CV
2nd July 1981, London
Lives in Spain
Education
MFA at OCA (Open College of the Arts) 2013- 2016
BA Art for the Community with Spanish at University of Surrey 1999-2003
Recent group exhibitions
'Mighty Minis' curated by Suzan Shutan, Melanie Carr Gallery, Conneticut, USA February 2018
'The Last Show We Ever Did'. Proto Gallery, NJ, USA November 2017
'The Secret Postcard Show' curated by Rachael Pinks. The Old Lockup Studio, Uk September 2017
'Mighty Minis' curated by Suzan Shutan, The Souterrain Gallery, Conneticut, USA July-September 2017
'Ocotillo', curated by Jonathan DeDecker at Stella Elkins Gallery, at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, USA January 2017
'X1 MA Fine Art Degree Show', The Civic Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK June 2016
'Expand and Flourish Among New Aquaintances', Proto Gallery, NJ, USA April 2016
'Work on Paper', the Armory Art Fair, NYC, USA March 2016
'Wanderer', Angelika Studios, UK, October 2015
'Pulp Painting' at Studio Apothiki, Cyprus, September 2015
‘Fresh as Form’ on Curating Contemporary online gallery (US based) April 2014
‘Pair’ at Proto Gallery, NJ, USA December 2013
Recent solo exhibitions
'Play Time' at Basement Gallery Lleida, Spain, February-March 2017
'Warm Autumn’ at Beat Lleida, Spain, January-March 2015
‘Dragonfly’ at Sala Laviña, Spain, December 2014
Lives in Spain
Education
MFA at OCA (Open College of the Arts) 2013- 2016
BA Art for the Community with Spanish at University of Surrey 1999-2003
Recent group exhibitions
'Mighty Minis' curated by Suzan Shutan, Melanie Carr Gallery, Conneticut, USA February 2018
'The Last Show We Ever Did'. Proto Gallery, NJ, USA November 2017
'The Secret Postcard Show' curated by Rachael Pinks. The Old Lockup Studio, Uk September 2017
'Mighty Minis' curated by Suzan Shutan, The Souterrain Gallery, Conneticut, USA July-September 2017
'Ocotillo', curated by Jonathan DeDecker at Stella Elkins Gallery, at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, USA January 2017
'X1 MA Fine Art Degree Show', The Civic Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK June 2016
'Expand and Flourish Among New Aquaintances', Proto Gallery, NJ, USA April 2016
'Work on Paper', the Armory Art Fair, NYC, USA March 2016
'Wanderer', Angelika Studios, UK, October 2015
'Pulp Painting' at Studio Apothiki, Cyprus, September 2015
‘Fresh as Form’ on Curating Contemporary online gallery (US based) April 2014
‘Pair’ at Proto Gallery, NJ, USA December 2013
Recent solo exhibitions
'Play Time' at Basement Gallery Lleida, Spain, February-March 2017
'Warm Autumn’ at Beat Lleida, Spain, January-March 2015
‘Dragonfly’ at Sala Laviña, Spain, December 2014
Statement
Explorations of colourful abstraction and materiality wavering between painting and sculpture and referencing childhood memories, kitsch and play. Saturated colours, geometric shapes and patterns, unusual materials brought together in strange toy-like or organic entities that sometimes resemble animals or imaginary characters.
I am always trying out some new experiment from among the variety of materials I have collected together in my studio such as found wood, insulation foam, an old blanket, polymer clay, wool and pipe cleaners. I let the materials guide me, but perhaps my subconscious is leading the way fashioning oddities from some cartoonish realm from the depths of my experience. Spots, stripes, grids and gestural marks make up my formal vocabulary along with bright popping colours. I have a strong sense of something just out of reach and using a combination of materials I can get to that imaginary, unknown entity.
The work comes out of a life-long love of abstract painting, however motherhood has given me an insight into a coming together of past and present; my childhood has become very present to me and fiercely informs my current explorations.
Surrealism, Pop art, Abstract Expressionism and Art Nouveau are past movements that have had a fundamental influence on the development of my practice. However a contemporary rebirth of abstraction, sometimes referred to as provisional painting, has been massively encouraging along with bad craft, feminism and feminine art making, tribal art and outsider art.
In terms of objectives and plans for the work, these involve a continued struggle to allow unknown entities to appear, as well as unknown maps to be drawn with paths and landmarks that I haven’t yet visualised.
I am always trying out some new experiment from among the variety of materials I have collected together in my studio such as found wood, insulation foam, an old blanket, polymer clay, wool and pipe cleaners. I let the materials guide me, but perhaps my subconscious is leading the way fashioning oddities from some cartoonish realm from the depths of my experience. Spots, stripes, grids and gestural marks make up my formal vocabulary along with bright popping colours. I have a strong sense of something just out of reach and using a combination of materials I can get to that imaginary, unknown entity.
The work comes out of a life-long love of abstract painting, however motherhood has given me an insight into a coming together of past and present; my childhood has become very present to me and fiercely informs my current explorations.
Surrealism, Pop art, Abstract Expressionism and Art Nouveau are past movements that have had a fundamental influence on the development of my practice. However a contemporary rebirth of abstraction, sometimes referred to as provisional painting, has been massively encouraging along with bad craft, feminism and feminine art making, tribal art and outsider art.
In terms of objectives and plans for the work, these involve a continued struggle to allow unknown entities to appear, as well as unknown maps to be drawn with paths and landmarks that I haven’t yet visualised.