Maggie Rose

Ian is an artist from Aldershot. He makes music and art with computers and lights.  He has worked internationally as a Professional Dog Photographe since 2013r.  He was arrested as a teenager for hacking an estate agent.  The BBC made a short documentary about him.  He used to write for Mute magazine.  He’s worked on many secret projects.  In 2002 his Spamradio project was nominated for a Webby Award.  Between 2002 and 2010 he taught free weekly hacking workshops in Limehouse & Shoreditch.  Born in Aldershot, he moved to London at 18 and moved back in 2022 to rescue a dog.

My debut novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian, 2015) was long listed for the Mumbai Association of Moving Images (MAMI) Word to Screen Prize. Table Manners (Dahlia Books, 2018) won the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection in 2019. My short stories have been featured on BBC Radio 4. I develop and deliver writing workshops for various art galleries and organisations around Hampshire and beyond. I teach creative writing at University of Winchester and am a trustee of The Winchester Poetry Festival. I’ve also developed ands teach a short story course for Professional Writing Academy. I’m co-founder of Write Beyond Borders, a transnational mentoring project writers from South Asia and its diaspora.    

I am a Gosport based artist, illustrator and teacher. I also paint Murals with fellow artist  Dan Williams.