Artist statement
My work takes form through a gradual accumulation of ideas, research, found and gathered material and experimental processes. The outcomes of this cumulative process range from carefully crafted artefacts and drawings to texts, photographs, videos and installation. Although my practice progresses through several different strands, at the heart of all of the work is an exploration of the world we live in and our often uneasy relationship with it. Sometimes ideas are explored through histories and narrative, both real and imagined, at other times through scientific research and pseudo-scientific investigations.
My recent research has focused on man’s ambivalent realtionship with the natural world and the fundamental wonder, fear and awe engendered by it. I am interested in the notion of nature out of control despite (or because of?) our attempts to control and manipulate the world we live in. My work is informed by a diverse range of sources including film and literature including writers such as John Wyndham, artists from da Vinci to Dion, Ackroyd & Harvey to Anya Gallaccio, and by reference to the ever advancing world of contemporary bio-science, genetic engineering and synthetic biology and the moral and ethical debates surrounding these sciences.
Qualifications and training
- 2010 MA Fine Art, University of the Arts London, Wimbledon College of Art
- 2003 BA Fine Art Printmaking (first class), University of Brighton, Brighton
Employment
- 2011 Organiser, Blue Monkey Network, Towner, Eastbourne
- 2010 Gallery Interpretation Team, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
- 2009 Small Wonder Walk, Charleston, Charleston, Firle, Lewes
- 2008 Artist leader, gallery tours: Unpopular Culture, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 The Visitor, Eastbourne Redoubt, Eastbourne (more info)
- 2011 Cafe Project, Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne (more info)
- 2010 Wanderings, The Rope Store Gallery, Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport Harbour, Isle of Wight (more info)
- 2007 Work from The Discovery Room, Canterbury Christchurch University, Rowan Williams Court, Chatham
- 2006 Work from The Discovery Room, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Falmer Campus
- 2004 The Discovery Room, The Casson Gallery, Eastbourne College, Eastbourne
Group exhibitions
- 2013 Playing with Shadows, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
- 2013 The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012, mac birmingham, Birmingham (more info)
- 2012 OFF ON OFF, Dis-location, 37d Robertson Street, Hastings (more info)
- 2012 The Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012, Jerwood Visual Arts, Jerwood Space, London then touring to venues across the UK.
- 2012 East Sussex Open, Towner, Eastbourne (more info)
- 2012 On the Map, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings (more info)
- 2011 Display Only, 186 Seaside Road, Eastbourne (more info)
- 2011 East Sussex Open, Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne (more info)
- 2011 Orientation, Printers, Eastbourne (more info)
- 2010 East Sussex Open, Towner, Devonshire Park, College Road, Eastbourne
- 2010 i swore i sore, CCW MA Interim show, The Nunnery, Bow Arts, London
- 2009 CCW MA Salon, Auto Italia, Peckham
- 2009 Surface Gallery Open 09, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
- 2008 Location, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
- 2008 Small Things, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
- 2006 Books as Art: Contemporary Artists' Books, West Dean College, West Sussex
Curated projects
- 2011 Touch & Tell, Freud Museum, Maresfield Gardens, London
- 2009 CIRCUMNAVIGATION, The Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum, Eastbourne
- 2006 City Running, Phoenix Arts, Brighton
Intervention
- 2009 Micro-mapping Towner, Towner gallery, Eastbourne
Residencies
- 2011 Conversations, Canterbury Christ Church University, Department of Allied Health Professions, Canterbury
- 2008 Gone To Earth (part of Breaking Ground), Crate Project Space, Margate
- 2008 Under Ground (part of Breaking Ground), Pine Gallery, Hastings
- 2008 Outside In (part of Breaking Ground), Phoenix Arts, Brighton
- 2008 Artist in Residence (part of Breaking Ground), University of Brighton, Brighton
- 2007 Allotmenta (part of Breaking Ground), Tenantry Down Allotments, Brighton
- 2007 Breaking Ground, a year long collaborative project, Brighton, Hastings, Margate
- 2005 Watch This Space, Phoenix Arts Brighton, Brighton
Private commissions
- 2012 Alternative Anatomies, Canterbury Christchurch University, Rowan Williams Court, Chatham Campus
Projects
- 2011 Lines of Connection - a collaborative project with Clare Whistler, Various, East Sussex
- 2010 The Visitor - a collaborative project with Clare Whistler, Various, East Sussex
- 2009 Project Manager, co-curator, CIRCUMNAVIGATION, The Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum, Eastbourne
- 2009 Eastbourne Festival (co-organiser and Director), various, Eastbourne
- 2007 Breaking Ground, A self initiated project exploring site specific and collaborative working through a series of residencies, Various locations
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2005 Art Plus Development Award Winner, Arts Council England and Seeda, Eastbourne
Other
- 2011 Founder/Organiser: Blue Monkey Network, Towner, Eastbourne
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