Influence
I was born and raised in inner city Bristol, the child of first generation Jamaican immigrants. As a teenager, the race riots in my neighbourhood, St Pauls, in the early 1980s made a lasting impression on me. My curiosity about the government's attempts to fix things ultimately led to me pursuing a 30 year career in local area regeneration.
These experiences are reflected in my art, where I explore the complex issues surrounding inner city areas and communities.
I often gather my ideas by observing scenes and people in my neighbourhood. I create ceramic art that is provocative, subversive, playful and humorous. I want to test interpretations of the present day, whilst producing tangible objects that contain a certain beauty and references a past.
These experiences are reflected in my art, where I explore the complex issues surrounding inner city areas and communities.
I often gather my ideas by observing scenes and people in my neighbourhood. I create ceramic art that is provocative, subversive, playful and humorous. I want to test interpretations of the present day, whilst producing tangible objects that contain a certain beauty and references a past.
I bring my musical skills to create soundscapes to accompany my ceramic installations. These inspire and enhance my conceptual development and my making.
Process
I use the full palette of ceramic techniques to make my pieces, emphasising surface decoration with mono-print slip transfers, digital decals and in some cases metallic lustres. I also experiment with the addition of non-ceramic materials.
CV
2024
Ceramics In the City, Museum of the Home, London
Featured Artist, Art4Space Artist's Palate, London
Joined Find A Maker
Dulwich Festival Artists Open House
2023
Retail Showcase, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
Peckham Festival Artists Open House
Faculty member Mudbelly Teaches https://www.mudbellyceramics.com/teaches
Showed at Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
Showed at Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair
2022
Showcase Award winner, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair
2nd place, Brixton Art Prize
Selected for New Ashgate Gallery Rising Stars
Exhibited at Grand Designs TV Live 2022, Excel Centre, London with Green Grads
Showed at Morley HND Ceramics Alumni Exhibition, Morley Gallery, London
2021
Awarded mentoring by New Designers 2021 with well known ceramicist, Mitch Pilkington.
Selected to show at Green Grads as part of the London Design Festival.
Selected to show at the Zetter Hotel, Clerkenwell, London
Selected to show at the Zetter Hotel, Clerkenwell, London
Showed at The Kiln Rooms, London, open studios.
2020
Graduated with a BTEC HND in Art, Design & Ceramics (Distinction) from Morley College, London
Special Skills
Sound art with ceramics installations – saxophonist, pianist, guitarist, singer.
