Curriculum Vitae
Ed­u­ca­tion and Pro­fes­sional Train­ing

• Mas­ters De­gree Fine Art (Dis­tinc­tion), Nor­wich Uni­ver­sity of Arts

• BA Hons Fine Art Paint­ing (2.1), commendation in Art History, Uni­ver­sity of Brighton

• Diploma in Coach­ing (Dis­tinc­tion), UK Coach­ing Part­ner­ship

• Post Grad­u­ate Cer­tifi­cate in Ed­u­ca­tion, (fully qualified teacher status) 
  Uni­ver­sity of Cam­bridge

• 7307 Fur­ther & Adult Teach­ing Cer­tifi­cate, Uni­ver­sity of Brighton

• 8 week Mind­ful­ness Based Cog­ni­tive Ther­apy, Uni­ver­sity of Ban­gor

• Mahamudra Med­i­ta­tion Courses/Retreats in Ti­betan Buddhist Kagyu Tra­di­tion

• Dharma and Art, six month course, Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Massachusetts

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Ex­hi­bi­tions

• Transference, Halesworth Gallery

• The Strip­per, (Col­lab­o­ra­tion with Pema Clark), Uni­ver­sity of East An­glia

• Lu­mino­grams: Cam­era-less Pho­tog­ra­phy by Zangmo Alexan­der,
  Be­yond the Im­age Pho­tog­ra­phers Gallery

• Work in Progress, Meet­ing House, Diss

• Bud­dha Mind - Cre­ative Mind, Institute of Oriental Philosophy, Taplow Court

• MFA Show, Fine Art, Norwich University of the Arts

• Faith and the Art Mul­ti­faith Art Ex­hi­bi­tion, Arts Council England

• ‘Jour­neys’, Paint­ings and Prints, Harleston

• ‘Lo­tus in Flower’, Cambridge

• ‘Lyri­cal Ab­strac­tion’, Michaelhouse Gallery, Cam­bridge

• John Innes Cen­tre, University of East Anglia, Norwich

• Hor­sham Arts Cen­tre solo exhibition

• Norfolk and Norwich Open Studio

• Suffolk Open Studio

• Brighton Art Fair

• Fresh Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Lon­don

• BA Fine Art Show, Brighton School of Art

• University of Brighton Art Gallery

• Brighton Li­brary

• Brighton Cen­tre

• East­bourne Li­brary

• Fox’s Gallery, Lon­don

• The Ar­t­house, Leeds

 

In­vited Speaker and Pa­pers

• 4Thought, Chan­nel 4 Television Broadcast: Can Art Make You Be­lieve? talk

• Bud­dha Mind - Cre­ative Mind Con­fer­ence:  Art and Meditation Practice talk

• Bud­dhism and the Arts, commissioned paper for arts organisations on the re­la­tion­ship be­tween Art and Bud­dhism for Arts Coun­cil England

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Publications

• Alexander, L., (2009), Women’s wisdom: natural wellness strategies for the menopause years (Findhorn)

• Collins, Mick, (2014), The unselfish spirit: human evolution in a time of global crisis, Hampshire: Permanent Publications.

 

Work in Col­lec­tions

• Ham­mer­smith Hos­pi­tal

• Pri­vate Col­lec­tions USA and Eu­rope

 

Awards, Scholarships, Residencies

• Arts Council England Award

• Scholarship for Dharma and Art course and two residencies, Barre Centre for Buddhist Studies, Massachusets, USA

• MOFSA travel grant USA

• MOFSA Awakening Through Creativity project funding, USA

• Artist in Residence, Michelham Priory, Sussex

• Norfolk Visual Art Fund Award

• DEFRA award for website design

• South Norfolk Council award for business development

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Lec­tur­ing, Tu­tor­ing, Creativity Coach­ing

• Mindful Creativity Coach, pri­vate prac­tice

• Meditation Teacher, private practice

• Art and Photography Tutor, private practice

• GCSE and A Level Art and Pho­tog­ra­phy Tu­tor, private practice

• Director of Full Moon Images, publishing art prints

• Director of Rainbow Arts, offering Art, Craft and Pho­tog­ra­phy for hard to reach mem­bers of the com­mu­nity, the el­derly, men­tal health, so­cial ser­vices staff, women's groups, chil­dren's hol­i­day work­shops

• Vis­it­ing Lec­turer in Paint­ing, Brighton Uni­ver­sity at East­bourne Col­lege of Art and Technology

• Cre­ative Stud­ies Lec­turer, East­bourne Col­lege of Art and Technology

• Brighton Uni­ver­sity Art Cer­tifi­cate Lec­turer

• Fa­cil­i­ta­tor of women's art groups for self aware­ness, per­sonal de­vel­op­ment, self ex­pres­sion and stress man­age­ment

• Re­spon­si­bil­ity for en­tire Art and De­sign Tech­nol­ogy Cur­ricu­lum, pri­mary school Nor­folk

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Per­sonal De­vel­op­ment | CPD

• Back to Be­gin­nings, Tara Rokpa

• Bioen­er­get­ics Ther­apy, Brighton

• Spir­i­tual Psy­chother­apy, Tun­bridge Wells

• Per­sonal Jungian Art Ther­apy and Psy­chother­apy

• Reg­u­lar med­i­ta­tion courses and re­treats 

• Or­di­na­tion as a nun in the Ti­betan Bud­dhist tra­di­tion 2007-2014

• Art and meditation short courses