I am the Artist starting out, this is my journey for good or bad, my work, my learning curves and directions that I will take. I have a lot to learn and will share what I find to help others […]
My current research process for transforming Burning the Books – a live intervention project interconnecting debt, sin, absolution and payback – into a touring work, after a recent successful GFA for R+D from the Arts Council. One artistic approach to […]
Blog following my residency at the Centre for Drawing, University of the Arts London, which runs from 21 January – 1 February 2013
Short, sweet and to the point.
Having come late to art, I am driven by the need to do, make, live art. Now. Before it really is too late.
This is Art now
The aim of this blog is to document the development of my work and ideas, as I respond to the Joseph Wright collection at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Invited by Synapse Arts, Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Derby […]
I am a concpetual artist who makes work about death and religion. I am preoccupied with ideas of mortality and the way this clashes with my atheist beliefs.
Time alters perception, which alters memory, the boundaries and lines between events blur and the mind fills in gaps which are either no longer palatable or have been forgotten and erased. New truths are always being rendered, realities re-defined, ones […]
Floor Plan for an Institution is a durational collaborative project, whereby artists & curators from 5 artist-run spaces based in the West Midlands have been invited to contribute to the design of a speculative artist-run institution within the Meter Room […]
I was awarded the Metal International residency to Shanghai as part of the Liverpool Art Prize and was in residence for four weeks in the city during November 2012. This blog now charts how works begun in Shanghai continue to […]
I have been selected to participate in the AA2A residency at the University of Salford and I will document the experience on my blog. The AA2A project provides placements for visual artists and designers in Higher and Further Education institutions […]
In this blog I hope to sort through some ideas, discuss some processes and engage in a dialogue with you about art, so feel free to comment.
Two anonymous women slash and repair three interchangeable bodies at the whim and fancy of the audience; who is in control?
Having just completed my Masters at BCU in Art Practice and Education I find myself wondering “what comes next?” and searching for new ideas and inspirations to challenge and stimulate myself. Back in my classroom, the realisation that I can […]
What is the relationship between I and we?
How can creativity connect and empower us?
Exploring these questions via a socially engaged art practice to try to effect change
Ramblings of life after graduating from a fine art degree and working in the education sector.
Velta is my mother who was forced to leave her homeland Latvia because of the fighting just before the end of WW2. From the moment she walked out of her country she became a displaced person. At the tender age […]
The purpose of this blog is to write about the development of my video installation for the Matt Roberts ALAS Autumn Residency. Our group exhibition opens on Thursday, 8th November. Although I have created video installations in the past, I […]
Embarking on a residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, I’m creating a new body of site-specific photographic work, based on historical research and shaped by stories from Banff residents. My work involves exploring storytelling, history and nature through time-based […]
After graduation, it was quite challenging to set up a working environment where I can start my practice. The opportunity of a designated creative space deemed essential for continuation. Artsite ltd approached me with the possibility of having my own […]
This blog traces the continuing development of two projects begun during my recent Masters degree. Questioning the nature of objects, images and experiences, I am interested in the unreliability or inconsistency of images and meaning, and how we might or […]
This blog documents my progression through academia as a visual artist. I completed a Practice-led PhD in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds in December 2016. The focus of my […]
Wholly holey sock continuum consortia. Posting postal parlance. Sock protocol and manifesto created by Elena Thomas and Sophie Cullinan. Mathematical Advice from Dan Thomas MSci MA (Cantab)
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