About
I studied graphics and electronic media, in London in the 90’s. It was a really exciting time and there was a strong movement in the art world with video and new forms of electronic expression, but it was painting and its immediacy and sense of risk that caught me.
The paint enables the audience to viscerally participate in the experience of the subjects, where the marks and the paint provide a connection to people’s own memories and rights of passage that have formed them.
My practice balances structure and chaos. The structure comes from the representation of objects. Chaos comes from the fluidity of paint, where I can’t be precise or controlling of what happens. Further tension comes from the experimental gestures and marks and richness of layers. I think this tension is integral to the experience of the audience. I really try in each new work to challenge myself to find a new technique or process and build a more sensitive visual vocabulary.
While the colours are often bright and beautiful, there is an underlying sense of exploring the human condition within the work. The narratives of the characters are not perfect or idyllic in any way. Much like people are always searching for meaning, peace and connection, the paintings try to support those journeys the audience has.
I live and work in Portsmouth, U.K.
Education
2007 Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Portsmouth University.
2000 MA Fine Art / History and Theory of Art, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
1998 BA Joint Honours Visual Arts: Graphic Design /Electronic and Lens Based Media, Camberwell College of Art, UAL
1995 Foundation in Fine Art, Central Saint Martins School of Art, UAL.
Representation
Patrick Jones Gallery, Dallas, USA
Glasshouse Contemporary, London, UK
Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester, UK
Muma Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Thom Gallery, Byron Bay, Australia
Solo exhibitions
2024 Tomorrow, Muma Gallery, Hamburg
2024 Recent Works, Indigohouse Gallery, Duxbury, USA
2023 Solace Formed, Allgorithim
2022 Promised Moments, One Paved Court, London
2022 Between Us, Noon Powell Fine Art, London
2022 Scenes We’ve All Seen, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, UK
1998 Empathy, The Spare Gallery, The London Institute, London
1995 Visions, solo show, Meera Gallery, Pune, India
Group exhibitions
2025 Nostalgia, ABV Gallery, Atlanta
2024 En Papillote, Rogue Gallery, Hastings, UK
2024 Glasshouse, Glasshouse Contemporary, London
2024 Kaleidoscope, The Vendue, Charleston, USA
2024 Tea, Coffee and Tequila, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, UK
2024 Contemporary Renaissance, Patrick Jones Gallery, Dallas
2024 Landscapes (not landscapes), Rogue Gallery, Hastings, UK
2024 Heatwave, See Saw Gallery, Manchester, NH
2024 Eye Candy, Skye Gallery, New York
2024 One by One, ABV Gallery, Atlanta
2023 The One With All The Squares III, group show, El Paso Frame Co., Texas
2023 Manchester Contemporary, with Air Gallery, UK
2023 Perfected Imperfections, group show, Kaicen Fragrance House, London
2023 Affordable Art Fair, with Noon Powell Fine Art, UK
2023 Red, group show, Foxyard Studio Gallery, Stowmarket, UK
2023 Air Open 23, group show, Air Gallery, Altrincham, Cheshire
2023 RBSA Prize 23, group show, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, UK
2023 UK Covid-19 Inquiry Commemorative Tapestry, collaborative work, London
2023 Sunny Art Prize, group show, Sunny Art Centre, London
2022 Bath Open, group show, 44AD Artspace, Bath
2022 Return on Art, group show, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2022 RBSA Prize Exhibition, group show, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2022 Cluster, group show, OXO Wharf, London
2022 The Other Art Fair, London
2022 Codes of the Unconscious, group exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London
2021 Wonderment, group exhibition, Noon Powell Fine Art Gallery, London
2021 Objet d’Art, group exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London
2021 Aura, group exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, London
2021 Boredom is not a Luxury, group exhibition, Craft Central, London
2021 Sussex Art Fair
2017 Geometric, group exhibition, Oxmarket Gallery Chichester
2016 Rewire, Guildhall Chichester, group show in partnership with West Sussex County Council
2016 RITUAL, group show at Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
2015 Idea of the Wrong, article in Photopedagogy
2015 Basis, group show at Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
2013 Book Arts, group show at Saatchi Gallery education room
2013 Next, with the Diocese of Chichester, at St Bartholomews chapel in Chichester. A group exhibition exploring questions about the soul and the afterlife through contemporary media.
2012 Foundation Art & Design Celebration, presentation at the British Museum on progressive methods of art and design teaching for Edexcel with Greyson Perry.
2008 Lesson, group show at Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
2002 Listen, audio visual collaboration with Prof. Julio Santiago (Psycholinguistics), University of Grenada, Spain
2000 Exit, group show at The Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Rd, London
1999 Just, a fiction novel. I.S.B.N.: 84-88423-128, D.L.: CO-1.258/1999
1999 The “A” Gallery, group show at The A Gallery, Battersea, London
1998 Flat, group show at The Castle, Greenlanes, Islington, London.
1998 Leisure, group show in association with London Borough of Southwark Council. Camberwell Leisure Centre, London.
1998 Empathy, solo show at The Spare Gallery, The London Institute, London.
1996 And Still to Come..., group show at The Art Gallery, 35 Brixton Station Rd, London.
1996 Free Beer, group show at The Shooting Gallery, Darnley Rd, London.
1995 The Royal Family, group show at The Monstrous Carbuncle Gallery, 20 Ensign Street, London.