I'm a working class, neurodivergent interdisciplinary artist and producer, based in Bristol and originally from the Fens of East Anglia, via Cambridge and London. 

 

I work across visual art, physical theatre & clowning, exploring themes of body image, trauma healing, nature, belonging and class. Inspired by my own cultural background from a working class farming area underserved by the arts, I’m interested in how working class artists and audiences interact with, and feel included in, contemporary art spaces. Text, sound, accents and academic language are finding a way into my work, with playfulness around the seemingly taboo subject of gatekeeping and class prejudice. Humour, experimentation and failure are key to my creative process.

 

My producer roles often specialise in grant writing and project planning/management for projects with a health, social or environmental focus. I'm passionate about access and inclusion, and thinking about making work and creative activities for alternative audiences; people who don't often experience the arts. My previous creative projects include large scale public artwork commissions, a podcast about mental health and neurodiversity, short films, street performances, community arts workshops, welding workshops, an exhibition, festival art installation and project management, and an interactive festival performance and installation using pedal powered electricity. 

 

My arts education is non-conventional with DIY punk spirit. My culture of origin considers university a foreign concept, let alone studying an art degree. My desire for education and creativity is self-driven, rather than being influenced by family, connections or financial privilege. I started my creative journey in 2008, as a visual artist, poet and singer, selling canvases, running workshops and body painting at clubs and festivals. I enjoy how experimental and unrecognisably avant-garde my practice has now become, having trained in the embodied practice of clowning since 2017 and fully embracing an absurd creative life.

 

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