British Artist Exhibits in United Kingdom and Brazil Located Ashford, United Kingdom The Beat & Within the Limitations - 9 to 19 October - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks TN13 1LQ The Beat - 9 to 19 October - Echo's Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil 
In my practice I employ a repetitive process to create site-specific free-flowing sculptures, in historical buildings or design gorilla installations in urban and rural locations. Fragile, seemingly ephemeral, inconsequential these artworks often use transparent plastic substances, from our every day, single used products. They are achieved through a labour-intensive craft process of duplication and wrapping which is suggestive of acts of preservation yet the resulting sculptures, reflective of my mental analysis, lack substance, durability or essential transformation. This process of "enfoldment" is cathartic and a haptic methodology, which allows me to spatially process my sense of grief and loss through the function of my body. As a species, mankind is at the top of the food chain, where we aggressively dominate, discriminate and control our world, often by exercising double standards. And now we have become the victims of our success due to the pervasive concentration of non-biodegradable plastics discarded by a society constantly enticed to purchase new products, in the name of progress and profit. These wonders of technology and convenience illustrate the investment of billions but with little responsibility, control or accountability for the outcome. There is a problematic challenge rooted in the work due to the ubiquitous plastic employed, because unlike other manmade materials, pottery and steel, plastic leaks contaminated particles into liquids and soil which damage our eco and biota systems (teaming and vibrant organic micro worlds) which are the substance to all living matter. It is estimated that plastics will take trillions of years to significantly break down with an outcome unknown. My work is questioning how we appropriate the plastic already disguarded, in our landscape, landfills and water systems. It is a growing problem as manufacturing will not cease as multinational corporations feel no need to stem their production and while governments do not issue restrictive legislation. So it is up to us to recalibrate, nurture what is important, question and elect political representatives that will act for our future. 
MA Fine Art - University of the Creative Arts 2020
BA Fine Art – University of Kent 2016 BA Information & Editorial Design - Middlesex University 1984 PUBLICATIONS
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[email protected] Chair of Ashford Visual Artists 2022 - 25 Faciliator at StMary's, Sellindge 2019 - 23 |
SELLECTED EXHIBITIONS SOLO 2024 Pottering in the Garden - Payers Pocket Garden, Folkestone - Open Art Folkestone 2024 On the Road to Nowhere - Charing Art Festival, Charing 2023 Give Something Back - Dymchurch Beach, Romney Marsh Running Uphill - Ingleden Woods, Tenterden I sit and talk to God - StMary's, Sellindge The Orbit of the Egg - StMary's, Sellindge 2022 Faceless - StMary's, Sellindge A Sea Change - StMary's, Sellindge The Last 24hrs - StMary's, Sellindge 2021 . . . and now you don't - Little Swift, Margate Enfold - StMary's, Sellindge 2018 Faceless - Strange Cargo, Folkestone to commemorate Armistice day 2016 The Elephant in the Room – University of Kent, Tonbridge 2015 Water as a Stone – University of Kent, Tonbridge 2014 Salted Caramel – University of West Kent, Tonbridge COMMUNITY PROJECTS 2025 The Beat Auction - UCA, Canterbury 2024 The Beat - Artly Mix, Brazil The Beat - Instagram Leading to Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Within the Limitations - Tesco's, Ashford 2023 Within the Limitations - Instagram with Gregory Daines & AVA 2023 Art in the Park - Victoria Park, Ashford 2022 Community Art Fair - StMary's, Sellindge Grief Letter - Natalia Millman's ongoing project Mellow Out - StMary's, Sellindge 2021 Community Art Fair - StMary's, Sellindge Mellow Out - StMary's, Sellindge Message in a Bottle - StMary's, Sellindge 2020 A Stitch in Time - Stour Downs Parish Breathe out - Kent County Council - Ashford Loafing Around - Catching Lives Homeless Shelter - Canterbury 2019 invisible made tangible - 13-16 yrs. - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Spatial with Anna Baranowska - 13-16 yrs. - National Saturday Club, UCA, Canterbury COLLABORATIONS 2021 VOID 2020 - invited by Jane Cordery - Horsebridge, Whitstable 2018 WAVELENGTHS with Jane Cordery - Arts Forum, Hastings - curator/artist 2017 Inverse Reflection with Sally Meakins - Arts Forum, Hastings 2016 repeatrepeatrepeat with Sophie Barnett - University of Kent, Tonbridge 2015 Uncharted Waters with Jane Cordery – Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable 2014 Snakes & Ladders with Jane Cordery – Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable GROUP 2024 Taste of Art in the Barn - Chartham Vineyard, Canterbury The Gathering - Throwley Church, Faversham Imaginarium - Rua Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil 30works30days - Instagram & hosted by ArtQuest Momentum - Rua Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Adisham Arts Festival - Adisham 2023 AVA returns to Chartham - Chartham Vineyard, Canterbury Equilibrium - Rua Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Sea Us - St Mary's Community Centre, Rye 30works30days - Instagram & hosted by ArtQuest Reflections in Time - Creative Centre, Rye Narrativas - Echo's Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2022 Reflexo - Echo's Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil We Are Here - Cambridge Artworks, Cambridge Interlude – Espaço Ira Rebella, Sao Paulo, Brazil Consumption - Issue 24 - Haus-a-Rest, Art Zine Time Project - tebbsgallery.com + book 30works30days - 12Ø Collective + Art Quest Chronos - Echo's Studio, Sao Paulo, Brazil The Open - Turner Contemporary, Margate 2021 30works30days - 12Ø Collective + Art Quest Fragment - Pragmata Collective - Online The Virus that came to Tea - @r_is_n.projects - Online Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize – selected 3 March, Instagram 2020 VIA Arts Prize 2020 - Finalists' Online Ibero-American Exhibition MA Degree Show - UCA - Online pop up 2019 "I make art about . . ." - Joseph Wales Gallery, Margate Mrs Dalloway & Mrs Ramsey - Derek's Room, University of Kent, Canterbury Tug of War - Alex Walton, Curating MA, UCA, Canterbury Postcards - Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne WAVELENGTHS 2 - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Actants - Beaney Museum, Canterbury Pint Sized - Brewery Tap, Folkestone 2018 Postcards - Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne Members - Arts Forum, Hastings 2017 Afternoon Tea/Works on Paper - Chiara Williams Contemporary Art, Margate This is Tomorrow - Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks This is Tomorrow - University of Kent, Old Dockyard, Chatham This is Tomorrow - University Centre West Kent, Tonbridge Assemblage - Arts Forum, Hastings Stains and Traces III - Arts Forum, Hastings 2016 Paper Works - Arts Forum, Hastings In the Dock – University of Kent, Old Dockyard, Chatham Textuality – University of Kent, Tonbridge Beginnings: Works in Progress – University of Kent, Tonbridge Turned Inside Out – University of Kent, Tonbridge By Means of … - Arts Forum, Hastings Reinterpret – University of Kent, Tonbridge 2015 Chalk at Towner – Towner, Eastbourne In the Dock – University of Kent, Old Dockyard, Chatham Lying beyond what’s obvious – University of Kent, Tonbridge Fragmented Femininity – University of Kent, Tonbridge Once upon a Time – University of Kent, Tonbridge A Woman of No Importance – University of Kent, Tonbridge By Means of … - Arts Forum, Hastings 2014 Cabinets of Curiosity – The Museum, Maidstone One fine day in the middle of the Night – Singing Soul Gallery, Cranbrook Stains + Traces II - Arts Forum, Hastings Colour Block - Arts Forum, Hastings 2013 APT Creekside Open Selected by Paul Noble – Deptford, London 2011 APT Creekside Open Selected by Dexter Dalwood – Deptford, London RESIDENCY 2021 Threshold - Brewery Tap Project Space, Folkestone - Group 2019 Cabin Fever - The Cabin, UCA, Canterbury - Solo 2016 Bank Side, Canary Wharf, London - Group CURATING 2024 The Beat - Instagram & Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks Within the Limitations - Sponsored by Tesco's 2018 WAVELENGTHS - Arts Forum, Hastings 2016 Rio Return – University of Kent, Tonbridge 2015 And Where Were You? – Arts Forum, Hastings 2014 Back to back they faced each other - Arts Forum, Hastings 
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