I practice the technique known as Verre églomisé an art form originating in the Middle Ages. It involves painting in reverse on glass/acetate and I use this technique in a deliberate contemporary way.

Part of the work I do is my attempt to delve deeper and understand neurodiversity and gender. Cartoons, like people, are prescribed a gender at conception… whether in the artist’s mind before pencil hits paper or when the image emerges. Why can’t cartoons be gender fluid … would people still relate to them?

What about the connection between neurodiversity and gender … a large amount of people on the spectrum struggle with gender identity… is this because gender is another social construct that the neuro diverse find hard to understand… because like much of the socially constructed world it doesn’t make sense?

I have also done various explorations into representations of women from early modern to contemporary times. Inspiration for these comes from questioning misogyny in the Western Philosophical tradition and the canon of classical literature. These include my self-portraits; erotic pop art, feminist posters, the series titled Painting a Philosophy of Misogyny and the The Vanishing Vulva series which explores how the ancient Greeks wrote women out of worship.

Finally, I have also been creating still life paintings of kitsch toys, statues and “pretty” things. These explore theories around feminist kitsch aesthetics, the division between craft and fine art, and resulting traditional delegation to craft of artwork created by women.

I have studied a Bachelor of Arts encompassing philosophy and literature and an Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts.

EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS
Competitions
Runner Up Fact or Fiction Art Prize 2020
Winner Fairfield Art Prize 2019
Kip and Co Art Series Bean Bag Competition – WINNER 2015

Exhibitions

Manifest Exhibition KUNSTMATRIX 2021

Meraki Exhibition A Space Gallery 2020
Botanic Exhibition A Space Gallery 2020
Fact or Fiction Exhibition A Space Gallery 2020
Midway Show A Space Gallery 2020

Colour Space Gallery various Melbourne Venues 2018-19

Axiom of Devour for Melbourne Fringe Festival 2017
FIXATE for RAW Natural Born Artists 2017
Brunswick Street Gallery Small Works Exhibition 2017

Illustre Exhibition Prahran Melbourne Polytechnic 2016
Linden Postcard Exhibition 2016
Open Mind Exhibition 2016
Brunswick Street Gallery 2016
Penny Beam Gallery 2016
Open Thornbury 2016

Linden Art Gallery Postcard Exhibition 2015
Couch Fest at NCAT 2015
The Melbourne Clinic as part of National Mental Health Week 2015
Deakin Edge Federation Square for NCAT 2015
Brunswick Summer Arts Festival 2015