About me
Making art is a way of feeling my way home.
I grew up on a farm in North Canterbury, and as an adult I’ve found myself thinking more and more about what a sense of belonging actually means. I’ve been researching my family history and the settlers who farmed at Pūrau on Banks Peninsula, and becoming more conscious of what I’ve inherited – both a connection to place, and a history of colonisation and environmental change.
I’m interested in the difference between land belonging to us and us belonging to land. What does it mean to inherit responsibility as well as history? Can belonging be something we practise through attention, care and relationship, rather than something we assume because we were born somewhere or own something?
I explore these questions through painting, drawing and fibre work. I’m drawn to bodies, animals, plants, found objects and natural materials – things that connect us to our physical selves and to the places we inhabit. Each work is part of a much longer investigation into what it means to belong.
Artist Resume
- Artist Residency, Scots College (2020)
- Artist Residency, Wellington Botanic Gardens (2021)
- NZ Art Show (2021–2023)
- Emerging Artist Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Awards (2024)
- Highly Commended, Art Edit Self-Represented Artist Award (2024)
- Solo Exhibition, Toi Pōneke Gallery (2025)
- Taranaki Art Show (2025)
- Emerging Artist Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Awards (2025)
- Craigs Aspiring Art Prize Finalist (2025)