Poor Network Connection

Through painting, drawing and photography Poor Network Connection explores the realities of a long distance relationship in the digital age.  The majority of the works are based off of screenshots while video calling my partner, distorted in a similar manner to how the screen glitches and interrupts us.

Poor Network Connection - Opening Night

The opening night of Poor Network Connection was very successful.  The exhibition will run for another two weeks at The Good Shepherd.

Does It Matter? Leicester Exhibition

After my Does It Matter? Exhibition in Loughborough, I was approached by Trade Sexual Health, a Leicester based LGBT sexual health charity, and asked to bring my exhibition to their office.  As the exhibition took place in their office space, it was a one night event so as not to be too disruptive to their work.  The exhibition was highly successful as it drew in a more diverse crowd compared to the Loughborough exhibition which was attended mainly by Loughborough students.

Zone Magazine Article

I was very happy to be featured in the June edition of Zone Magazine in the lead up to my solo exhibition in Leicester.

Does It Matter? A Conversation

Image by Kate Self

As well as the exhibition, which ran for two weeks, an event was put on called ‘Does it Matter? A Conversation’ which consisted of talks given by myself and artist Elly Clarke, followed by a discussion about gender identity and themes we’d spoken about.  During my talk, I spoke about my experience preparing for the exhibition, the concept of gender as performance and a social construct and how feminism comes into my work.  Clarke joined us via Google Hangout from her home in Berlin to talk about digital technology and the role of gender as performance within her work.  During the discussion we went into more depth about our experiences with drag and how it is perceived within our society and the influence that society has on impressionable children in relation to their understanding of their gender.

Does It Matter? Exhibition Space

Series of double exposures

Does it matter? Opening Night

The private view of my first ever solo exhibition was a huge success, couldn't be happier with how it went.  I performed for the duration of the opening (2 hours) interacting with the audience and engaging them with my work.

Does it matter? Exhibition

http://www.arts.lboro.ac.uk/calendar/event/arts_pass_exhibition:_does_it_matter/

Very excited about the opening night tonight, hoping the event is a success and my performance goes to plan.