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I am consistently drawn towards the ugliest and most unusual aspects of nature, which inspire my creative expression. I am obsessed with nature’s structural diversity and the surprises it has to offer, and have developed an entirely imagined world of forms drawn from an aquatic reality.
Formations that grow, mutate and interact across my canvasses are not constrained by the two-dimensional structural limitations familiar to us land based mammals. Instead they search in every direction for their form, rejoicing in their weightless environment and disregarding the oppressive restraints of gravity. The often humorous, almost cartoon-like quality in much of my work serves to distance us from, and yet also heighten the sense of the grotesque that lurks behind my brushstrokes. I aim to confront the viewer with images that are difficult to digest and yet always manage to retain a certain fascinating beauty.
I refuse to stick to any particular style, preferring to let the element of surprise articulate the layers of paint and the colour harmonies and clashes in my work. The paintings always develop as a natural, evolutionary process thereby avoiding the manifestos and imperatives that could stem the flow from the imagination to the canvas.
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Professional history
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Born Epson 1979
BA Kingston University 2001
MFA Goldsmiths 2008 - 2010
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Sept 2001 > ‘International Doodlebug Day’ Northern Quarter, Oldham Street, Manchester. An annual event where my paintings were displayed as part of an art, music and video show. Also performed live art installation that was filmed by LWT (London Weekend Television)
Jan 2002 > ‘The Media Centre’, ‘Molotov’ 131-151 Great Titchfield Street, London. Exhibition to promote myself and four graduates from Goldsmiths University.
2006 > ‘ARTKUDOS’ Short-listed Finalist for international juried online competition.
May 2006 – Jan 2007 > 'Dazed Gallery', 'Spunky' SP:UK Spring Summer Exhibition. (Clothing label) ‘No Smoking High Octane Art’ 12 Brunswick Street, Cultural Corner, Hanley, Stoke on Trent. UK and international artists show their skills.
15th – 18th March 2007 > ‘New Art Birmingham’ (NAB) – Art Market Over 100 artists exhibited across 21 specific and associated venues region wide making it the largest visual arts event to take place in the West Midlands.
5th – 15th April 2007 > ‘Art for Aid’, organised by JCI International at the Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Artists from 40 countries were chosen to be part of a Modern Art exhibition in the heart of Amsterdam. A prestigious committee, which included Fausto Colombo, La Triennale di Milano and Helen Sainsbury, Tate Modern London, judged the works. Mrs Albertine Verlinde, director of Sotheby’s Amsterdam, then auctioned the work at the Grand Gala at NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. All proceeds for the event went to UNICEF international.
Jun 2007 > ‘Cosmic Influence’ Caladan Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts
Jul 2007 – Aug 2007 > ‘New Visions’ 181 Gallery, Canal Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts
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