The spaces that we inhabit and the traces that we inevitably leave are at the forefront of my practice. I think of human traces as subconscious drawings on our everyday surroundings, when we simply walk across a floor we leave our mark.
The spaces that we inhabit and the traces that we inevitably leave are at the forefront of my practice. I think of human traces as subconscious drawings on our everyday surroundings, when we simply walk across a floor we leave our mark.
Dust contains particles of our bodies and we leave some of it wherever we go, it is the ultimate human trace and is also an excellent medium for further traces. These indexical marks in the dust show the history of our movements, an alternative record of history. I use dust; tumble dryer fluff; hair; and human traces in my work, which is led by the materials and marks that I am attracted to, and the meanings found within them. Consequently I use a full range of media including drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture and installation. My work in schools has even led to a chewing gum based installation.
I am interested in the inherent psychology of the work and the slightly surreal aesthetic that emerges during the making process. The human body is always absent, but mental states are evident in the finished objects, intended to provoke an emotional response in the viewer.
Qualifications and training
2004 - PGCE Art and Design, Reading University
2003 - MA Fine Art - Drawing, Wimbledon School of Art
2002 - BA (Hons) First in Fine Art - Sculpture, Surrey Institute of Art and Design
Solo exhibitions
2005 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, Basingstoke
Group exhibitions
2017 - Pay and Display, Centrespace, Bristol
2016 - Ing Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London
2016 - Black Swan Open, Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset
2016 - The Time Garden, Frimley Park Hospital, Camberley, Surrey
2015 - Expansion, New Greenham Arts, Newbury, Berks
2014 - Compressed Space, Link Gallery, Winchester
2013 - Mote, Harrington Mill Studios, Castle Eaton, Nottingham
2013 - Hackwood Art Festival, Basingstoke, Hants
2012 - Drawing towards Sculpture, The Shop Gallery, Basingstoke
2012 - 'Surface disturbances'evidence of biological time-part 2, Searchers Contemporary, Bristol
2012 - Swept Away; Dust, Ashes and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
2010 - Westmalle Castle, Westmalle, Belgium
2010 - Insight, New Greenham Arts, Newbury, Berks
2009 - Crunch, New Greenham Arts, Newbury
2009 - Insight, New Greenham Arts, New Greenham Park, , Newbury, Berks
2009 - PS8, The Peacock Gallery, Reading
2009 - ReOpen, Kube and Lighthouse, Poole
2008 - Re-form, New Greenham Arts, Newbury, Berks
2005 - The Hackwood Art Festival, Hackwood Farm, Basingstoke
2003 - Diverse, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2003 - MA Express, Wimbledon School of Art, Wimbledon
2003 - Platform for Art, London Transport
2003 - What we did in the Christmas Holiday, WSA 2002 - BHF Bank, London
2002 - BA Show, SIAD
Competitions, prizes and awards
2009 - Re-form prize winner, Kube, Poole, Lighthouse, Poole
2003 - AHRB Bursary, Wimbledon School of Art, London
Educational experience - secondary
2004 - Teacher of Art, Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College, Basingstoke
Projects
2014 - "It's All About Me" Art Workshop with Autistic Students at Prior's Court School
Publications
2003 - work published in International Venice Agendas 2003; A Series of Breakfast Meetings
Other
2013 - Work featured on BBC South Today
2005 - Work featured on ITV Meridian News
