A career working with creative people and arts organisations.

From 2000 to 2018 I managed some of the world's best known contemporary artists, helping them gain international recognition and commercial success. I worked for galleries - Haunch of Venison gallery (London, NY, Zurich, Berlin) as Head of Artist Relations, and for artists directly, as a consultant (for Joana Vasconcelos, one of Portugal’s best-known artists) amongst many others.

I know the ins and out of running a studio practice having been Studio Director for Jonathan Yeo, an internationally prominent portraitist. I led strategic business development, secured high-value commissions, and oversaw complex projects in collaboration with Google, Netflix, and other global partners. I also managed a talented studio team and built lasting relationships with collectors, curators, galleries, and cultural institutions.

I trained as a coach and set up Blank Canvas Coaching in 2019 with a mission to serve creatives by offering a unique blend of career coaching and mentoring for personal and professional development. Years of helping individuals in the arts realise their vision and achieve their potential proved that partnership, support and collaboration are key to success.   

I'm an accredited Relational Dynamics 1st coach, a qualified Positive Intelligence mental fitness practitioner, and a certified mental health first aider. I'm also a mother of two, a wife, and a good friend. I've pivoted, changed and dealt with many challenges in my life and career, using skills such as self belief, confidence, organisation and radical self honesty to carve out new opportunities and make a plan.