I am a socially-engaged visual artist. I work principally with moving image, making standalone artists' film and installations. My work often plays with mainstream and accessible forms – documentary, music video, magazine – so as to move beyond a traditional gallery audience.
I am interested in who makes work, how, why, for whom, and why that matters. I often produce work within a discrete community or interest group, making work with a personal connection to my collaborators and broader social relevance. I want to celebrate and make visible the joy of the making process itself and explore its value for individual and collective growth and change. I develop processes to enable diverse groups of people to make work together. This focus is mirrored in the subject matter of my work, which deals with themes around our social environment and relationships with one another.
Full list of shows, talks, teaching, awards etc: here.
Curatorial work: here.
Film work produced by satellite.
Editions via artists’ imprint bored.of.works.
Consultancy work: here.
WinterSessions Residency at V2, Rotterdam - exhibition Fri 26th Feb
2025 Awards for Artists - Paul Hamlyn Foundation (UK)
Artist Award recipient - Henry Moore Foundation (UK)
Never Sleep - Four Corners/Chisenhale Gallery (London, UK)
2024Rabbits Road Press/UCL Residency (London, UK)
2023 Never Sleep - Chisenhale Gallery Project Space (London, UK)
An Intermission acquired by Arts Council England for the National Art Collection (UK)
2022 Selected - Lodestars - Film London (London, UK)
Prophecy - Mead Gallery (Coventry, UK)
2021 Jury Member - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (Amsterdam, NL)
Aesthetica Art Prize - longlist (UK)
Baltic Open (Gateshead, UK)
2020 Bloomberg New Contemporaries (UK)
Trellis Commission - UCL Culture (London, UK)
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA): Best Children’s Documentary Award - Jury Special Mention (Amsterdam, NL)
Gasworks Residency (London, UK)
2019 British Film Institute (BFI)/DocSociety Made Of Truth Award (UK)
Guardian/Joseph Rowntree Foundation Award - Doc/Fest (Sheffield, UK)
Constellations - UP Projects/Flat Time House (London, UK)
Programme of feature films and discussions exploring the experience of migrants to London
2015
As part of my Digital Artist Residency to mark the centenary of Ben Uri Gallery, I curated a series of films about the experience of recent migrants to London.
The series comprised eight feature films, ranging from widely-seen works to independent and artists features. Each film tells the story of a character moving to London or its surrounds from a different part of the world. After each screening I facilitated a discussion, covering the way the migrant experience was represented in that particular film, and the experience of migration in London amongst the audience.
The programme involved four London venues (Deptford Cinema, Oxford House, SHAK and The Link Thamesmead). Arriving at the height of the so-called migrant crisis, it felt important to draw together sensitive portrayals of migrants' experiences of the city. The programme won widespread praise, with generally sold-out audiences, and individual screenings appearing in Time Out's '5 best things to see this week'. It was a real privilege to take part in the post-film discussions, which were enlightening.
Partners: Ben Uri Gallery, Somerset House, Deptford Cinema, SHAK, Oxford House, The Link Thamesmead