Curriculum Vitae 

Qualifications

1973               State Registered Nurse

1975               State Certified Midwife

1999               BA hons 2:1 Fine Art    Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury Kent 

Exhibitions and Events

2008                Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition. Mall Galleries London.

2007               Canterbury Festival Art Fair.  UCCA. Canterbury

2007               The Churches Conservation Trust - Group exhibition at Foordwich Church. Kent

2007               Artists and IIlustrators magazine self-portrait finalist 

                      "Independence"  painting in November Issue                      

2007               "Tour de France" exhibition  Ashford Library Gallery.  Ashford Visual Artists

2007               "Letting Go, Moving On"                      http://www.hercircleezine.com/archives/winter07vickybrand.html 

2006               Celeste Art Prize London     shortlisted.

2006               Billboard Project for Creative Foundation.  Folkestone  Kent

2006               "Journey"    Horsebridge Centre Whitstable - Group Show with Ashord Visual Artists

2005               "Autonomy"                 "                                            "

2005               "Masters"  exhibition  Grand Hotel. Folkestone

2004-5            "Vanitas"  series of Paintings  Castle Arts Gallery. Canterbury Kent

2004               "Bodies"  group show Fuse Gallery. Sandwich Kent

2004               "Alice in Europe" exhibition in Dammne Belgium with Ashford Visual Artists.

2004               South East Open Studios

2004               "Alice" exhibition Ramsgate Library Gallery. Ashford Visual Artists

2004               "Food Glorious Food"  group exhibition  20-21 Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe

2003-4            "Art Age and Gender" tour to Usher Gallery Lincoln, New Greenham Gallery

                       and Corn Exchange at Newbury. - Foundation of Women's Art.

2003               "Contrasts"  exhibition - Georges Gallery Folkestone.

                      Les Femmes Anglaises group show.  

2003               "Digi-Monde" exhibition Orleans House Gallery.  Richmond

2002               "Harvey Bodies"  exhibition The Metropole Gallery. Folkestone

2002                My painting "Bloodties" was the signature piece in the "Art, Age and Gender"

                       Exhibition at Orleans House, Richmond with the Foundation of Women's Art

2002-3            "Bodies" exhibition and Tour with Les Femmes Anglaises.

                       Ramsgate, Sheerness, Ashford and Folkestone Library Galleries

2001               "Manipulation and Change" solo exhibition. Neville Gallery Canterbury

2001               "Emotion" exhibition @37 gallery  Sandwich Kent.

2000               "Mutuality" exhibition Georges House Gallery. Folkestone

2000               "Coastal currents" exhibition Folkestone

2000               "Naked" exhibition @37  Sandwich

2000               "Forbidden Fruit" group exhibition Georges House Gallery Folkestone.

                        with "Les Femmes Anglaises"

2000               "Bloodties"  solo exhibition    Georges House Gallery.

1999               "Impressions"  Degree Show  - Kent Institute of Art and Design. Canterbury. Kent 

 

 In 2001 I took very early retirement from nursing to work as a full-time artist. My career as a Police Cadet, machine operator, Surgical nurse, Midwife and Marie Curie affiliated Community Night Nurse, provide an interesting source of life experience, which both informs and enriches my work.