About

Photography by Daniel Jackont

Endurance and resilience in the face of the precarity of life, both emotionally and physically, are always in the forefront of my mind, guiding my practice.

My work is autobiographical and centres around women often with an element of performance - settings where the human condition is examined metaphorically.

The self-portrait is a place to play and is the most revelatory, both revealing and concealing, veiling and unveiling. Seeking to unspool thoughts and emotions, but also insinuate narratives that allow multiple interpretations to the viewer. The human body and its limbs are a key vehicle of expression. Distortion such as that seen in mirrors and reflections explore fragility and vulnerability, by stretching and expanding the body.

There is often a tension between figuration and abstraction, representation and materiality.

Materiality conveys meaning and intensity. Building the composition and creating an infrastructure of underpainting is essential to the experience of the work, despite being unseen. This is followed by meticulous and detailed rendering of my subjects, which is distorted through the addition of multiple glazes that disrupt the final image.

A poetic stance is present; sparks of fantasy underlying emotional tensions, uncovering potential in aesthetic situations of adversity. The most recent work evokes a haunting sense of exposure; a voyeuristic exploration of the self. Behind the playfulness and intimations of narcissism lies an undercurrent of something darker at work, something a little disturbing and unsettling, remote yet intimate and sensuous.

Education

City & Guilds London Art School, MAFA Sept 2022

St Martins School of Art, BA Fashion

Exhibitions

Rogue Women exhibition, Rogue Studios, Manchester, Oct 2024

Circle exhibition, Pollen Collective, Kindred Studios, Sept 2024

Figurative Impressions group exhibition, Hurst Contemporary, June 2024

Annual Royal Scottish Academy, May 2024

Made by Many Acts group exhibition, Bakery Art Gallery, March 2024

All I Want Is Three Heads Solo exhibition, Mama, July 2023

Hox Gallery group exhibition, March 2023

Arc Padstow group exhibition, Daytime Dreaming, Jan 23- May 23

Exposure group exhibition, Nov 2022

MA Graduation show at City & Guilds of London Art School, Sept 2022

Solo exhibition, 14 Cavendish W1, LFW Feb 2022

Circle exhibition, Pollen Collective, 44 Great Russell St, Sept 2021

PAPERback on-line exhibition, Sept 2020

Awards

Hopper Prize winner 2024

Ingram Prize Finalist 2023

Unit 1 Gallery/workshop solo residency & show Finalist 2023

Projects

Art on a Postcard (AOAP) 10 Year Anniversary Auction, Nov 2024

Speaker at Saatchi Gallery at The One Too Many exhibition opening, Oct 2024

Work bought and displayed at The Broadwick, a new five-star boutique hotel located in Soho with interiors by Martin Brudnizki, April 2023

Art on a Postcard (AOAP) Winter Auction, Nov 2022

Art on a Postcard (AOAP) Winter Auction, Nov 2021

Residencies

Olympiada, Chalkidiki, Greece, May 2023

Oshadi, Erode India, February 2023

Pouchcove Foundation, Newfoundland, March 2022

Publications

Bienal de Sao Paulo interview January 2025

Hopper Prize interview August 2024

Feature in FT Weekend Magazine, Oct 2023

Polemical Zine’s 19th issue Blue

Art zine Arty by Transition Gallery, February 2023

Interview with the independent podcast, In Talks With?, November 2022

Olho Magazine Brazil (Cover and feature), Sept 2022

Pill Ow, publication, Rora Blue May 2022

L’Officiel Brasil Autumn 2022 issue

WWD, online publication, Feb 2022

Magazine Joe M-A (A SPACE BETWEEN), publication, Sept 2021


CV
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