About
I am a UK based visual artist/designer making photographic art and designing interior objects layered with inspiration from history, the natural landscape and cultural heritage. Drawn to the sensory and temporal aspects of landscape, my recent work explores deep time and human interconnectedness with the natural world.
Moving between the material and virtual, I combine photography with other techniques including montage/printmaking/drawing/3D animation and augmented reality. I follow a research-based practice, engaging in critical narratives and contemporary thought.
Designing print, pattern and products for interiors is a relatively new venture. In Oct 2021 I was listed as one of the ‘Faces of the Future’ in Livingetc magazine after working with Habitat to design a floor lamp which launched November 2021.
Committed to reducing environmental impact, I carefully consider materials, suppliers and waste in all projects. My printed artworks are created in small limited editions using carefully selected paper from sustainable sources.
Please contact me if you would like to purchase/commission art work or to discuss collaborating on a project.
Artist Statement
My work explores the way the world unfolds and enfolds itself as a sensory and temporal experience. Using the past to make connections with the present, I am interested in the fragmented narratives which emerge.
My process often begins with the tactility of a surface, a trace, sensation or fleeting detail drawing me to an object or place. Following threads of conscious and unconscious thought, I explore, uncover and piece together fragments past and present. Along the way, gaps appear, coincidences reveal themselves and connections are formed. Together these culminate in visual narratives and emotive responses, which oscillate around themes of absence and presence, memory, heritage, loss and renewal.
Exhibitions/Awards
2024 Mar-Jul
This Fractured Land, Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury
2024 May-Jun
Photofusion Salon 2024, Brixton, London
2023 Jul
Open Art Exhibition, Discover Bucks Museum, Aylesbury
2023 Feb
AIS Open Festival – Shortlisted
2023 Jan
Small Files Festival – Shortlisted, Photographers Gallery, London
2022 Dec
Photofusion Salon 2022, Brixton, London
2021 Jul-Aug
Photofusion Salon 2021, Brixton, London
2021 Aug-Sep
Wells Art Contemporary 2021, Wells Cathedral
Education
2014
Arts Award ‘Discover and Explore’ Training, Trinity College, London
2005-11
BA (Hons) Photography (1st), University of Westminster, Harrow
2004-05
Diploma Foundation Art and Design, Bucks Chiltern University College, Buckinghamshire
1990-94
BSc (Hons) Computer Science and German (2:1), Staffordshire University, Stafford