ARTIST | PRINTMAKER | VISUAL POET
I am an artist from Bristol, U.K. whose practice includes; printmaking, book arts, visual poetry and performance. My work stems from an interest in the handwritten mark, and is inspired by asemic writing, rooted in abstract expressionism. These organic compositions allude to a tension of conscious and subconscious mark-making, and allow for understanding to happen across all linguistic meaning.
This multi-functional corner of digital space will be utilised to explore and discuss my ideas and influences, and allow an insight into my artistic practice, progression, and research methodologies.
Education
2018 - 2021 MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking - UWE, Bristol, UK
2009 - 2012 BA (Hons) Drawing and Applied Arts - UWE, Bristol, UK
Residencies
2022 The Museum of Loss and Renewal - Collemacchia, Italy
2020 Bower Ashton Library - UWE, Bristol, UK
2012 The Owl Barn Residency - Gloucestershire, UK
Awards and Grants
2021 Agassi Prize, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, UK
2021 The Eaton Fund Grant
Inclusions in Talks & Presentations
2023 'To the library... where books and artists want to be' - GENERATIVE SPACES, The Creative Powers of the Art Library, ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference, Norwich, UK
2023 'Into Silence: asemic writing and alphabets' - Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
2023 'What We Do in the Shadows: bringing book arts into World Book Night' - The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław, Poland
Select Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2022 'But why is it? (That you don't love me)' - The Vestibules, Bristol, UK
2020 'In Conversation' - Online
2020 'anagapesis.' - Bower Ashton Library, UWE, Bristol, UK
Select Group Exhibitions
2023 'My Body In My Hands' - SVA John St Gallery, Stroud, UK
2023 'We Remember' - Bower Ashton Library, UWE, Bristol, UK
2023 'The World is a Handkerchief | The World in a Handkerchief' - Coral Gables Museum, Florida, USA
2022 'Ghosts in the Machine' - Hong Kong Design Institute Library, Hong Kong, China
2022 'Artists' Books Archive Malmö' - Orkanen Library, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
2022 'The World is a Handkerchief | The World in a Handkerchief' - Zona Imaginaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022 'UWE MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Alumni Show' - Centrespace Gallery, Bristol, UK
2022 'Ghosts in the Machine' - Bower Ashton Library, UWE, Bristol, UK
2022 'The World is a Handkerchief | The World in a Handkerchief' - Proyecto'ace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021 '35th Annual Miniature Print Exhibition' - Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
2021 'LGBTQ+ Art Trail' - Glitch, Bristol, UK
2021 ‘GRAPHICS Century XXI’ - Kirov, Russia
2021 'MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Degree Show' - Online
2021 ‘Bristol Artists’ Book Event’ - Online
2021 'The Future is Queer' - Online
2020 ‘Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair’ - Online
2020 ‘The World is a Handkerchief’ - 20|20 Gallery, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, USA
2020 ‘Edition 6’ - 44AD Artspace, Bath, UK
2019 ‘Hot Bed Press 20:20 Print Exchange’ - Hot Bed Press, Salford, UK
2018 ‘FRANKENSTEIN 2018’ - Bower Ashton Library, UWE, Bristol, UK
Collections
Archivio Libri d’Artista - Artist’s Books Archive Milan, Italy
Artists' Book Archive, KKV Grafik Malmö, Sweden
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Archive, Gateshead, UK
Banff Centre Library Archives, Alberta, Canada
Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany
British Library, London, UK
Caulfield Library, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Centre for Fine Print Research Archive, UWE Bristol, UK
Chelsea College of Art Library, London, UK
Collins Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, USA
Cyprus University of Technology Library, Cyprus
Emily Carr University Library, Vancouver, Canada
Gund Memorial Library, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, USA
Little Free Library, Cochranville, USA
Llandaff Library, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK
London Centre for Book Arts, London, UK
Mills College, Oakland, USA
Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Centre d’Estudis i Documentació, Barcelona, Spain National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Oxford Brookes University Library, UK
Queensland College of Art Library, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Saint Petersburg Literary Museum XX Century, Russia
Southern Cross University Library, Lismore NSW, Australia
Special Collections, Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol, UK
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Tate Britain Library & Archive, London, UK
The Jan Michalski Foundation for Writing and Literature, Montricher, Switzerland
The Library, Leeds Arts University, UK
The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Collemacchia, Italy
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, USA
Winchester School of Art Library, UK
Yale Center for British Art, USA