About me:
My practice involves a series of appropriate gestures; instinctive sculptural responses to the psychology of particular spaces. My work draws on both mine and the viewer’s haptic senses to question the forces which ground us and orientate us within a space.
My current focus surrounds the idea of the studio as a container; an environment which acts as a former in the production of work.
Over the last three years I have been working on a project entitled Objects for A Studio, in the UK, The Netherlands and China. Objects for a Studio involves a series of one day residencies in other artists’ studios. I arrive at each studio armed with only a camera and the intention to create work within an other artist’s space, using only the objects I encounter there. Each residency results in the documentation of a single piece of work, in the form of a photograph.
The project is not intended to survey the hidden studio practice of artists, but rather to stimulate the production of my own work within an unfamiliar environment. By placing myself in the highly personal domain of another artist and giving myself the strict time frame of a single day, I hope to provoke the extremes of emotion that the studio creates.
News:
I am currently exhibiting in Peering Sideways at PSL Project Space Leeds.
In a new exhibition and programme of events at PSL, this ambitious project brings together artists’ groups from around the UK (London, Manchester, Wakefield) under the title Peering Sideways. Perhaps this suggests looking askance, or taking a fresh look, at something familiar. It also hints at the artist-peers taking part in the show, which aims to examine the idea of collectivity, whether through a collaborative practice, the formation of artists’ groups, affiliation through studio membership or simply choosing peers to present their work alongside in a group format.
The project also aims to expand the networks of the participating artists and groups, sparking new relationships and collaborations. The project comprises three separate group shows running concurrently, with some of the work developing in the space over the course of the project. The projects are ‘Other People’s Problems’, ‘Sorry For The Inconvenience’ and ‘Welcome to the Real World’.
Peering Sideways is kindly supported by The Works Recruitment, a specialist recruitment agency founded in 1991 with offices across the North. www.theworksrec.co.uk
PSL is supported by Arts Council England and Leeds City Council.
Peering Sideways
