External examiner for University of Brighton (2011–), Newcastle University (2008–11) and University of Wolverhampton (2005–9).
Advisor and co-selector for the MKG, Milton Keynes Open 2013 co-selecting with Gill Perry (the Open University) and Emma-Jayne Taylor (Artworks MK).
Exhibitor and visiting lecturer for the British Council’s international touring exhibition Out Of Britain 2012. Including lecture and gallery talks at the Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz Science and Technology Center, Al Khobar, and the Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and The Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Selector for The West Midlands Open, WAVE 2012, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, co-selecting with Caroline Douglas (Head of Collections at the Arts Council) and Dew Harrison (Associate Dean, University of Wolverhampton).
Chair for panel discussion on ‘Why is Painting still important?', to coincide with the exhibition, The Painting Show, Eastside Projects Birmingham. Other panel members: Damien Roach and DJ Simpson.
Adviser and selector for The Threadneedle Prize, 2010, in collaboration with the Mall Galleries and major art institutions across the UK; and the Jerwood Contemporary Painters, 2007.
Recent visiting lecturer to Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design; Wimbledon College of Art; Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford; Slade School of Fine Art, University College London; The Prince’s Drawing School, London; Camden Arts Centre, London; Plymouth University; University for the Creative Arts, Farnham; Jerwood Gallery, London; and Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen.
Collaborator with supportive agencies such as Outset Contemporary Art Fund, the Valerie Beston Bequest, Acme Studios, Land Securities, Pump House Gallery, The Red Mansion Group, Hine, Windsor and Newton, Cass Arts, Arensky Chamber Orchestra and Royal College of Music.
Working also with Hunter College, New York; Burren College of Art, Ireland; The Art Institute of Chicago; CAFA and Tsinghua, Beijing; and the National Art School, Sydney.