Artist statement
My work is often raw, immediate and provocative. I use film and the editing process to tell stories which carry powerful personal meaning.
Film is exciting because it allows us to —examine ourselves, imitate ourselves, extend ourselves, reshape our reality right into the abstract.
As a filmmaker/curator/installation artist I explore theatrical experiences that lure the viewer into the physical and perceptual world surrounding them: intimate worlds where the viewer can participate in the act of seeing. I use music and lighting entice the viewer to move from a conscious level of looking to a more unconscious level where they can project elements of their own memories, desires and fears onto what they see.
I was trained as a sculptor and painter so I am acutely aware of compositional techniques and three dimensionality so when planning an installation space or directing performers or shooting a film, it is always with artistic reference to the drama of the Baroque era. I use the whole space as a metaphor for the structure of my existence. I have found that creating installations is the best way to harness the symbolic, emotional and dramatic elements of my work together for public discern.
Public realm
- 2012 Faux Voir, Traverse Video Festival, Toulouse France.
- 2011 4TH VIDEOHOLICA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, Videoholica international art festival, Varna , Bulgaria
- 2011 Lucretia, Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2011 Traverse Video, interview, Lycee Des Arenes, Toulouse, Toulouse, France
- 2010 Abandon Normal Devices AND Festival, Cornerhouse, Manchester (more info)
- 2009 The Light Rain Gallery, Hat Factory Luton, Luton (more info)
- 2009 Saz Jaz and Holly, The Strawberry Fair Film Festival, this Friday at 7pm, Cambridge (more info)
Qualifications and training
- 2007 Final Cut Pro 300, Soho Editors, London, London
- 2007 Final Cut Pro 101, Soho Editors, London, London
- 2006 Experimental Video Art, Cambridge Film Consortium/Kettles Yard/ARU, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- 2005 Arts Development and Teaching, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
- 2003 BA (Hons) Art and Art History, Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Group exhibitions
- 2011 In Close Succession, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
- 2010 Film Screening, Wallspace Gallery, London Wall (more info)
- 2009 999 Project, Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge (more info)
- 2009 Neuf: Artist Filmmakers, Arts Picturehouse Cambridge, Cambridge (more info)
- 2008 Curator of MindSpace exhibition, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
- 2008 MindSpace exhibition, Ruskin Gallery Cambridge, Cambridge (more info)
- 2008 Jerwood Moving Image Award Shortlist, Jerwood Space, London
- 2008 What Do We See. Artist moving image, Jerwood Moving Image Award, London (more info)
- 2007 Lit, Babylon Gallery, Ely, Cambridge (more info)
- 2006 Esquilos Lejanos, Centro de Historia de Zaragoza, Spain., Zaragoza. (more info)
- 2006 Broughton House Gallery, Broughton House Gallery, Cambridge (more info)
Curated projects
- 2011 The Potential of Vacancy, Live 8 Tulca Festival, Galway Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Live/Performance
- 2012 Live Improvised Music to Film., Puskin Gallery, 5 Bloomsbury Square, London., London, UK
- 2011 Woman Filmmakers and Improvised Music, HMS President London, London, UK
- 2010 London New Wind Festival, October Gallery, 24 Old Glouscester Street, Bloomsbury, London (more info)
- 2008 Film installation, TV studio, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
- 2007 Lights Camera Action, Wysing Arts Centre Cambridge, Cambourne, Cambridge
- 2005 Seven Deadly Sins, installation and performance event, Tadlow Granary, Wandlebury, Cambridge
- 2003 'in the name of the father', installation/performance/video, TV studio, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Intervention
- 2012 Neuf At Home, Sleaford Street Cambridge, Cambridge
Artist talks
- 2010 Agnus Dei, Whitechapel Gallery London, London (more info)
- 2009 Saz Jaz and Holly, Whitechapel Gallery London, London (more info)
- 2009 Neuf Artist Filmmakers film night, Lothbury Centre, Weston Colville, Cambridge (more info)
Other
- 2007 What Do We See, Screening in the Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery London
- 2007 The Big Chill Festival, Forgotten Girlhood, The Big Chill Festival, Eastnore (more info)
- 2006 Forgotten Girlhood, Whitechapel Gallery, London (more info)
- 2006 Forgotten Girlhood: video short, 26th Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge
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