Untitled (after Baldessari) 121 x 31cm (2010) C type prints
STATEMENT:
Based in London, my practice is primarily photography. Growing up, my father worked from home as a newspaper cartoonist.
With his studio out of bounds, his cartoon strips took on a forbidden appeal. In this way, I developed a fascination for black and white images and sequences that regularly emerge in my work.
Incorporating life experience into my ideas, I now often turn the camera on myself, becoming the subject of black and white scenes. Exaggerated actions are set against neutral environments. Bridging photography and performance art, my work addresses emotional responses to everyday occurrences. These often-absurd enactments are staged for the camera, acting as metaphors for the display of tangled or awkward feelings. In one such piece from 2010: Untitled (After Baldessari), I mimic an original 1974 Baldessari piece (Artist's Identity Hidden With Various Hats) using myself as the subject. Hiding my face in an ironic look at self-consciousness in self-portraiture, this piece is part of a project which looks at persona in what we choose to hide or reveal to those around us.
In recent photographs, I explore the struggle in adjusting to loss and uncertainty. Referring to life events, I exaggerate their memory in imaginary actions. Lockdown inspired me to incorporate my writing into staged self-portrait photographs. This new body of work, called Musings, addresses time slowing down and how this altered tempo can intensify our outlook.
BIOGRAPHY:
I graduated from my first degree in Art History in 1983. From 1984-1991, I worked as a Production Controller in book publishing, scheduling and quality checking non-fiction titles being printed in Hong Kong and Italy. After seven years, I felt in need of a break from publishing and from the UK. I intended to spend a year travelling through India, China and SE Asia. In the event, my travels lasted for two years.
Returning to study on the Fine Art based Jewellery degree at Middlesex University, my interest quickly shifted from the making of jewellery to the photographing of my own body-related designs. I developed my studies at Central Saint Martins with a Postgraduate Certificate in Photography (2008) and an MA in Fine Art (2011).
Selected exhibitions include New Contemporaries (2010-2011) and Creekside Open - selected by Jenni Lomax (2009) and by Ceri Hand (2013).
Based in London, my practice is primarily photography. Growing up, my father worked from home as a newspaper cartoonist.
With his studio out of bounds, his cartoon strips took on a forbidden appeal. In this way, I developed a fascination for black and white images and sequences that regularly emerge in my work.
Incorporating life experience into my ideas, I now often turn the camera on myself, becoming the subject of black and white scenes. Exaggerated actions are set against neutral environments. Bridging photography and performance art, my work addresses emotional responses to everyday occurrences. These often-absurd enactments are staged for the camera, acting as metaphors for the display of tangled or awkward feelings. In one such piece from 2010: Untitled (After Baldessari), I mimic an original 1974 Baldessari piece (Artist's Identity Hidden With Various Hats) using myself as the subject. Hiding my face in an ironic look at self-consciousness in self-portraiture, this piece is part of a project which looks at persona in what we choose to hide or reveal to those around us.
In recent photographs, I explore the struggle in adjusting to loss and uncertainty. Referring to life events, I exaggerate their memory in imaginary actions. Lockdown inspired me to incorporate my writing into staged self-portrait photographs. This new body of work, called Musings, addresses time slowing down and how this altered tempo can intensify our outlook.
BIOGRAPHY:
I graduated from my first degree in Art History in 1983. From 1984-1991, I worked as a Production Controller in book publishing, scheduling and quality checking non-fiction titles being printed in Hong Kong and Italy. After seven years, I felt in need of a break from publishing and from the UK. I intended to spend a year travelling through India, China and SE Asia. In the event, my travels lasted for two years.
Returning to study on the Fine Art based Jewellery degree at Middlesex University, my interest quickly shifted from the making of jewellery to the photographing of my own body-related designs. I developed my studies at Central Saint Martins with a Postgraduate Certificate in Photography (2008) and an MA in Fine Art (2011).
Selected exhibitions include New Contemporaries (2010-2011) and Creekside Open - selected by Jenni Lomax (2009) and by Ceri Hand (2013).
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