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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

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023              London Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall London, UK

2023              Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, UK

2023              The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Open Exhibition, Wales

2023              Tŷ Pawb Open Art Competition, Wales 

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

2022              Southampton City Art gallery Open Exhibition, Southampton, UK

2017               The Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK

 

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

 

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

  

 

2015               Battersea Affordable Art fair, London, UK  

 

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

                                       

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

                       

     

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

              

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

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

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

2013               7 Artists, The Strand Gallery, London, UK

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

EDUCATION

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

AWARDS

2016                Winner of The Sherfield Gallery Open UK

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

                        Tuscany, Italy

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