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)
Series of public events exploring the River Thames and its tributaries as a site for reflecting on the future
2016
As part of my Reflection commissioned work, I curated a series of workshops, talks, screenings and public events. The broad aim was to use the River Thames as a springboard for thought and discussion about the nature of London as a city - what forces have shaped it? - and to consider how we might like it to be in the future. The events were as follows:
- Guided wading tour of Deptford Creek/River Ravensbourne (tidal Thames tributary) with a botanist
- Illustration workshop, drawing on natural and human material collected during the tour
- River Thames boat trip and workshop/discussion
- Screening of curated videos from the newly-digitised London Community Video Archive, focussing on the social history of south east London and the river
- Open call/competition - wider public invited to submit foodstuffs found in shops, with details of where in the world the food came from
The public events programme ran over a two month period, was always free to attend and attracted a people covering a broad social spectrum.
In partnership with: Creekside Centre, Deptford Cinema, Entelechy Arts, London Community Video Archive, The Groundnut