Born: Edinburgh, Scotland 1985
Education:
| 2003- 2007 | Edinburgh College of Art BA(Hons) Drawing & Painting |
| 01- 05/2006 | Exchange program Edinburgh College of Art to Listaháskóli Íslands.(Iceland Academy Of Arts) Reykjavik, Iceland. |
Awards
Glasgow Warehouses (SWG3.tv) awarded free studio from Aug 07-Aug 08
The Andrew Grant Bequest for a First in BA (hons) Painting, 2007
British Airways Student Travel Award, 2007
The Loomshop Gallery Award for the best Painting 2007
The RSA James Cumming Award for Draughtsmanship, 2007
The Keith Prize for best student work in the Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, 2005
Residencies
Skaftfell Cultural Centre, Seydisfjordur, Iceland, September 2007
Artist Statement
Concisely my work is about the senses, about exploring, expanding depriving, mixing and creating. I am interested in the way we learn, obtain, forget and remember information. Also the way we store it and the associations we have for objects.
Through the use of sound installation, kinetic sculpture and text, alongside works on paper, I hope to engage people and encourage them to experience my work rather than merely observing it.
My work draws on many sources that are often linked by my fascination with different modes of communication.
Since spending some months in Iceland, Norse mythology has ingrained itself into my practice, I particularly am interested in the myths of the spinning Norns who are Three but One and who unite in their fated web, the entire living world...Not knowing what we know.