I am an artist and writer exploring the intersection between place-based and folkloric histories, traditional magical practices and spiritual ecology. I am interested in how ancient understandings of our world and the embodiment of this knowledge can inform how we respond to, experience, and be in this time of climate collapse, particularly through the lens of community. I work with heritage spaces, museum collections and respond to historical sites and objects.
I have my MA in Social Sculpture, a territory of transdisciplinary creativity focused on the shaping of a humane and ecologically viable society. Taught by Professor Shelley Sacks, I was fortunate to have this time with the leading voice in Social Sculpture. Shelley was a collaborator of Joseph Beuys and continues to radically expand on the principles of Social Sculpture originally proposed by Joseph Beuys.
In 2022 I had a solo show Spirit Mirror at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery responding to the life of philanthropist and spiritualist medium Winifred Coombe Tennant which included archival materials, items from the gallery collection and a large scale installation that featured a prophetic beeswax owl alongside a series of curated William Blake and Victor Hugo prints from the gallery collection which had not never been shown publicly. For this work I became a Nominated Recipient of the Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award.
I am currently undertaking an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership PhD at Amgueddfa Cymru and University of South Wales, exploring the prehistoric archaeology collections through performance.