STATEMENT
Like an intrepid girl scout on a mission, I find a problem (a cause) and devise an action to remedy it. However, the work goes beyond action and performance.
As succinctly put by a friend recently; “If you were in a play, you wouldn’t just be acting, first you’d make the performance hall, and the stage and the props. Then after you’d done the play you’d take it all down again and move on to the next.”
In each work, the idea always far outweighs the action, and the possibility of failure is very real. Once a plan has been decided, I carry it through to its conclusion, whether or not it looks certain to flop.
Alongside the cheerful exploration of failure, other themes include ideas of scale, citizenship and time, and the situation of the artist in relation to these things.
EXHIBITION HISTORY:
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, Manchester, 2011
The Burlington Fine Arts Club, Manchester, 2011
The Sketchbook Project, touring library, USA, 2011
£1 Art Commission, online at www.eccentriccity.co.uk. November 2009
'She Laughs', Nexus Art Cafe, Manchester, UK. 11th September – 21st October 2009
'ANTIFREEZE', Manchester, UK. 4th July 2009
'Practical Propagation', Vrits, Basel, Switzerland. 11th December 2008 - 11th January 2009
'Artranspennine08', various locations across the Trans Pennine Trail, UK. 13th June - 15th August 2008
'Stick*Stamp*Fly', Gasworks, London, UK. 10th - 26th August 2007
'Done to Death by 14 Gifted Children', Loxford Tower, Manchester, UK. 17th-24th August 2007.
'PANORAMIC', Loxford Tower, Manchester,UK. 2007.
'Should We Distinguish Between This & That?', Loxford Tower, Manchester,UK. 2007.
'Room X', culmination of group project Collaborations on Site06, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland. July - August 2006.
'14 Gifted Children Presents:', Grosvenor Building, Manchester, UK. 2006.
'Essence of Something Interesting', Triangle Shopping Centre, Manchester,UK. 2005.
'Amalgamation', Bay Horse, Manchester, UK. 2005.
'Ten', Manchester, Uk. 2004.
