ABOUT
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Statement
The unknown, whether an aspect of the physical world or a limitation of the human mind, is the main starting point for my work. Using mainly traditional media and autobiographical themes, my practice explores notions of The Uncanny, human subconscious and our relationship to death and the natural world. My current work investigates whether death is the necessary fate of every living creature or simply a regular, but perhaps avoidable, contingency within life itself. Caught between life and death, figures discover instead a way to transform into new beings; the non-living object merges with the living, forming a sensory coexistence. Their anatomy changes and nature embraces them, they claim new adornments and identities seeking not to be afraid of their differences, owning and embracing both their strength and fragility. Visually my work features, but is not limited to, an intricate and dark mix of flora, fauna and portraiture; creating surreal balances between life and death in an unfamiliar way and capturing a moment of anatomical transformation. |
Education
MA Fine Art Cambridge School of Art, 2015-2016. BA (Hons) Illustration University of Westminster, 2009-2012. |
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Exhibitions
Upcoming: Phantasms, 2019 - at Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn USA. Eternity's Engine - at WOW x WOW, Online. Channelling the Unseen - at WOW x WOW, Online. Current: Flora & Fetish, 2019 - at Hudson Hughes Gallery, Online. MicroVisions 2, 2019 - at WOW x WOW, Online. Thicket, 2019 - at Crucible Gallery, Online. Past: "20", 2019 - at Penumbra Gallery, Portugal. Surreal Salon 11, 2019 - at Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge USA. Mini Masterpieces, 2019 - at Revolution Gallery, Buffalo USA. Zodiac: An Astrology Art Show, 2018 - at La Bodega Gallery, San Diego USA. Epilogue, 2017 - at Gallery 9, Cambridge UK. Postcards from the Jurassic, 2017 - at Grejczik Gallery, Scarborough UK. Midlands Printmakers Open, 2016 - at The Henderson Gallery, Nottingham UK. Cambridge Original Printmakers Biennale, 2016 - at The Pitt Building, Cambridge UK. Ekstasis, 2016 - at The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge UK. Sustainability Art Prize, 2016 - at The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge UK. Brooklyn Biennial Submissional, 2015 - at The Cotton Candy Machine, New York USA. Helsinki Bus Station, 2015 - at Changing Spaces, Cambridge UK. English Toy Spaniels, 2014-15 - at The Kennel Club Art Gallery, London UK. D&AD New Blood, 2012 - at Old Spitalfields Market, London UK. Identity, 2012 - at Ambika P3, Baker Street, London UK. The Chicken or the Man? 2012 - at East Gallery, Brick Lane, London UK. The Story so Far, 2011 - at London Gallery West, London UK. |
Fairs & Festivals
Brighton Illustration Fair, 2017 The Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton UK. On Paper Festival, 2016 The Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich UK. Selected Features: Juxtapoz Cooties Design Juices Doodlers Anonymous Cross Connect Magazine |
