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College: Camberwell College of Arts
Location: London, United Kingdom
PERSONAL STATEMENT
2005 to 2008: Camberwell College of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) 2004 to 2005: Camberwell College of Art - BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) 2003 to 2004: Glasgow School of Art - Diploma in Foundation Fine Art Studies (Sculpture and Environmental) My paintings are based on collages that I construct using found imagery. In painting these strange and sometimes unsettling scenarios with an increasingly experimental approach to the manipulation of colour, space and composition, I strive to highlight the wondrous ability paint has to describe, suggest and invent whilst establishing an ambiguous narrative that I hope will evoke curiosity in the viewer. Updated Dec 2010 My recent work forms part of an ongoing exploration into the curiousness about existence and toys with the contradiction involved in feeling both a sense of belonging and feeling displaced. Wild animals are introduced into a series of human environments to provoke a fresh and inquisitive perspective onto something familiar. Attempting to reflect on our everyday surroundings along with our conventions and behaviour and in part making us feel an outsider in what we consider our own space the work approaches the difficulties associated with confronting and comprehending our own reality. Updated Jan 2011
