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Biography

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I am an award-winning artist based in South-East London. I create figurative monotypes and paintings on aluminium that explore identity, sexuality, the psyche, and the experiences of women, including my own. My work reinterprets outward appearances through expressive mark-making, encouraging viewers to see themselves in the subjects and find resonance in the familiar and the reimagined.

 

I work from life, found film photography and my own self-portrait photos. Each monotype begins with a feeling, which I follow freely, embracing the speed constraints and unpredictability of the monoprinting process to ‘paint with print’ and push against conventional ideas of perfection. Intuitive mark-making, expressive movements, and ‘mistakes’ are all integral to my approach: ink can smear, lines can bleed, and the mirrored image can look entirely different from the painted plate. By exploring my own experience through artistic introspection, I aim to empower others to see themselves in new ways, outside of the personal, familial, and societal expectations to conform to traditional gender roles, authority, and power dynamics.

My work has been exhibited at The Royal Society, the Royal Scottish Academy,  and the Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition. I have been awarded the A-N Freelands Foundation Grant, the Hesketh Hubbard Bursary, the Eaton Fund Grant, the RBS Hahnemühle Fine Art Award, and the Intaglio Southbank Printmakers Prize. In 2023, I was also selected as a finalist of the ACS Studio Prize and The Margate Art Prize, judged by Tracey Emin. Most recently, I was named the winner of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2025. I hold an MA (Distinction) in Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England.

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Exhibitions 

2026

 

2025

 

 

2024

2023

2022

2019

(Upcoming) Imprint Art Fair, London

(Upcoming) British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery - London

Misfits, Julian Page Projects - Chichester

Open Studios, Thames-Side Studio - London

London Original Print Fair, Somerset House - London

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Marks of Reflection, Sky Portrait Artist of the Year Semi-Finalists, Noho Showroom - London

Punchdrunk, Viola's Room Group Show - London

Beyond the Prize Group Show, The Mall Gallery - London

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works - London

Hesketh Hubbard Group Show, XYZ Gallery - London​

Mortal and Strong Group Exhibition - London

Solo Show, Thames-Side Studio - London​​​

Art for All, The Mall Gallery - London

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London 

The Director's Cut - Online

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair - London

ACS Studio Prize x Gurr Johns, Gurr Johns International - London

The Margate Art Prize, Ramsay & Williams Gallery - Margate

Bainbridge Open 2023, The Handbag Factory - London

Bath Fringe Arts Festival, 44AD Space - Bath

RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy - Edinburgh 

Open Studios, Spike Print Studio - Bristol

RBA Bicentennial Exhibition, The Mall Gallery - London

MA Showcase, Paintworks - Bristol

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works - London

Southbank Miniprint Exhibition, Southbank Printmaker’s Gallery - London

Pop-Up Exhibition, St Mary's Calne - Calne

'Draw the Line' Group Show, Hoxton Arches - London

BA Illustration Degree Show, UWE Bower Ashton - Bristol

Illustration Group Show, Cass Art - Bristol

Awards 

2025

2025

2025

2024

2023

2023

2023

2023

2022

Winner - Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2025

Awarded - Hanahmühle Award, Artist Recognition for Traditional Fine Art 2025

Awarded - A-N Freelands Foundation Grant

Awarded - Hesketh Hubbard Bursary 2025

Finalist - ACS Studio Prize

Awarded - Eaton Fund Grant

Finalist - The Margate Art Prize, judged by Tracey Emin

Awarded - RBS Hahnemühle Fine Art Award

Awarded - Intaglio Southbank Printmakers Prize

Collections

Pallant House, Chichester

The New York Public Library

The Royal Society, London

Press & Publications

2025

2024

2023

2021

2021

Education 

2026

2021 - 2023

2016 - 2019

The Drawing Intensive, Royal Drawing School

Distinction - MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking, University West of  England

First (With Honors) - BA Illustration, University West of England

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