artist statement
I am a mixed media visual artist, using abstraction, text, and found materials to tell stories and provoke questions. I create work inspired by the colourful visual language of Web 1.0 and 1990s rave flyers, appropriating the ironic language of social media to ask sincere questions about the modern world.
Many of my pieces involved found materials, the detritus of consumer culture, such as paintings on boards found in the abandoned staff area of Colchester's former Laura Ashley shop. I incorporate collage into my paintings, using secondhand non-fiction books to create fantastical visual narratives. I am experienced in delivering creative collage workshops focussing on storytelling using found images.
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My practice also encompasses curating and interventions into archives.
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education
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MA Curating
University of Essex, 2023-2024
BA Curating (First Class Honours)
University of Essex, 2020-2023
Museology Summer School
École du Louvre, 2021 and 2023
Fine Art Foundation Year
Colchester Institute, 2018-2020
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curatorial experience
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Lavender Menace
Art Exchange, April-May 2024
Affirmations for the End of the World
Old Grocery, December 2023
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Dispatches from the Culture War
Albert Sloman Library, June-October 2023
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solo exhibitions
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i'm not like other girls (i'm worse)
Old Grocery, April 2023
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group exhibitions
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Colchester Art Society Winter Exhibition
The Minories, November-December 2023
Essex Birds
Jaywick Martello Tower, November-December 2023
Coastal Open
Jaywick Martello Tower, September-October 2023
Born With It
The Minories, November 2021
Starting and Morphing
The Minories, August-September 2021
What's the Problem? A YAK and Flyingleaps Exhibition
Firstsite, October 2019-January 2020
Colchester Art Society Summer Exhibition
The Minories, June 2019
Float. Digital Arts Showcase
Firstsite, May 2016
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presentations + publications
Designing creative workshops for wellbeing for young adults
The Next Chapter: 2nd Artist-Teacher in Adult Community Learning Conference, 23rd March 2024
A Jungian Look at 'Outsider Artist' James Hampton
University of Essex Psychoanalysis Society, 30th May 2023
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'Lonely Man's Strange Vision': A Jungian Look at James Hampton's The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly'
Essex Student Journal 13:1 (2021) doi: 10.5526/esj62
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Young Curators' Panel
Creative Careers Day: Art and Art Galleries, Southbank Centre, 18th January 2020
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funding + residencies
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SPACE Colchester Studio Bursary
37 Queen Street, July 2023-January 2024
Arable II Residency
The Minories, May-September 2021
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workshops
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Design your own Tarot Card
Art Exchange, October 2023
Collage for Exam Stress
Art Exchange, June 2022
Storytelling through Collage
The Minories, November 2021
