I am a visual artist with an inquiry-led practice. My works engage with the reality of impermanence, rites of passage, creation of tender spaces and the value of sharing. For the past two years I’ve been expanding into socially engaged practice by creating spaces dedicated to being of service, connecting with others through collaborative exchanges and realising concepts into artworks using conversations, hand poke tattooing, performance, video, drawing, photography and objects.

Research through practical learning is a fundamental part of my practice. Some of this include; learning to freedive to be able to hold my breath and investigate the liminal stage between life and death. To create work that explored a mode of communication unknow to me, I completed a Level 1 Award in BSL. To be able to offer tattoo rites, I trained with a mentor, Grace Neutral, who is an icon in hand poke tattooing. Most recently to observe the reality of impermanence I completed a 10 day silent meditation course. This methodology allows me to create credible and meaningful works that aim to provoke and engage with others.

My works are realised from a combination of my ongoing mind-body practices. I merge my Vipassana mediation, yoga and climbing practice together with my creative practice. My research is informed by my interest in humanity, psychology, justice, ecology, holistic and mindful living.

The trajectory of my work has been to connect the female form (primarily my own) to the external world, where both environmental and cultural territories are intimately sensed and experienced, and socially performed. In the past I have been utilising my body and its processes in the performances, which I envisage as modern feminist rituals. 

I’m drawn to performative aspects of art making. All my works employ a great amount of hyperfocus, repetition, endurance and are time based. Currenlty I am continuing with the emphasis on supporting, the ritual and the body as I intend to deepen my knowledge and lived experience of our mortality, specifically the end of life preparations and practices.