In 2024, I was fortunate to be invited to contribute to Neoterica, an artist led, grass roots survey of 20 mid career artists, led by artist Ray Harris. The premise for my works is below.

The series ‘Year Zero’ explores the notion of a time that comes at the death of one type of order before the birth of another. Year Zero is often a term used to denote the time period after one regime falls and before a new order can be established; a time of pause and unease, a time of potential, a precipice to stand on before taking the plunge into the new. I found it an apt metaphor for where I am in my life now, standing in the rubble of my past relationship and life, pausing before I begin to rebuild. Realised across three sculptural works, I call on symbols of justice, the heavens and worship to mourn dreams unrealised, speak to the possibilities and pitfalls of intimacy and take and test the weight of judgement that had been meted out onto me. In doing so, my work speaks to experiences both personal and shared.

Images courtesy of Sam Roberts.