Since completing a B.A. (Hons) Sculpture at Winchester School of Art (2000-03) and M.A. Drawing at Wimbledon School of Art, London (2004-05), practice has established interdisciplinary exchanges between archaeological excavation and phygital drawing processes (physical and digital), receiving international peer review and awards.
Artworks propose new experiential readings of our tacit human histories with surfaces by re-mapping sites and narratives in new, abstract and unorthodox ways.
The past eleven years have been informed by field archaeology residencies in collaboration with the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, with current studio work undergoing completion from a residency in Nesscliffe, UK.
Resulting works include digital laser drawings, excavating onto, into and through paper, extending to digital c-type prints, pencil drawing and video.
Current International Exhibition:
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2024, London and UK Tour (2024-2025), exhibited at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London. Opens 3rd October - 16th October.
Selected work: Phygital Excavation (2023) Award: Highly Commended
Selected by: Mary Evans, Artist & Director of UCL Slade School of Fine Art; Gary Sangster, Curator & Writer, Co-Director of Drawing Projects UK; Jennifer Scott, Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. The exhibition will tour to museums and galleries in Salisbury, Falmouth, Dundee, and Manchester, until October 2025. Accompanying the exhibition will be a fully illustrated Exhibition Publication, a downloadable Education Pack, and a programme of educational events including a Drawing Symposium on Thursday 3 October 2024.
Selected Exhibitions:
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2023, selected by Laura Hoptman, Executive Director of The Drawing Center, New York; Dennis Scholl OAM, Collector, Arts Patron and President & CEO of Oolite Arts, Miami; Barbara Walker MBE RA, British Artist. Shortlisted for the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award; Lumen Prize 2019 (Prize Winner), Global Award for Art and Technology, selected by Tate Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Media Lab China, FutureEverything & Goldsmiths University; Jerwood Drawing Prize (2007, 2010, 2012); Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales (Highly Commended 2007, finalist 2009 & 2012).
Current Post:
Course Leader, B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Painting and Drawing, University of Northampton. HE and FE facilitation extends over twenty years with FHEA status.
International drawing symposiums and exhibitions have been self-organised and chaired in collaboration with Drawing Center, New York, USA; Tate Gallery, London and, Rabley Drawing Centre, UK. Pedagogic research has received peer selection for many international symposiums, contributing to REF cycles since 2013, including HE external validation.
Selected published articles and research papers include: Journal of Visual Arts Practice, Routledge (2018); Open Archaeology, De Gruyter (2021) and, a chapter publication with Bloomsbury, in early 2025.
