Statement
My practice focuses on connections within intimacy, addiction and nature. Using a combination of sculpture and video, I develop an emotional enquiry into how social addictions interact with dependency, shame and love. My sculptural work uses the language of the intimate body, where I build on a combination of fantasy and memory to visualise emotional truths. As of late, I’ve been exploring more abstracted figures, which aim to grasp at subconscious depictions of guilt, belonging and queer anxiety.
My video work is largely made from the intimate material of my iPhone archives, using my poetry as a voiceover. These clips are often collected for months or years, and similarly my poetry will sit for months before it leads to a formative expression. Although my objective is to generate an emotional response from the viewer, it’s important that my approach to taboo subjects is non-judgmental, dry and careful. My hope is that they present a quiet vulnerability through the bare material of the voice.
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Residencies
2021 - Cove Park
2021 - Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
Awards & Grants
2021- Hope Scot Trust
2021 - Young Scot Nurturing Talent Fund
2020 - FUV beyond moving image commission
Education
2016 - 2020 Edinburgh College of Art, Sculpture, BA
2019 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Exchange Semester
2015 - 2016 Strathclyde University, Partial Completion of BSc in Chemistry
Past Exhibitions
2020 - Field Test, Silvermine Mountains, Ireland
2020 - Dinner Party (a collaboration), Edinburgh College of Art
2020 - Sober Dinner Party, Solo Exhibition, Edinburgh College of Art
2020 - Space Invaders: ECA X RCA Exchange, Edinburgh College of Art
2020 - Buffering, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art
2020 - It's a mess from the Barnes to the Civic House, Glasgow School of Art
2019 - RCA x ECA sculpture exchange, Royal College of Art
2019 - Guns on the Run, Edinburgh College of Art
2019 - Pancake Dinner Party, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
2019 - Sculpture Showcase, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
2018 - Hings and Bits, The Rumshack, Glasgow
2018 - Material Dialogue, Museum of Fire, Edinburgh College of Art
2018 - Help Yourself (dinner party), Solo Exhibition
Edinburgh College of Art
Curatorial Work
2020 - Sculpture Party, Edinburgh College of Art
2018 - Hings and Bits, The Rumshack, Glasgow
2018 - Body Language, Museum of Fire, Edinburgh College of Art
Publications
2020 - 'Five Extraordinary Creatives Making their Mark on the Scottish Art Scene', Canvas Magazine
2019 - 'Eleven Edinburgh Artists you need to know about' MUSE magazine
2018 - PREVIEW: Hings N Bits at The Rum Shak, The Glasgow Guardian