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