education & scholarship

 :1992 -1995  City and Guild Art School in Kennington London. foundation course and first year of painting in BA degree
 :1995-1999   Slade School of Fine Art College UCL. BA degree
 :1999-2001   Glasgow School of Art. MFA degree. 
: 1999 & 2000 Hidatakayama scholarship awards.


selected activities
 :1996 Big Issue Group show
 :1999 Drawing exhibition Jewel Oxford Street by Yuumi Shimada
 :2002 Hunterian gallery NY Group GSA  degree show
 :2002 solo show “colour” Sapporo Japan
 :2007-2010 pop up  gallery KOMACHI at Fountainbridge Edinburgh 
 :2015 Best Drawing prize East Linton Art competition
 :2017 Best Drawing prize East Linton Art Competition
 :2017 November:  modeling for the Ages of Wonder exhibition at Royal Scottish Academy
 :2017 Drawing of “Father combat against forgetfulness” was selected for the catalogue in Paisley Drawing Competition
 :2018 September: 1st prize 50th East Linton Art Competition
 :2019 Big draw speedball prize
 :2019 November:  winner of ING discerning Eye Drawing Bursary
 :2020 March: Longlist Jackson's Painting Prize 2020
 :2020 March/April The JACKDAW magazine Easel word         

:2016-present ESBAT collective.... https://esbattre.wordpress.com/
:2018 Dec~2019 Portrait Drop in and workshops at Old Tolbooth Market Edinburgh.