Bio

Who I am

I am a Liverpool based artist & freelance arts professional.

I currently have a studio at The Royal Standard. I also work at the Bluecoat.

Currently reading House of Leaves by Mark Z.Danielewski.

What I do

I am interested in creating new sculptural forms that offer possible narratives that draws upon the reference/use of existing objects and materials.

These forms/objects thrive on the tensions of the relationships between the constructed forms and found materials present in my work. I aim to manipulate our knowledge and understanding of the systematic value and perception of specific objects.

Chance is often an arbiter of my work and decisions are often dictated by the conditions of production. The importance of materials that I use/find/gather often have a critical significance to the reading of the work alongside evident geometrical and spatial concerns.

The creation of these new forms is paradoxical in that whilst the objects are often heavy and cumbersome, they are balanced or propped at odds with their state of existence – the threat of failure/collapse every present.

Selected Exhibitions

Directorships

Director of Arena Studios & Gallery; February 2008-May 2010

Awards

Susan Cotton Travel Scholarship 2007

Curation/Exhibitions organised

Exposed Surfaces, Out of the Bluecoat, July 2007

Coller Elective, Arena Gallery, June 2009

Trip Through My Window, Arena Gallery, July 2009

A Degree of Uncertainty, Arena Gallery, August 2009

a solitary cosmopolitan, Arena Gallery, February 2010

Collusion, Arena Gallery, March 2o1o

Proof, Arena Gallery, April 2010

Writing

Blankpages guest visual editor, issue 14, November 2009

Blankpages, Issue 14, November 2009

Liverpool Art Journal, Issue Two, published by Tracey Eastham, 2009

A Degree of Uncertainty exhibition text, August 2009

Culture Campus Magazine editor and writer, 2008

The Bluecoat blog, 2008

Features

Blankpages Issue 13 featured artist, July 2009