Biography

Awards and Prizes.

2020
PhD: Interpolation in Fine Art Drawing: An investigation of drawing informed by strategies for retouching in Conservation of Fine Art works on paper. University of Northumbria.
2017
Northumbria University Post Graduate Research Resource Fund.
2016
Northumbria University Post Graduate Research Conference Bursary.
2013
Deans Prize for Excellence in M.A. Fine Art, University of Wolverhampton.
Purchase Prize Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Competition.
2012
The Tanner Charitable Trust Prize. Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Biennial.
2008
Elected Member of the Royal Birmingham Society Artists (RBSA).
Best Work on Paper, West Midland Open, Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
2007
First Prize, Telford and Wrekin Open 2007. Gallery at The Place.
2006
Commendation, Undercover, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales.
Elected Associate Royal Birmingham Society Artists (ARBSA).
The Coley and Tilley Prize, Prize Exhibition 2006, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.

Exhibition Curation.

2019
RBSA Next wave Associate Showcase, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, curator.
2018
RBSA Next Wave, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, selector, curator.
New Art West Midlands RBSA Sculpture Prize selector.
2017
New Art West Midlands RBSA Sculpture Prize, selector.
2016
RBSA Next Wave, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, curator.
2015
New Art West Midlands RBSA Sculpture Prize, selector.
2014
RBSA Next Wave, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham, curator.

Solo Exhibitions.

2017 Altered Territories, Burt Hall, Northumbria University.
2012 Print, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2009 Drawing, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2007 Drawing – Print, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2006 Review, Main Gallery, Ludlow Assembly Rooms.
2005 Survey, Edge Arts Centre, Shropshire.
1985 Painting and Drawing, Calouste Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Selected Group Exhibitions.

2018
New Art West Midlands: Five Years On, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
2017
RBSA New Curators: Watercolour.
Drawn, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
2016
RBSA Next Wave  RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
Drawn, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2015
Paper, Table, Wall and After, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei.
Exploring Drawing, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
Game Over, Newman Brothers Coffin Works, Birmingham.
2014
Paper, Table, Wall and After, Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Pen, a Museums at Night project, The Pen Museum, Birmingham.
RBSA Next Wave, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
New Art West Midlands, The Barber Institute of Fine Art, Birmingham.
2013
Public View Faculty of Arts MA Degree Show 2013, The Public, West Bromwich.
Be Our Guest, Oriel Davies, Wales.
The Ludlow Contemporary Open 2013, The Harley Centre, Ludlow.
Medals: Surprise Sculpture, Goldsmiths Centre, London.
Drawn, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
InteriMA, The Edge Arts Centre, Shropshire (Artist Curator).
Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside Gallery, London.
2012
The Ludlow Contemporary Open 2012, Palmers Hall Gallery, Ludlow.
Print Biennial 2012, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2011
RBSA Young Curators – An Invitation to Printmaking Approaches, RBSA Gallery.
Drawn Together, Silk Top Hat Gallery, Ludlow.
2010
A Different Way of Seeing. The Gallery, Ridware Arts.
West Midlands Open 2010. The Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
2008
West Midlands Open 2008. Wolverhampton Art Gallery.
Art and Insects. Peninsula Arts, Cube3, University of Plymouth.
Prize Exhibition 2008, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
Open All Media Exhibition 2008. RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
RE:Drawing, Oriel Davies Open 2008, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales.
2007
Open All Media Exhibition 2007. RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
155 Autumn Exhibition, Methuen Gallery, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition 2007, Jerwood Space, London.
Jerwood Tour: Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow, Royal West of England Gallery, Bristol, BayArt, Cardiff, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The Sefton Open 2007, Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport.
Small Print Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
West Midlands Open 2007. The Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Documenta, Ludlow Assembly Rooms.
Telford and Wrekin Open 2007. Gallery at The Place.
Prize Exhibition 2007. RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2006
Undercover, Oriel Davies Gallery.
Shropshire Print Open, The Gateway Arts Centre.
Prize Exhibition 2006, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2005
Shropshire Open Drawing Biennial. The Gateway Arts Centre.
Art Mechanics 2005, IGMT Elton Gallery, Museum of Iron, Shropshire.
Open All Media Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
2004
Art Mechanics 2004, Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, Enginuity Centre, Shropshire.
2003
The Big Draw. Blists Hill Museum, Shropshire.
1985
Arts Hibernia Exhibition, The Five Dials Gallery. Covent Garden, London.

Peer Reviewed Journal Article.

Ali. C. (January 2014) Trace [online] in TRACEY Drawing and Visualisation Research Journal – drawing in-situ.

Papers and Presentations.

2018
Interpolated Drawing. Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences Post Graduate Research Conference, Northumbria University (30 May).
2016
Copy, Conservation Retouching, and the Charles Sims R.A. (1873-1928) Archive, Conservation of Fine Art Society, Northumbria University (29 November).
Copy Drawing and the Charles Sims R.A. (1873-1928) Archive Belonging to Northumbria University. Past Time: Art, Anachronism, Anachronisticism, University of York (18-20 November).
Buchloh’s Binary. Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences Post Graduate Research Conference, Northumbria University (25 April).
Observation, Copy Drawing and the Archive of Charles Sims R.A. (1873-1928). PhD Symposium Sense, Experiment, Surprise, Understanding: PHD Research In Practice, Nottingham Trent University (21-22 January). 
2014
Learning Through Art. Caroline Ali and Maggie Ayliffe. Rich Exchanges Conference. University of Wolverhampton (1st July).
Artist Presentation. Contemporary Art Study Afternoon, What is contemporary art in the region now? Barber Institute of Fine Arts (5th March).