I release my ongoing and past thoughts through painting, drawing, scribbling, and puzzle-solving - attempting to find answers I either can’t express or don’t wish to show. As I paint, I engage in a continuous conversation with my mind, allowing my subconscious and preconscious to surface.
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I don’t paint for the final product; I paint for the relief. The forms I create represent moments, feelings, and interlocking connections. Sometimes the paint isn’t dry, but I need to keep going, so I’ve learned not to be precious—there’s always another canvas.
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The absence, and presence, of sound enhances this process. My sensory experience informs the rhythms, patterns, and idiosyncrasies in my paintings, allowing colour and form to become my primary means of communication. I rely on them to convey what my words can’t - a richer expression of my inner experience.
2021-2024
Manchester School of Art, First Class Honours in BA (Hons) Fine Art
2020-2021
Nottingham City College, Distinction in Level 4 UAL Art Foundation
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Paper Cuts 2, Group Exhibition, 50MV Gallery, Liverpool
The Manchester Contemporary, UK Contemporary Art Fair, Manchester Central, Manchester
Frequencies, Group Exhibition, Oceans Apart, Manchester
MADE IT 2024 Show, Group Exhibition, SEESAW, Manchester
Humm Dinger, Group Exhibition, FG Gallery, Knutsford
A to Z and Back Again: Eighty-One Artworks in Descending Order of Size and Ascending Order of Duration, Group Exhibition, Holden Gallery, Manchester
Meet the Future, Degree Show Exhibition, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
Tracing Connections, Group Exhibition by MSOA Curatorial Collective, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
Calico, Group Exhibition, The Salutation Pub, Manchester
Traces Unveiled, Group Exhibition by MSOA Curatorial Collective, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
2023
Whiteknights Studio Trail, Group Exhibition, Reading
Disturb + Reassure, Group Exhibition, Joshua Brooks, Manchester
From Joya, Group Exhibition, Manchester School of Art, Manchester
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Wallace Seymour Painting Prize 2024
Freelands Painting Prize 2024 Nominee for Manchester School of Art