About
Visual artist and art educator based in Northants/Midlands, UK
Education
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts; The University of the Arts London, 2014
BA (Hons) Fine Art, The University of Northampton, 2010
BA (Hons) Fine Art, The University of Northampton, 2010
Current Research
"As my practice engages in community outreach work, I have become increasingly interested in understanding the role that art and creativity has on mental health and wellbeing creating artworks that seek to use creativity to visually articulate and ‘de-clutter’ thought processes.
I am particularly interested in visually articulating the modern complex of feeling disconnected or isolated whilst in the company of others. Today's digital environment creates a 'need’ to feel connected and constantly on the move, yet with this comes an overriding sense of disconnection from, distrust and self-doubt in our environment. To do this, basic principles of animation are applied to traditional 'still' art forms such as anthropomorphic form, naivety and self deprecating humour. This not only emphasizes the subject matters humanistic qualities but also its value as an 'object'; place in history - a past, present and a future.
The narratives of this suspended state, trap subjects within familiar spaces, just out of reach and provide momentary escapism into an alternative reality. There is a focus on themes such as anxiety, uneasiness, unsettled sense of place and location, hyperactivity even."
I am particularly interested in visually articulating the modern complex of feeling disconnected or isolated whilst in the company of others. Today's digital environment creates a 'need’ to feel connected and constantly on the move, yet with this comes an overriding sense of disconnection from, distrust and self-doubt in our environment. To do this, basic principles of animation are applied to traditional 'still' art forms such as anthropomorphic form, naivety and self deprecating humour. This not only emphasizes the subject matters humanistic qualities but also its value as an 'object'; place in history - a past, present and a future.
The narratives of this suspended state, trap subjects within familiar spaces, just out of reach and provide momentary escapism into an alternative reality. There is a focus on themes such as anxiety, uneasiness, unsettled sense of place and location, hyperactivity even."
Selected Exhibitions, Projects & Awards
2019
>Rugby Open19 - Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, Warwickshire, UK
>Exhibition: #ShelvedIt: - Floor One Gallery, Rugby (Solo exhibition)
2018
>NN Open, NN Contemporary, Northampton; Selected by Kaavous Clayton, Jules Devonshire & Roxy Walsh
>Rugby Open18 - Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby,Warwickshire,UK
2017
>Project: Community Cohesion Through Art- Arts Grant Benn Partnership Centre, Rugby,Warwickshire,UK
2016
<<<Fast F0rward/Rewind>>>, Punctum Gallery, London
> Intergenerational art project, Benn Partnership Centre, Rugby,Warwickshire, UK
2015
>Summer Salon, Islington Art Factory, London
>Pop-up F***Off: group exhibition, Broadway Studios, London (Group Exhibition)
2014
>Networked, Degree Show, Chelsea College of Arts
>Suspend_ed - Interim Show, Cook House Gallery, London
>Emma Barford & Emily Kathryn Stevens Pop-up Show, Chelsea College of Art
>Camden Pop-Up Show, London (group exhibition)
2013
>Postgraduate study award Windle Charitable Trust
>Intro Show,Cook House Gallery, London
>Arts Academy,Painting Workshops,Warwickshire
>Not Knowing,Chelsea Salon Project
2011 -12
>Talking Portraits, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum (Outreach project exhibitions, exploring Victorian and World War Portraiture with local schools and community groups)
2010
>Painted Light, Free Range London Graduate Show - The Old Truman Brewery, London
>Painted Light, Degree Show, The University of Northampton
2009
>15 x 15: (h)ours - Avenue Gallery, Northampton
>Spring Show - Avenue Gallery, Northampton
2008
>15 x 15: Exploring Drawing, Avenue Gallery, Northampton
2007
> Freezing Art Fair , The Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton
>15 x 15: Light - Avenue Gallery, Northampton
