Artist statement
My work is a mixture of works on paper and site specific installations. I use drawing, printmaking, collage, assemblage and textiles to create largely figurative works that depict everyday objects and places.
I like that objects can describe a place, a time, a person or community through the way that they have been used or left. I draw attention to how these materials are used or have been used to comment on those relationships and histories. Sometimes it is the material properties of an object itself that becomes the subject of my work.
I graduated from Norwich School of Art in 1999 with a BA(hons) in Fine Art and began working with public art organisations and local museums and heritage sites. I now work as an artist and freelance lecturer with a number of museums and galleries across London including the Camden Arts Centre, National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.
Current and forthcoming events
- June 2013: Owning the Arts, Rowan Arts, London (more info)
Qualifications and training
- 1999 BA Fine Art Painting, Norwich School Of Art and Design, Norwich
Solo exhibitions
- 2012 The Complete Drawn Inventory of all the Objects in My Studio 2009-2012, Finsbury Library, London (more info)
- 2011 Circus, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe (more info)
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Sluice 2012, Hanmi Gallery, London
- 2012 The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour, Brooklyn Art Library (Touring to 14 citites), United States, Australia, UK
- 2012 Inclusions, The Stone Space, London (more info)
- 2011 Rarities 2011, Hastings and St Leonards Pier, Hastings (more info)
- 2011 Magnet Open Art Project, Art Concord, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
- 2011 Cafe Gallery Open, CGP London, London (more info)
- 2011 Radicals and Non-conformists, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2010 The Big Rip Off! - Fake Modern, Camden Arts Centre, London
- 2009 Mile End Ancestors, Mile End Pavilion, London
- 2009 Hidden Talent 09, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2008 Let Me Tell You, Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2008 Religion and Place, Idea Store Whitechapel, London (more info)
- 2007 A Year in the Life, Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2006 Sefton Open, Atkinson Art Gallery, Liverpool
- 2006 Hidden Talents 06, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2005 ART3 Presence, Wine Gallery, London
Curated projects
- 2011 Flock, City of London Festival, Cleary Garden, St Helen's Churchyard and Finsbury Circus, London
- 2010 London Hive, City of London Festival, London
- 2009 Young Messages, Southbank Centre, London
Workshops
- 2010 Visiting Artist, National Gallery, London
- 2009 In with the New, Camden Arts Centre, London
- 2008 Continuous Line, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2007 The Big Floor Draw, National Portrait Gallery, London
- 2007 Re-staging Oiticica, TATE Modern, London
Residencies
- 2012 Creating for a Change, Fly in the Face, Suffolk
- 2011 Circus, Landguard Fort, Felixstowe
- 2007 Creative Connections, Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2006 Artist Project, Sebright Primary School, London
- 2006 Creative Connections, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Public commissions
- 2011 Are We Nearly There Yet?, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital
- 2008 Let Me Tell You, Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2007 Religion and Place, The Building Exploratory, London
- 2006 A Year in the Life, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2012 Islington Exhibits Artist Awards, Islington Exhibits, London
Publications
- 2011 Wilhelm Sasnal: Conversations and Actions Educational Resource, Whitechapel Gallery
- 2010 Looking with Viyki Turnbull: visitor resource for Jim Hodges and Breda Beban, Camden Arts Centre
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