Artist Statement
The work utilises found objects and materials that are incorporated into sculptural installations.
All the works are deliberately open-ended and are intended to be completed by the viewer, as they bring their own memories and experiences to the interpretative process.
The pieces are highly dependent on context, and different readings will emerge in relation to differing contexts.
Transforming an object into another medium shifts focus away from the original object and its intended usage. This material shift is about the realisation of a greater metaphoric or poetic potential. The objects are now the same, but different, and so invite a different response.
The work highlights overlooked aspects of the everyday, and is an attempt to decode and decipher the complexity of the environments that we inhabit and inherit.
CV & Education
Public realm
2009 - Hole in the Wall, Peacocks Store, Roath, Cardiff
Solo exhibitions
2013 - Perfect Imperfections, Chapter, Cardiff
2011 - Occidental Collusions, West Wales School of the Arts Gallery, Carmarthen
2011 - Upstare, The Downstairs Gallery, Herefordshire
2009 - Inbetweenies, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
Group exhibitions
2012 - Croeso I'r Rhath/ Welcome To Roath, Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff
2011 - Are We Not Drawn to a New Era?, G39, Cardiff
2011 - the public exhibition, the public, west bromwich, West Bromwich
2010 - Backlit Open 2010, Backlit, Nottingham
2010 - DIY, surface arts, Exeter
2010 - The Archive Show, Unit 3b, Sheffield
2010 - The Tomorrow People, The Elevator Gallery, Hackney
2009 - Overveiw, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2009 - Surface / Space / Time, The Crypt Gallery, London
2009 - wood, canvas, steel(?), tactilebosch, Cardiff
2008 - Traces, The Schwartz Gallery, London
2005 - The Art of Love, The Oxo Tower, London
2004 - Identity, Oriel Davies, Newtown
2004 - Plinth, The Cube, Leeds
2003 - Land, Artsway, Hampshire
2001 - Twenty Years of Excellence, Bemis Centre for Contemporary Art, Nebraska, USA
2000 - Wales Drawing Biennale, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
Curated projects
2012 - The Witching Hour, Goat Major Projects, Cardiff
2010 - After The End, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2009 - Like a God, a Vice, or a Good Luck Charm, Bristol Diving School, Bristol
Residencies
2013 - INTERFERENCE, Chapter, Cardiff
2012 - 4 week residency, La Fragua, Cordoba
Site specific
2009 - Like a God, A Good Luck Charm or A Vice, The Bristol Diving School, bristol
