BIO

Born in the Midlands in 1979 I live and work in Glasgow, UK. I received my Fine Art BA from Goldsmiths College, London in 2001. I have exhibited nationally and internationally and my work is held in private collections.

Alongside my painting practice I was once a singer in The Fairies Band and co-founded indie-label Pushing Pussy Records with fellow band members. I collaborated with friend Twinkle Troughton to create street based performance artworks and I was co-founder/co-director of A-side B-side Gallery and Studios in Hackney.

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STATEMENT

Through play and experimentation with paint, colour and materials I search for ways to make thoughts and feelings visible, tangible. In the work I respond to my own immediate environment and to the issues of our time.

Autobiographical narrative has always been present in my work, and since having children my experience of motherhood has become a central theme. I am interested in exploring the emotional complexities of motherhood from a feminist perspective. There is a focus on domesticity and a celebration of the everyday, I’ve always loved punk and that has inspired a DIY sensibility in my work. The idea of making art within limited means is interesting to me and painting surfaces are often created from repurposed materials I find on the street, at home or in the studio. For example wooden panels and objects such as drawers and cereal boxes. A recurring thread is my interest in creating a dialogue with women artists who were excluded from the Western art historical canon. References to artists from the past are interwoven with the motifs and images from my own family home environment, providing a vehicle for my exploration of paint, colour and materials.