I am based at Studio 91, Spike Island, Bristol.
I am an active member of the arts community in the South West setting up The Unit in 2016 (a temporary residency space in St James Arcade, Bristol) followed by The Garage: in 2019. This was replaced by The Launderette: Stokes Croft, Bristol in 2023.
Member of Throes of Grief (TOG) – a research group led by Annabel Pettigrew.
education: MA Fine Art (Dist), University of Brighton 2012-14
funding: recipient of DYCP, Arts Council England, 2021; Research funded by Brigstow Institute (with Ass. Professor Lesel Dawson and Dr. Julian Brigstocke), 2022
exhibitions: 2023 – 2025
October 2-9 ’25 ‘Material World’, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol with Nicky Hodge, Victoria Coombes, Helen Grant
May ’25 Open Studios, Spike Island, Bristol
April ’25 ‘Borderlands’ at Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, curated by Hannah Hornby
March ’25 ‘making a scene’ with Vicky Smith, Bristol Galleries Weekend, the Launderette, Bristol
Nov-Feb ’24 ’inside:outside’, Oriel y Bont Gallery, University of South Wales with James Vasello and David Morgan-Davies
Oct-Jan ’24 ‘At a Loss’, international group exhibition, Barry and Penarth, Sth Wales
Sept ’23 Return exchange with Durden & Ray, Los Angeles – American/UK artists, The Launderette, Bristol
May ’23 ‘what it is to be there’, solo exhibition at The Factory Porth
residencies and talks:
12 Sept ’24 Invited speaker & panelist: MAC Birmingham, Picturing the Unseen – Grief & Labour in and out of Motherhood.
Feb ’24 Invited participant: Transformative & Emancipatory Processes in Artistic Research Symposium, University of the Arts, Helsinki.
April ’23 Residency and women’s workshops: The Factory, Porth.
Nov ’22 Invited speaker (1 of 2) + presentation of work: E(e)arth – launch of Unesco-Bridges Hub at University of Wales, Swansea
2022 Talk and presentation of work; workshop for researchers to consider: Research Development Award, ‘The Generativity of Materials: Creativity, Memory and Place’ led by Professor Louise Steel & Assoc. Professor Lesel Dawson.
July ’22 Residency: Garw Valley, Sth Wales to collaborate with invited artists.
June ’22 Residency: The Garage with Tommy Cha (sound) and Matteo Amadio (audio visual)
2013 Year-long residency: Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton. Find more information here
selection of exhibitions, 2015-2021:
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (2016, 2018, 2020 & 2021)
Wales Contemporary, London (2021 & 2022), Deptford X (2015)
Wells Art Contemporary, Somerset (2019 & 20)
Art Habens Biennial (2019), Turps Banana painters ‘Cosmic Fishing’ (2019)
Whitenoise Projects, The Crypt London (2019)
Solo with BabyForest (2018)
Tate Exchange with Spike Island Associates (2017)
Spike Associates at Spike Open Studios (2017)
Wing Art Gallery, Sussex (2016)
Spike Island Test Space (2016)
Flux @ Royal College of Art (2015)
Strata @ Clerkenwell (2015)