b. 1992, Worcester, UK Lives and works in Birmingham Education 2017- Practice-led PhD, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2015-17 Practice-led PhD, Birmingham School of Art, UK 2014-15 MA Queer Studies in Arts and Culture, Birmingham School of Art, UK 2011-14 BA Fine Art, Birmingham School of Art, UK Solo Exhibitions 2018 Open Out Festival, Tromsø, Norway 2017 sitcom laughing, Artefact, Birmingham, UK 2016 Artist of the Day, Flowers Gallery (Mayfair), London, UK 2015 Havill & Travis, Harborne, West Midlands, UK Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 NN Open 2018, Northampton Contemporary, Northampton, UK 2017 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize, London, UK 2017 Little Monsters, The Jubilee Trade Centre, Birmingham, UK 2016 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery (Mayfair), London, UK 2015 Salon, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK 2015 A Line Drawn From the Eye to the Summit, Birmingham School of Art, UK 2015 New Art West Midlands, Birmingham and Coventry, UK 2014 West Midlands Open, Gas Hall, Birmingham, UK 2014 for I am, Birmingham School of Art, UK 2014 Cold Tea, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK 2014 What’s the Agenda?, mac, Birmingham, UK Selected Residencies 2016 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK Selected Bursaries 2017 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montréal, Canada 2017 a-n, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 1 2016 New Art West Midlands / The New Art Gallery Walsall, Frieze, London, UK 2015 Arts, Design & Media PhD Classic Studentship, Birmingham City University, UK 2014 Gertrude Aston Bowater MA Bursary Bequest, West Midlands, UK Academic 2018 “Marl: Sometimes Hard, usually Soft: A Carnival of Entanglement”, RCA, UK 2018 Visiting Tutor, Royal College of Art, UK 2017- Visiting Tutor and Life-drawing Class Tutor, Birmingham City University, UK 2016 “Research Matters”, Birmingham City University, UK 2016 Article commission, Obscene and Pornographic Art, Article Gallery, Birmingham Selected Press 2017 The Body Issue, Emboss Magazine [digital only] 2017 “Birmingham ré-écrire la ville”, [134-149] Air France Magazine, France 2015 “21 leading young artists […]”, Birmingham Mail, UK 2015 “Birmingham PhD student has self-portrait bought […]”, Birmingham Mail, UK 2015 “Arts review: Emily Sparkes, Havill & Travis”, Brum Notes, UK 2015 “Artist-Led Tour […]”, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK 2014 “New Art West Midlands 2015 to unveil the stars […],” Birmingham Post, UK 2 .