Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Sound and Music Theatre: An Introduction (Online Course): Result A4
2022

University Of Dundee & Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art
MFA Art & Humanities: Merit
Received The Carnegie-Cameron Taught Postgraduate Bursary worth £4000
2019

News Associates
NCTJ Multimedia Diploma in Journalism: Pass
2014

{*} University Of Dundee & Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art
BA Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practices (Hons): First Class
2013

2024
Trauma Dump, Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow
{*} They Called Me A Banshee Cause I Wouldn’t Stop Screaming Your Name, PBH’s Free Fringe at Satyr Bar and Carbon, Edinburgh

2022
{*} Semantically Satiationing Dada: We Are Invisible We Are Visible, Turner Contemporary, Margate (presented by DASH, the disabled-led visual arts organisation)
{*} Funeral For My Deadname, Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow
{*} Luca x Dynamo, Dynamo, Dundee

2020
How My Tears Ricochet, Serendipities, Dundee
My Bed Becomes My Whole World On The Days When My Depression Hits, Street Advertising Campaign, Dundee

2019
Girls To The Front: an exhibition of women in music, Madigan’s Tea Room and Bookshop, Dundee

2016
{*} This Is An Anarcha-Feminist Takeover, Fine Roots Gallery, Edinburgh

Writer-In-Residence, Stroud Valleys Artspace, Stroud
2021

I was commissioned by artist Colin Higginson to produce a written response to his exhibition ‘In the Manner in Which it Appears’ at SVA’s John Street Gallery. Over the course of a week I engaged with the work, talking at length with Colin and approaching the exhibition from various creative and critical angles. I also ran a creative writing workshop, encouraging participants to respond to the show. The writing produced from the residency became a publication, available in selected art galleries and spaces around Bristol and the South West.

{*} WORKSHOP: ‘Obscuring text in your artbook‘
Edinburgh Anarchist Feminist Bookfair 2020, Online,
2020

{*} The Women’s Unit, Castlemilk Arcade, Glasgow
2015

Developed a body of work using textile-art, particularly embroidery, to express anarcha-feminist political concepts. This culminated in a solo exhibition the following year at Fine Roots Gallery, Edinburgh.

CAPS Thrive Arts Fund 2024
Received funding to develop prototypes of the Befriendable Black Dog, a sculptural idea.
2024                

Sanctuary Queer Arts: new writing mini-commission 
2021
For this commission I wrote a short monologue, ‘Take Me To A Place Of Safety’, that was developed into a ten-minute filmed performance starring Adam Kashmiry – which premiered at the Sanctuary Queer Arts showcase in autumn 2021. The commission also included mentoring sessions with poet Dean Atta and playwright Robert Softley Gale.

Tay Landscape Partnership: Interpretation Award
2016/17 

‘the prescription’ competition for creative writing, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Hybrid Category Winner
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2023 Writing Awards: Shortlisted
2023  

Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Writing Awards: Shortlisted
My poem ‘I Never Promised You A Rose Garden’ was shortlisted for this annual writing competition. 
2018

2023
{*} Hard To Look At, Whitespace, Edinburgh
As part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Festival I received funding from Thrive Edinburgh to curate a show exploring the question of ‘How do we show ‘difficult’ art without re-traumatising the artist or harming or triggering the viewer?’ I did this by showing the work of three artists – myself (Luke ‘Luca’ Cockayne), Carys Reilly, and Chandelle Waugh – and continuously curating it in response to the how the audience and the exhibition team felt.

{*} Phreaking Gender, Kiosk, Glasgow & CCA’s Creative Lab as part of SQIFF23, Glasgow
with Nicole O’Reilly
New media art exhibition, with performances and film screenings, exploring how recent innovations in digital technology can support and enhance The Transgender Experience™. We were invited to re-create the exhibition for the Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF). Summary: COMING

2022
{*} I’ve Not Killed Myself, Kiosk, Glasgow
with Flow Nash

{*} Fuck Around And Find Out, Kiosk, Glasgow
Organised a making session turning old electronics into sculptural art, followed by an exhibition of the finished pieces.

2021
The Queer Dot: Synchronicity, Multiple Locations, Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle
During lockdown invited poster submissions on the theme of ‘synchronicity’ and organised their wheat-pasting across three cities simultaneously.

2019
The Queer Dot: Our Space, Our Experience, Generator Projects, Dundee
With co-founder Steven Sheath, successfully organised a funded month-long exhibition for our queer arts collective, The Queer Dot. Each participating artist received £300 and several events took place over the course of the show, including a queer clothes swap, a poetry night, and a collaborative painting.

2017
Body of Work, Centrespace, Visual Research Centre, Dundee
Organised ‘Body of Work’, with abcD, the Artists’ Book Collection Dundee as part of the Student Curatorial Team.

2023
{*} Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Summerhall, Edinburgh
Rabbit Council, Safari Lounge, Edinburgh
Queer As Punk, PBH’s Free Fringe, The Strathmore Bar, Edinburgh
Talk: In the Manner in Which it Appears (with Colin Higginson), Spike Island, Bristol
{*} Temporary Autonomous Art: SpringTAA23, [redacted], London
{*} Flow’s Torture Chamber: Rage, Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow
Parenthood Of The Southside: Film Premiere, GAMIS, Glasgow
Flow’s Torture Chamber, Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow

2022
{*} Out of Sight Out of Mind, Summerhall, Edinburgh
{*} Red Note Ensemble: Noisy Nights, Glad Café, Glasgow
{*} Saltspace Members Show: In Finite Worlds, SaltSpace Gallery, Glasgow

2021                                       
{*} Identity Crisis, Pink Peacock, Glasgow
The Queer Dot: Synchronicity, Multiple Locations, Glasgow, Dundee, Newcastle
{*} Out of Sight Out of Mind, Summerhall, Edinburgh
{*} Saltspace Members Show: More Space For The People, SaltSpace Gallery, Glasgow
Gossip Collective: ATTENTION!, M-Gallery , Glasgow
Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee

2020                                       
The Queer Dot: Public Art Show, Slessor Gardens, Dundee
Quarantine Cabaret, Instagram Live
Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee


2019                                         

The Queer Dot: Our Space, Our Experience, Generator Projects, Dundee
The Queer Dot, Cooper Gallery, Dundee
{*} Fleeting Motions: Performance Showcase, Church, Dundee
{*} Perth Women’s Festival for 2019, Perth
3 Minute Migration, Matthew Foyer, Dundee
{*} Dain Hings, Wild Rover, Dundee
Empathy Gallery, Rebel Rising Festival Scotland, Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen
Echo + Harry Josephine Giles, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee
Humanities Postgraduate Conference 2019, Dalhousie Building, Dundee

2018                                        
{*} Out of Sight Out of Mind, Summerhall, Edinburgh
wasps_, Gallery 48, Dundee
When I Tried To Speak, Clarks on Lindsay Street, Dundee

2016                                         
{*} MakingEqualityHappen, Gayfield Creative Spaces, Edinburgh
International Women’s Day Exhibition, Tin Roof, Dundee
Only Skin Theatre: Scratch, The Poetry Club, Glasgow
{*} LeithLate 16: Art Mart, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee
Pride Youth Space, Broughton St Mary Parish Church, Edinburgh

2015                                         
{*} Ice Cream With The Enemy, Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
Shout Salon, Air Bar, Dundee
Free Pride, The Art School, Glasgow

2013                                         
{*} Any.And.Or, Coburg House Gallery, Edinburgh
Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee

2012
Slutwalk Edinburgh, Holyrood, Edinburgh
Slut Talk: An Evening of Spoken Word Surrounding Women’s Issues, Henry’s Coffee House, Dundee

Saltspace – Committee Member
2023 – 2025
Saltspace is an artist’s run gallery and studio facilitator that provides emerging artists in Glasgow and Scotland space to create, exhibit and share their work. As a committee member I helped apply for funding, supported exhibitors, ran events, maintained the gallery, and generally tried to ensure that our members felt seen and heard.

Thinking Bout Drawing – Drawing Tutor
2020-2023
During the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic I started posting online drawing lessons for a small group of students. The lessons usually contained a conceptual prompt “draw in the sand”, “draw yourself with your eyes closed” and were more about teaching the students to think about the act of drawing itself than to teach a particular style of illustration or formal draughtmenship techniques.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind – Planning Group Volunteer
2022
Having taken part twice before in this annual group exhibition of work from people with lived experience of mental health issues, I decided to be more involved in the planning, curating, marketing, invigilating, and running of the exhibition in 2022. I also produced a larger, collaborative artwork for the show and helped run a zine-making workshop.

Artificial Womb – Founder & Editor-In-Chief
2015 – 2022
Artificial Womb was a feminist arts zine, which I founded and edited. My role involved managing the team, writing articles, proof-reading and editing pieces, sourcing images, doing the graphic design, basic bookkeeping, and selling and promoting the zine through events and social media. We also had an online/pop-up shop, which I ran, that stocked both my personal fine art work and work by other feminist and queer creatives.

Edwin Morgan Trust – Administration and Communications Assistant
2022
I was brought on to help promote the biennial Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. This included advertising and live tweeting an info session, maintaining the social media, and administrative tasks like sorting entries and contacting applicants.

The Queer Dot – Co-Chair and Founding Member
2019 – 2022
Helped set up and run a queer arts collective, which involved organising and curating group shows, producing zines, and working as a team.

Touch of Glass – Stall Vendor
2021
As part of a team I was responsible for running a stall in a shopping centre for a company that sold decorative glass coasters. During a shift I would be expected to run the stall on my own, which often involved opening or closing alone, counting up the days takings, stock-taking, cash handling, light cleaning, and customer service.

Round Lemon – Guest Writer
2021
I contributed feature articles and artist interviews to this online art blog.

NEoN Digital Arts Festival – Various Roles
2016 – 2021
NEoN showcases the work of artists working in digital media locally and internationally. The work I did generated publicity throughout the year, as well as drawing attention to events during NEoN’s annual digital arts festival. Over the years my role expanded and contracted depending on the needs of the organisation – encompassing exhibition invigilation, assisting with workshops, writing and editing press releases, liaising with local and national media, organising print and online advertising, and managing the social media accounts. However, my core responsibility was to generate content for NEoN’s website – northeastofnorth.com – which I did by interviewing artists, writing articles, and reviewing related exhibitions.

Hotchpotch – Regular
2015-2021
Frequent performer at Dundee’s long-running monthly spoken word night.

Generator Projects – Associate Committee Member
2019 – 2020
Mainly I invigilated, but I have also helped with exhibition installation, social media, and drafting and proofreading press releases.

Dundee Design Project – Volunteer
2020
I volunteered at Dundee Design Project, a social enterprise that stocks artwork and products from local artists and designers, as well as craft supplies. I was a keyholder and opened up the shop one day a week. 

Cooper Gallery – Gallery Assistant
2011 – 2019 (occassional)
As a gallery assistant my role included invigilating, stewarding, putting up posters, being available to members of the public, and generally helping out.