

After all, what else do you call a working-class single mum in temporary accommodation? Skint Estate is the darkly funny debut memoir from Cash Carraway, a scream against austerity that rises full of rage in a landscape of sink estates, police cells, refuges and peepshows.

'Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny' KATHY BURKE 'Give s powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain's current fracturing' OBSERVER I'm a scrounger, a liar, a hypocrite, a stain on society with no basic morals - or so they say.

Seven Failure Principles from Elizabeth Day's How.marginendeavour - progress with eyesore.Warmest wishes for a enjoyable holiday season and.So Many Books, So Little Time - BBC Radio 4.I work in my studio at NewBridge Projects in Newcastle & as well as my solo work I collaborate with David Foggo as marginendeavour I am often invited to speak to students, artists & facilitate workshops. Inclusion in a new Alec Finlay publication. Home Time-a creative tool for public, inspired by Lockdown Diary, commissioned by New Writing North Lockdown Diary-a daily online process since March 2020, that has been acquired by the Wellcome Collection I have a number of public artworks, been commissioned to produce site-specific work & have taken part in national & international residencies, consistently since 2005.Īwarded Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice funding for a printmaking residency with Charrington Editionsīyre-Group exhibition in which I created a site-specific installation alongside some creative writingĮverything Will Be Alright-an audio installation at Cheeseburn Sculpture, commission by curator Matthew Jarrattįilling Time-a watercolour calendar-based work, currently exhibited at BALTIC centre for contemporary art My work is regularly exhibited in solo & group exhibitions across the UK, USA, Canada & South Korea & is contained in various public collections. Some of the consequences of living with these conditions are that rigour, routine & attention to detail are fundamental to my way of life, all of which are integral to my creative practice using the constraints of systems, I allow chance & playful elements to create unexpected results.

My lived experience of eating distress & obsessive compulsive disorder informs the work I create & the way I work. I trained at Leeds College of Art & Design (Foundation), Glasgow School of Art (BA (Hons) Fine Art: Sculpture & Environmental Art) and Newcastle University (Masters of Fine Art). I investigate ways to immerse the audience in multi-layered psychological & physical situations. I am an artist making work that incorporates installation, video, sound, sculpture, performance, & writing to explore the human condition.
