Before the work had a name
Childhood illness, the years without a home, and the discovery of painting – scribbles on skin and scrap material, made to stay calm, becoming a practice. Ends at the door of art college.
Page in preparationUniversity
Norwich University of the Arts. Accepted at 24 without school qualifications; BA Fine Art.
Page in preparationA body of work and ideas formalising
The year the concerns of the practice settle into a shape that holds.
Page in preparationUrban Decay
A series of black-and-white works, mixed media painting over photograph, focused on specific trauma points – a reflection on being dehumanised as a homeless person.
See the worksMoniker Art Fair, New York
Digital works brought into physical form using light boxes, letting visitors engage with the literal and symbolic depth of each piece.
Read the yearThe Weight of Silence
Solo exhibition at Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich. In the same year, Art of the Mind at The Forum, curated for Rethink Mental Illness.
Read the yearOrdinary begins
Travelling the UK, building relationships with communities and individuals, and making the visual and written works that became the series.
Page in preparationOrdinary: The Stories We Don’t Tell
National Gallery, London – a Friday Lates presentation curated by Maryanne Saunders, on the 420th anniversary of Rembrandt’s birth. First screening of the documentary by 97films.
Read the year