CARNIVAL & MAS
TRINIDAD CARNIVAL - Batik and silk painted sections for Peter Minshall’s Song of the Earth, Hallelujah and Tapestry
LEEDS CARNIVAL- Award winning troupes for RJC Dance for 25 years. Workshops and skills building with young people and community groups.
ROTTERDAM CARNIVAL- Toured with RJC Dance with ‘Tighten Yuh Belt’ troupe.
LEEDS NIGHT LIGHT- Night carnival performance for Olympic Torch Relay, UK
CARNIVAL BOOK- A childrens carnival education resource for Key Stage 1/2 written with Ayo Jones.
CARNIVAL CONFERENCE- designed large scale banners for Leeds Beckett University.
TALKS AND LECTURES- a wide variety of conferences on specifically around sustainability,design and working with young people in carnival.
FILM & VIDEO GAMES
SONY ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE-Costume design and lead stylist for Best selling game 2001 ‘The Getaway’ and ‘Gangs of London’
SHORT FILMS- costumes and design for various independent directors.
TEAM BONDI- LA- Costume consultant for ‘LA Noire’.Worked in Los Angeles for Video Games Awards 2009 and New York Tribeca Film Festival 2010
INTERPLAY -Costume Design for LS12 Film Project working with young people from Armley.
PANOPTICAL FILMS- Costume & production design for ‘Black Boy Joy Gone’ a British Film Institute short dance film exploring Black Male abuse and mental wellbeing.
DANCE & THEATRE
ACE DANCE & MUSIC -Costume Design for touring dance production of ‘3 Shades’
RJC DANCE -Costume Design for professional touring dance production ‘Mekwae’
OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY- costumes for 100 dancers to perform as part of 2012 Torch Relay
ENGLAND V’S WEST INDIES CRICKET- designed costumes for 60 dancers to perform at interval at Headingley Stadium.
CARNIVAL MESSIAH- Part of the costume team for Mahogany Arts and designer Clary Salandy creating over 200 costumes for large-scale theatre production.
CUSAN THEATRE- Costume Design for Arnolds World’
2.9 CREATIVE - Costume Design for dance/theatre production ‘The Dancival’
BUSINESSES:
MANGO CREATIVE ARTS 1999- 2010 - delivering carnival, arts, dance and design workshops to schools and community groups in north of UK.
KM HEADWEAR 2013- CURRENT - specialising in ethical, locally produced headwear based in Yorkshire, UK. See link for further info KM HEADWEAR
TRAINING:
New College, Pontefract - Art and Woven Textiles A Levels
Newcastle Art College- Art & Design Foundation
Central St Martins Art School, London - =BA Theatre Design
Leeds Art College - HNC Fashion and Millineryempadoo.com +351910419667
Awards include:
BEST SELLING GAME 2001- SONY PLAYSTATION (COSTUME DESIGNER)
INNOVATIVE MILLINERY AWARD 2010 - HAT DESIGN
TROUPE OF THE YEAR- 2001, 2003, 2007, 2018, 2019 - LEEDS WEST INDIAN CARNIVAL - COSTUME DESIGN
FINALIST NORTHERN POWER WOMEN AWARDS- ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2019 -KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR
FINALIST - NORTHERN POWERHOUSE AWARDS - MICRO EXPORTER OF THE YEAR 2019- KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR
FINALIST - EXPORT AWARDS - ECOMMERCE RETAILER OF THE YEAR 2019- KEMPADOO MILLAR HEADWEAR
BLACK BOY JOY GONE SHORTLISTED FOR 5 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS INCLUDING PRAGUE, CANNES AND TRINIDAD