Santa Fe Art Institute | Residency | 2016

In May 2016 I took part in the residency programme at Santa Fe Art Institute. While there I explored the in-between spaces in the city and rode the number 2 bus every day, filming and interviewing bus drivers. This period of research and development was supported by Creative Scotland through their Open Project Fund.

KIN | Vox Liminis | 2016

I was invited to be a visiting artist for KIN, an artists’ collective of young people with experience of familial imprisonment. Artist Susanne Lund Pangrazio and myself facilitated sessions where they used photography, writing, collage and printmaking to make a zine entitled The Thing, reflecting on their experiences.

Between Blinking | BALTIC & bait | 2015-2016

Work made in collaboration with children at Ashington Children’s Centre, using collage, projection and shadow play to investigate their relationship to their surroundings. Made as part of the B&b Residency with BALTIC and bait and exhibited as part of the exhibition Common Ground at the Woodhorn Museum and BALTIC.

Ashington Alphabet | BALTIC & bait | 2015-2016

Work made in collaboration with parents at Ashington Children’s Centre, using photography and writing to explore their experience of living in Ashington. Made as part of the B&b Residency with BALTIC and bait and exhibited as part of the exhibition Common Ground at the Woodhorn Museum and BALTIC. The work was also showcased in shop … Read more

Now Walk Three Paces | BALTIC & bait | 2015-2016

Work resulting from a CPD course I facilitated for teachers from South East Northumberland, exploring the potential of instructions and play in making space for creativity. We combined poetic, playful imagery with excerpts of bureaucratic texts, wrote impossible instructions for each other and created an alternative learning resource in the form of a zine. Made … Read more

Defining Lines | Brewery Tap | 2014

This project brought my work into dialogue with work by Aida Silvestri and Nikolas Ventourakis in an exhibition around borders and migration, located on the border of the United Kingdom. The exhibition was accompanied by a series of workshops and discussion events. The project was supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts … Read more

Roots and Wings | HOUSE Festival & Photoworks | 2014

Project working with residents of Brighton to reflect on their experiences of migration and displacement. The resulting work was exhibited at the Regency Town House as part of HOUSE festival.

The Bridge and the Fort | Medway Fellowship | UCA Rochester 2014

During this three month residency I collaborated with the Royal Engineers Archive, the Rochester Bridge Trust and Kaymac Marine Engineering to produce a piece that brought together varied material to reflect on Rochester Bridge as a symbol of connection and separation in the history of the place. The piece was exhibited at the Zandra Rhodes … Read more

The Droving Project | 2014

Collaboration with a multidisciplinary cohort of artists, locals and vets around a re-staging of a traditional drove, following an old drovers road. The results were shown at the Dalmellington Museum and Gracefield Arts, Dumfries. More information: thedrovingproject.org