EXHIBITIONS:
2023/24: A TAUT GRASP - TERRA. Artcore Gallery, Derby, England
2023: SOFT TISSUE: FEELING THROUGH PRECARIOUS TIMES. Squishy Collective, MetroLand Cultures, London, England
2023: THE SHAPE OF LIFE. The Royal Society of Sculptors, London, England
2021/22: GYEONGGI INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC BIENNALE. International Competition, Gyeonggi Ceramic Museum, South Korea
2021: MATTER OUT OF PLACE. Material Voice Collective, Persistence Works Gallery, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield
2020: TACTILE TENSIONS. Sino Italian Design Exchange Centre, Florence, Italy and DoBe group, Shanghai, China
2019: TRANSFASHIONAL - Experimental Fashion in the Context of Contemporary Art. City Museum of Rimini, Italy
2019: WHY-WHAT-WHO/10 YEARS OF FASHION ARTEFACTS. National Museum of Decorative Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019: WHAT IS THE MATTER? MATERIALS, COMMODITIES, NARRATIVES. Kelham Island Industrial Museum, Sheffield, U.K
2018: WHY-WHAT-WHO/10 YEARS OF FASHION ARTEFACTS. Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China
2018: TRANSFASHIONAL - Experimental Fashion in the Context of Contemporary Art. Museum of Art, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden
2018: WHY-WHAT-WHO/10 YEARS OF FASHION ARTEFACTS. Design.Ve, Tana Art Space, Venice Biennale, Italy
2017: TRANSFASHIONAL - Experimental Fashion in the Context of Contemporary Art. Quatier 21, Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria
2017: LES ARCHIVES DU FEU. LiveInYourHead Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2017: TRANSFASHIONAL - Experimental Fashion in the Context of Contemporary Art. Centre of Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland
2017: TRANSFASHIONAL - Experimental Fashion in the Context of Contemporary Art. Austrian Cultural Forum, London, U.K
2016: WHAT LIES BETWEEN. Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2015: BARBOTINE CONSPIRACY. Haute École d’Art et Design Geneva, Switzerland
2015: GYEONGGI INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC BIENNALE. Korea Ceramic Foundation, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea
2014: FASHIONCLASH FESTIVAL. Maastricht, The Netherlands
2014: MA14. Victoria House Gallery, London, U.K
2011: PREMIERE CLASSE. Salon d’accessoires de mode, Jardin Tuilleries, Paris, France
2010: PREMIERE CLASSE. Port de Versailles, Paris, France
2009: GAME PLAY. Stephen Walton Fine Art, Bury St. Edmunds, U.K
2009: TATLIN’S TOWER AND THE WORLD. Whitechapel Gallery, The Shop, London, U.K
2006: CARNIVAL TO COMIC. Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, U.K.
2006: Art and Visual Culture Final Show. Spike Island, Bristol U.K
My practice sits at the intersection of art and design and explores the fusion, balance and harmony of textured, poised, haptic and chromatic compositions, images and sculptural assemblages, what I like to refer to as ‘tactile tensions’. These sculptural moments, some temporal, some fixed are amorphous shapes or bodies of matter and form, which allude to, or exist in relation to the site of the human body with their suggestive forms and use of desirable tactile surfaces and materials.
As a sculptor I am captivated by the transformative properties of the materials I work with, the liquid to solid states and the magic of chemical transformation through heat, time, atmosphere and the force, energy and presence of the maker.
EDUCATION:
2021-2027: Part-time practice-based PhD in Creative Practice - Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, U.K
2015: Diploma of Advanced Studies in Ceramics and Polymers - Haute École d'Art et Design Geneva, C.H
2014: Master of Arts Fashion Artefact - London College of Fashion, U.K
2006: Bachelor of Art (Hons) Art and Visual Culture - Bristol School of Art, Media & Design U.K
RESIDENCIES:
2023 - Terra Ceramics Residency, Artcore Gallery, Derby, England
2023 - Joya: Arte y Ecología. Vélez-Blanco, Andalusia, Spain
2016 - Yingge Ceramic Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Artist in Residence
AWARDS/GRANTS:
2021/22: Korean International Ceramic Biennale International Competition - Honorable Mention
2021: Royal Society of Sculptors Member - selected to join artists led organisation / Freelance Fund for Arts and Cultural Workers ,The Culture Consortium, Sheffield
2020: Yorkshire Sculpture International Network 2020 - participating artist
2019: Arts Council funding as part of collective Material Voice / A-N Artist Bursaries 2019 recipient / Making Ways Micro Commissions - Creative Media Shorts
2015 - 8th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale - Honourable Mention / NHS Professionals - Grant
2014 - Eaton Trust - Grant / Golsoncott Foundation - Grant
2012 - AHRC Studentship Award for MA Fashion Artefact
2010 - Hat Designer of the Year - Première Classe, Paris and The Hat Magazine, London