I deal in the removal and representation of images, which are grounded in the act of searching and collecting screen captures of existing found film footage. In their original state these stills are blanketed in obscurity and isolation, but through a process of departure and adaptation into paint these elements are elevated. This allows exploration of tensions that lie between figuration and abstraction, and sets up a continuous and ongoing dialogue between the two. The original image is transcended and it is the paint itself that challenges the hierarchy of the figurative subject. Ideas are investigated around painting as an object through my hand made, often unusually shaped support structures, which play off and against the surface.
EDUCATION
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (hons) University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand
2008 – 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Majoring in Painting University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts, Christchurch, New Zealand
SCHOLARSHIPS
2012 Bickerton-Widdowson Trust Memorial Scholarship, University of Canterbury 2012 College of Arts Honours Scholarship, University of Canterbury 2011 Harry van der Lecq Painting Scholarship, New Zealand
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 Doubles and Trebles(Reprise), Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch 2017 Shot Silk, Bartley and Company Gallery, Wellington 2017 Swept Under, PG Gallery , Christchurch 2017 Slow Burning, Meanwhile, Wellington 2017 Doubles and Trebles, a collaborative exhibition with Emily Hartley- Skudder, RAMP Gallery, Hamilton 2016 The Big Swim, 30 Courtenay Place,Wellington 2016 Group Exhibition, PG Gallery, Christchurch 2015 Three Painters, Bartley and Company, Wellington 2014 Indefinite Article, Chambers 241, Christchurch 2014 Young & Gifted, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts 2014 Adding C, D, and E, Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington 2013 Annual Wallace Award, Pah Homestead, Auckland 2013 Remake, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington 2012 Select, Ilam campus Gallery, Christchurch 2012 Pretty Things, The Colombo Gallery, Christchurch 2012 It’s a Small World, Painted, Artist run space, Dunedin 2012 PG, Casting Room, Christchurch 2011 Dreaming of Electric Sheep, SFA Ilam Gallery, Christchurch 2011 Going Underground, Casting Room, Christchurch 2010 Three, SFA Ilam Gallery, Christchurch 2009 – 11 Skub Salon, SFA Ilam Gallery, Christchurch