Artist Statement
Today the world is losing its cultural heritage faster than it can be documented. While we should strive to preserve as much as possible of our collective past, we cannot save everything. One option is to document heritage before it is lost; this is where my practice comes into play.
Drawing underpins my work and informs my printmaking processes. With a love for intaglio and lithographic processes, and the connection that they have with our relationship with the environment; my work captures our fading heritage, offering us a portal into the past.
On the surface my prints may appear dark and gloomy, after all, they are my visual interpretation of decay and dereliction found in post-industrial landscapes. However, look more closely and you’ll notice that there is life within these ruins where mother nature has started to reclaim our waste lands and new ecosystems have started to emerge.
Awards and Grants
Awards and Grants
Elizabeth Greenshield Award, 2022
Clifford Chance Purchase Prize, 2022
DYCP Arts Council Grant, 2022
Shortlisted for the RWA Works on Paper Prize 2020
Elizabeth Greenshield Award 2020
Arts Council Grant 2020
Elizabeth Greenshield Award 2019
Eton Fund Grant 2019
Printmaking Today 'State of the Art Prize' 2018
People's choice Award at the Flourish Awards, 2018
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Award 2018
Shortlisted for the Anthony Dawson Young Printmaker Award 2017
Danish International Arts Grant recipient, 2016
Gane Trust Award, 2016
Associations
Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, based at Bankside Gallery www.banksidegallery.com
Residencies
Earth Science, artist in residence, University of Bristol
Wirksworth Festival Artist in Residence, Derby, 2022
Funen Graphic Studio, Denmark, 2018
Bristol Record Office - Artist in residence, 2016
Fellowships
Earth Art - Bristol University, 2022
Printmaking Research Fellow - City and Guilds of London art School 2018 -2020
Education
MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking
BA Drawing for Fine Art practice
Solo Exhibitions
Double Elephant, Exeter 2022
Remnants, HOURS Space, Bristol 2021
Lithographic Museum, Sweden, 2021
Recent Group Exhibition
The Great Print Exhibition 8, Rheghed, Cumbria 2023
Out of the West, North House Gallery, Manningtree
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, 2022
RWA 169 Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol, 2022
Our Fading Heritage, Chapter 1, Nantgarw, 2022
Tarpey Open 2022, Derbyshire, 2022
London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, London, 2022
RE Originals, Bankside Gallery, London, 2022
Great Print Exhibition 7, Rheghed, Cumbria, 2022
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2021
London Original Print Fair 2021
Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair 2021
Great Print Exhibition 6, Rheged, Cumbria, 2020
Woolwich Contemporary Print fair, 2020
168th Annual Open Exhibition, RWA,
Wales Contemporary, Waterfront Gallery,
Summer at the Bankside, Bankside Gallery, London, 2020.
London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy of Arts London 2020
The Fading City, The Hive Birmingham
The Great Print Exhibition 5, Rheged Centre, Cumbria, 2019
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
167th Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol
Fragments, The Brewhouse Arts Center, Burton on Trent, 2019
Summer Exhibition 2019, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Exchange, Funen Graphic Studio, Denmark, 2019
RE Original's Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London 2019
