Artist statement
I have been exploring the materials of the body in relation to landscape; the focus of my recent work lays in constructing images of the different internal components of the body such as blood, organs and hair and translating them into what we see outside of ourselves in the environment. Places that I refer to in the paintings relate to areas that have been devastated or are in a state of flux, they often reflect current socio-politics, and although they are based on reality, the locations appear as fictional places that do not exist in any real physical space. These ideas have derived from exploring psychology from an Eastern perspective and in particular investigating notions of the impermanent nature of the body, and death. My practice is pre-dominantly in paint although also I make video installation work, sometimes using paint as a medium.
Qualifications and training
- 1998 MFA Fine Art - Painting, Slade School of Art, London
- 1996 PG Dip in Communication Design, Central Saint Martins School of Art, London
- 1994 BA Hons Illustration, Norwich School of Art, Norwich
Employment
- 2012 Artist in Residence, Walpole Park, London
- 2012 Lecturer, Tate Britain, London
Solo exhibitions
- 2013 (Title TBC), Pitzhanger Manor Gallery, London
- 2004 Stellatus, The Site Gallery - Projection Space, Sheffield
- 2000 Corona, Unit II, The University of Bradford, Bradford
Group exhibitions
- 2013 Collision, Nancy Victor Gallery, London
- 2013 We Were Trying to Make Sense, 1Shantiroad, Bangalore, India
- 2012 No Now!, Space Station Sixty Five, London
- 2012 New Media and Digital Technologies, Landmark Arts Centre, London
- 2011 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London and touring
- 2010 Paint, Beldham Gallery, Brunel University, London
- 2009 Postcards from Dystopia, Nolias Gallery, London
- 2009 Other Asias - A Cup of Tea Solves Everything, Departure and touring, London/Ireland
- 2008 The Mausoleum of Lost Objects, inIVA - Rivington Space, London
- 2007 The Redemptive Beauty of Life after Death, The Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
- 2006 Visions in the Nunnery, The Nunnery Gallery, London
- 2006 Tying the Knot, The Glass Box, London
- 2005 Creative Connections (Artist Residency), Whitechapel Gallery, London
- 2005 Reception 3, The Cremer Street Gallery, London
- 2005 Closing the Door?, The Jewish Museum, London
- 2005 The Video Lounge, South London Gallery, London
- 2004 Island Film Festival, Prenelle Gallery, London
- 2003 Nth Art Exhibit, OLS & Co, London
- 2001 Art-Tube-01, Platform for Art, The London Underground
- 2001 Self Assembly, Rugby Museum and Gallery, Rugby
- 2000 Labour Intensive, The City Gallery, Leicester
- 2000 Slow Spin, The Century Gallery, London
- 1999 Accelerated Culture Jet Lag, La Gare, London
- 1997 Imaginary Boundaries, The Bull Arts Centre, London
- 1996 Half Empty, Half Full, 198 Gallery, London
- 1995 Fair and Lovely, Alternative Arts, London
- 1995 Pleasures Unbound, The Coventry Gallery, London
Artist talks
- 2012 On Art, Resilience and Young People - speaker/panel discussion, Tate Britain, London
- 2007 Untold India - speaker/panel discussion, The National Maritime Museum, London
- 2006 Diversity Arts Forum - speaker/panel discussion, Hayward Gallery, London
- 2004 Series 5 - panel discussion, Resonance FM, London
Public commissions
- 2000 Up the Garden Path, Public art project / TRAC, Leicester City Council, Leicester
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2003 The Apthorp Young Artist Award, ., London
- 1998 First Base Studio Award, ACAVA, London
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