My practice is rooted in the exploration of the uncanny – the psychological space where the familiar and the strange collide. Influenced by Freud’s concept of the ‘return of the repressed’, my work seeks to manifest the ‘melancholy drama’ of human existence through textile sculpture, immersive installations and film. I am drawn to the tension between attraction and repulsion, creating figures and environments that occupy a liminal state between life and death, innocence and experience.
Central to my sculptural process is the act of binding and mummification. Using a wire skeleton as a foundation, I build form by layering and wrapping strips of fabric often reclaimed from hoarded old clothes. This repetitive, ritualistic labour mirrors the preservation of ancient remains such as bog bodies, where the physical form is both lost and immortalised. These figures are typically child-sized, yet they carry wizened, weary countenances that suggest a premature loss of innocence or the weight of a long-remembered trauma. By manipulating scale and texture, I aim to transform the domestic and the everyday into something unsettling and otherworldly.
My work frequently moves beyond the singular object into the creation of immersive, theatrical environments. These installations function as ‘sets’ for private dramas, often designed to be experienced by a solitary viewer. Within these claustrophobic spaces, I utilise sound, lighting and curated props to evoke the sense of a ‘lost world’. This was particularly evident in Shadows and Bones, my collaborative work with Julie Howse, which explored the submerged landscape of Doggerland. By placing sculptural puppets, organic materials and embroidered artefacts within these settings, I invite the audience to step into an alternative reality where the boundaries of memory and history are blurred.
In recent years my practice has expanded into the realm of the moving image and mechanical automata. Through film I breathe life into my sculptural characters, such as the recurring and strangely sinister figure ‘Little Noel’. These works allow me to explore narrative in a non-linear fashion, focusing on the psychological residue left behind by past events. The movement of the automata – often jerky and repetitive – emphasises the artifice of life and the inherent ‘otherness’ of the doll-like form.
Ultimately, my work is a confrontation with the abject. I use textiles – a medium traditionally associated with comfort and the body – to expose the vulnerability of our physical and mental states. Whether through a hacked doll sculpture or a life-sized textile figure, I strive to create a dialogue with the viewer’s own subconscious, forcing an encounter with the things we often choose to keep hidden. My art is not merely an observation of the uncanny, but an invitation to inhabit it, finding a haunting beauty in the decay and the ‘persistence of life’ that remains within the discarded.
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Into The Spirit
Exhibition
Redcar Palace
Redcar
North Yorkshire
31st October – 24th December 2025
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In With In
Group show curated by Maeve Rendle
The Hanover Project Gallery
Preston
April 2024
UN/FAMILIAR
Group Show curated by Kevina Badoye
Fox Yard Gallery
Stowmarket
Suffolk
January 2024
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We, All, Us, In the Room
MA Graduate Show
New Adelphi Building
University of Salford
October 2023
Shades of Red
Group Exhibition curated by Kevina Badoye
Fox Yard Gallery
Stowmarket
Suffolk
August 2023
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In Between The Worlds
Symposium
University of Salford MA Event
Bankley Gallery
Manchester
December 2022
Murder Stone
A collaborative show with Uncanny Stitch Collective
The Green Man Gallery
Buxton Fringe Festival
July 2022
Manchester Open 2022
A group show at HOME, Manchester
January - March 2022
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Momento Mori
A group show at AIR Gallery
Altrincham
November 2021
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The Artist's Dream
The Sleep of Reason produces Monsters
Levenshulme Fringe Festival
Sculpture Installation with Julie Howse
Bankley Gallery, Manchester
October 2020
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Neo:artprize 2019
Shortlisted artist.
Bolton Museum Temporary Exhibition Gallery
Sep - Oct 2019
The Attic
Window installation
Nexus Art Cafe
Dale Street, Manchester
June 2019
Lancashire Open Exhibition 2019
Chapel Gallery
Ormskirk
May 2019
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Bluebeard's Cabinet
Hidden Altrincham Art Trail Commissioned Installation.
Mort Subite
Altrincham
September 2017
The Thread that binds us...
A collaborative exhibition by Vernon Mill Artists
Stockport Memorial Art Gallery
July 2017
Hope Gallery
Liverpool
August 2017
Echo Chamber
Manifest Arts Festival
Group show with Bankley Studio Artists
Bankley Gallery
Manchester
July 2017
Strange Little Things
Group exhibition
Bankley Gallery
May/June 2017
Emporium
Bathhaus Artist Group Show
Nexus Art Cafe
Manchester
May/June 2017
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Things of Darkness
A solo sculpture installation for Manchester Fringe Festival
Hope Mill Theatre for the production of 'Things of Darkness' a play by Mark Murphy, Out of Kilter Theatre.
July 2016
The Blue Cloak
The Blue Cloak
Hidden Altrincham Art trail Commission
Mort Subite
Altrincham
June/July 2016
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Artsmill Winter Fair 2015
Group show
David Wright Gallery
Artsmill
Hebden Bridge
Nov/Dec 2015
Hoard
Towards an Archaeology of the Artist’s Mind
Year long project in Leeds
A group of artists are hoarding objects and artefacts relating to their practice
Final show at Corn Exchange
Leeds October 2015
DADA100
Seminar and Exhibition
Islington Mill, Salford
Internationally coordinated art programme for 2016 to celebrate the 'Birth of DADA'
Group exhibition at the Merzbarn residency in May 2015
Red Mother
from The Egg, the Womb, the Head and the Moon
The Egg, the Womb, the Head and the Moon
Website to show existing work and research-driven practice about the maternal by the Mewe arts collective.
Exhibition in May 2015 at Artsmill
Hebden Bridge
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BAA SHOW
Group exhibition and launch of the BAA Project
Bury Art Museum
August / September 2014
In Time Over Time
Group show
Neo Gallery
Bolton
July / August 2014
New Mills Arts Festival
Art Trail commission
June 2014
The Bedroom
Sculpture Installation Solo show
Stockport War memorial Art Gallery
May 2014
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152nd Open Exhibition
The Society of Women Artists (SWA)
Mall Galleries, London
June/July 2013
Altrincham Arts Festival
Installation at River Island empty shop fitting rooms
Revelation
Group Show
Cupola Gallery
Sheffield
Dec - Feb 2013
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The Uncanny
Group show
Chapel Gallery
Ormskirk
Sept - Nov 2012
The Darkening Green
Solo Show
Domino Gallery Liverpool
July – Sept 2012
The Echoing Green
Commissioned installation for Barnaby Festival
King Edward Street Chapel
Macclesfield
Residencies
MerzBarn Residency
Weekend residency at the MerzBarn Project - Kurt Schwitters in England. Cylinders Estate, Elterwater, Cumbria, UK, LA22 9JB.
May 2015
Babayan CultureHouse Residency
Two week installation art residency at Babayan CultureHouse, Ibrahimpasa, Ürgüp, Turkey. An invitation to make work in the volcanic
landscape and caves of Cappadocia.
September 2014
AA2A
Artists Access to Art Colleges Scheme hosted by Salford University.
Making work within the environment of the Visual Arts BA studios,
Sept 2009 – 2010
School Workshops
Sacred Heart Primary, Gorton, day workshop, June 2015
Parklands High School, Chorley, 3 day project, July 2015
Kingsway High School, 2014
Wilmslow High school, 2013
Human-like sculpture at the entrance of a cave in Ürgüp, Turkey