My practice is interdisciplinary, combining art and architecture to examine themes of history, identity and place. Much of my work is research based and site-specific, and evolves through a participatory process, which has developed from several years working in youth arts and participatory development. I am interested in creating work in public places, which offer opportunities for participation and interaction for residents and users of spaces, creating dialogue and inviting users to collaborate in the process of place-making.
I trained as an architect at the Bartlett, University College, London and Oxford Brookes University, and my practice involves a research process often using architectural representations, including map-making and drawing, photography, and film. Outcomes vary from installations and interventions into the environment, public art works, and performance, to gallery based work documenting a process. My work seeks to offer views into the past, re-present the present, and investigate the future.
My current area of research and work is an investigation into genealogy, migration and environment, using the history of plant transfers and environmental change to explore questions of identity and belonging.
In addition to my artistic practice, I have extensive experience as an educator in galleries, schools and informal settings.