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.
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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.
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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, 2019, 2020,2022
Clifford Chance Purchase Prize, 2022
DYCP Arts Council Grant, 2022
Shortlisted for the RWA Works on Paper Prize 2020
Arts Council Grant 2020
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
Ambassador of St Cutherberts Mill
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Residencies
Earth Science, artist in residence, University of Bristol, 2022-2023
Wirksworth Festival Artist in Residence, Derby, 2022
Funen Graphic Studio, Denmark, 2018
Bristol Record Office - Artist in residence, 2016
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Fellowships
Earth Art - Bristol University, 2022- 2023
Printmaking Research Fellow - City and Guilds of London art School 2018 -2020
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Education
MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking
BA Drawing for Fine Art practice
Solo Exhibitions
Stones and Power, Wirksworth, 2023
Double Elephant, Exeter 2022
Remnants, HOURS Space, Bristol 2021
Lithographic Museum, Sweden, 2021
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Recent Group Exhibition
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Our World, Our Crisis: A response. Unit 2 Gallery, Huddersfield, 2023
Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2018, 2023
London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, 2019, 2022, 2023
RE Originals, Bankside Gallery, London, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
The Great Print Exhibition, Rheged Centre, Cumbria, 2020, 2021, 2022
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Out of the West, North House Gallery, Manningtree, 2022
Tarpey Open 2022, Derbyshire, 2022
Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair 2021
Summer Show, Bankside Gallery, London, 2021, 2022, 2023
The Fading City, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, 2020
Fragments, The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton-On-Trent, 2019
Exchange, Funen Graphic Studio, Denmark, 2019
Flourish Award, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, 2018
Interuptions, Felios Foundation, Athens, 2018
Edition 4, 44ad Artspace, Bath 2018
Artbook Berlin, Kunstquartier Bethanien, 2017
Bristol to Odense, Christmas Steps Gallery, Bristol 2017
National Open Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London 2017
Bristol meets Odense, Funen Graphic Studio, Denmark 2017
B.A.B.E, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2017
The Master Etchers, Bankside Gallery, London 2016
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