Artist Statement

As a storyteller, I embrace the absurd and value the power of impulse over preconception. With the help of humour, I explore themes of power and the farce of authority, the many forms of
violence, and the vitality of life with all its fragility and impermanence. I can only hope that my work challenges and subverts social norms and dominant ideologies, questioning the structures that shape collective beliefs and behaviours.
Through a combination of narrative, materiality, I seek to disrupt conventional ways of thinking, exposing the tensions between tradition and contemporary experience. In doing
so, my practice aims to reject institutionalized values, whether in art, history, or broader cultural systems or reinterpreting established narratives.

By drawing from the past while remaining rooted in the present, my work resists rigid classification, encouraging a more fluid and critical engagement with history, identity, and meaning.
I deliberately engage with and exploit the material properties of my chosen medium, allowing its inherent qualities whether texture, durability, or historical resonance to shape the conceptual
and visual outcomes which disrupt traditional expectations
As my primary medium, ceramics possesses a unique and defining characteristic: durability. Each piece has the potential to endure for thousands of years, during which time any ideas of ownership or provenance are lost to the traction of history. Stripped of its original context, the artwork transitions into an artefact, absorbed into broader cultural narratives. In this process,
faded memories give way to reinterpretation, allowing new meanings and contexts to emerge, shaped by the perspectives of future generations.