"A child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth."
"Umntwana ongakhuliswanga luluntu uya kuluqhaqha aqokelele ubushushu balo."
— Xhosa ProverbI am a multi-disciplinary artist working at the intersection of social and political life.
I am currently working on an exhibition of flags, from appropriated press photographs, stitching stories and questions into cloth. My work invites and challenges viewers to enter into a dialogue about polarisation in Britain today.
Drawing on the work of artists including Hank Willis Thomas, Mona Hatoum, Alfredo Jaar and Richard Mosse — whose practices collectively interrogate systems of oppression — I hope to carry their influence into my own visual language of soft protest and Craftivism.
As a mature emerging artist, mother of two neurodivergent kids and wife to an immigrant, my lived experience blends holistically, making intergenerational conversation and global perspective central to my practice.
The act of stitching cloth feels soothing and tender, while the act of cutting images and manipulating their content feels radical and powerful. These two acts work side by side, revealing the complex nature of motherhood: I want to disrupt and destroy, while simultaneously wanting to comfort and mend. The process of doing both is therapeutic for me. My hope is that the work carries this emotion.
In today's fast-paced world, I believe it is the role of the artist to reframe, shift the gaze and slow down a narrative. My work invites viewers — through installation and digital collage — to sit with a different perspective.