[ Key Works CV ]

Thai Language Children’s Workbook illustrations – Karine Jones

Dynana Comic Illistration

Somewhere Between documentary film Comics -part of Adopted the Comic
Temporal Dynamics of Language research group logo – University Konstanz, Germany
Building illustration – Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, Oxford University

BabyLab photos - Department of Experimental Psychology – Oxford University
Comic Family Portraits – Commissions as part of Adopted the Comic
ADK logo – Photographer Anh Ðào Kolbe
ICT Workshop Solutions Logo – Vehicle diagnostic & air conditioning training business

Post-it Workshop (2 sessions) - CASH NW 2011 Summer School – Stockport, UK

Comic Workshop - YAP (ICCG) (Lead) & Mask workshop (assist) - Wexford, Ireland
Children Adopted from China (CACH) Reunion 2010 Bag Workshop – Hinkley, UK
Shadow Puppet Workshops (3 sessions) - CACH NW 2010 Summer School – Stockport, UK

T-shirt Workshop - Irish-Chinese Contact Group (ICCG) – Lead Artist, Cork, Ireland

T-shirt & Tree Workshop (co-leader) - 1st Hong Kong Adoption Festival, Mother’s Choice
Diary of Anne Frank diary making (2 sessions) – Lead Artist, Blackburn Cathedral

The Games We Play (Chinese Games) (3 Sessions) – Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester

Shadow Puppets Workshop – Chinese Arts Centre
Story Makers (4 sessions) – Manchester Art Gallery with Chinese Arts Centre
Puppets (5 sessions) – Lead Artist, Wai Yin Chinese Women Society with Manchester Adult Education Service (MAES)
Mask Making (2 Sessions) – Lead Artist, Wai Yin Chinese Women Society, Manchester
Photography Workshop working with elderly Chinese group – Chinese Arts Centre
Origami (Assistant) - Manchester In Bloom project

Adopted the Comic (Collaboration) – Creator & Illustrator, online adoptedthecomic.com
Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI) – Website Designer & Advisory Network Member adoptedvietnamese.org

Chinese Adult Adoptee Worldwide Reunion Website (CAAWR) Website Designer & Committee Member caawr.com

Thai Adoption UK (TAUK) Adult Adoptee Seminar – Panel Speaker, Wimbledon, London

Midland Post Adoption Support Group – Artist talk and Q&A, Mullingar, Ireland

1st Hong Kong Adoption Festival, Mother’s Choice – Panel Speaker, Hong Kong, China
VietIrishSupport – guest speaker, Cork Ireland
ICCG Global Girls Ireland Tour – on a panel of speakers, many venus in Ireland
CACH Reunion/ Conference – on panel of Speakers from Global Girls, Hinckley UK
Mekong Club (a Vietnamese society) – Guest speaker, Buckinghamshire UK
NOISE Festival Launch – Artist representative, 11 Downing street, London

PAD Scheme (round 3) – Guess Speaker, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester

Self Portrait UK Refugee Launch – Guess Speaker, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Self Portrait UK Refugee Launch – Guess Speaker, The Arc, Stockton-on-Tees

Level 3 City & Guilds Diploma in Video Production – Distinction, WFA, Manchester

MA Media Arts - Distinction, Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) Photography - 2:1, Manchester Metropolitan University

Foundation Art - Skipton School of Art & Media (Craven College)

Trans-cultural Adoptee Films (TAF) – 2009. Australia-wide.

plAAy – Contemporary Asian Art, Waterloo Pavilions, Blackburn

EIGHT Exhibition, Setting Up Scheme Group Exhibition, CUBE Gallery, Manchester
Exodus Shorts Film Festival, URBIS & Big Screen, Manchester, UK
Lets Go Expo! Short film screenings, Lets Go Global, Manchester, UK
WFA’s Summer Showcase, WFA, Manchester, UK

My Life in the News – Noise Festival, URBIS, Manchester
Sock Bunnies - Residency Open Studio, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester 
Twelve - Curio Shop Art Group, BBC Big Screen, Manchester

Contributor to On the Shelf by Harfleet & Jack – Rogue Studios, Manchester
The Living Room – MIRIAD (MA Media Arts Show), Manchester Met. Uni.
Look at Me - National Portrait Gallery, London

BA Photography Degree Show, Manchester Met. Uni.

Ogle, Green Room, Manchester
Self-Portrait UK, National Portrait Gallery, London – UK touring exhibition:
- National Portrait Gallery, London 
- National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff
- Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 
- Manchester Art Gallery 
- Ormeau Baths, Belfast 
- London Underground Piccadilly Circus
- Tyne&Wear Metro, Newcastle
- The Guardian Newspaper
- Channel 4 short film interview.

YR1 Competition contributor, Photographer’s Gallery, London – UK touring exhibition:
- Photographer’s Gallery, London
- Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool 
- Stills Gallery, Edinburgh

Flying Start - Arts Council England & the Northern Edge Social Enterprise Scheme

Setting Up Scheme - Design Initiative including a 2 year residency at Lets Go Global
PAD Scheme (Professional Artist Development) - Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester

Whisper Residency, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK

My Life in the News (Winner), Noise Festival, UK

Global 24 (Winner), URBIS, Manchester

Self-Portrait UK (one of the Winners), Media 19 and Channel4, UK

Casual Front of House - The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

2 day work experience - BBC Broadcasting & BBC Vietnamese, London

Usher Volunteer - The Lowry Theatre, Salford

Orchid - More Voices – A Collection of Works from Asian Adoptees (book) - Yeong & Yeong Book Company

Tag Cloud & Sock Bunnies - Pieces of Me: Who Do I Want to Be? (book) – EMK Press

Mei’s Role Model (Article I wrote in Oct/Nov 2007 issue) - Mei Magazine