My practice uses sculptural form and installations to explore our rapidly changing world, with recurring themes of ecological destruction, the non-human and science-fiction futures. I’m interested in how art can help us navigate a changing ecology, alongside the other organisms that share our world.
My sculptures and installations combine a conceptual approach with large-scale, colourful and exuberant aesthetics. I’m drawn to synthetic materials that emerge from our dependance on technology and progress – but I like to ground these in forms that reflect organic and biological processes.
The title of this exhibition derives from Tibetan Buddhism; the hungry ghost is familiar across Asia. The hungry ghost describes humans caged by intense emotional needs – those consumed by greed and addiction in life, will be condemned to an endless search for satisfaction in the afterlife.
My work for the exhibition focuses on the environmental impact of our addiction to progress… and how other organisms both affect, and are affected by these engines of change.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2018 – Creative Scotland Open Project Funding
Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust
2016 – Hope Scott Trust
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Edinburgh Council in partnership with Creative Scotland Emerging Artists Bursary
2014 – Edinburgh Council in partnership with Creative Scotland Visual Artists Award
RESIDENCIES
2016 – Studio Kura, Itoshima, Japan
Shiro Oni, Onishi, Japan
2015 – Summerhall Gallery, Edinburgh
2014 – Vermont Studio Center, United States
COMMISSIONS
2018 – Worms of Surplus, Hidden Door Festival, invited artists programme, Edinburgh
2017 – Spirit Probe, Sanctuary 2017, Galloway Dark Skies Forest
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2017 – Surf ’N’ Turf, Six-Foot Gallery, Glasgow
2015 – The Mayer Wenn Prediction, AnotherSidewalk Gallery, Berlin
Possibility of Another Place, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2014 – Possibility of Life, Summerhall, Edinburgh
TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2018 – Hungry Ghost Engines 2, Contemporary Art Space Osaka, Japan
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2017 – Annuale, Embassy Gallery Programme, Edinburgh
All At Once, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh
A New Prescription For Insomnia, Horse and Pony Fine Arts, Berlin
2016 – Kanna Falls Art Festival, Itoshima, Japan
Night Shift, Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh
Ying Colloseum, Moritsplatz, Berlin
Vomit Apocalypse, Beco Building, Glasgow
2015 – 9th International Dada Festival, Divo Institute, Kolin, Czech Republic
Ying Colloseum, Another Sidewalk Gallery, Berlin
2013 – Umspannzentralle, G11 Gallery, Berlin
The Grand Salon, MJC Monplaisir, Lyon
Die Spiegelung, HAD Kunstsalon, Berlin
Prints From, Knoth and Kruger Gallery, Berlin
Paintings From, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
2012 – Autonomous Rooms, ZMF Gallery, Berlin
Berlin Represented, Max Kade Cultural Centre, Cincinnati
FutureSonic, Victoria Baths, Manchester
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