My life is proving simple lately. One focus is on analogue collage where there are few digital distractions. It feels exciting to work with paper, to re-assemble images and pay more attention to what’s really important, often nowadays advocating for social and environmental justice. Changes in the global and local arena do affect my artwork. I never try to control it, just let it flow. It helps to disregard expectations, allow yourself to follow gut instincts. After all, it is your only life, so you better live it by your own convictions, right?

As I investigate the possibilities of collage, I am increasingly surprised between the overlap of my pursuits in poetry and visual art. Both have the capacity to work with a metaphor to enhance experience. For this I am grateful. It allows for adventure to always be present.

What makes me feel more human in the collage world? Collaboration. It’s when I have the opportunity to connect on projects that things happen. I also prefer the ideological freedom to investigate. Collage is the perfect tool for revealing the truth, it’s the cut-outs of people, words and objects merging together, the attempts at creating poignant statements that helps sustain a meaningful practice.  

You can find more about my collaborations in my News page here. Or, if inclined, follow my Instagram account here.

SHOW OF HANDS

This 10-part series investigates fragmented, often disruptive histories, relinquishing control to offer the human hand a narrative. Commissioned by Cordite as part of their Amble edition (2021). Find four images from this series below.

XYLOGRAPHICA - Reimagining Albrecht Dürer, Artist Book

An experimental non-fiction leporello incorporates the work of Albrecht Dürer by re-forming 15th century narratives into contemporary visual forms. Forty pages allow for thematic discourse into religion, mathematics, the personality of self. This book is a comparative diagnosis between the first woodblocks and 21st century collage. Find 10 pages below; this book was a contender for The Kanyer Art Collection, USA.

WHAT THE BIRDS ARE SAYING

This series is an on-going forum — let the birds speak of human complexity, jeopardy and displacement.