Artist's Statement
My work has developed from inputting an architectural element, mostly of physical impossibility, creating punctuating moments firstly of rest, and then of questioning when the landscape takes the place of the architecture, to now fully allowing the landscape to describe the architectural form and space.
My Holon series, based on the architecture of Ron Arad, form my current inspiration, where the architecture itself is not described but can only be understood by geometric shapes produced by the landscape. Part of my interest in modern architecture lies within its ability to renew, protect and conserve traditional buildings and environments.
The structures I integrate into the landscape have been based on Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian houses. Initially they give the illusion of a building, which could be a refuge, however in reality they are no more than geometric planes, which create a facade. It is the specific design features of the Usonian house that contrast with the coniferous forest creating a sublime moment. I disassemble his structures in order to enrich elements and allow the environment and landscape to become the architecture in a harmony of physical impossibility.
Biography
1987 Born, London
Lives and works in London and Hampshire
Education
2006 - 2009 1st Class BA Hons Fine Art Painting
City and Guilds of London Art School
2005 - 2006 Foundation Art Studies
Byam Shaw School of Art
Awards
The Arts Club Prize for Finest Drawing, National Open Art Competition Chichester, October 2010
Royal Society of British Artists residency award at The British School at Rome July 2010
The Haworth Trust Award for Painting 2009
Exhibitions
2011 September Outside In, Store Street Gallery - London
2011 September One Alfred Place Autumn 2011, Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art - London
2011 August Artworks Open 2011, Barbican Arts Group Trust - London
2011 March Exhausted Colour, Griffin Rayne Gallery - London
2011 March RBA Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries - London
2010 December Intimate Spaces, Galerie8 - London
2010 November The National Open Art Competition - Chichester
2010 October Along These Lines, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - Romsey
2010 September Threadneedle Prize, The Mall Galleries - London
2010 August Hampshire Open Studios - Lymington
2010 February Young Talents, Affordable Art Fair - Brussels
2009 October The Recent Graduates 2009, Affordable Art Fair - London
2009 August Hampshire Open Studios - Lymington
2009 June City and Guilds of London Art School Degree Show - London
2008 June Trinity Buoy Wharf - London
2008 May The Jago - London
2007 June Art Space Interim Show - London
2006 September Babington House - London
2006 May Eltham College - London
2006 March Stark Gallery - Canterbury
