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Bio
I am a contemporary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. I have a Master of Fine Arts (First Class Honours) from Whitecliffe College, a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Whitelcliffe, a Certificate in Design and Digital Media from Whitecliffe, and a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from Canterbury University.
My practice explores transformation through connection and adaptability.
Made using temporary attachments of notches and tabs, I make hybrid structures that are both painting and sculpture and have the potential to be undone and re-assembled. Without permanent attachment each object holds in a momentary state of transition, reliant on provisional interconnectedness to maintain form. One piece cannot sustain a curve or appear to hover without the assistance or resistance of another.
Over time the component pieces develop a past, present, and future. There is evidence of a life lived, a paused current moment, and potential for further possibilities. Holding vestiges of previous forms and colours, they are fixed in space and time but only for a captured instant, reserving the right to change their minds in the future. They do not come to a permanent conclusion for display, rather they continue to evolve over time.
The work resists reaching a final truth, as both form and colour are malleable. Undoing and re-making brings new visual information to light, requiring a revised response. Holding in that moment of transformational tension means that each work resists the idea of being finished, instead being finished for now.
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