Upcoming

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September 2023 Gunsmoke City commissioned by Greenman Trust exhbition at GS Artists, Swansea, UK

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September 2023 Offshoots/Alldwf (family collaboration under name Teulu Von Flap) comissioned by Ways of Working and Natural Reasource Wales. Film being shown with Graft at National Waterfront Museum.

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November 2023 Gludafael/Holdfast Glyn Vivian Art Gallery

About

Live performance, video and installation present my personal experiences lived working class identity. The culture clash between my background and my artistic practice sits in the disjointed narratives within my work. I pursue the theatricality in the everyday whilst sharing fragments of autobiography, observations on people, history and site.

The frequent use of drag in my work opens up a dialogue about the history of the drag king in contemporary performance, as well as facilitates the exploration of my gender identity.

I have made work which focuses on Cliff Richard’s 1996 portrayal of Wuthering Heights’ ‘Heathcliff’; Butlins redcoats/ knobbly knees and performance art; the history of the Principal boy in Pantomime; psychics; Take a Break Magazine; medicinal leeches; regression and a cat who killed someone in a past life.

Theatre flats and the DIY aesthetic of amateur dramatics articulate the materiality of these themes.

CV

Education

2017-2023

PhD (practice based) at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at The University of Manchester. Funded by the Wellcome Trust.

2013-2015

MFA Glasgow School of Art

2007 

BA (Hons) Fine Art Combined Media, First Class hons, Swansea Metropolitan University

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Gunsmoke City film installation, GS Artists (commissioned by Greenman Trust for Greenman festival 2023)

2022

Principal Boy film installation, G39, Cardiff, Wales

Fools Gold film installation, co curate by Glynn Vivian and Art Lucana, London, UK

2021

Fools Gold film installation, Sir Leslie Joseph Young Artist Award, Glynn Vivian, Swansea, Wales

2015

Brush me, Floss me or lose me installation and performance, Welcome Home, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland

2013

For Future Reference… June ’13, MEANTIME Project space, Cheltenham, UK

2012

Cock[le] Pit Performance for Adain Avion the Cultural Olympiad lead project for Wales

ABANDON SHIP! Stapleton Rd Tavern, Bristol

2011

In Memory of Balloon Girl Film Installation of performance documentation and publication launch, St David’s Hall, Cardiff

2010

Craig Y Nos Installation of performance documentation from the Craig Y Nos residency, Oriel Lliw, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Swansea

Sws Live Performance and Installation, Mission Gallery, Swansea

Performances/ Commissions/Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Gunsmoke City film installation, Greenman Festival (commissioned by, UK

2022

Digital Riot Project, 9-90 commissioned by GSA Swansea, UK

2021

Shoe House workshop. Creative ways of dealing with UK housing crisis. COMMONWEALTH
Dragged Up Filmed Make up tutorial with Drag King Len Blanco, Swansea Pride and Glynn Vivian

2020

Malwod Comissioned by Gwent Arts in Health

2019

The Closer We Are ELYSIUM GALLERY, Swansea, UK

Principal Boy RADIOPHRENIA, CCA, Glasgow, Scotland

2018

EDGE EFFECTS: Patterns of Care GUEST PROJECTS, London, UK

Goat Majorette-PART I Manchester Museum, UK

Clocking Off Experimentica, Chapter, Cardiff UK

Housemates The British Society for the History of Science PG conference

2017

Working Group with Wojciech Kosma, Hospitalfield, Scotland

Soothing Suck Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. Commissioned by GSA

2016

Golden Shower Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinbrugh, Scotland

Soft, Strong & Long, Collaboration with Pester&Rossi, The Suttie Arts Space, Aberdeen, Scotland

There’s a Special Place in Shell… As part of on going collaboration as Foote&Mouth, Reid Gallery, GSA, Glasgow, Scotland

2015

Gold Panning Market Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

AMBUSH Comission for FIELDWORK at Hospitalfields, Scotland

Poster Boy Installation and performance for GSA MFA degree show. Glasgow, Scotland

A Prayer to GOD and NASA, CORPO VOLTA2, The Poetry Club, Glasgow, Scotland

Poster Boy Bob and Roberta Smith open weekend at Hospitalfields, Scotland. Commission to make performance work in response to Bob and Roberta Smith’s work.

2014

Dublin Debut Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Gentle Girl LLAWN Arts Festival, North Wales, UK

A lament for Johanna La Murate PAC, Florence, Italy

Take a Break Gwenan International, The old hairdressers, Glasgow, UK

The Chorus The Reid Gallery, Glasgow, UK

2013

Palm Project The Looking Glass, Bristol, UK

2012

Mother Time National Museum of Wales, UK

Mother Time Time Square, NYC, US

Future Target Flux Factory, NYC, US

ABANDON SHIP! Art Carbootique, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

2011

In Memory of Balloon Girl Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff

In Honour of Polly Garter G39, Cardiff

A Series of Uncertainties Perfformiad, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

2010

Cwtch Experimentica, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Friend Request The Poly, Falmouth

Cwtch: Stori MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK

Feast/Gwledd II: Salem Oriel Gallery of Contemporary Art, Hay-on-Wye, UK

Sws Mission Gallery, Swansea, UK

Lasting Colour Ffotogallery, Penarth, UK

Gwisg Cenhinen National Assembly of Wales/ Y Senedd, Cardiff, UK

2009

La Mala Madre/The Wicked Mother Campo San Stefano, Venice, Italy

2008

LoveBite Biopharm UK Ltd, Hendy, Carmarthen, UK

Residencies

2014

LLAWN and Mostyn Gallery, UK

Le Murate PAC Florence, Italy

2013

MEANTIME, UK

Retreat, UK

2012

Flux Factory NYC

2010

CERBYD

Wales wide tour alongside 10 international artists. A WARP Project by Tom Goddard, Brian Watkins.

Craig Y Nos Castle, Tawe Valley

2008

Biopharm Uk ltd

Leech farm, Carmarthen

Graduate Artist in Residence

Dynevor Centre for Art and Design

Awards

2023

ACW CREATE Award

2022

Future Wales Fellow

2021

ACW CREATE Award

Sir Leslie Joseph Young Artist Award

2020

Henry Moore Foundation Award

ACW Individual Stabilisation Fund

2017-2022

Wellcome Trust for ‘Managing Multispecies Medicine’ project

2014

Thomas and Margret Roddin Trust Scholarship

Pantyfedwen Trust Scholarship

2013

GSA Welcome Scholarship

Arts Council of Wales Project grant (For Future Reference…)

2012

Wales Arts International grant (For Future Reference…NY)

2011

Arts Council of Wales Project grant (In Memory of Balloon Girl)

Wales Arts International Travel Grant (Venice)

2010

Arts Council  of Wales Project grant (Craig Y Nos)

2007

Winner of the Mission Gallery Student Prize

Publications

2021

Fools Gold

2011

In Memory of Balloon Girl, limited edition of 500

2010

Craig Y Nos, limited edition of 500

Fora:1, Ffotogallery, limited edition of 50

Articles

2016

GSA EXHIBITIONS REVIEW, GSA exhibitions

2015

GSA DEGREE SHOW Emerging artists, The Skinny

2013

g39 publication: "We want to communicate what makes us tick" AN

Art Across the City: 'Like aliens have landed and left us presents' AN

Television

2023

Y Sîn S4C BOOM Cymru

2015

Made in Cardiff TV Experimentica 15

2014

Newyddion am 9 Welsh language national news correspondant for Artes Mundi

2013

Pethe S4C Discussing public Art and Locws International

2012

Prynhawn Da S4C Discussing WAI funded project at Flux Factory NYC