I trained as a Structural Engineer before taking a degree in sculpture. I work with many different materials, from steel to folded paper and wire. My sculptures are often composed of countless intricate elements, which start off small but then grow and repeat like fractal patterns. They invite you to contemplate both infinity and minute detail at the same time. I am intrigued by mathematical patterns and natural progressions, and try to bring together my engineering perspective and my more naturally intuitive approach to art.
In recent years I have made a series of collages, sticking thousands of small pieces of paper onto boards. While these works are based on a strict rules and mathematical formulas they are laboriously made by hand and are full of small imperfections and wobbly lines. It is this combination of the perfect form and the imperfection of the materials and workmanship that elevates my work beyond a digital exercise.
Born 12.09.60
1979-1982 University College London, BSc(eng) Civil Engineering
1986-1990 Camberwell College of Art, BA Fine Art
Exhibitions:
1993 Flesh and Blood, The Storey Institute, Lancaster
1995 The Third Dimension, Coopers and Lybrand, London
1996 Engineering Art, Swan Hunter Canteen Building, Wallsend
2006 Paperworks exhibition, Bury Art Gallery, Bury
2012 International Paper Biennial Rijswijk, Museum Rijswijk, Holland
2013 Carte Blanche, London Print Studio
2014 Sisters, Cole Gallery, London
Commissions:
1990 Olympia and York, London
1995 The Bodyshop, The Louvre, Paris
1995 Coopers and Lybrand, London
1997 The Bodyshop, Oxford Street, London
1997 Roof Terrace Sculpture, London
2003 Price and Myers, London
2006 Giant Group, London
2006 Dining As Art, Los Angeles
