Artist Statement
Using often repetitive and time consuming methods of working, my practice engages with an obsessive fetishization of labour. Ideas of control, discipline and desire are explored through an investigation into the material excess that surrounds us; crystallizing to form suggested narratives, and alluding to possible meanings and functions. Considering the construction of the self, and everyday rituals, I explore conflicting ideas of individual impulses and mechanisms of social control; the temporary and the permanent; ornament and function - initiating a continual deconstruction, rearrangement and reconstruction of meaning and order. My installations often combine arrangements of commercially manufactured objects that have been altered or re-constructed with collage, sculpture or video.
I also work collaboratively with Hungarian artist Orsolya Bajusz, developing miniature scale versions of possible distribution and production models; using excess labour as a material and exploring the notion of "by-products".
CV & Education
Qualifications and training
2008 - BA (hons) 1st Class Fine Art, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
Solo exhibitions
2011 - Pop Up Povera (collaborative installation with Orsolya Bajusz), MOCA, London
2011 - Rehearsed Reactions, The Briggait, Glasgow
2010 - How to win when you love to lose, The Duchy, Glasgow
2009 - Half and hour shouldn't be this long (two person show with Helen Tubridy), Intermedia, CCA, Glasgow
2008 - Can't Hurt to Try, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
Group exhibitions
2012 - Arrives In Starting, The Duchy (for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art)), Glasgow (with Alan Stanners, Amelia Bywater, Carrie Skinner, Eric Schumacher, Fiona Mackay, Ian Giles, Katri Walker, Michael White, Nicholas Party and Rachel Adams)
2012 - PDA Curtain Showroom, The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow
2012 - Public Displays of Affection, Public Art Exhibition (for Glasgow International), Glasgow
2011 - A Space for Change, Parlour Gallery, London
2011 - Floor Plan, Cuigezhuang, Beijing
2011 - Premium Red, Premium Red, Feijiacun, Beijing
2011 - Summer Exhibition, Thread Gallery, Beijing
2010 - Dalston Underground, The Old Boys Hall, Dalston, London
2010 - MACHO MINGE, Stour Space, London
2010 - Rhizomatic, Departure Gallery, London
2009 - By Product, Nettie Horn (with Corinne Felgate, Dmitri Galitzine and Simon Reuben White), London
2009 - Stour Space (part of Hackney Wicked Festival of Art), Stour Space, London
2008 - And the he loves the me, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2008 - New Sensations, The Truman Brewery, London
Degree shows
2008 - Degree Show, The Glasgow School of Art, UK
Curated projects
2012 - PDA Curtain Showroom (with Orsolya Bajusz), The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow
2012 - Public Displays of Affection (with Orsolya Bajusz), Public Art Exhibition (for Glasgow International), Glasgow
2012 - Site-Specific Symposium on Comfort Zones in Creative and Curatorial Practice, IKEA, Manchester
2011 - Transient Global Amnesia (with Orsolya Bajusz), Stour Space, London
2010 - MACHO MINGE (with Helen Tubridy), Stour Space, London
Residencies
2011 - Artist in Residence, Art Channel, Beijing
2011 - Artist in Residence, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
2010 - Artist in Residence, Stour Space, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
2011 - Artists Grant, Arts Trust Scotland, Scotland
2011 - Visual Artists Award Grant, Glasgow Life, Glasgow
2008 - Shortlisted for 'New Sensations', Saatchi Gallery Competition, The Truman Brewery, London
