Artists Statement
Since 2005 I have been using photography and multimedia practices to produce work that embodies emotion, memory and storytelling.
My work pushes beyond the limitations of hung gallery work, by investigating the use of photography as installation, I explore how interaction can influence the viewer’s engagement and relationship with the work.
Emotional responses also drive me to create visceral, raw sculptural work. My sculptural pieces embody my emotional reaction to events and investigate the themes of identity, anxiety, loss and confrontation.
My work pushes beyond the limitations of hung gallery work, by investigating the use of photography as installation, I explore how interaction can influence the viewer’s engagement and relationship with the work.
Emotional responses also drive me to create visceral, raw sculptural work. My sculptural pieces embody my emotional reaction to events and investigate the themes of identity, anxiety, loss and confrontation.
Selected Exhibitions & Residencies
Past Residencies
October 2015 - May 2016: AA2A Residency at Sheffield Hallam University.
Selected Exhibitions
08/09/18 - 21/09/18: Identity. The Grace, Fitzalan Sq, Sheffield, S1 2AY
25/10/17 - 29/10/17: The Bridge. Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
21/10/16 - 03/11/16: Curious Cabinets. Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
30/04/16 - 08/05/16: The Beast Within. Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
25/04/16 - 14/10/16: Platform 16. Touring Exhibition. Millennium Gallery, Gage Gallery & Sheffield Institute of Art.
19/06/15 - 10/07/15: FLUX (a collaborative exhibition with Exchange Place Studios Artists & Liverpool SOUP collective), Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
06/10/14 - 26/10/14: Wishes Exhibition. Riverside Gallery, Rotherham.
01/08/14 - 30/09/14: NETWORKS. Blue Moon Cafe, Sheffield.
06/08/14 - 30/08/14: CUT. Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
05/07/14: Street Party, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield. Hosted by Cupola Contemporary Arts and S6 Platform.
Machine for Generating Happiness workshop.
21/06/14: Ruskin Park Festival, Walkley, Sheffield. Machine for Generating Happiness workshop.
17/05/14 - 24/05/14: Wish you were here! Filament 14, Magdalen Rd Studios, Oxford.
05/02/14 - 08/02/14: 20x20 - 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield.
06/08/13 - 24/09/13: Out of Context, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
Education
2008 PGCert Media and Cultural Studies - University of Sunderland
2005 BA(Hons) Contemporary Photographic Practice - Northumbria University
October 2015 - May 2016: AA2A Residency at Sheffield Hallam University.
Selected Exhibitions
08/09/18 - 21/09/18: Identity. The Grace, Fitzalan Sq, Sheffield, S1 2AY
25/10/17 - 29/10/17: The Bridge. Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
21/10/16 - 03/11/16: Curious Cabinets. Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
30/04/16 - 08/05/16: The Beast Within. Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
25/04/16 - 14/10/16: Platform 16. Touring Exhibition. Millennium Gallery, Gage Gallery & Sheffield Institute of Art.
19/06/15 - 10/07/15: FLUX (a collaborative exhibition with Exchange Place Studios Artists & Liverpool SOUP collective), Exchange Place Studios, Sheffield.
06/10/14 - 26/10/14: Wishes Exhibition. Riverside Gallery, Rotherham.
01/08/14 - 30/09/14: NETWORKS. Blue Moon Cafe, Sheffield.
06/08/14 - 30/08/14: CUT. Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
05/07/14: Street Party, Hillsborough Park, Sheffield. Hosted by Cupola Contemporary Arts and S6 Platform.
Machine for Generating Happiness workshop.
21/06/14: Ruskin Park Festival, Walkley, Sheffield. Machine for Generating Happiness workshop.
17/05/14 - 24/05/14: Wish you were here! Filament 14, Magdalen Rd Studios, Oxford.
05/02/14 - 08/02/14: 20x20 - 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield.
06/08/13 - 24/09/13: Out of Context, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield.
Education
2008 PGCert Media and Cultural Studies - University of Sunderland
2005 BA(Hons) Contemporary Photographic Practice - Northumbria University
