I’m a Hastings-based multi-disciplinary artist.
I work across photographic processes, writing, performance, artist’s books and publishing.
My approach to making is experimental, research-based and playful as I set out to discover a unique form for an individual project.
My work responds to contemporary social and political issues and historical events from the perspective of the personal queer lived experience. Recent work addresses the impact of climate collapse.
Negative Press London books (www.neg-press.com) are in many collections including Museum of Modern Art, New York; Wellcome Foundation, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Artists’ Book Collection, Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany; and Musée Français de la Photographie, Bièvres, France.
Some Queer Animals – Shortlisted 2024 Author Book Award at Arles Les Rencontres de la Photographie.
The Spots That Never Went – Highly Commended Finalist of the 2019 Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing, presented by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Exhibitions include Photofusion, London; Bruce Castle Museum, London; Foyles Gallery, London; Dutch Centre, London; Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge; Arnolfini, Bristol; Bury Art Museum, Bury; and Marginal Arts Festival, Roanoke, Virginia, US.
My writing appears in anthologies, journals and academic publications.
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