bio / artist statement
I am an interdisciplinary contemporary artist based in Dorset, England. My practice is primarily involved with site-responsive, practice-based research projects, focusing on sacred encounters in the natural world. Through interrelations between themes of ecology, ethnography, mysticism and romance, I am interested in illustrating a dialectical blurring of both empirical and non-empirical methods.
A sense of terrestrial divinity is integral to my work, I seek to reveal the imperfect symmetry that reverberates throughout the forms in the physical plane. These aesthetic interests often manifest in tandem with examples of metaphysical dualities, including nostalgia and utopia, grief and belief, local and remote, masculine and feminine.
My works are realised as amalgamations of generated and recorded information, synthesising a variety of disciplines. These pieces are grounded by historical, philosophical, cultural, ecological and religious reference points, while simultaneously subverting or transforming these narratives. Often responding to specific locations, I consider fieldwork and first-hand research as integrally creatively generative and spiritual experiences, urging me to challenge standardised methods.
My process is often initiated by intimate site-specific performances captured by and developed through photography and video. My installations further materialise through sculpture, found object assemblages and abstract painting, creating spaces of tranquillity and introspection while proposing the findings of my ongoing enquiry.
// CV
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Hydrologic Blessings, The Container, Bournemouth, England
Group Exhibitions
2024 BUG Summer Residency Exhibition, BUG Gallery, Bournemouth, England (upcoming)
2024 This and Other Worldly Glimpse, IAG Exhibitions, London
2024 Escape from Tartarus, Safehouse 2, London
2024 Abstract, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2024 Symbiosis, Fresh Salad, St. Dunstans House, Bristol
2024 Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, Northlight Studios, Bournemouth, England
2024 Green Futures Competition Shortlisted Artists, BUG Gallery, Bournemouth, England
2024 Fibrous Emblematics, BUG Gallery, Bournemouth, England
2024 Unearthed Motions, BUG Gallery, Bournemouth, England
2023 Young Artists Show, MCube Gallery, Lalitpur, Nepal
2021 Vivere, Bournemouth Natural Science Society, Bournemouth, England
2021 The Long Minute, The Less Good Idea, online exhibition
2020 Miscellanea, Miro, online exhibition
Features / Publications
2024 Feature and interview, Narratives of Care, Insights of an Eco-Artist
2024 Feature, Art and Science, Haus A Rest
2024 Feature and interview, An eco-feminist pilgrimage, by Anneka French A-N Artists Information Company
2023 Exhibition review, Young artists shine at Gallery MCube show, The Kathmandu Post
Relevant Experience
2024 Studio assistant at Culture Hustle, Westbourne, England
2024 Artist in Residence at AUBSU BUG Summer Residency, Bournemouth, England
2024 Curator of Fibrous Emblematics, BUG Gallery, Bournemouth, England
2023 Co-organiser of Sauraha Artists' Retreat-Residency, Chitwan, Nepal
2023 Artist in residence at Courtyard Pujan Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal
2022 Volunteer at mural-painting projects in Kathmandu and Dhading, Nepal
Education
2020-2024 BA (Hons) in Fine Art, First, Arts University Bournemouth
2018-2019 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Distinction, Arts University Bournemouth
2016-2018 A Level in Fine Art, A*, St. Vincent’s College