About me / CV
My practice centres on transformation and re-purposing; using recycled and new textiles with sculptural properties to re imagine places and objects, documenting the work in photographs and moving image. Working in depth at the (selv)edges.
I have a bank of materials which metamorphose and circulate through my work; inhabiting changing environments and becoming new forms.
Following in the footsteps of a lineage of women in my family who worked in textiles and industry (my mum made bespoke soft furnishings inspired by my great grandma who was a highly regarded tailor in Leeds in early 1900’s), I completed an MA Fashion in 2019 at Norwich University of the Arts.
I’m compelled to challenge these traditional methods of making by resisting cutting into materials wherever possible; instead, I drape, cover, and wrap to create site specific sculptures and installations.
Things like branches, industrial scrap, buildings, rocks, become bodies to dress and adorn, subverting their original function.
Ordinary things become strange, familiar and alive…
Solo exhibitions
TILT, The Old Theatre, Framlingham, Oct 2023. An Art Station Project
On the Brink, OUTPOST GALLERY, Norwich, Jun 2022
Group exhibitions
2026
173 Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol, Sep 2026
Summer Contemporary, Britten Pears Arts, curated by Devi Singh, Jul 2026
Noon to Moon, First Light Festival, Lowestoft, curated by Alexander Costello, Jul 2026
Ham, Home, House, Village, 635 London Rd South, Lowestoft, curated by Tricia Hall, May 2026
In Proximity, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Feb 2026
2025
Noon to Moon, First Light Festival, Lowestoft, curated by Alexander Costello, Jul 2025
SILENT DISCO ’25, Wickham Market, curated by Graham Crowley, Jun 2025
2024
For Folk Sake, The Cut, Halesworth, curated by Rebecca Riess and Alexander Costello, Oct 2024
Thread Count Part One, The Art Station, Saxmundham, co-curated by Freddie Robins, Clare Palmier and Emily Cannell for The Art Station, Jun 2024
TBA Artist Collective “Five Years”, Norwich Shoe Factory, Norwich, Mar 2024
As Self As Self As, Asylum Studios, Rendlesham, curated by David Cooper, Jan 2024
2023
chArt, Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art, Mar 2023
Unconsumed, The Shoe Factory, Norwich, Mar 2023
2022
Flags, The Art Station, Saxmundham, Jul 2022
StudioUs, Original Projects, Primeyarc, Great Yarmouth, May 2022
Your Body Belongs to You, Shutterhub, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France, Apr 2022
2021
TBA Artist Collective “006:EMBASSY”, Norwich Shoe Factory, Sep 2021
Summer Exhibition, The Yare Gallery, Great Yarmouth, Aug 2021
The Assembly House Summer Open, The Assembly House, Norwich, Jun 2021
2020
TBA Artist Collective “004:CHURCH”, St. Margaret’s Church, Norwich, Mar 2020
Awards
DYCP (Developing Your Creative Practice), Arts Council England, 2025
Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Award, 2025
Collections
Norwich University of the Arts Collection, acquired 2019
Private collections, UK
Residencies
A Body of Movement - with Kerry Curl and Emma Zangs, The Norwich Shoe Factory, May 2021
Education
MA Fashion, Norwich University of the Arts, 2019
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Middlesex University, 2012