I make a late entry to a career as an artist. I started out in a different profession, then spent time at home with my four young children. Along the way, I developed a passion for clay, particularly the ceramic language of materiality, process, and form. I am fascinated by its documentary power – everyday life, events and ideas can be captured in clay objects, which can be shared in their time through gift, exchange, or exhibition, as well as into the future as kept or found archaeological objects.  

There are two main strands to my work: a primary practice which documents and explores historical and contemporary social themes that primarily relate to the Black African diaspora, and a creative collaborative practice as 2nd Shift with Leonora Lockhart, researching and responding to the impact of being an artist-mother.

I am based in London where I gained a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Ceramic Design at Central St Martins in 2021, before studying at the Royal College of Art. 

CV:
2023  MA Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art 
           RJ Washington Bursary Award
2021   BA (Hons) Ceramic Design, Central St Martins (First Class)

Sept  2023              Shortlisted Young Masters Ceramics Prize
                                 Olymp'Arts Runner Up, RCA Ceramics & Jewellery
May 2023               London Craft Week Open Studios 
May 2023               NYCxDesign Festival
Jan  2022               Workshop, Body Vessel Clay, TwoTemple Place, London
Exhibitions (group):
July 2023                'Now, Now'  Tafeta Gallery 83 Charlotte Street
February 2023       Fermenting (MA 2nd year group WIP show) 
May 2022               Preface (MA1 WIP) Pumphouse Gallery, London 
October 2021         Pollen Collective 'Circle' 44 Great Russell Street, London 
July 2021                 Unmute @Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London
May 2021                Pollen Collective 'Here, I made this: dialogues of distance', One Paved Court, Richmond upon Thames
July 2020               2nd year BA Ceramic Design 'Absence; Presence' National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas
Undergraduate awards/nominations:
WantedDesign Online International Schools Show -winner, Social Impact Award
WantedDesign Online International Schools Show - Emerging Designer Showcase
Nominated MullenLowe NOVA Award
Shortlisted ArtsThread Global Design Graduate Show 2021



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