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Biography

A Phenomenological Appropriation to Autobiographical Art Practice.

I’m not interested in painting, I’m not interested in the conventional sense of representation nor the use of conventional materials. My work embodies lived experience through autographic mark making. Working is a process of understanding.

Through my art practice I explore theoretical manifestations of experience. Approaching this through research into phenomenology and philosophy. Psychoanalysis pinpoints how thoughts are immediately embodied into the object we are creating, manifesting itself as lived experience.

Self-Consciousness plays a key role in my practice often working at the speed of thought. By doing this I attempt to achieve a surface plain that acts as sematic through the use of semantic writing, these writings being influenced by past embodiment of trauma.

Through my practice I attempt to engage the audience with a notion of displaced knowledge by creating work that becomes an object of contemplation. Using the perception of palimpsest, the surface plain contains traces of previous trauma. Thoughts manifest themselves as cognitive triggers to the audience giving the audience the receptive knowledge to conclude the context to which the work is situated within.

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RESIDENCIES

2017-19 | Ocean Studios, Royal William Yard, Plymouth PL1 3RP

AWARDS

2017 | Dean's Award (University of Plymouth)

CONFERENCES

2018 | 'Barriers' Practice as Research, Plymouth University

SOLO SHOWS

2017 | Rebuilding Relationships. Royal William Yard

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 | Collective - Work in Progress MA CAP University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

2018 | Work in Process, Mills Bakery, Plymouth, UK