Tansy Spinks studied Fine Art in Leeds and has an M.A. in Photography from the Royal College of Art. She lives and works in London, UK. Her exhibited work is included in the collections of the The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas USA and the National Museum of Film, TV and Photography, Bradford, UK. Images have also been used by most of the major publishing houses for book and and CD covers. She is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art /Photography at Middlesex University, teaches on the BA Illustration course at Camberwell and has exhibited and taught nationally and internationally. She has most recently been involved in live solo performances using an electric violin and looping device performing at many venues including the V& A, Camden Arts Centre, the Horse Hospital and Brighton Festival Fringe.