Artist statement
My work explores the co-dependent relationship between consumption and power, identity and autonomy, and the documentation and harvesting of processes within the socio-psycho geography of our collective experience.
From banking debt to branding, multinational control to the chemicals contained within the air we breathe. We consume to cement the notion of our identity and minute-by-minute we are consumed by the vehicles that deliver this knowledge. From the dangers of terrorism to the threat of extreme weather, from global warming to hospital super-bugs…we are on the 'supposed' brink of being consumed by forces larger than our singular consciousness can prevent.
A new set of meta-narratives, that runs counter to our post-modern disregard of overarching belief systems, is playing out within our emotions, behaviours and responses:
I am in deficit, I am weak
I purchase, I am fulfilled
We're safe - We're at risk
You're one of us - You are 'other'
You're a fellow human - You are a terrorist
I don't fit in, I am an outsider
I become more like you, I am a part of your collective
I explore the dichotomy inherent within such executions of power within varying constructs, both social and political, via the use of Installation, Photography, Moving Image and Sculptural approaches.
As through artistic intervention and analysis it's possible to reveal the structures, both economic and social, that administer our every move, thought, inclination and action.
Public realm
- 2012 The Waste: An 8 hour performance intervention, UHC / High Street 2012 / London Borough of Tower Hamlets, The Waste, Mile End, London
Qualifications and training
- 2011 MA by Research (Fine Art), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester
- 2007 BA Hons Fine Art (1st Class Honours), Wirral Met / John Moores, Liverpool
- 2000 BA Hons Photomedia (2:1), Plymouth College of Art and Design, Plymouth
- 2000 PQE/Professional Qualifying Exam-(Moving Image-Distinction), British Institute of Professional Photographers, Plymouth
Solo exhibitions
- 2013 'Strangers in a Strange Land', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 2008 '...and then the rains came', Curve Gallery, Liverpool
Group exhibitions
- 2012 ANYTHING TO DECLARE, Curve Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
- 2012 'SMART PRICE', Threshold Festival, Camp and Furnace, Liverpool
- 2011 FIELD OF DREAMS / THRESHOLD, NOVAS CONTEMPORARY URBAN CENTRE, Liverpool
- 2010 'RIPOSTE', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, LINZ, AUSTRIA / LIVERPOOL, UK - EXCHANGE
- 2010 IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE, The Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool
- 2009 Fellowship Show - Wirral Metropolitan College, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
- 2008 Liverpool International Artists / Liverpool Independents Biennial, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
- 2008 Scissors/Paper/Stone, London Print Studio, London
Intervention
- 2013 Watchtree, Eden Arts / Dalemain Estate. Cumbria, Ullswater
Artist talks
- 2013 Rural Art – Cutting Edge or Provincial, University of Cumbria, Carlisle
- 2012 'Crossing the Line', TEDx Merseyside, Liverpool John Moores University
- 2010 Building on What We've Got / Culturepool, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Workshops
- 2012 Storyville, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
- 2010 'Creative Media Diploma', Grundy Art Gallery / Blackpool and Fylde College, Blackpool
Residencies
- 2012 Trading Station, Post, Liverpool, Istanbul
- 2012 the Canopy Suite, Eden Arts, Eden District, Cumbria, UK
- 2010 Salzamt Atelierhaus, Salzamt, Linz, Austria
Public commissions
- 2013 'Last (Bank)', National Trust, Acorn Bank, Cumbria
- 2011 'ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY?' - 'Faces 2', Atrium 2, Guys Hospital, London
Projects
- 2010 Makhad Research Trip, Makhad Trust, The Sinai Desert
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2012 Liverpool Art Prize 2012 / Winner, Metal at Edge Hill Station, Liverpool
- 2010 RUSHES Film Festival, Soho / T E N D E R P I X, Tenderpixel Gallery, London
Educational experience - primary
- 2010 ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE, Greasby Junior School, Wirral
- 2009 ARTIST - IN - RESIDENCE, Portland Primary school, Birkenhead
Educational experience - secondary
- 2011 Environmental Art Installation / Facilitation, The Academy Of St Francis Of Assisi, Liverpool
- 2010 'The Arts Award', Arts Council England / Trinity Guildhall, Blackpool
Educational experience - tertiary
- 2010 VISITING LECTURER (MOVING IMAGE), Wirral Metropolitan College, Wirral
- 2007 ARTS FACILITATOR, HMP KENNET, Liverpool
Educational experience - special needs
- 2011 ARTS FOR AUTISM, ZION ARTS, Manchester
- 2010 Aiming High For Disabled Children, Tranmere Rovers, Wirral
Publications
- 2011 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER (UK) (Photography)
- 2010 PSYCHOLOGIES MAGAZINE (Photography)
Other
- 2007 Emigre - film showing, Imperial War Museum North, Salford
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