Recent projects developed through archaeology, landscape and the material evidence people leave behind.
Brick & Stone, Iron & Bronze Lincolnshire Series Between the River and the CityProjects developed through lived experience of Istanbul, where architecture, objects and everyday encounters reveal the city's layered histories.
The Book of StreetsSiyah Kalem Projects +
A series of works developed over more than a decade in response to the fragments attributed to the fourteenth-century artist and storyteller Siyah Kalem.
The Black Pen Project Nomadic Tales Şeytan Tüyü (The Devil's Feather) A Nomad's Tale (Bir Göçebe Masalcı)Exhibitions trace the public life of the work. Some brought together existing projects, while others marked significant stages in the development of the practice.
Selected Solo Exhibitions +
A selection of solo exhibitions presented in galleries, museums and site-specific venues.
Brick & Stone, Iron & Bronze Steppingstones The Black Pen Project Nomadic Tales Şeytan Tüyü (The Devil's Feather) A Nomad's Tale Deities at the Bottom of the Garden Make Mine a Molotov Turn on the Waterworks Gravity can be a Cruel MistressSelected Group Exhibitions +
A selection of invited and curated group exhibitions in the UK and internationally.
Jammyboree Unquiet Landscapes Spirit of Place Horses Fluent in the Wind Confluence Abbara Kadabra The Sheffield Pavilion (2009) V22: The Sculpture Show Conflict 10 × 10 × 10 Citi-zen ArtTransPennine03 Vim and VigourThe archive gathers together projects from different periods of my practice according to recurring themes rather than chronology. Like an archaeological excavation, the same work may appear in more than one place because it belongs to more than one story.
Commissions +
Projects developed in response to specific commissions and collaborations. Created for particular places, organisations or clients, they often became testing grounds for ideas that continued to develop throughout my practice.
Mine City of Peace ArtTransPennine03Place +
Place has always been more than a location in my work. Cities, coastlines, landscapes and archaeological sites become repositories of memory, identity and time.
Steppingstones Running Along the Pearls Submerged Yuvarlak Masada Sheffield Sea Life CentreRhizomes +
Developed during my MA, these works mark a shift from repeated imagery towards fragmented image fields, where individual panels form networks of meaning that invite viewers to navigate rather than simply observe.
Powwow Make Mine a MolotovRepetitions +
Created between 1996 and 2002, Repetitions established many of the methods and concerns that continue to shape my practice. Using collage, image transfer and repeated imagery, these works explore how meaning changes through accumulation, transformation and sustained observation.
+ ManifestoRead the manifesto that introduces the ideas and methods explored throughout the Repetitions series.
The Burbs Porpoise Mine Oil Paintings Between the Devil and the Sky Blue Sea A Love Story Butchery Der Capital Water Works Milloonnium Bugs Fly-by-Nighters Celestial Bodies Extinct Views Unstable Relations Motion Sickness Land Lords OneProjects +
Some works resist easy classification. These projects sit between larger bodies of work, often testing ideas that later reappear elsewhere.
Love Stories Deities at the Bottom of the Garden City of PeaceOrigins +
The earliest surviving works in the archive. These projects reveal the beginnings of ideas, materials and ways of working that would gradually evolve throughout the rest of the practice.
Origins