Biography
As an emerging visual artist my practice explores the depths of our personal identity, focussing mainly on the concepts of memory and mortality, ultimately allowing the viewer to face the harsh reality of death and its inevitability.
The aim is to engage with society through my own personal experiences, making it applicable to a large public forum by highlighting issues regarding our human condition that has been relevant for decades.
Research is always a vital element of my practice, with my most recent work focussing specifically on the psychological theory of nostalgia and remembrance. At the age of 17 my father died, meaning that my view on time, both past and present completely changed. The fragility of time and its unpredictability is something that we all know of but do not necessarily talk about, which is exactly why I want to bring it to the forefront of discussion. Through the progression of my work over the years it has became evident that I use installation as my platform to create an experience that can allow the viewer time of reflection, not only on the work presented, but on their own existence, leaving them with the comforting knowledge that they are not alone and as humans we all experience the same destruction and trauma throughout life in many different formats.
Material and technique is something that seems to come naturally to the subject matter I am focussing on. However it always seems to relate back to the idealistic image of the home in one way or another. A solid structure that holds all of my life and experience inside. This ideal of the home structure is definitely something that is going to be threaded through many more works, with more research and exploration into what the concept of the 'home' really means to us.
