My paintings originate from a deep urge to express the swirling and irregular shapes, lines and forms that exist in my mind before I acknowledge them. I am drawn to organic, fluid surfaces and structures, like amoebas or the curves of the inner ear, which I interlock into dense fields of alternating colour. Through repeated drawing and observation, I explore the textures and weights of these colour-shapes and how they might exist in space as solid or ethereal connected entities.
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Each painting is an independent scenario. Some seem to align, sharing a similar existence, whilst others feel like glimpses into different times and places. Sometimes, shapes and forms reappear across multiple paintings, as if they're traveling through time. They have also developed distinct visual character that resonates with my exploration of painting’s relationship with sound and my intense personal perception on auditory experience.
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The paintings deal with a combination of slowness and quickness demonstrated through ‘tinny’ marks, wispy lines and loud, solid forms. These different factures contribute to a tiered system within each painting, generating vertical depth and slim distance across the painted field.
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
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