In a fast-paced world where we are all constantly on the go, with barely enough time to stop and think, we overlook things, miss things and things go unnoticed. It is now more important than ever to give ourselves spaces to pause and time to breathe.
My work exists to counteract the hyper-saturated world of metaphorical noise that we experience through our daily lives. I create large-scale site-specific installations using materials we are all inherently familiar with; my immersive pieces invite viewers to consciously experience their being within space, creating meditative paths in which to pause and reflect.
I believe in the importance of people creating their own self-guided experiences and so aim to facilitate this by allowing my work to be open to the viewer’s own curiosities. More recently I have been exploring notions of space and confines in my work, and recent collaborations with Artists using different media have guided my practice towards a more inquisitive way of working by using new media like sound and film.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Umbrella Collective Exhibition, Cardiff
2020 (Untitled) at the Raveninghm Sculpture Trail, Norfolk
2020 Unfinished, RUG, Cardiff
2019 Interwoven, Shift, Cardiff
2019 Under The Counter Culture (event by tactileBOSCH), Cardiff
2019 Out of Line (as part of LLAWN Arts Festival, supported by tactileBOSCH), Llandudno
2019 HOTHOUSE, Cardiff MADE, Cardiff
2019 Empower Me, g39, Cardiff
2019 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
2019 June Residencies, Shift, Cardiff
2019 Now That’s What I Call Maker 05 Degree Show, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff
2019 Maker, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
2018 Affordable Art Auction, g39, Cardiff
2018 Vantage point, Made in Roath 2018, Cardiff
2018 Maker: The art of Process, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff
2018 Makers, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
Upcoming
2020 Made in Roath residency
2020 Aberlleiniog Arts Festival, Anglesey (postponed)
2020 Arboretum Arts residency, Derby
Residencies
2019 Interwoven, Shift (November-December), Cardiff
2019 Shift (September), Cardiff
2019 HOTHOUSE (August), Cardiff MADE, Cardiff
2019 Shift (June), Cardiff
2017 La Perdrix, France
Awards
2020 Curator’s Choice Award, Raveningham Sculpture Trail, Norfolk
Collaborations
2019 Interwoven, with Heledd C. Evans, Sound Artist at Shift, Cardiff
2019 HOTHOUSE, with Ike Stiltz (@figurefiveone), Cardiff
Media
2019 Interviewed Martin Parr on behalf of the National Museum Wales as part of the Photography Season: https://museum.wales/cardiff/whatson/10826/Photography-Season/ (film can be seen in the exhibition)
2018-2019 Guest on Pitch / Illustration / Radio on Radio Cardiff : https://www.mixcloud.com/illorad/pitch-illustration-radio-11th-october-2018/
Education
2016 - 2019 BA(Hons) Artist Designer: Maker, Cardiff Metropolitan University
2015 - 2016 UAL Art and Design Foundation Diploma Level 3, Warwickshire College