I look for the humour in everyday situations to create my artwork.
It is by taking the situations, events and characters of our lives that are too often overlooked that my work becomes a parody of the world in which we live. The narrative behind my creations becomes a subtle commentary on our daily lives. The stories each piece tells reflect back at us our own lives, open for our own interpretations and our own internal dialogue.
The three-dimensional aspect to my art works as a symbol of the layers we need to tear off to reach the core and the heart of a situation, emotion or personality.
My work speaks for itself and if you listen carefully enough you will hear the stories it has to tell.
Not everything is black and white or straight forward.
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I am inspired by contemporary art and re-create the world around me using a broad range of media including illustration, photography, music and ceramics.
Human emotion fascinates me and is often at the heart of my work.
My illustrations exaggerate behaviour to create a story where words become redundant.
There is nothing I love better than breathing life into inanimate objects giving them personalities and characters of their own.
I am also inspired by observing facial expressions, following the line of every visible emotion in the human spectrum - from joy and laughter to pain and sadness.
Although my work appears to be composed by simple, neat, clear and defined lines, I challenge the viewer to look deeper and find the underlying complexity beneath the layers, drawing the viewer ever further in to my art and themselves.
2004-2005 Cyprus College of Art, Cyprus - Resident
2003-2004 College Sir Gar, Wales, UK - 1st year BA Hons, Ceramics
2002-2003 Coleg Ceredigion, Wales, UK - ND 3D Design
1989-1994 The Bolsover School, Derbyshire, UK
As a student at the Cyprus College of Art I experimented with illustration, sculpture, photography and painting. This unique opportunity gave me the time and space to experience a variety of medias, which allowed
my work to evolve organically in many different areas. This was a great opportunity for me to develop the skills I already possessed.
Bizzare situations, Tim Burton, Grayson Perry, acoustic folk music, old tin toys, Viz, Tracey Emin, Sarah Beetson, Aardman, Ingrid Murphy, Red Nose Studio, buttons, kitsch, coffee, old photos, Matthew Barney, John Hendrix, old signs, Whitstable, photography, seediness of Blackpool, paper, pen, ink, odd objects, travel, Lucy McKenzie, playing instruments, Francis Bacon, Steve Pemberton, sunsets, random inspiration, Willow the Wisp, Frieda Kahlo, Family Guy, ceramics, old tins and boxes, Psychoville......etc
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Galleries
2009 Moontree Gallery - Boscombe, Dorset, UK
2005 Morphi Gallery - Limassol, Cyprus
2005 Orpheus Gallery - Limassol, Cyprus
2005 Art Touch - Limassol, Cyprus
2003 Blackcurrant Smile - Christchurch, UK Dorset
2003 Sculptastic - Old Quebec Street, London, UK
2003 The Potters Wheel - Cheshire, UK
2002 Chelini - Cardigan, Wales
Press
Feb 2009 The Wessex Muse Magazine
Aug 2009 Bournemouth Daily Echo
Aug 2009 Listed Magazine
Other
Aug 2009 Interview on Hope FM
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Exhibitions
Feb 2009 I-Candy Arts - Hastings, UK
Jan 2009 Farnham Maltings - Farnham. UK
Nov 2008 Café Gallery - Southwark Park,London, UK
Jun 2008 The Lighthouse - Poole, Dorset, UK
Jul 2005 Morphi Gallery - Limassol, Cyprus
Jul 2005 Cyprus College of Art - Limassol, Cyprus
Dec 2004 Cyprus College of Art - Limassol, Cyprus
Dec 2004 Art Touch - Limassol, Cyprus
Jan 2004 Coleg Sir Gar - Carmarthen, Wales
Jun 2003 Theatre Mwldan - Cardigan, Wales
Jan 2003 Guildhall - Cardigan, Wales
Solo exhibitions
Aug 2009 The Peacock Art Gallery - Poole, UK
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Knuckle head
Air Sardinia
Fly, fly my pretty
Unidentified
flying
oddity
Eye
on
ewe
The New Miserablist
Bingo in mad
Hunter of
the hunted
Costalotta
coffee
Foxy
Love
Button
Dotty
Mojo
Stocking filler
Crazy Crazy Nights
Endangered
species
Mouth ogar
Voodoo
doll
New kid on the
block
Psycho
Babble
Dustbin
Butter
Driving
School
Madness
Hot Buttered Crumpet
Sarah Shirtcliffe
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