The work looks for a truth that may exist in the precarious balance between order & chaos. Abstract geometric works begin with structured patterns to which deviations are brought as the painting develops, bringing chaos into order until balance is found. Structure, order and chaos are counterpointed in the dialectics of the grid. The historical context of de Stijl - its utopian idealism, use of the grid and reductive aesthetic are evoked in this attempt to build the reduced grid back up again with a language that is aware of postmodernity whilst keying into modernist ideas.
Developed in parallel to these abstract geometric works are paintings in which the imagery is taken from magazines, films, advertising and the internet. Most recently the work focuses on painting the portraits of avatars from online virtual worlds. The romantic modernist ideal of a gestalt vision is applied to explore the impact of the database model of knowledge that is replacing the sequential, cinematic narrative of the 20th century, in which we navigate our own path through a vast array of imagery and knowledge enabled by the development of communication technologies.
2007 BA (Hons) Fine Art. First class. Ashford School of Art & Design, University of Kent.
2006 HND Fine Art. Distinction. Ashford School of Art & Design, University of Kent.
2004 BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Fine Art. Merit. Ashford School of Art & Design, University of Kent.
1996 BA (Hons) Philosophy and Psychology. 2.2. University College, University of Durham.
Date tbc 2009 – Cafe 88, Wigmore Street, London.
January 2009 – Medcalf's, Exmouth Market, London.
October 2008 – Canterbury Art Fair , UCA, Canterbury.
June 2008 – South East Open Studios, Kent.
April 2008 – The Coach House Gallery, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
February 2008 – Climate for Change, Camden, London.
December 2007 – "By Hand 9", 9th Annual Exhibition of Kent Artists, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent.
December 2007 – "Bizarre Bazaar", Corn Exchange, Maidstone, Kent.
June 2007 – "Three Degrees", Ashford School of Art and Design, Henwood Campus, University of Kent.
March 2007 – "One World", Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury.
February 2007 – Reception, Folkestone Campus, South Kent College.
Summer 2006 – "Best of Show", Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury.
June 2006 – "Between a Rock and a Hard Place", Ashford School of Art and Design, Henwood Campus, University of Kent.
March 2006 – "Space to Think", Charter House, Ashford.
Three Zero, Ashford. Bespoke bar front. Polyptych painting for the upstairs seating area.
Various Independent Commissions. Portraits in oil or charcoal.
January 2008 to date – Assistant to the Director, Londonart.co.uk.
November 2008 to February 2009 – Project Manager for Salon 08, Matt Roberts Arts.
October 2008 – Curation and Sales assistance at Affordable Art Fair for Granger Gallery, Whitstable.
October 2008 – Set Up Supervisor, Frieze Art Fair.
June 2008 – Contributing Artist, Artists Don't Bite, Maidstone.
May 2008 – Collaborative Artwork at Cans Festival , London.
October 2007 – Set Up Runner, Frieze Art Fair.
June 2007 – Artists' Assistant, Lost O Project, Ashford.
Granger Gallery Jenny Granger, Whitstable, Kent.
Londonart.co.uk Online.