My art has its roots in magical realism, feminism, fairy tales, and the women of Surrealism. It is about the female experience and giving birth to inner worlds and the journey to truth. I see my paintings as visual stories that incorporate the toys and delights of childhood play. They are about turning pain into a story, or poison into medicine. I am interested in magic, in transformation and alchemy. - I use the elements of automatic drawing, collage,pieces of writing and storytelling to gather together an image that feels as truthful and as freeing as I can possibly make it.

 

1994 - 1997 BA (Hons) Painting Chelsea College of Art

2001 - 2003 MA Drawing Wimbledon School of Art

 

August 2000  'The Female Form', Brixton Art Gallery, London SW9

December 2005  figurative group exhibition, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, Surrey

August 2022  Oxmarket Open 2022, Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex

September 2022  Society of Women Artists' 161st Annual Open Exhibition 2022, Mall Galleries, London SW1

June 2023 Society of Women Artist's 162nd Annual Open Exhibition 2023, Mall Galleries London SW1

July 2023 Longlisted for VAA Professional Artist's Award 2023 Visual Artist's Association

March 2024 'Threads' group exhibition, Gallery 42, Eastbourne, SuBN21

June 2024 'Sister Hold My Hand', The Artist's Pool, London SE1

June 2024 Society of Women Artists 163rd Annual Open Exhibition 2024, Mall Galleries London SW1

July 2024  Longlisted for Women in Art Prize 2024

August 2024 Vellum Mill Gallery, Carshalton, Surrey SM5

September 2024 'Hold Your Own' group exhibition Tom Cox Gallery London SE19

June 2025 Society of Women Artists 164th Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries London SW1

September 2025 shortlisted for Women in Art Prize

February 2026 'A New Legacy' SWA group exhibition Stephenson's Gallery, York