I am a textile artist who shares her time between Northumberland and East London, I enjoy the contrast between the man-made and natural world, the echoes between them, and how they shape each other. Like its physical counterpart, the cultural landscape is ever-changing, with the passing of time, things built to last, and those swept away.
I set my work within a gallery context as interacting with my audience is the heart of my process. I see the exhibition of the work as a moment to pause and reflect, that the reception and response are key moments in the creative process, after all, art is a conversation that should never end.
the dollHouse
The dollhouse is the overarching theme of my artistic philosophy and, just like a real house, I imagine I will be redecorating and furnishing it for a lifetime. I will use it as a cultural touchstone through which I will filter my ideas, to continue to explore the realities of the lives of women and the human condition. I see the possibilities to display it in endless different ways, in different contexts, and maybe one day all at once.
It will travel with me, or rather it is an extension of me – this catalogue is a prototype, it is a curatorial dream, and as such exists beyond time, much as a story does. It is the past, present and future possibilities - a projection into the dream space of what I want my work to be.
Exhibitions
RA Summer Exhibition
13th June- 20th August 2023
Royal Academy
Social Fabric (Sewing not Surgery) (2023)
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Do You Buy This?
3rd - 6th August 2023
Ugly Duck
Social Fabric (Sewing not Surgery) II (2023)
RCA Summer Show
13th- 16th July 2023
Truman Brewery
My Final Major Project culminated in the dollHouse (2023)
Curatorial dreaming of future works in miniature, accompanied by an exhibition catalogue.
Interpret
May 2022
Hockney Gallery, RCA
Freedom’s Just Another Word (2022) – RCA Gallery Context
We’ve got the Power- City & Islington College, Tate Exchange Programme
February 2019
Tate Modern
Taking a Thread for a Conversation (2019)
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Re:Think Pink
May 1999
University Gallery, University of Essex
Co-Curated exhibition on Pink and the Packaging of Femininity