Studied at Newcastle University and Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1978. Received the Andrew Grant Fellowship at Edinburgh College of Art, and is involved in arts education,
curation and research. A co-founder of the MFA Programme at the Glasgow School of Art and served as its head until 2006. Her work is in various public collections including the National Galleries of Scotland, Leeds City Gallery, The Hunterian Art Gallery & Museum and the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow.
