Batter, 27 Sep 09. Performance at the National Theatre, London.
Plagiarismo! 11 Sep 09. At Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Edinburgh Festival, Aug 09. I took two shows, Plagiarismo! And Plane Food Café to the Fringe.
Plagiarismo! Aug 09. My new show will be on at the Freemason's Hall in Edinburgh.
Rub Me Up The Wrong Way 2, 25 Jul 09. Long-awaited return of the international performance microBiennale that I curate as part of Contemporary Art Norwich.
Plagiarismo! 17 Jul 09. A final preview of my Edinburgh show at Latitude Festival, Suffolk
Plane Food Cafe, 1-2 Jul 09. At The Arches, Glasgow
Plane Food Café, 16-20 Jun 09. A major new work as part of Thin Ice project in association with Artsadmin, London
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 06 Jun 09. At Sassoon Gallery, Peckham
Plagiarismo! May 09. Two London previews of my new show at Artsadmin and EEC
Live Art Weekender, 24-25 May 09. Two performances at this festival at the Junction in Cambridge
Reverend Billy Tour, May 09. I have been asked to make a short film following the US activist around the UK.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? Apr 09. At Norwich Arts Centre
Plagiarismo, Feb 09. Early preview of my new Edinburgh show at Exeter Phoenix.
Plagiarismo, Feb 09. Edinburgh Preview at Central School of Speech and Drama, London
Embedded Art, Jan-May 09. I have been commissioned to make a number of new works as part of this group show at the Berlin Academy of Art.
2008
Event to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights, 10 Nov 08. At the Purcell Rooms on London’s South Bank.
LossRail Nov 08. An exciting new publication project.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 12 Nov 08. At Colchester Arts Centre.
Duckie! 25 Oct 08. I will be doing my performance 99 Red Balloons at this raucous event in Vauxhall, London
Subterfuge, 24 Oct 08. Performance at vaudeville event at Contact Theatre, Manchester.
2012 Seconds To Logo, 26 Sep 08. London workshop to kick off Cultural Olympiad.
Miss High Leg Kick’s Fashion Bus, Aug 08. I will be providing the visuals for these series of live performances, as part of Trafalgar Square Festival.
SuperJumbo, 19-20 Jul 08. Two performances at the Grec Festival, Barcelona.
Clacton Festival, 19-20 Jul 08. My short films were shown at this event in Essex.
Concrete & Glass Launch, 14 Jul 08. I performed at this event at Shoreditch House, London
LossRail Nov 08. An exciting new publication project.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 12 Nov 08. At Colchester Arts Centre.
Duckie! 25 Oct 08. I will be doing my performance 99 Red Balloons at this raucous event in Vauxhall, London
Subterfuge, 24 Oct 08. Performance at vaudeville event at Contact Theatre, Manchester.
2012 Seconds To Logo, 26 Sep 08. London workshop to kick off Cultural Olympiad.
Miss High Leg Kick’s Fashion Bus, Aug 08. I will be providing the visuals for these series of live performances, as part of Trafalgar Square Festival.
SuperJumbo, 19-20 Jul 08. Two performances at the Grec Festival, Barcelona.
Clacton Festival, 19-20 Jul 08. My short films were shown at this event in Essex.
Concrete & Glass Launch, 14 Jul 08. I performed at this event at Shoreditch House, London
Captain Credit Crunch, 5 Jul 08. Treasure hunt and lecture about my money related work for Hebden Bridge Art Festival, Yorkshire.
Culturail, 18 Jun 08. Talk about my recent project at SPACE, Hackney
Celebrating Sanctuary, 15 Jun 08. T-shirts on sale at this year’s Refugee Week festival displayed quotes by Ian McEwan, Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah, Margaret Mead, and me.
Variable Capital, 31 May-01 Jun 08. New site-specific commission entitled FREE BALLOONS as part of this show at Bluecoat, Liverpool.
Culturail, Apr-May 08. An ambitious project to build a tube line through London funded by cancellation of Olympics, in collaboration with Chelsea Theatre.
Olympic Torch, 06 Apr 08. I dressed up as a torch-bearer and ran the London route five minutes ahead of the actual relay.
Sun & Doves, 28 Mar 08. I performed at an event at this pub in Camberwell, curated by Mark McGowan.
Post-Avant-Garde Activism, 08 Mar 08. I gave a talk on this topic at Tate Modern, London.
National Review of Live Art, 07-10 Feb 08. I made new works 'J'accuse!', and "Priya Pathak: Epilogue" in Glasgow.
ARCO, Feb 08. Screening of short film on the topic of 'Live Art and the Art Market' in Madrid.
I Am A ThinkTank, Feb-Apr 08. I led this ten-week educational project in association with Artsadmin.
Disturbing Perception and the Rules of Public Areas, Jan 08. Essay published in new book by Lieux Publics, Marseille.
Culturail, 18 Jun 08. Talk about my recent project at SPACE, Hackney
Celebrating Sanctuary, 15 Jun 08. T-shirts on sale at this year’s Refugee Week festival displayed quotes by Ian McEwan, Maya Angelou, Benjamin Zephaniah, Margaret Mead, and me.
Variable Capital, 31 May-01 Jun 08. New site-specific commission entitled FREE BALLOONS as part of this show at Bluecoat, Liverpool.
Culturail, Apr-May 08. An ambitious project to build a tube line through London funded by cancellation of Olympics, in collaboration with Chelsea Theatre.
Olympic Torch, 06 Apr 08. I dressed up as a torch-bearer and ran the London route five minutes ahead of the actual relay.
Sun & Doves, 28 Mar 08. I performed at an event at this pub in Camberwell, curated by Mark McGowan.
Post-Avant-Garde Activism, 08 Mar 08. I gave a talk on this topic at Tate Modern, London.
National Review of Live Art, 07-10 Feb 08. I made new works 'J'accuse!', and "Priya Pathak: Epilogue" in Glasgow.
ARCO, Feb 08. Screening of short film on the topic of 'Live Art and the Art Market' in Madrid.
I Am A ThinkTank, Feb-Apr 08. I led this ten-week educational project in association with Artsadmin.
Disturbing Perception and the Rules of Public Areas, Jan 08. Essay published in new book by Lieux Publics, Marseille.
2007
Sirens and Emergency Services, 14 Dec 07. New performance in which I sing 99 Red Balloons while inhaling helium from red balloons.
Greenham Common Residency, Dec 07. At the former American nuclear airbase in Berkshire.
Open Nights, 19 Nov 07. I spoke about Fame Asylum at this discussion about performance that involving vulnerable groups at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 19 Oct 07. At the Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Third Life, 8/9 Oct 07. Exeter Phoenix commissioned me to make a series of unrealised works in Second Life.
Richard DeDomenici's Caipirinha/Crap Karaoke Club Challenge, 15 Sep 07. New performance at New Work Network's 10th Birthday Party.
Check In/Check Out, 14/15 Sep 07. I did six performances at this Live Art UK event at the Great Eastern Hotel, London.
Foreign Muck, 09 Sep 07. I did vocals at this rare gig by the live art supergroup at Arnolfini, Bristol
SuperJumbo, 17-25 Aug 07. I took my new show to The Fringe as part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 24 Jul 07. At the Louise T Blouin Foundation, London.
Rub Me Up The Wrong Way, 20 Jul 07. I was invited to curate a live art festival as part of Contemporary Art Norwich.
Latitude Festival, 12-15 Jul 07. I performed SuperJumbo on friday night, and did a lecture/BetterBanner workshop/PolyDemo on Saturday morning.
Hazard, 07 Jul 07, I performed my street performance Tag at this Manchester International Festival fringe event.
The Last Gasp, 30 Jun 07. I performed at this smoking ban related event at Colchester Arts Centre.
Celebrating Sanctuary, 17 Jun 07. I made a new work at this Refugee Week festival on London's South Bank.
SuperJumbo, 15 Jun 07. Part of the Summer Season, Artsadmin, London.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 24 May 07. At Pump House Gallery.
May Day Festival, 07 May 07. I held a BetterBanner workshop and PolyDemo at this event in Battersea Park.
Normalisation of Deviance, 19 Apr - 28 May 07. Debut solo gallery show at Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London. Part of The Art of Protest.
Embracing Failure, 04 Apr 07. At Plymouth College of Art and Design.
Project-V, Apr-Jun 07. I was one of six transatlantic participants in this pioneering vlogging experiment.
CAT Show, 14 - 18 Mar 07. I performed an early preview of SuperJumbo at this show comprising of alumni from Cardiff School of Art.
Performing Rights Vienna, 8 - 10 Mar 07. I am artist-in-residence at this human rights event at Tanzquartier, Austria.
Embracing Failure, 16 Feb 07. At Watford Camera Club, Watford.
If You See Something, Say Something, 07 Feb - 03 Mar 07. Group show in Sydney, Australia.
System Error, 03 Feb - 06 May 07. Group show at Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
N.S.C.A.D Residency, 19 - 26 Jan 07. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
So Sad.. 13 - 20 Jan 07. Group show at the Guy Hilton Gallery, London, curated by Mark McGowan.
Media Attention, 06 Jan - 10 Feb 07. Three artists curated by Cassandra Needham at G39, Cardiff.
2006
Tulca, 15 - 30 Nov 06. I was artist-in-residence at this season of visual arts in Galway, Ireland.
Rational Rec, 07 Nov 06. I was the quizmaster of an art quiz at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 24 Oct 06. Unexpected sell-out of 192 capacity Exeter Phoenix.
Power of Art, Oct - Dec 06. Series of short web films commissioned by the BBC2 to coincide with Simon Schama series.
Black Cylinder Gallery, 12 - 15 Oct 06. Long-awaited official launch of the gallery inside my wristwatch at Frieze Art Fair.
DaDao Live Art Festival, Oct 06. I was one of two artists sent by Live Art UK to make work in Beijing, China.
Repatriating the Ark, 21 Sep 06. I participated in this group exhibition at the Museum of Garden History, Lambeth.
Making Love To My Ego, 10 Aug - 24 Sep 07. I exhibited two works in this show at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 06 - 28 Aug 06. Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh.
There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You, 28 - 30 Jul. Group Show at Space Station Sixty-five, Dulwich.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? Jul 06. Tour of New York City and Madison, Wisconsin.
Latitude Festival, 13 - 16 Jul. I did a performance and a lecture at this outdoor festival in Sussex.
EuroShame, 01 Jul 06. I represented Estonia at this Duckie event at The Coronet, Elephant & Castle.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 28 Jun 06. Arnolfini, Bristol.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 09 Jun 06. Pulse Festival, Ipswich
Fame Asylum, May - Jun 06. Project to form an asylum seeker boyband for Refugee Week, Channel Four and PSi#12.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 04 - 05 May 06. At BAC, London.
Embracing Failure, 25 Apr 06. At South Bank University, London.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 16 Mar 06. At The Bishopsgate Foundation, London
Day-to-Day Data, 10 Mar - 23 Apr 06. I exhibited new work at this group show at the Danielle Arnaud Gallery in London.
Embracing Failure, 27 Feb 06. At Camberwell Art College, London.
Full Bleed, 22 - 25 Feb 06. I performed at this week of live events in Colchester.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 15 Feb 06. New lecture at old art school in Cardiff, Wales.
National Review of Live Art, 08 - 12 Feb 06. I was artist-in-residence at this annual event in Glasgow.
Inbetween Time 01 - 05 Feb 06. I was writer in residence at the Arnolfini, Bristol and made work at this festival.
Failure To Do So Is An Offence, 23 Jan - 02 Feb 06. I exhibited a new sculpture as part of this group show in Hamburg.
2005
Baltic, 01 Dec 05. Preview of my new lecture in Newcastle.
De La Warr Pavillion, Nov 05. I’ll be installing a crazy golf course in the refurbished listed Modernist building.
Brunel University, 23 Oct 05. Preview of my new lecture in Uxbridge.
Embracing Failure, 10 Nov 05. Norwich
Chronic Epoch, Oct 05. I will be making work as part of Beaconsfield’s ten year anniversary celebrations.
Live Art from China, 27 Oct 05. Launch of my new Political Top Trumps game at this event at the Arnolfini in Bristol.
Embracing Failure, 30 Sep 05. Selected for the Creative Places + Spaces Conference in Toronto, Canada
Art and Money, 26 Aug 05. I showed work at this live-art evening organised by Home at the V&A in London.
Pedestrian Congestion Charging, Aug 05. A new anarcho-surrealist street intervention at the Edinburgh Festival.
Embracing Failure, Jul 05. A short run ‘Off Off Broadway’ in New York.
Stay, Jun 30 05. Site-specific installation and performance as part of group show at Great Eastern Hotel, London.
Embracing Failure, 25 Jun 05. Belfast
Embracing Failure, 14 Jun 05. Exeter Phoenix.
Unattended Baggage, May 05. A dangerous new street performance outside Helsinki railway station in Finland.
Embracing Failure, 28 Apr 05. Cambridge Junction.
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Apr 05. Group show at The Royal College of Art, London.
Spend and Make, 01 Mar 05. I was invited to produce work in a Homebase car park in Essex.
Embracing Failure, 18 - 19 Jan 05. Sell-out at BAC London.
2004
CowBoard, 4 Dec 04. Second performance of my new lecture at the International 3 Gallery in Manchester.
Guardians of Doubt, Nov 04. I was asked to adapt my lecture ‘Embracing Failure’ for publication.
Full Bleed, 4 Nov 04. I performed at this night of off-the wall music, poetry and performance art in Colchester.
Liverpool Biennial, Oct 04. Invited to make new street performance and give lecture at Bluecoat Gallery.
Lab of Insurrectionary Imagination, 15 Oct 04. I made a new work ‘The Big Flyposter Draw’ at this event.
Express Excess, 6 Oct 04. Supporting Marcus Birdman at London’s leading spoken-work night.
Anti, Sept 04. I was commissioned to make a new performance at this festival in Kuopio, Finland.
Sexed-Up, 11 Sep 04. Updated version of my lecture, given as part of Arches Live! season in Glasgow.
East to Edinburgh, Aug 04. Commissioned to produce 650 pieces of official merchandise.
Duckie, 7 Aug 04. An invitation to perform at this popular night at London’s Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Express Excess, 9 Jun 04. I was the support act for John Hegley at the Enterprise, Chalk Farm.
Embracing Failure, 18 May 04. At Brunel University.
The Future of Science Education, May 04. Creative Partnerships commission to produce 16-page book.
Embracing Failure, 5 May 04. Two lectures in one day at Eyebeam and Wooster Collective in New York.
Version04, 16 Apr - 1 May 04. Annual Chicago art festival at which I presented a portfolio of new work.
Wonderful, Feb - Oct 04. Arnolfini commission to design an interface to enable cows to access the internet.
Apples and Snakes, 16 Jan 04. Spoken-word showcase at Battersea Arts Centre.
2003
Sexed-Up, 20 Nov 03. The first British performance of my Edinburgh Festival lecture.
Express Excess, 29 Oct 03. Ten-minute-long performance at London’s leading spoken-work night.
Embracing Failure, 13 Sep 03. For the Live Art Development Agency at Queen Mary, London.
Embracing Failure, 13 Aug 03. At the Wellcome Trust in London
East to Edinburgh, Aug 03. I was East England Arts’ artist-in-residence at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Queens’ School Activities Week, 6 - 7 Jul 03. Asked by my old school to talk to students/make interventions.
Fierce!, 05 Jun 03. I performed my Watford lecture at the Birmingham Playhouse theatre.
Stop Shopping Tour, 09 - 20 May 03. UK tour of anglo-American anti-consumerist artists.
Museum of Domestic Culture, 24 Apr 03. Opening-night performance at this North London venue.
Writing DNA, April - Aug 03. Attempt to turn coal into diamonds for Wellcome Trust/TwoTen Gallery.
Pilau Talk, March - Apr 03. Anglia Television’s late-night topical news quiz set in an Indian restaurant.
Embracing Failure, 18 Mar 03. Invitation from New Work Network to give a lecture at Brunel University.
National Review of Live Art, 19 - 23 Feb 03. Asked back to show what I’d been up to, one year on.
2002
Mad, Bad and Dangerous 02. BBC Wales awarded script development money to my short film idea.
Fix, 5 - 8 Dec 02. I was chosen to perform and exhibit at this year’s live art extravaganza in Belfast.
DIY, 03 Dec 02. Professional development project for artists. Artsadmin, LADA, NWN collaboration.
6 Of The Best, 26 Nov 02. I was nominated best newcomer in televised art awards ceremony.
Pro-Capitalist Protest, 1 Nov 03. Annual ironic one-man demonstration staged in Oxford Circus.
THE FACE Internship, 28 Oct - 15 Nov 02. Three-week work placement at now defunct London magazine.
eXpo, 24 - 27 Oct 02. Premier of new performance Dayskipper at this year’s event in Nottingham.
Live Art In The East - Platform, 13 Oct 02. I made a new work, Mint, at this event in Colchester.
Experimentica, 02 - 06 Oct 02. I was asked back to Cardiff to produce new performance Maglez.
The Lo-fi Show, 29 Sep - 01 Oct 02. Invited to Belfast to design the catalogue for Catalyst Arts group show.
East End Collaborations, 27 Sep 02. My Watford lecture was included in this platform event.
Spend, Spend, Spend. 14 Sep 02. Day of action organized by culture jammers Fanclub, filmed by the BBC.
East2Edinburgh, 14 Aug 02. Exhibited my books at Arts Council event at Edinburgh Festival.
The £300 Show 27 - 28 Jul 02. Colchester Arts Centre challenged me to spend £300 in 24 hours.
Hem, 26 Jul 02. Art festival on the streets of Exeter, the latest stop on my Party of One UK tour.
Domestically Spaced, 12 Jul, 04 Aug 02. Two toilet paper-based performances at gallery in East Dulwich.
Special School, 14 Jun 02. Attempt to make a telephone call using a piano at Global Café event in Soho.
Vain, 13 Jun 02. Outdoor performance at Oxford’s annual live art showcase.
Observable Occurrences, 8 - 9 Jun 02. Co-organizer of this two-day street-art festival in East London.
Well Rounded Individual II, 3 - 4 Jun 02. Circle line circumnavigation, breaking previous record of 18 hours.
Flaming Nora, May – Dec 02. Epic ensemble tour of street art, visiting eight towns in the east of England.
Fabbrica Europa, 12 - 21 May 02. I was asked to attend a festival in Florence, about the myth of Europe.
Doing Time, 10 - 12 May 02. Art festival held in Dundee, at which I performed Lazy Student..
National Review of Live Art, 13 - 17 Feb 02. International platform for live art, staged in Glasgow.
Watford: tWTmF, 8 Feb 02. Lecture at the Windmill Pub, Brixton, explaining why Watford should be granted city status.
Day of the Unread, 16 - 28 Jan 02. A library of unpublished books exhibited at Waterstone’s Piccadilly.
2001
The Long Night, 10 Dec 01. Event staged by Cardiff collective Umbrella, at which I juggled with eggs.
Grander Shadow, 8 - 15 Dec 01. Group show of UWIC graduates, included one of my kinetic sculptures.
eXpo, 8 - 10 Nov 01. I was selected to exhibit work as part of Nottingham’s annual NOW festival.
Experimentica, 19 - 21 Oct 01. I was invited to show work at the festival hosted by Chapter, Cardiff.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Date Sep 98 - Jun 01 School University of Wales Institute Cardiff Course BA (Hons) Fine Art Grade First
Sirens and Emergency Services, 14 Dec 07. New performance in which I sing 99 Red Balloons while inhaling helium from red balloons.
Greenham Common Residency, Dec 07. At the former American nuclear airbase in Berkshire.
Open Nights, 19 Nov 07. I spoke about Fame Asylum at this discussion about performance that involving vulnerable groups at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 19 Oct 07. At the Central School of Speech and Drama, London.
Third Life, 8/9 Oct 07. Exeter Phoenix commissioned me to make a series of unrealised works in Second Life.
Richard DeDomenici's Caipirinha/Crap Karaoke Club Challenge, 15 Sep 07. New performance at New Work Network's 10th Birthday Party.
Check In/Check Out, 14/15 Sep 07. I did six performances at this Live Art UK event at the Great Eastern Hotel, London.
Foreign Muck, 09 Sep 07. I did vocals at this rare gig by the live art supergroup at Arnolfini, Bristol
SuperJumbo, 17-25 Aug 07. I took my new show to The Fringe as part of the British Council Edinburgh Showcase.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 24 Jul 07. At the Louise T Blouin Foundation, London.
Rub Me Up The Wrong Way, 20 Jul 07. I was invited to curate a live art festival as part of Contemporary Art Norwich.
Latitude Festival, 12-15 Jul 07. I performed SuperJumbo on friday night, and did a lecture/BetterBanner workshop/PolyDemo on Saturday morning.
Hazard, 07 Jul 07, I performed my street performance Tag at this Manchester International Festival fringe event.
The Last Gasp, 30 Jun 07. I performed at this smoking ban related event at Colchester Arts Centre.
Celebrating Sanctuary, 17 Jun 07. I made a new work at this Refugee Week festival on London's South Bank.
SuperJumbo, 15 Jun 07. Part of the Summer Season, Artsadmin, London.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 24 May 07. At Pump House Gallery.
May Day Festival, 07 May 07. I held a BetterBanner workshop and PolyDemo at this event in Battersea Park.
Normalisation of Deviance, 19 Apr - 28 May 07. Debut solo gallery show at Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London. Part of The Art of Protest.
Embracing Failure, 04 Apr 07. At Plymouth College of Art and Design.
Project-V, Apr-Jun 07. I was one of six transatlantic participants in this pioneering vlogging experiment.
CAT Show, 14 - 18 Mar 07. I performed an early preview of SuperJumbo at this show comprising of alumni from Cardiff School of Art.
Performing Rights Vienna, 8 - 10 Mar 07. I am artist-in-residence at this human rights event at Tanzquartier, Austria.
Embracing Failure, 16 Feb 07. At Watford Camera Club, Watford.
If You See Something, Say Something, 07 Feb - 03 Mar 07. Group show in Sydney, Australia.
System Error, 03 Feb - 06 May 07. Group show at Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
N.S.C.A.D Residency, 19 - 26 Jan 07. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
So Sad.. 13 - 20 Jan 07. Group show at the Guy Hilton Gallery, London, curated by Mark McGowan.
Media Attention, 06 Jan - 10 Feb 07. Three artists curated by Cassandra Needham at G39, Cardiff.
2006
Tulca, 15 - 30 Nov 06. I was artist-in-residence at this season of visual arts in Galway, Ireland.
Rational Rec, 07 Nov 06. I was the quizmaster of an art quiz at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 24 Oct 06. Unexpected sell-out of 192 capacity Exeter Phoenix.
Power of Art, Oct - Dec 06. Series of short web films commissioned by the BBC2 to coincide with Simon Schama series.
Black Cylinder Gallery, 12 - 15 Oct 06. Long-awaited official launch of the gallery inside my wristwatch at Frieze Art Fair.
DaDao Live Art Festival, Oct 06. I was one of two artists sent by Live Art UK to make work in Beijing, China.
Repatriating the Ark, 21 Sep 06. I participated in this group exhibition at the Museum of Garden History, Lambeth.
Making Love To My Ego, 10 Aug - 24 Sep 07. I exhibited two works in this show at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 06 - 28 Aug 06. Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh.
There’s Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You, 28 - 30 Jul. Group Show at Space Station Sixty-five, Dulwich.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? Jul 06. Tour of New York City and Madison, Wisconsin.
Latitude Festival, 13 - 16 Jul. I did a performance and a lecture at this outdoor festival in Sussex.
EuroShame, 01 Jul 06. I represented Estonia at this Duckie event at The Coronet, Elephant & Castle.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 28 Jun 06. Arnolfini, Bristol.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 09 Jun 06. Pulse Festival, Ipswich
Fame Asylum, May - Jun 06. Project to form an asylum seeker boyband for Refugee Week, Channel Four and PSi#12.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 04 - 05 May 06. At BAC, London.
Embracing Failure, 25 Apr 06. At South Bank University, London.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 16 Mar 06. At The Bishopsgate Foundation, London
Day-to-Day Data, 10 Mar - 23 Apr 06. I exhibited new work at this group show at the Danielle Arnaud Gallery in London.
Embracing Failure, 27 Feb 06. At Camberwell Art College, London.
Full Bleed, 22 - 25 Feb 06. I performed at this week of live events in Colchester.
Did Priya Pathak Ever Get Her Wallet Back? 15 Feb 06. New lecture at old art school in Cardiff, Wales.
National Review of Live Art, 08 - 12 Feb 06. I was artist-in-residence at this annual event in Glasgow.
Inbetween Time 01 - 05 Feb 06. I was writer in residence at the Arnolfini, Bristol and made work at this festival.
Failure To Do So Is An Offence, 23 Jan - 02 Feb 06. I exhibited a new sculpture as part of this group show in Hamburg.
2005
Baltic, 01 Dec 05. Preview of my new lecture in Newcastle.
De La Warr Pavillion, Nov 05. I’ll be installing a crazy golf course in the refurbished listed Modernist building.
Brunel University, 23 Oct 05. Preview of my new lecture in Uxbridge.
Embracing Failure, 10 Nov 05. Norwich
Chronic Epoch, Oct 05. I will be making work as part of Beaconsfield’s ten year anniversary celebrations.
Live Art from China, 27 Oct 05. Launch of my new Political Top Trumps game at this event at the Arnolfini in Bristol.
Embracing Failure, 30 Sep 05. Selected for the Creative Places + Spaces Conference in Toronto, Canada
Art and Money, 26 Aug 05. I showed work at this live-art evening organised by Home at the V&A in London.
Pedestrian Congestion Charging, Aug 05. A new anarcho-surrealist street intervention at the Edinburgh Festival.
Embracing Failure, Jul 05. A short run ‘Off Off Broadway’ in New York.
Stay, Jun 30 05. Site-specific installation and performance as part of group show at Great Eastern Hotel, London.
Embracing Failure, 25 Jun 05. Belfast
Embracing Failure, 14 Jun 05. Exeter Phoenix.
Unattended Baggage, May 05. A dangerous new street performance outside Helsinki railway station in Finland.
Embracing Failure, 28 Apr 05. Cambridge Junction.
Do Not Interrupt Your Activities, Apr 05. Group show at The Royal College of Art, London.
Spend and Make, 01 Mar 05. I was invited to produce work in a Homebase car park in Essex.
Embracing Failure, 18 - 19 Jan 05. Sell-out at BAC London.
2004
CowBoard, 4 Dec 04. Second performance of my new lecture at the International 3 Gallery in Manchester.
Guardians of Doubt, Nov 04. I was asked to adapt my lecture ‘Embracing Failure’ for publication.
Full Bleed, 4 Nov 04. I performed at this night of off-the wall music, poetry and performance art in Colchester.
Liverpool Biennial, Oct 04. Invited to make new street performance and give lecture at Bluecoat Gallery.
Lab of Insurrectionary Imagination, 15 Oct 04. I made a new work ‘The Big Flyposter Draw’ at this event.
Express Excess, 6 Oct 04. Supporting Marcus Birdman at London’s leading spoken-work night.
Anti, Sept 04. I was commissioned to make a new performance at this festival in Kuopio, Finland.
Sexed-Up, 11 Sep 04. Updated version of my lecture, given as part of Arches Live! season in Glasgow.
East to Edinburgh, Aug 04. Commissioned to produce 650 pieces of official merchandise.
Duckie, 7 Aug 04. An invitation to perform at this popular night at London’s Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
Express Excess, 9 Jun 04. I was the support act for John Hegley at the Enterprise, Chalk Farm.
Embracing Failure, 18 May 04. At Brunel University.
The Future of Science Education, May 04. Creative Partnerships commission to produce 16-page book.
Embracing Failure, 5 May 04. Two lectures in one day at Eyebeam and Wooster Collective in New York.
Version04, 16 Apr - 1 May 04. Annual Chicago art festival at which I presented a portfolio of new work.
Wonderful, Feb - Oct 04. Arnolfini commission to design an interface to enable cows to access the internet.
Apples and Snakes, 16 Jan 04. Spoken-word showcase at Battersea Arts Centre.
2003
Sexed-Up, 20 Nov 03. The first British performance of my Edinburgh Festival lecture.
Express Excess, 29 Oct 03. Ten-minute-long performance at London’s leading spoken-work night.
Embracing Failure, 13 Sep 03. For the Live Art Development Agency at Queen Mary, London.
Embracing Failure, 13 Aug 03. At the Wellcome Trust in London
East to Edinburgh, Aug 03. I was East England Arts’ artist-in-residence at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Queens’ School Activities Week, 6 - 7 Jul 03. Asked by my old school to talk to students/make interventions.
Fierce!, 05 Jun 03. I performed my Watford lecture at the Birmingham Playhouse theatre.
Stop Shopping Tour, 09 - 20 May 03. UK tour of anglo-American anti-consumerist artists.
Museum of Domestic Culture, 24 Apr 03. Opening-night performance at this North London venue.
Writing DNA, April - Aug 03. Attempt to turn coal into diamonds for Wellcome Trust/TwoTen Gallery.
Pilau Talk, March - Apr 03. Anglia Television’s late-night topical news quiz set in an Indian restaurant.
Embracing Failure, 18 Mar 03. Invitation from New Work Network to give a lecture at Brunel University.
National Review of Live Art, 19 - 23 Feb 03. Asked back to show what I’d been up to, one year on.
2002
Mad, Bad and Dangerous 02. BBC Wales awarded script development money to my short film idea.
Fix, 5 - 8 Dec 02. I was chosen to perform and exhibit at this year’s live art extravaganza in Belfast.
DIY, 03 Dec 02. Professional development project for artists. Artsadmin, LADA, NWN collaboration.
6 Of The Best, 26 Nov 02. I was nominated best newcomer in televised art awards ceremony.
Pro-Capitalist Protest, 1 Nov 03. Annual ironic one-man demonstration staged in Oxford Circus.
THE FACE Internship, 28 Oct - 15 Nov 02. Three-week work placement at now defunct London magazine.
eXpo, 24 - 27 Oct 02. Premier of new performance Dayskipper at this year’s event in Nottingham.
Live Art In The East - Platform, 13 Oct 02. I made a new work, Mint, at this event in Colchester.
Experimentica, 02 - 06 Oct 02. I was asked back to Cardiff to produce new performance Maglez.
The Lo-fi Show, 29 Sep - 01 Oct 02. Invited to Belfast to design the catalogue for Catalyst Arts group show.
East End Collaborations, 27 Sep 02. My Watford lecture was included in this platform event.
Spend, Spend, Spend. 14 Sep 02. Day of action organized by culture jammers Fanclub, filmed by the BBC.
East2Edinburgh, 14 Aug 02. Exhibited my books at Arts Council event at Edinburgh Festival.
The £300 Show 27 - 28 Jul 02. Colchester Arts Centre challenged me to spend £300 in 24 hours.
Hem, 26 Jul 02. Art festival on the streets of Exeter, the latest stop on my Party of One UK tour.
Domestically Spaced, 12 Jul, 04 Aug 02. Two toilet paper-based performances at gallery in East Dulwich.
Special School, 14 Jun 02. Attempt to make a telephone call using a piano at Global Café event in Soho.
Vain, 13 Jun 02. Outdoor performance at Oxford’s annual live art showcase.
Observable Occurrences, 8 - 9 Jun 02. Co-organizer of this two-day street-art festival in East London.
Well Rounded Individual II, 3 - 4 Jun 02. Circle line circumnavigation, breaking previous record of 18 hours.
Flaming Nora, May – Dec 02. Epic ensemble tour of street art, visiting eight towns in the east of England.
Fabbrica Europa, 12 - 21 May 02. I was asked to attend a festival in Florence, about the myth of Europe.
Doing Time, 10 - 12 May 02. Art festival held in Dundee, at which I performed Lazy Student..
National Review of Live Art, 13 - 17 Feb 02. International platform for live art, staged in Glasgow.
Watford: tWTmF, 8 Feb 02. Lecture at the Windmill Pub, Brixton, explaining why Watford should be granted city status.
Day of the Unread, 16 - 28 Jan 02. A library of unpublished books exhibited at Waterstone’s Piccadilly.
2001
The Long Night, 10 Dec 01. Event staged by Cardiff collective Umbrella, at which I juggled with eggs.
Grander Shadow, 8 - 15 Dec 01. Group show of UWIC graduates, included one of my kinetic sculptures.
eXpo, 8 - 10 Nov 01. I was selected to exhibit work as part of Nottingham’s annual NOW festival.
Experimentica, 19 - 21 Oct 01. I was invited to show work at the festival hosted by Chapter, Cardiff.
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Date Sep 98 - Jun 01 School University of Wales Institute Cardiff Course BA (Hons) Fine Art Grade First
