Artist Statement
I am an artist, based in Leeds, UK. Since graduating in 2020 my practice has focussed on manipulating chainmail into many forms, from lace patterns to semi-melted to chaotic disorder. This becomes both sculptures and conceptual jewellery. By altering the symbol of armour, I question ideas of resilience and gender ideology. I find the physical limitations of the process, applying the rules of my craft sparsely to seek what qualifies as chainmail, exploring the hierarchies between art and craft and symmetry and illegible pattern.
I have exhibited sculptures in group shows at the Crafts Council Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, Sunny Bank Mills, twice at London Craft Week and the RA summer open among other notable shows. I secured a solo exhibition at Left Bank Leeds from winning the Berkofsky Art Prize.
Education:
2017-2020:
1:1 BA Art and Design, University of Leeds.
2021:
Crafting Business (FKA Hothouse), Funded position on Crafts Council & Crafting Europe Programme.
Grants & Awards:
2020:
Berkofsky Art Prize (£2,000 project fund)
2021:
Showcase Award (GNCCF)
Most Promising Craft Business Award (GNCCF)
2024:
Spark grant (Uni of Leeds Business Support)
2025:
Developing your creative practice fund,
Arts Council England.
Exhibitions and Events:
2020:
- Mask (Online), Galeria Alice Fliorano, Porte Alegre, Brazil.
- Patio Project, Outdoor Sculpture Solo Show. London.
- Gendered Materiality. Solo Show, Left Bank Leeds.
- Wells Art International (Online). Group Show. Wells.
- Future Edit. Graduate Showcase, Crafts Council Gallery, London.
2021:
- Ones to Watch, Graduate showcase, Sunny Bank Mills, Leeds.
- Disobedient, London Craft Week, Group Show. Ruup & Form Gallery, Marylebone.
- Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Victoria Bath, Manchester.
2022:
- Reimagine, Clerkenwell Design Week, Tarkett, London.
- One Year In at New Designers, Business Design Centre, London.
- Fashion for Bank Robbers Exhibition, Maximiliansforum Forum, Munich.
2023:
- Association of Cultural Enterprises Conference, Harrogate.
- Leeds Artists Show, Leeds Art Gallery.
- Dazzle Invites, OXO Tower, London.
2024:
- RA Summer Open
2025:
- Endangered Crafts, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool.