I’m interested in the uneasy space between memory and perception — those moments when the familiar tilts into the strange. Using layered mixed-media surfaces, I combine drawing, paint, and text to create imagery that feels both narrative and dreamlike.

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My work responds to the rhythms, sensuality, and vitality of living forms, allowing imagery to shift between figurative, abstract, and imagined states. This reflects the layered nature of lived experience — emotional, sensory, and sometimes spiritual.

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Themes of co-dwelling, interconnection, and the porousness of natural forms are central to my practice. I’m drawn to how body and environment interact — often in intimate, transformative ways — and how drawing can hold space for these encounters. Intuition and transformation guide my process, shaping both the work’s form and meaning.

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I hold a PhD in the arts and spent over twenty years working in curation, arts administration, and Higher Education before returning to studio practice. That experience continues to inform how I think about context, audience, and the broader role of art in cultural life.

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I studied at the University of Brighton and am an alumna of the Royal Drawing School (2023). My work has been exhibited widely, including as part of the national Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, UK (2024-2025), along with various solo and group shows.

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I’m currently based in Devon and open to commissions, collaborations, and exhibition opportunities.

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​Exhibitions​

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5 - 23 November 2025: Selected work, Soho Open. Great Pulteney Street Gallery, Soho, London. 

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18 August - 11 October 2025: TBWD, Waterside Gallery, 1 Waterside Plaza, Sale, Trafford M33 7ZF

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10 July - 09 August 2025: Summer Open. Barnstaple, North Devon.

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19 June to 25 July 2025: TBWD, Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee DD1 4HT

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31 May - 28 June 2025. Our Place. Group exhibition, curated by Lauren McNicoll. Studio KIND. Barnstaple, North Devon.

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1 February - 10 May 2025: TBWD, Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall.​

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26 October 2024 - 26 January 2025: TBWD, Salisbury Museum, Salisbury.

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03 - 16 October 2024: Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, (TBWD) London.

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September - October 2024: Dartmoor Collective Exhibition, Manor Street Galleries, Plymouth, UK

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August - September 2024: Summer Open. Studio KIND. Barnstaple, Devon​

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June 2024: England is a Forest, group exhibition. Curated by SMALL WORKS at Sluice, The Minories, Colchester.​

 

April 2024: Extract from Slip-Skin, a short story featured in 'Grandma's Story,' a painting installation by Delpha Hudson. Tremenheere Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall.

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April 2024: Eye To Paper Vol 2. The Paper Stage Spring Show. Edinburgh Palette, 151 London Road, St Margaret's House, Gallery 1, Edinburgh.​

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March 2024: Drawing Beyond: works on paper. Group exhibition. Breaker's Gallery, Notting Dale, North Kensington, London.

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February 2024: Artist residency at Dumfries House, Scotland, supported by the Royal Drawing School and The King's Trust.

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September 2023 Selected artwork in Royal West of England Academy (RWA) 170th Open, Bristol.​​​

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August 2023: Chapter contribution in Radical Fauna by Angela Cockayne. Sea Locker Press. 

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August 2023: Dartmoor Collective. Group Exhibition, Poltimore House, Exeter.

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July 2023: Silent / Listen. Group Exhibition, Ashburton Arts Centre, Devon.​

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Selected curatorial highlights include www.marinerbigread.com and www.mobydickbigread.com.

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