My work is an attempt to draw links between our everyday experiences, and the social, political and cultural forces that shape our lives. I believe that each is essential to the understanding of the other. I am interested in who makes work, how, why, for whom, and why that matters. I explore collective processes, and their value for individual and collective growth and change. I am interested in what happens when we make work together; ways of achieving things that none of us could alone. Art making is a form of collective dreaming, if we let it.
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.
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2026 WinterSessions Residency at V2 (Rotterdam, NL)
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