Sharon Kaye DOB 07/12/73
BA 2’1 World Art and Danish Joint Honours
UEA, Norwich.
LOCN Sound Engineering and Electronics
One year guest student at Copenhagen/Kolding Designskole
Foundation Arts Camberwell College of Art and Design
Am based in South London where I have my own workshop for freelance
work as well as access to a large hall for bigger projects and shoots.
Really enjoy working with new materials and learning different
techniques,and working on a large scale.
Have 7 1/2 tonne driving licence (Clean).Aim to have a mobile workshop.
My market work means I have a great access to props and advice from
specialists and dealers in vintage/period goods.
2008 : Art Director "Operation Fairway" Pukka Films
: Set painter BBC "Frankie Howard" "Hughie Green"
2007 : Art Director "Transec" Pukka Films
: Props "I Love London/Birds/Dollface" series of ten short
films for Lovefilm. Richard Ellson. In progress.
: Propping "What Car" Pop-up commercial . Hubtv
: Art Director "The Girls Who Were Found" Gecko Productions
: Art Director "The Gym" Comedy series for Itv.com .Hubtv
: Standby "Ten year old" Sky Idents. Department Purple.
: Art Department "Telstar" Feature Aspiration Films
: Scenic painting Fisher Productions
: Buyer "Never Better" World Productions (BBC 2)
: Set design "Salt and Blue" concert at Antenna Studios.
: Art Director Elizabeth Emmanuel video shoot (Bedlam Prods)
: Props (South London Theatre)
: Manager Haynes Lane Market,
2006 : Decorative artist (Fisher Productions)
: Art Dept “Act of God” (Giant Films : feature)
: Theme Traders props workshop (six months)
: Simon Millington props workshop , painter/ supervising
: Manager of Haynes Lane Market Se19
2005 : Graphic designer, Antenna Studios (eight months)
: Art Director "The Play Is The Thing" , Granada Tv
: Art Director "The Year London Blew Up" Blast Films
: Technician Great Eastern Hotel for London Fashion Week
: Curating and managing art exhibition “Refresh” Crystal Palace
: Image Designer , Allframes Ltd
2004 : Prop maker "Look Around You" (Channel 4)
: Part Time Assistant Van Der Graaf Plastics.
: Sculptor "Eco Footprints" Hackbridege Bioregional
: Sculptor "Dragons" Darlow Smithson (Channel 4)
: Standby art director “Virtual Mummy ” Windfall Prods
( British Museum )
: Graphics/Props “What if...we don’t stop eating”
Blast (BBC2)
2003 : DVD authoring Real Life Media, Camden
: Art Dept Standby “Seven Wonders Of the Industrial World
:Brooklyn Bridge” (BBC2)
: Art Director “We Built This City:London/ Paris”
Darlow Smithson Prods (Channel 5,Discovery Channel )
: Scenic Artist “Millions” Mission Pictures/Pathe (feature)
: Set Painter “Oxford English Dictionary” BBC Arts, (BBC2)
: Sculptor “ The Stands” Partisan Productions(pop promo)
: Graphics /Props “The Art Of The Garden”( BBC Specialist)
2002 : Painter/Sculptor “Sir Gadabout 2” (Bafta nominated)
Alibi Productions (CiTv)
: Art Director “Turner: the man who painted Britain” (BBC1)
: Standby "The Brits Who Fought For Hitler”
Real Life Media (Channel 5)
: Art Director “Alternative Christmas Message”
Mentorn (Channel4)
Since leaving university in 1997 TV Work : Props maker/art dept runner
for various childrens TV including two series of Pirates(Childsplay Productions)
(as work experience) Rainbow Days (Tetra), Mike and Angelo (Tetra),
Magic With Everything (Tetra) ,Sir Gadabout Series 1, props maker at
Property Works Acton.
I have a very varied range of work experience not listed
Am also provicient in skills such as carpentry, plasterwork , rendering
and general building work, having worked on many restoration and
festival projects. (eg Icelandic turf houses, Exodus Festival bar construction
and backdrops, Earthdream 2000 Australia Tour sound design and stage hand
Norwich Puppet Theatre set design).
