ARTIST STATEMENT :
I work in photography, writing, moving image and sculpture. Between this lattice of elements, stories brew and coagulate : new myths of deep futures and far pasts. This work probes edge-lands, portals, thresholds, membranes, and explores contrasts between celestial, cerebral, illusory airiness and grounded, boggy, physical, terrestriality.
My work begins with a place. I find places where the veil to the imaginary feels thin and I can play with the images that leak through. I follow these threads down different pathways with words, fabric, fibres, paints and my own body to uncover artefacts from/for the other dimension that I am attempting to reach - clues to the story that is trying to form.
Then - when the light is right - the act of photographing or filming can open up a portal between these worlds. These acts become ritualised for me: working with/in the transcendent magic of natural light I can slip through this portal and submerge entirely into a visionary alternate reality - to experience what it feels like to exist in another paradigm.
When I return through the portal, I bring part of that experience back with me, a body memory infused with mystery, that I can call upon when needed. These myth-drenched memories orientate me towards ways of being that resist and contradict our constrictive earthling conditioning. The resulting images become relics and records of this experience, dragged back from other realms to help map a more hopeful path.
EDUCATION :
2023 : Royal College of Art - MA Contemporary Art Practice
2011 : London College of Fashion - BA Hons Fashion Photography
2008 : University College Falmouth - ABC Foundation in Art and Design
EXHIBITIONS & COLLABORATIONS :
2026 : Picture Room, two person show at Newlyn Gallery’s Picture Room, Newlyn Cornwall (upcoming)
2025 : Unverified Personal Gnosis, group show with Hivic Collective, C4RD Gallery, London (upcoming)
2025 : Cornish Maids, group show at Wharfside Art Hub in Penzance, Cornwall
2024 : Body | Land | Home, group show as part of Brighton Photo Fringe at Gallery 40, Brighton
2024 : Submerged Bodies : Mythical Reflections in South West Waters, group show as part of Foreign Bodies by UoE MA Curation in Exeter, Devon
2024 : Isnandness : I Don’t Want to Not Want to Stay, conference hosted by Visual Arts Southwest
2024 : We Could Be Witches, group show at Fish Factory Arts in Penryn, Cornwall
2023 : The Way of the Eel showed in the official selection for experimental short films at Cornwall Film Festival at CMR Project Space in Redruth, Cornwall
2023 : Under / Over, group show with CAMP and Auction House Art at G12 Gallery in Redruth, Cornwall
2023 : Stone Club Walks & Talks Podcast, discussing the myths and ancient landscapes of the Isles of Scilly with Lally Macbeth and Matthew Shaw of The Stone Club - audio available here
2023 : The Way of the Eel showed in CAP Cinema RCA Takeover, short film showcase at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leister Square, London
2023 : Hivic Installation in Beyond Surface : Tactile Moments, collaborative interactive installation at Tate Modern Gallery in London
2023 : Bring Me Your Hands solo performance at Fleshy Wisdoms performance night at the Steamship Project Space in London
2023 : Beyond Surface Radio, sound piece on collective radio show on Montez Press Radio
2023 : We Are Floating in Space, group show at Newlyn Gallery & The Exchange in Penzance, Cornwall
2021 : Euphoria, online group show curated by Joséphine-May Bailey
2021 : Making It, group show at The Devon Guild of Crafts in Bovey Tracey, Deveon
2021 : Synesthesia, online group show - text available here
2021 : Incantations: Part II, online sound piece for The Folk Archive - audio available here
2020 : Rendez-vous • Image, photo book show at Palais de la Musique in Strasbourg
2018 : Why Don’t I Know You : Reimagining the Wisdom of Teen Movie Girls, solo show at The Chopping Block Gallery in London
2018 : Emo Diary Sleepover, collaborative show at The Chopping Block Gallery in London
2017 : Sweet Sixteen, group show at Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes in London
RESIDENCIES :
2024 : Mawddach Residency, Eryri National Park, Wales - two week residency with Hivic Collective
2023 : Cyprus College of Art, Lempa, Cyprus - one month group residency with Hivic Collective
2022 : Mawddach Residency, Eryri National Park, Wales - solo two week residency