Sheikh Zayed must be turning in his grave, with what is happening to Abu Dhabi these days. The town on the island is pretty much as it was 5 years ago, apart from the Corniche Road being relocated further out into the sea ! Beautifully done, with wonderful rolling gardens and topiary hedges lining the road.
But what about the mangroves.............?
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BIOGRAPHY....
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The story so far .............
2009 Ghaf Gallery, Ramadan Art Bazaar - 23rd Aug.-Sept.7th
Hemispere Gallery. RESURFACE Collective April 28th-May ......
Abu Dhabi, Ghaf Gallery. Fanaan Group collective. Jan 18th-29th.
Returned to Abu Dhabi after 6 months in London , Feb. 2008
2007 Tangier. Volubilis Gallery, 2nd solo show 13th Mar -13th April
2006 Abu Dhabi. Hemisphere Gallery Group exhibition
Tangier. Lineart Gallery - group exhibition
2005 Featured artist US/Moroccan magazine - TINGIS
Inaugural exhibition Galerie Arnott-Lawrence, Marrakech
Solo show Volubilis Gallery, Kasbah, Tangier
2004 Librairies des Colonnes, solo, Original Prints Tangier
Arnott-Lawrence Gallery, Tangier, Solo and group exhibitions
2003 Hemisphere Gallery, Abu Dhabi UAE, group exhibitions
2002 Tulip Gallery, Dubai - Commission for Royal Mirage Hotel
Cover illustration for Connector Magazine, Dubai
Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Women's College of Technology
Artlink Exchange, Hull, UK - Miniprints
Oman , Al Majilis Gallery, Muscat - group show
2001 Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi
Environment 2001 Abu Dhabi -Commission and demonstration painting for BP
Gulf Medical centre, Dubai and Dubai International Art Centre
Kew Studio, London UK - group show
2000 Sands Hotel Abu Dhabi
Ramada Continental Hotel, Dubai
Riverside Gallery, Richmond, UK - Kew Studio Etchers
53rd Annual Exhibition - Chelsea Art Soc., London UK
1999 Abu Dhabi Folklore Gallery
Zayed University
1998 Free Painters and Sculptors, Logia Gallery, London
137th Annual Exhibition, Soc of Women Artists, Westminster Gallery, London
Artistic License, Primrose Hill, London
Water Water Everywhere - Cupola Gallery Sheffield, UK
52nd Annual Exhibition, Chelsea Art Soc
1997 Work featured in 'Hello Winslow' for US T.V. Ch.36
'Art Experience' Atrium Gallery Bayswater, London
The Craft Movement, Cheltenham
1996 USA Miami Watercolour Soc., 23 rd Annual Exhibition
1993-97 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands
Greensleeves Art Gallery, Caribbean Art Co. Gallery, Providenciales Golf Club,
1989-93 London, UK Member of Chelsea Art Soc. - Annual exhibitions
Joint show with Sally McGill - Long Gallery, Chelsea Town Hall.
1985-88 Tunisia Twice yearly Art Fairs
1985 British Council Solo Exhibition
1979-85 Saudi Arabia Dhahran Art Soc
Gulf Gallery Jubail
Handpainted clothing for couture company
Design commissions for souvenir items and greetings cards
1976-78 Freelance textile design work for Liberty of London UK and Diane Von Furstenburg USA
1975 University of London, Goldsmith's College - Textile Design
1969-72 Liverpool College of Art - Dip. A.D. Fine Art (Hons)
1968 Foundation Course, Sir John Cass College, London
1966-68 Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay
Member of Printmakers Council, UK