Education
Royal College of Art, London
MA Ceramics & Glass, 2019–2024
University of Brighton
BA Fine Art (Sculpture), 2004–2007
Chelsea College of Art
Foundation Diploma in Art, 2003–2004
Professional Experience – Art Education & Fabrication
Slade School of Fine Art, London — Sculpture Technician, 2017–present
Chelsea College of Art — Technician, 2016–2018
Central Saint Martins — Technical Assistant, 2015–2016
Royal College of Art — Technical Instructor, 2015
Raqib Shaw Studio — Artist Assistant (Sculpture), 2014–2015
MDM Props Ltd — Art Technician / Mould Maker, 2008–2015
Other People’s Sculpture — Art Technician / Mould Maker, 2011–2012
Camden Arts Centre — Volunteer Programme, 2010–2012
Edward Burton Studio — Mould Maker (Marc Quinn, Orchids), 2010
Arch Bronze — Mould Maker, 2010
Selected Exhibitions
2026
John Ruskin Prize — Highly Commended, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
Offerings, The Stash Gallery, The Crypt, Prescot Street, London
2025
Stanislav Libenský Award, Prague Gallery of Czech Glass, Prague, CZ
Venice Glass Week, HUB, Design Biennale, Venice, IT
Granite and Rainbow, Slade School of Fine Art, London
Mirage, Contemporary Glass Society, London Glassblowing Gallery
Spring Tide, London Craft Week, Mint Gallery, London
Early Spring Show, Mint Gallery, London
Nomenclature of Colours V, Slade School of Fine Art (online)
2024
Boundless, Mint Gallery, London
Murmurations, Sydney Mews, London
International Festival of Glass — Glass Beginnings: Graduates 2024, Stourbridge, UK
Colour Made Manifest, Pumphouse Gallery, London
Hubbub, Bermondsey Project Space, London
Work represented by Blowfish Gallery (ongoing)
2023
Fermenting, London
2021
Red Green Blue East / Into Focus, Four Corners Gallery, London
Awards, Grants & Scholarships
John Ruskin Prize — Highly Commended
Stanislav Libenský Award (Prague, CZ) — Shortlisted
UCL EDI Small Research Fund — The Image as Material
Charlotte Fraser Award, Royal College of Art, 2023
Pilchuck School of Glass — RCA Scholarship, Summer Programme (USA), 2023
Beacon Bursary Programme, UCL, 2021
Trellis — Stage 1 & Stage 2, 2020
Publications, Talks & Professional Affiliations
Upcoming — May 2026, Ideas and Translations in Glass, Invited Speaker, Contemporary Glass Society, Morley College, London
Guest Speaker, RCA: An Afternoon of Talks on Colour with Jo Guile and Heike Brachlow, 2025
Associate Member, Material Engaged Research Cluster (MERC), RCA
Colour Made Manifest, MERC Publication, 2025
Guile, J. (2025) Dichroic Glass: Light as Pigment, in Colour and Poetry
Invited Speaker, Colour and Poetry Symposium VII, World Pigment Day, 2025
Turn Up the Heat — Live mould-blown glass demonstration with Elliot Walker, IFG 2024
Panel Discussion: Fulfilling Post‑Graduation Support Needs, IFG 2024
Guile, J. (2023) Colour in the Mind, in Colour and Poetry
Magic and Glass Art Seen Through a Digital Lens, Society of Glass and Technology Conference, University of Cambridge, 2023