Artist statement
My stance is akin to that of a Romanticist. There was a time in the early nineteenth century when to be a Romantic meant more than to be a dreamer or a love-sick youth. In fact it was as far back as the fifteenth century that Romantic was deemed to be all that was wild and fantastic;, that imagination which is most free.
I find inspiration in stories, folk tales, mythology and contemporary popular culture. My current area of research has been centred upon the history and symbolism of the Unicorn. The changing status of the unicorn throughout the ages can tell us a lot about ourselves. As a symbol of rebirth and fecundity I believe that the Unicorn is an ideal symbol to guide contemporary society through these depressing times. My recent work has sought to rescue this magnificent imaginary beast from the soft-focus, airbrushed new age mystical image with which it seems to have increasingly become associated.
My practice generally revolves around process based practices such as drawing and stitch. Repetitive actions enable me to focus my mind upon those themes and ideas which inform my work as well as contemplating my own self in relation to this world and my work.
Qualifications and training
- 2009 MA Fine Art, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Cardiff
- 2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, Wimbledon School of Art, London
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 Blessed, Moko, Cardiff
- 2010 Pandorum: The Persistence of Memory, The Stairwell Gallery, Durham
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Hemmed In, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
- 2012 Manifesto, The Sho Gallery/Pack of Wolves, Cardiff
- 2012 Little Benefits, Cultivate Gallery, London
- 2012 Bodies, Cultivate Gallery, London
- 2012 On The Map, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Hastings
- 2011 Experiments with Art, Galerija Balta, Kaunas Textile Biennal, Lithuania
- 2011 Drawing & Illustration Season, Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield S1 2DS
- 2011 The Vending Machine Project, Galleria Perela, Venice, Italy
- 2011 9x12, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 2011 Pre.Sense, Susan Projects, Oxford, UK
- 2011 Trans-Siberian Art Centre, Kitchen Projects, Moscow-Beijing
- 2011 PaperGirl Bristol, The Parlour, Bristol, UK
- 2011 Bodies & Selves, Milgi Lounge, Cardiff, UK
- 2011 Canvas Bags, 20-21 Visual Art Centre, Scunthorpe, UK
- 2010 Latitude, Manchester Modernist Society, Manchester
- 2010 Group Exhibition, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff
- 2010 Medium Without a Message, Red Gate Gallery, Brixton, London
- 2010 A Moving Exhibition, Acquire the Arts, London
- 2010 A Moving Exhibition, UEL/AVA Gallery, London
- 2009 Cut-Click Anniversary Exhibition, Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby
- 2008 Cerdlun, Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw, Gwynedd
- 2007 Peer Esteem, Five Years Gallery, London
- 2006 New Talent, Artshed, New Milton, Hampshire
Degree shows
- 2009 'Creative Acts', Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff
- 2003 Zone 3, Wimbledon School of Art, London
Curated projects
- 2012 Project Cardiff, The Senedd, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay
- 2012 Charmed, Print Market Project/Cardiff Design Festival, Cardiff
- 2012 To The Woods, To The Woods..., St Donat's Arts Centre, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales
- 2011 Infographics, The Sho Gallery, Cardiff Design Festival 2011
- 2010 Peculiar Pleasures, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff, UK
- 2010 Cut-Click Mail Art Project, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff
Workshops
- 2010 Children's Drawing & Papercraft Workshop, Cardiff Design Festival, Cardiff, UK
Publications
- 2010 Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message (ISBN: 978-0-9566320-0-5)
- 2010 A Moving Exhibition (ISBN:978-1-4457-7068-0)
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