Artist Statement

My practice explores the environmental and political complexities of the materials we consume and discard. Working primarily with waste plastic, repurposed and new metal and recycled paper, I create colourful, sculptural works that balance seduction and critique. Vibrant and visually engaging at first glance, my pieces often reveal deeper, more unsettling narratives upon closer inspection—stories about excess, value, and the fragile relationship between human culture and the natural world.

I am particularly drawn to the language of applied art—specifically the baroque and rococo movements—and the ways artisans historically interpreted nature through elaborate, decorative forms. I see these exuberant styles as historical echoes of our current age of overconsumption. By recontextualising waste materials within these aesthetic traditions, I question the boundaries between beauty and damage, ornament and detritus.

Presentation is integral to how my work is understood. In my Future Fossils series, for example, the formal staging of the sculptures invites viewers to consider not only what is being displayed but how the act of display itself shapes meaning—what we choose to preserve, elevate, or discard.

Over the years, I’ve received a number of prestigious commissions, including site-specific works for Virgin Hotels in New York, public sculptures for Corsham Town Council and a series of artworks aboard Saga Cruises’ Spirit of Discovery. My work is held in public and private collections in the UK, Europe, and the USA with two pieces in Chippenham Museum’s collection. I have been awarded two Arts Council England grants, and have held artist residencies at Middlesex University and currently at Pound Arts in Corsham, where I also teach at Bristol School of Art.

I studied Fine Art (Sculpture) at Manchester School of Art and earned an MA with Distinction in Fine Art Theory and Practice from Middlesex University in 2004. My ongoing practice reflects a commitment to material inquiry, conceptual rigour, and the continued dialogue between aesthetics, ecology, and social context.