About me
I am a socially-engaged multidisciplinary artist, working between London and Yorkshire. I work primarily in analogue photography, extending to installation, performance, writing, bookmaking and participatory projects - specialising in access and trauma-informed approaches. My practice centres community building and collaborative working to generate moments of joy, connection, intimacy and kinship in the context of pervasive structural inequalities.
I am currently on a year-long residency at Block 336 and part of the Syllabus VIII cohort. I am continuing to develop my ongoing project ‘Safelight’ which explores photographic darkrooms as sites for healing and intimacy, informed by somatics and drawing parallels with Queer nightlife spaces. I have converted my residency studio space into a darkroom, and will be documenting my processes, developing a series of photographic prints, alongside experimenting with sensory digital technologies. I am also continuing to develop my creative writing & character-building through on-going collaborative project ‘Murder Dinner’.
Alongside I continue to offer bid-writing, research, consultation & training, having worked with clients like Arts Council England, Unlimited, Mind The Gap, The Baltic, Manchester Metropolitan University and NHS Trusts.
Since 2017 I have worked with a focus on embedded documentation of Queer communities. I was a founding member of Party Moms’ Society (2017-22) and since continue to document Queer communities across The North, particularly Bradford, Sheffield & Newcastle.
From 2021-2023 I worked as a Producer at East Street Arts, leading on the Mabgate Lincoln Green and Burmantofts Neighbourhood Plan - the UKs first artist-led neighbourhood plan. I led on public engagement, including chairing a monthly residents forum, and delivering 3 intergenerational summer schools. Since I have continued working in and around artist-led urban development, guest tutoring on the Leeds Beckett architecture B.A. and working with Street Space and Leeds Cultural Institute in 2024 on The WoW Park.
Recent exhibitions:
Rights, Cuts, Action! Shape Arts (2025), The Queer Pleasure Archive, Helix Arts (2025) No Ordinary Love, LAX (2025) Confessions of a Party Mom, Hyde Park Book Club (2023), Leeds Artists Show, Leeds Art Gallery (2023)
Recent awards, commissions & residencies:
ACE NLPG (2026), AIR Block 336 (2025-2026), Adam Reynolds Award, Shape Arts (2025), Patricia Sutcliffe Award Artist Residency, The Art House (2024), WoW Park: Hidden Histories of Woodhouse, Leeds Cultural Institute (2024), Emergent Artist Award, The Baltic x Shape Arts (2023) DYCP (2022-23)