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My practice explores the quiet architecture of the internal landscape. Often working on large-scale canvases, I use the language of contemporary surrealism to create a series of psychological mirrors. Each piece functions as a theatrical, self-contained stage where the tension between private vulnerability and performed identity is brought into focus.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2026              Documentary ‘Forbidden Conversations. The Art of Mental Health’ with Mark Michael.

                       by Curious Minds, directed by John Hayes. Release date July 2026

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2025              I Think I’m About to Be Honest, The Lido, Winchester, UK

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2024              A collection of work - Hampshire Records Office, Winchester, UK

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2016               Say What You See -The Sherfield Gallery,  Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hampshire, UK

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2015               You Think You Know Me - Winchester, Jewry Street Gallery, Winchester, UK

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2014               Work exhibited on public display at The Warsash Maritime Academy, Hampshire, UK 

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2014               Work exhibited on public display at St John's Hospital, Winchester, UK

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2014               Machiavellian Boy Scouts and the Haphazard Art of Misdirection, Jewry Street Gallery,                             Winchester, UK 

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2013               We Run Like Stray Dogs In The Rain, 10 Days Biennial Creative Collisions,                                                   Jewry Street Gallery, Winchester, UK

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2013               Darn This Predisposition, The Earl’s Wall, Winchester, UK

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2013               We Used To Sleep Together, Jewry Street Gallery, Winchester, UK

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2013               The Society Of Fickle Fingers, The Link Gallery, University of Winchester, UK 

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2013               I Want You Baby, Aura, Mayfair, London, UK                            

 

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2013               The Society Of Fickle Fingers, The Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, UK 

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2012               How Should I Feel, Jewry St Gallery, Winchester, UK

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2023              London Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall London, UK

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2023              Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, UK

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2023              The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Open Exhibition, Wales

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2023              Tŷ Pawb Open Art Competition, Wales 

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2023              A collection of paintings displayed at the Winchester Film Festival, Winchester, UK  

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2022              Southampton City Art gallery Open Exhibition, Southampton, UK

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2017               The Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK

 

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2017               London Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK

 

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2016               Finalist Exhibition Summer Art Prize, Lacey Contemporary Galley, London, UK        

  

 

2015               Battersea Affordable Art fair, London, UK  

 

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2015               Secret Art Prize Exhibition, The Curious Duke Gallery, London, UK

                                       

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2015               Chianciano Biennale, Chianciano Museum of Art, Tuscany, Italy

                       

     

2015               Finalist Exhibition Summer Art Prize, Lacey Contemporary Galley, London, UK

              

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2015               The Sherfield Gallery Open Exhibition, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hampshire, UK 

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2014               9 out of 10 Humans Believe, Portraits 14, Family Familiar, The Royal Society of Portrait                               Painters, City Space, Winchester, UK

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2014               Sherfield Gallery Open Exhibition 2014, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hampshire, UK

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2013               7 Artists, The Strand Gallery, London, UK

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2012               Our Very Best, Jewry St Gallery, Winchester, UK

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EDUCATION

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2004               BA (First Class Honours) Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK

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AWARDS

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2016                Winner of The Sherfield Gallery Open UK

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2015                Winner of the Leonardo Award for Figurative Art Chianciano Museum of Art,

                        Tuscany, Italy

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