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I
am a Bristol based artist and I studied design, photography and
video in Leicester and after a gap I have resumed my fine art work
in photography and video and has now embarked on various visual
projects. I won first prize in the Kodak Magnificent Seven
photography competitions both in 1986 and 1987.
My interest is in the numerous forms that a human body can create.
I also aim to address its sensual link to sexual identity and
notions of personal relationships. The focus is mainly on female
body as I seek to express its beauty, celebrate and provoke its
primal influence to human psyche.
The viewpoints of my photographs are often selective and close up.
My idea is to evoke the core beauty and sensuality of a person or
a body yet the same time display the image in an uncompromising
angle. My work can sometimes be described as provocative,
challenging the viewers to examine their own ways of perceiving.
My practice also extends to video and conceptual projects, these
are usually my reflection to the world around, be it social,
political or environmental issues and are usually highly symbolic.
Group Exhibitions
May 2002 Gallery Café Unlimited Bristol
August 2002 Lauderdale House London
Sept 2002 Beaumont Hall Studio St.Albans, Herts.
Nov 2002 Marmalade Gallery, Wapping, London
May 2003 The Mill Arts Centre Banbury, Oxfordshire
May 2003 RingOBell (Bath Fringe) Widcombe Parade, Bath
June 2003 Max 5 Video Festival Café Gallery Projects, London
Aug 2003 Artismix Gallery Beccles, Suffolk
Solo Exhibitons
July 2002 Easy Caf.com Bristol
Sept 2002 Hare On the Hill Bristol
Dec 2002 Cosies Wine Bar, Portland Square, Bristol
Jan 2003 Bodello Wine Bar, Welsh Back Bristol
Publications
2002 AXIS-Artist Database www.axisartists.org.uk
April 2002 Decode (online) www.decodepublishing.com/gallery
May 2002 ePhotozine (online) www.ePhotozine.com/gallery
Aug 2002 Sensual (online) www.the-sensual-magazine.com
Sept 2002 Decode Magazine www.decodepublishing.com
Awards
1987 The Magnificent Seven Photographic Competition, First Prize
1986 The Magnificent Seven Photographic Competition, First Prize
Qualification
1987 BA Hons, Graphic Design/Photography Leicester Polytechnic
Disciplines
Video, Photography, Conceptual/Installation
Interests
Installations, Conceptual, Environmental art, Sculpture,
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