about
I work to materialise memory. My work is heavily informed by my background in archaeology, which accepts the inevitability of our brief time on earth, while honouring how we spend that time - from the mundane to the monumental.
Education
MFA Fine Art with Distinction, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (2022- 2023)
Contemporary Art Practice, Leith School of Art (2020-21)
Assistantship in Cromarty Pottery (2017)
Archaeology MA (Hons), 1st class degree (2014)
Awards
Winner of the Wasps Award 2021
Recipient of a Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award’s Emerging Artist Bursary, awarded by Edinburgh City Council, 2021
Named one of 30 Under 30 Inspiring Young Women in Scotland 2021 by the Young Women’s Movement Scotland
Shortlisted for Create Award, Hearsay International Audio Art Festival 2021 (in collaboration with audio producer Katie Callin)
Received 'Very Special Mention' in Miranda July's International Covid Arts Festival 2020
Featured in The Independent, the Irish Independent, the Evening Standard and the Belfast Telegraph.
Selected exhibitions
Masters Show, Duncan ofJordanstone College of Art and Design (August 2023)
Legacy: Bridge Pottery Collective Exhibition, Edinburgh Palette (April 2023)
Mind the Gap, GENERATORprojects, Dundee (April 2023)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London. (June - August 2022)
Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas (May 2022)
Personally I Would Never Do That (solo exhibition), Southblock Gallery, Glasgow (March 2022)
Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition 2022, Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture (February 2022)
Contemporary Art Practice, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh (July 2021)
With/Out Boundaries, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh (April 2019)
Photo by Andrew Paterson. @reelaperture
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