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Personal statement

‘You’re much more creative than your brother’ my mother always told me. That’s why I’m anartist and not an Architect. My love for the world goes beyond buildings, rooting itself instead in the culture and diversity that surrounds it. Growing up in contemporary society makes every new experience food for my creative feast. I find the most unexpected scenes or details to be beautiful in their own way and see this as one of my biggest strengths; being able to look past something in order to find beauty within it. When I become overwhelmed with thoughts and ideas I use art as my output, this has been hugely helpful to me over the years as my strongest points have always been visual.

When I suggest ‘art’ to someone uninformed in the subject area they may assume I am talking about only painting or drawing. It is so much more than that. I like to push my practice beyond this and consider my surroundings and interactions to be viewed differently to others. Fine Art is the only course that I could picture myself on as it fits all my creative needs and promotes the freedom I strive for. My most recent work includes a variety of collage, large scale installation and photography. Sticking to just one medium becomes restricting as I have a quick pace of work that I like to change and adapt constantly. Whilst being on an Art foundation course it has encouraged me to continue and advance my range of chosen formats and develop new ways of outputting my ideas.

I like my work to have an effect on the people viewing it. My constant flow of inspiration is heavily influenced by galleries that I visit. Seeing a wide variety of artists work allows me to step out of my comfort zone and emerge myself into their world. I found the book ‘Ways of Seeing’ by John Berger changed my outlook on artists work as his words led me to reflect on a whole new way of experiencing a piece. His statement, ‘when we see we are not just looking’, sits firmly at the front of my mind. My favourite show that I recently visited was Hannah Perry’s ‘Gush’ exhibition at Somerset house. Her large-scale video changed my way of thinking in which the curator can create a completely immersive piece, in her work all your senses are heightened, and you go beyond just ‘seeing’ her piece, reality then becomes distant. I created a composition involving a large mesh enclosure that explored the phrase ‘if you don’t laugh you cry’. The fine line between these two extreme emotions intrigued me and I wanted my viewers to feel these same sensations.  

First hand exposure to the creative industry is experience that becomes priceless in a developing artists career. My most valuable insights came from a week I spent with a clothing brand based in Soho. Here I was working alongside creative directors, photographers and musicians. I worked with the brand to help produce the most apt hand designed clothes for the customer. Although my interests are predominately set within the context of fine art, I have developed skills and understanding of fashion and retail. The experience I gained on my placement working with clients and meeting deadlines have been of value to me ever since.      

Other passions I have are photography and literature. Without realising, I grew a love for capturing a moment or an image through a lens. Some images are invaluable and always bring me back to that exact point of emotion within it. If this is possible for me, I would like to only imagine what I would be able to introduce any individual to through a single photograph. I also embed myself in texts from a range of authors and artists. I strive for intellectual stimulation and find it to be a solid point of inspiration throughout my work and everyday life.

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Material manipulation, range of tapes stuck on paper and cardboard with white and red acrylic

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Instagram artist

Amazing embroidery

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Small version of the tube seat I want to create with my own seat pattern

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a small place where my magazine can been viewed. The box is one of many that is going to resemble large council blocks and buildings as that's what I feel like represents London for me

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Shoe box council houses

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From my photos I created a magazine with no words and one picture per page. This allowed each image to hold its own importance

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I created this collage to represent London and my youth in all its greatness. The modern abstract style works together nicely. I chose this long rectangle shape as I wanted it to have movement as you read the images and for the viewer to be able to create they’re own story.

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Photos that are inspired by youth culture and the upcoming diversity within fashion also enabling rights to all genders.

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‘Nothing really mattress’

This peice of work particularly striked me and the whole composition was just capturing. The small details and written aspect kept the viewer busy for some time while experiencing it. Although it as a performance peice by itself the installation speaks for itself. The range of textures and forms work complimentary together and give a somewhat hallowing effect of nostalgia.

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south London gallery

New contemporarys

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Graffiti on canvas

Mixing traditional embroidery with a modern concept

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Photography for the peice

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End Product:

My peice didn’t come together how I wanted it exactly I would have liked to have larger images of the faces and they to be in colour however I’m still proud of the outcome as I felt once the images were up they had a strong impact and the large structure was immersive overall.

If I had more time I would like to experiment with projection and sound as they were 2 interesting ideas suggested to me in my crit. I would have also like to have made the floor white to have a more clinical uncomfortable feel.

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Experimenting with background ideas

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I was inspired by the Hannah Perry exhibition to create a large structure in which my audience can view my peice.

Thoughts that occurred to me were that as someone is laughing if you were not able to hear them then it could be questionable as to whether they were laughing or crying. The phrase ‘if you don’t laugh you’ll cry’ can apply forwards and backwards’ ‘if you don’t cry you’ll laugh’. I wanted to show the process of someone laughing hysterically to someone crying hysterically. The two final imagine would be at each end however they would almost reflect each other.

I chose the half circle structure so the viewer can step into the whole peice and not be able to see all the images at one time. I also wanted to have a completely white background and surroundings so that the feel was almost clinical and no distractions. Although I then went on to want to add some singular line faces that showers blurred expression as to weather they were happy, sad, smiling or frowning.

I chose chicken wire as it is adds some different shapes to the composition and the silver of the wire itself contrasts against the monotone asthetic.

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Firework night