visual ARTs

  • VISUAL ARTS RM, ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND -Relationship Manager Yorkshire.

  • BRADFORD MUSEUM- textiles commission exploring diverse stories of woven textiles collections.

  • LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION - Carnival themed mural in Chapeltown, Leeds.

  • VISUAL ART ,DANÇA E LUTA - Solo art exhibition in Loule, Portugal

    ARTESIS - Group art exhibition Tavira, Portugal ‘Carnavale’.

  • MINSHALL MAS- Batik and painted sections for Peter Minshall’s Song of the Earth & Hallelujah.

  • CARNIVAL BOOK- A childrens carnival education resource for Key Stage 1/2 written with Ayo Jones.

  • LEEDS BECKETT UNI- designed large scale banners for Carnival Conference.

  • TALKS AND LECTURES- a wide variety of conferences on specifically around sustainability,design and working with young people in carnival.

FILM & VIDEO GAMES

  • SONY ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE-Costume design and lead stylist for Best selling game 2001 ‘The Getaway’ and ‘Gangs of London’

  • SHORT FILMS- costumes and design for various independent directors.

  • TEAM BONDI- LA- Costume consultant for ‘LA Noire’.Worked in Los Angeles for Video Games Awards 2009 and New York Tribeca Film Festival 2010

  • INTERPLAY -Costume Design for LS12 Film Project working with young people from Armley.

  • PANOPTICAL FILMS- Costume & production design for ‘Black Boy Joy Gone’ a British Film Institute short dance film exploring Black Male abuse and mental wellbeing.

carnival & DANCE

  • LEEDS CARNIVAL- Award winning troupes for RJC Dance for 25 years. Workshops and skills building with young people and community groups.

  • LEEDS NIGHT LIGHT- Night carnival performance for Olympic Torch Relay, U in 2012 and AZUL 2024.

  • OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY- costumes for 100 dancers to perform as part of 2012 Torch Relay

  • ROTTERDAM CARNIVAL- Toured with RJC Dance with ‘Tighten Yuh Belt’ troupe.

  • ENGLAND V’S WEST INDIES CRICKET- designed costumes for 60 dancers to perform at interval at Headingley Stadium.

  • CARNIVAL MESSIAH- Part of the costume team for Mahogany Arts and designer Clary Salandy creating over 200 costumes for large-scale theatre production.

  • CUSAN THEATRE- Costume Design for Arnolds World’

  • 2.9 CREATIVE - Costume Design for dance/theatre production ‘The Dancival

  • LOULE CARNIVAL, PORTUGAL - Costume design and production using sustainable carnival techniques.


BUSINESSES:

  • MANGO ARTS 2001- current - delivering carnival, arts, dance and design workshops to schools and community groups in north of UK.

  • KM HEADWEAR 2013- CURRENT - specialising in ethical, locally produced headwear based in Yorkshire, UK. See link for further info KM HEADWEAR


TRAINING:

  • New College, Pontefract - Art and Woven Textiles A Levels

  • Newcastle Art College- Art & Design Foundation

  • Central St Martins Art School, London - =Theatre Design

  • Leeds Art College - HNC Fashion and Millineryempadoo.com +351910419667


Awards include:

  • BEST SELLING GAME 2001- SONY PLAYSTATION (COSTUME DESIGNER)

  • INNOVATIVE MILLINERY AWARD 2010 - HAT DESIGN

  • TROUPE OF THE YEAR- 2001, 2003, 2007, 2018, 2019 - LEEDS WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL - COSTUME DESIGN

  • FINALIST NORTHERN POWER WOMEN AWARDS- ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2019 -KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR

  • FINALIST - NORTHERN POWERHOUSE AWARDS - MICRO EXPORTER OF THE YEAR 2019- KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR

  • FINALIST - EXPORT AWARDS - ECOMMERCE RETAILER OF THE YEAR 2019- KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR

  • BLACK BOY JOY GONE SHORTLISTED FOR 5 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS INCLUDING PRAGUE, CANNES AND TRINIDAD

sustainable focused design FOR CARNIVAL, THEATRE, FILM AND DANCE both within the uk and internationally.