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My practice proposes a sensitive, playful, critical reinvention of aesthetic theory as way our individual tastes and consequent styles, formed through nature and nurture, interact to form our sensate world, using candid imagery to portray the inexplicable moments of our social realities.

 

My process is to gather candid, photographic material that captures my imagination, prospecting the effects of chance and appropriation. Then, through redaction/annotation/decoration I develop this imagery into fragmentary artworks. Each piece in my portfolio is my impression of another's expression. This forms a view of a world of countless conflicting aesthetics through the lens of my individual taste. Idiosyncratic signatures such as sharp pencil lines and bleeds contribute to my distinctive style.

 

I’m inspired by artists Marlene Dumas, Noah Davis and Sophia Al-Maria whose ethereal use of colour, composition, and figuration bears witness to, and tolerates, human unpredictability. I’m also influenced by socially engaged film and performance; favourite works include From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf (CAMP, 2013) and Sleeping Beauty (Taras Polataiko, 2021). As a result, the theme of collective responsibility is infused in my practice, reflecting my personal values. 

 

By isolating the theoretical and stylistic features of relational aesthetics and displacing them into a 2D practice, I hope to create and encourage the production of similarly touching, sometimes provocative, art.

 

Education:

 

2018-21                              BA Fine Art                                                     University of the West of England 

 

Exhibitions:

2023                                   Hi, Hey! Hello                                                 Dog and Bone Gallery

2023                                   People and Place                                           Kreiva Gallery

2022                                   We Are Sorry to Inform You                            Lapsus

2022                                   PROXY                                                           IKLECTIK           

2021                                   Picturing Lockdown                                        Stradling Gallery

2021                                   UWE Fine Art Degree Show                           Spike Island

2021                                   RBA Rising Stars 2021                                   ROSL

2019                                   New Series                                                     The Vestibules

 

Writing:

 

2021                                   Gut Feelings                                                  TACO!

2021                                   Near and Far                                                 Camden Art Centre

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