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I create immersive experiences using light and sound. I am interested in how we construct culture and reality through our experiences. Inspired by phenomenology and structuralism, my work aims to situate audiences in unfamiliar environments to challenge physical and ideological perspectives.

Over the course of my artistic career I have engaged in numerous exhibitions and projects, acting as Artist, Curator and Project Manager. 

Exhibitions

2019, Unbox Festival, Bangalore International Centre, Bangaluru IN

2018, Ultiverse Live, The Tetley, Leeds UK

2017, Two Seekers, Silvia ITA

2017, Ultiverse R&D, Various, UK

2016, Ultiverse, Patrick Studios, Leeds UK

2016, RCA Show 2016, Royal College of Art, London UK

2016, No Quiet Place, The Tetley, Leeds UK

2015, Two Seekers, Berlin GER

2015, Breakthrough, Leonrodhaus für Kunst, Munich GER
2014, Light Night, Parkinson Court, Leeds UK
2013, Light Night, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds UK
2013, Cuarto des vistas, Puebla MEX
2013, MOLT!: Speculative Identities, Berlin GER
2013, VANTAGE:rez, Leeds UK



Prizes
2013, The Passey Prize in Art, University of Leeds
2013, The Vantage Art Prize, Departure Foundation
2013, FUAM Graduate Art Prize, The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery

Residencies

2019, Quicksand, Bangaluru IN

2017, Ultiverse R&D, Various, Leeds
2015, Pala Fruits, Plateau Gallery, Berlin GER

2013, VANTAGE:rez, Departure Foundation, London UK

Engagement

2018, Ultiverse Performance Residency

2017, Ultiverse Open studio's

2016, Vase Workshop, Cockburn Highschool

2016, Ultiverse Children's workshops

Education
2014 - 2016, MA Moving Image, Royal College of Art, London UK
2011 - 2012, Erasmus, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden GER
2010, Cultural Exchange, Chung Ang University, Seoul SKO

2009 - 2013, BA Fine Art, University of Leeds UK

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