About

Welcome! I am an award-winning multi-disciplinary artist with an unconventional story.

I was working in the corporate world and looking for a creative outlet. With no formal art education but inspired by a love of textiles, I enrolled onto an evening course at a local college.

During the course, I heard about the Victoria & Albert (V&A) museum’s Inspired by…competition, a competition for adult learners. I entered and the V&A selected me as the winner of the Fashion and Textiles category.

And so began my artistic journey.

Encouraged by the award, I followed my curiosity and explored ceramics, resin and then glass.

In 2013, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta) put out a call for art which reflected its mission to encourage innovation in the UK. The call gave me another impetus to get out of my comfort zone. I travelled to Germany, to a 100 year old glass studio run by the fourth generation of the same family, to learn about and work with glass. My work was selected and displayed at Nesta.

In 2017, H Club and H Club Foundation London chose me as the Emerging Creative: Art & Design for my work with glass.

The pandemic prompted a creative pivot and led me back to my roots in textiles.

And in a wonderful twist of fate, in 2021, the V&A selected me to be part of a focus group for its Africa Fashion exhibition which worked with the museum’s Curatorial and Interpretation teams and Learning Department to exchange ideas and provide feedback on the exhibition.

In 2022, I was also filmed as part of a panel discussion by the V&A for its Curating Fashion and Dress course. The film was really well received. And in February 2023, the V&A also showcased it as part of its Fashioning Global Africa course.

So I have now come full circle, currently (re-)exploring the world of textiles and charting new avenues of expression.

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ACHIEVEMENTS / AWARDS

2023

Panellist - Africa Fashion Exhibition discussion film also shown as part of the Fashioning Global Africa: 1900 to Now course - Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London UK.

2022

Panellist - Africa Fashion Exhibition Co-Design Focus Group. Contributing to discussions filmed for the Curating Fashion and Dress course - Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London UK.

2021

Member - Co-Design Focus Group - Africa Fashion Exhibition 2022, Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London UK.

Grantee - Grand Plan Fund, UK.

2017-2018

Emerging Creative - Art & Design - 2017-2018, The Hospital Club, London UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBxzbuClP6E

2007

Finalist - Canada and Europe Region, Commonwealth Arts and Craft Award, Commonwealth Foundation, London UK.

2006

Coats Foundation Trust, Glasgow UK.

The Noon Foundation, London UK.

The Gane Foundation, Bristol UK.

Winner - Fashion and Textiles Category, Inspired by…, Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London UK.

EXHIBITIONS

2019

‘Here and Now’. gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London UK.

2018

Bettershared Summer Exhibition, Shoreditch, London UK. 

The Hospital Club, Covent Garden, London UK. 

2015

'Wish You Were Here.' Contemporary Glass Society - 6th International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge UK.

2013

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), London UK.

2007

'Carnival of Art - Design Tent.'  The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands.

2006

'Inspired by…' Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London UK.