About
I search for a language to explore impermanence and non-material.
The process of transforming through painting is an inquiry into ambiguity and symbolism — becoming familiar with the hidden, the uncertain,
and the uncontrollable. I'm interested in opposites, such as hope
and loss, the tension between them, and how these conflicting yet harmonizing notions influence the painting process and composition —leading to the dissolving or stillness of forms. Shifting between awareness and the subconscious, I wrestle with memories that slip
my control and with the knowledge that exists beyond my senses.
I’m drawn to cool colour palettes, which echo the nocturnal moods of the natural environment where I grew up. My compositions merge elements of nature, interiors, and body details, retaining traces of personal photography, found images, and drawings made intuitively — these documented moments collide with inner experiences. The organic forms merge elements of both still life and landscape, alluding to the symbiosis and exchange between the dead organic matter and the living.
Never being fully one thing or another, but constantly evolving, these
new memory landscapes evoke a sense of longing and nostalgia, which prompts me to question the hierarchies of the outer and inner realms.
Solo exhibitions
2022
A Mountain, Too, Has Its Thoughts, Broadway Gallery
2017
Rozczlonkowanie (Dismemberment), Dom Narodowy, Cieszyn, Poland
Selected group exhibitions
2024
Airy Disk, River Art Gallery, Taiwan
Clyde & Co Prize, London
MacFarlanes Prize, London
2023
John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
A Matter of Perspective, Liliya Art Gallery, London
South Open, OHSH Projects, London
2021
Correspondence 01, Broadway Gallery & Exeter Phoenix Gallery
2020
Emergent Vision, Uncovered Collective, Safe house 1, London
2019
ARTIQ The Graduate Art Prize, Herbert Smith Freehills, London
Orbit UK, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, London
Postopia, Ugly Duck, London
Who Will Provide?, Crypt Gallery, London
2018
Beyond The Pale, LOFT, London
2014
TURF, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf, London
2012
Bar-Tur Award, Paradise Row Gallery, London
Awards, prizes and competitions
2024
Clyde & Co Prize
MacFarlanes Prize
2023
John Moores Painting Prize
Jackson's Art Prize, Shortlist
2022
A-n, Professional Development Bursary
Newplatform.art, Professional Development Programme
2019
ARTIQ Art Graduate Prize, Shortlist
Saatchi Art Rising Stars
Jackson's Painting Prize, Shortlist
2018
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, 2nd Emerging Artist Grant, Canada
2017
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, 1st Emerging Artist Grant, Canada
2011
Bar-Tur Award, 2nd place in Lifestyles category, London
Residencies and collaborations
2021—2022
The Letchworth Residency, Broadway Gallery
2021
Collaboration with artist Oliver Kirkham as part of Correspondence 01, Broadway Gallery & Exeter Phoenix Gallery
2018
Collaboration with artist Whitney Jade Halstead on a site specific installation Are We the Heavy Mountain We Have to Carry?, as part of Who Will Provide? exhibition at Crypt Gallery, London
Publications and interviews
2023
Uncovered Collective, Interview
2022
In conversation with Sarah White, Broadway Gallery & Morphē Arts
2020
Artists Responding To...,Magazine, Issue 4
2019
Jackson's Painting Prize; Interview
2016
Young Space; interview
Education
2017—2019
MFA Fine Arts (Distinction), Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London
2011—2014
BA (Hons) Photography, Arts University Bournemouth
2010—2011
Foundation Degree in Art and Design, Byam Shaw School of Art