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.
Details of shows, talks, teaching, awards etc lives here.
Curatorial work lives here.
My film work is produced by satellite, an artist-led production company.
In 2020 I set up artists’ imprint bored.of.works.
I occasionally assist other artists and friends in a technical capacity - as Director of Photography, experimental film consultant, photographer, that kind of thing. Details of that work lives here.
2025
Awards for Artists - Paul Hamlyn Foundation (UK)
Artist Award recipient - Henry Moore Foundation (UK)
Never Sleep - Four Corners/Chisenhale Gallery (London, UK)
2024
Rabbits Road Press/UCL Residency (London, UK)
Never Sleep - Chisenhale Gallery Project Space (London, UK)
2023
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. The conversations were lively and engaging - for a write-up of two discussions, please see here and here.
In partnership with: Creekside Centre, Deptford Cinema, Entelechy Arts, London Community Video Archive, The Groundnut