About
My practice is rooted around drawing, its materials, tools, methods, subjects and history. Having studied art history, the past strongly informs my work and it is underpinned by a consistent engagement with, and the practice of, drawing from life.
I work in a range of media, most recently exploring the human silhouette through the 19th century technique of cyanotype printing, and using scissors as a drawing tool to create paper cut-out figures from life. Other bodies of work have used envelopes, lipstick as a printing ink, and fake eyelashes.
My work explores themes of the human figure in visual culture, questioning the beginnings and endings of a drawing, filling-in,
drawings as objects, and the use of humble disposable materials.
I live and work in South London.
Education
2006-7:
Master's History of Art and Visual Culture, University of Oxford
2003-06:
Combined Honours in Arts, University of Durham
2002-03:
Foundation Diploma in Fine Art, University of Gloucestershire
Forthcoming exhibitions:
100 Works on Paper Benefit
Kentler International Drawing Space,
353 Van Brunt St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231
KICK-OFF PARTY: Saturday, September 20, 4 - 6pm (open to the public)
Exhibition on view: Sept. 20 - Oct. 17, Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 5pm
Current exhibitions:
New Drawings
Kentler International Drawing Space,
353 Van Brunt St.
Brooklyn, NY 11231
June 14 - July 20 2025, Gallery Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 5pm
Juror: Samantha Friedman, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024
Salisbury Museum until 26 January 2025
Falmouth Art Gallery, 1 February - 10 May 2025
Drawing Projects Dundee, 14 May - 25 July 2025
Manchester Waterside Gallery, 18 August - 11 October 2025
Past exhibitions:
Drawing Humans, Curated by Alex English, XYZ Gallery, Grays Inn Road, London, 2024
Southwark Park Galleries Annual Open Exhibition, London, 2024
Props 'Til You Drop, curated by Wendy Chandler, City Lit, London, 2023
Dance First, Think Later, curated by Andrew Bracey, Kate Buckley and Nick Simpson, General Practice, Lincoln, 2020
The Art of Isolation, curated by Rod Kitson, Surrey Quays Shopping Centre, 2020
Swap Art Editions #5: ISLAND, curated by Robin Tarbet. Creekside Arts, Deptford. And digital exhibition on www.skelf.org.uk, 2020
London Art Fair with Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Business Design Centre, Islington, 2020
Painting Open, No Format Gallery, Deptford, 2019
Perpetual Shift, curated by Nicholas Dietrich. The Koppel Project, London, 2019
Hospital Rooms 20x20 Fundraiser, Elephant West, London, 2019
humdrum, curated by Bruce Ingram, The Store Dulwich College, 2019
Young Masters Art Prize, La Galleria Pall Mall, 2019
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedral, Somerset, 2019
Warbling Collective: We Can Only Have Fun on Certain Days, Stour Space, Hackney, London, 2019
Trinity Buoy Wharf (formerly Jerwood) Drawing Prize 2018, touring exhibition, September 2018 - May 2019
"OverDrawn" Dark Yellow Dot Drawing Prize, curated by London Drawing Group, Deptford, London. March - April 2019
ING Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London, 2018
RCA Secret exhibitions, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Sketch to the Limits, Foyles Gallery London, 2012
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space London and touring exhibition 2011
Awards