Biography
I am a multi-media artist from Bridgend, Wales. My practice, driven by speculative fiction, explores social class, myth, superstition, and collective memory through absurd and surreal forms.
I completed the Freelands Fellowship with g39 (Machynys Forgets Itself) in 2023 and won the Aesop Grand Prix at the 2019 Biennale for Satire and Humour in Art for a film commissioned by Nowness and Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
As a writer, I’m a 2025 Hay Festival resident and have published in The Welsh Agenda, Lumpen, Hack Publishing, Ink, Sweat & Tears, and Unchorus. My collection Material Disturbances was shortlisted by Cheerio, Prototype, and Write Bloody UK in 2024.
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Qualifications:
MFA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
2018
BSc Architecture, University of Bath (first class hons)
2011
Foundation Art, Coleg Morgannwg USW (distinction)
2007
Residencies + Awards:
Magnetic Fluxus Art Projects Laureate
Frac Bretagne; Brittany, France
2024
g39 Studio Residency
Cardiff
2021-23
Freelands Foundation Fellowship
2021-23
Golden Aesop Grand Prix, 24th Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Selected by Vasif Cortun, Berta Sichel and Anton Staykov
2019
Arebyte Gallery Studio Residency
Offsite: Oxford Street, London
2018
Selected Exhibitions,Performances & Events:
The Shock of the Old (Group Show)
Division of Labour, Florence Trust, London
2026
Preserving Hole (Radio)
Dundee Radio Club
2026
Walls Have Teeth
Dyddiau Du, Cardiff (7th November)
2025
Death In The Age of Plenty: Project Presentation
Aberystwyth Arts Centre (26th September)
2025
Material Disturbances (Public Reading)
Writers at Work Tent, Hay Literary Festival, Hay-on-Wye
2025
Guto Nyth Bran (Sculpture)
Red Route; Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil
2025
Preserving Hole (Radio)
Radiophrenia; Glasgow
2025
Obiturary Drawings (Print)
Herbivore Supper Club; Bacreto, Cardiff
2024
Residency Presentation & Screening
Frac Bretagne, Rennes
2024
Preserving Hole (Trio Exhibition)
Division of Labour, Manchester
2024
Machynys Forgets Itself (Solo Exhibition)
Oriel Davies, Newtown
2024
The Next Thing (Group Exhibition)
Bury Art Museum, Bury
2024
In the Same Breathe (Screening Programme)
Site Gallery, Sheffield; ps2, Belfast; Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
2023
In the Same Breathe (Group Exhibition)
Freelands Foundation, London
2023
Soft Split the Stone (Group Exhibition)
g39, Cardiff
2023
Love Hangover: encore (Solo Exhibition)
Tension Fine Art, London
2022
Failures & Repetitions (Group Exhibition)
Five Years Gallery, London
2022
Winter Sculpture Park (Sculpture, Group Exhibition)
Gallery No.32, London
2022
Food for Elias (Residency + Exhibition)
Bygda2.0 & Åfjord Municipality, Stokkøya, Norway
2021
#lockdownwander (GIFs + Drawing)
Your Place, Tempo Arts (online)
2021
Well Now, Hold On (Performance)
Made In Roath (online)
2021
5th International Bad Video Art Festival (Performance)
Gallery Bomba, Moscow
2020
Love Hangover (Solo Exhibition)
Tension Fine Art, London
2019
Dimensions of Publicness (International Biennale)
24th Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art; Museum of Satire & Humor, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
2019
An Exhibition on One Hand (Group Exhibition)
Kingsgate Project Space, London
2019
Manlyhood (Solo Exhibition)
The Space, Hastings
2018
TBCTV (Group Exhibition)
Somerset House, London
2018
Mayfair Fringe (Group Exhibition)
Arebyte Gallery Studios, Oxford Street, London
2018
Degree Show (Group Exhibition)
Central Saint Martins; Lethaby Gallery, London
2018
New Art Wales: NOVA Cymru (Group Exhibition)
Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Arcade, Cardiff; Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, Wales
2018
Visual Poetry (Group Exhibition)
Sichuan University Academy of the Arts & Blackstone Gallery, Chengdu
2018
Xhibit (Group Exhibition)
Bermondsey Project Space, London (selected by Frances Morris and Amal Khalaf)
2018
AG!TATE ACT!VATE, OVERPR!NT (Group Exhibition)
Centre de la Gravure et l’Image Imprimée; La Louvière
2018
Failure; Reinventing the studio: how to survive as an artist in the metropolis (Group Exhibition)
Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
2018
Open Screenings
Whitechapel Gallery, London
2017
Kultur Nacht (Group Screening)
Piccolo Paradiso; Paradogma, Badenfahrt
2017
Somewhere You + I Collide (Group Exhibition)
The Laundry, London
2017
In Between States (Group Exhibition)
Byram Shaw Project Space, London
2017
Present Future: An Art School (Group Exhibition)
Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
2017
Some Images From Me To You (Solo Exhibition)
Electro Studios Project Space, St. Leonards-on-Sea
2016
A Material Platform For The Materialist In You (Solo Exhibition)
The Space, Hastings
2016
Contra Images
Marseille Film Festival, Marseille
2016
Commissions:
Permanent Public Sculpture
Studio Response + Bellway Homes
2024
Art to Artillery: Luxury & Sustainability Short Film
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Nowness + Central Saint Martins
2017
Funding + Awards:
The Elephant Trust
2026
The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust
2026
Arts Council Wales Create Award
Research & Development Large Grant
2025
Hay Festival Writer’s At Work
2025
a-n Artists Bursaries
2025
Welsh Government & Media Cymru Training Award
London Film Academy Cinematography Certificate
2024
Fluxus Art Projects Laureate
Institut Français
2024
The North Weir Trust
2024
Four Nations International Fund
2024
Arts Council Wales Create Award
Production
2023
Arts Council Wales Create Award
Research & Development
2022
a-n Artists Bursaries
2021
International Opportunities Fund
Wales Arts International
2021
Arts Council Wales Create Award
Production
2019
Arts Council Wales Create Award
Research & Development
2018
Reviews:
Preserving Hole
Corridor8, written by Hilary White
2024
A Strange Kind of Amnesia
Freelands Foundation, written by Charlie Mills
2023
Love Hangover
Wales Arts Review, written by Lizzie Lloyd
2019
Interviews:
2025
2019
2019
Published Writing:
Hay Festival International Writers Blog
Hay Festival Online
2025
On Beekeeping
the welsh agenda (2025 Spring Edition), IWA
2025
Domesticated Animals
Ink Sweat & Tears
2024
Material Disturbances
Hack Publishing Anthology Vol 2 ‘Oddity’
2024
Material Disturbances
Hack Publishing Anthology Vol 1 ‘Resilience’
2023
Material Disturbances
Lumpen Journal
2023
Orange Laces
Unchorus, Freelands Foundation Publication
2023
Public Collections:
Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image imprimée, La Louvière
Obituary Drawings
Museum of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo
Art to Artillery
Teaching, Talks + Workshops:
Torfaen Resilience Mindful Activities Films
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
2025
Healthy Futures Workshops
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre & Aneurin Bevan Health Board, Ebw Valley
2024
Criw Celf Easter FilmWorkshops
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran
2022
Artist Talk (with Rhiannon Edwards)
Tension Fine Art, London
2019
Artist Talk
g39, Cardiff
2019
BA Critical Studies Facilitator
Central Saint Martins, Unit 3: Emerging Practice
2018
BA Fine Art Studio Tutor & Critic
Central Saint Martins, 4D Pathway
2018
MAFA Post Graduate Lead Peer Critic
Central Saint Martins
2017
Present Future (Curriculum)
Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
2017
Shortlisted:
Covid Memorial Permanent Public Artwork (in collaboration with Aisle 5 Architects)
Swansea Council
2025
Prose Poetry Manuscript Publication
Prototype
2024
New Contemporaries
2024
Prose Poetry Manuscript Publication
Write Bloody
2024
Prose Poetry Manuscript Publication
Cheerio Publishing
2024
Creative Wales Residency
British School of Rome
2024
Creative Wales Residency
British School of Rome
2023
Shady Dealings With Language
Material Disturbances
2023