***NEWS: For three months during the Venice Biennale 2026 I will have several of my works exhibited during three two week long exhibitions at the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, May, June and July 2026. I'll post those works which are both paintings and videos here shortly.
When I left Central St Martins in 1981, I co-founded Red Shift Theatre Company, which was later to be fully funded by ACE and we were awarded three Edinburgh Fringe First Awards over time. This early period in my artistic development was exciting due to my experimenting with textiles and fabrics - I also formed my political allegiances and emotional connections that later reveal themselves in my art.
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The process of drawing & painting to create the set and costumes for a play like Dostoevsky’s The Double for instance, would many years later influence my installations with refugees, as well as in a series of 3D artworks titled Exodus. I sourced clothes from charity shops and fashioned them into a large cloak, found re-cycled fabric to create a sail, to emphasise the hope necessary for people to risk their lives to cross sea borders. I have spent years learning processes from casting the human body, to weaving, painting, sculpting in textile (a series of life-size figures and miniature Pods) and then visualising concepts in installation form and utilising mixed media to achieve the final piece. I have worked with fellow artists creating work (Outside:Inside, an hour long performance with musicians, singers and two current Academicians) - and creating a variety of elements for installations in 10 Cathedrals in the UK China, Italy Sweden, and the USA). One of my new works Re:Formation will appear in several churches in Somerset in 2025, a UK Cathedral in 2026 and a US Cathedral in 2027. Re:Formation involves wrapping the columns of the cathedrals in gold survival blankets, which reflects my practice of wrapping significant objects or places, (such as an orchard in Somerset). My choice of materials and how they are sourced reflects my belief that the audience, when made aware of my choices, can very quickly decipher where my art is rooted - as an artist's response to world events.
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