I am a mixed media artist who uses culturally resonant materials to explore themes of empire, colonialism and neo-imperial exploitation. My art practice is rooted in research and process and I focus on a conceptual use of colonial commodities as a way of visually re-examining whitewashed areas of history. I am interested in art’s ability to challenge entrenched narratives and through my work I aim to encourage discussion and engage with the past in order to better understand and negotiate the present. A sense of place and personal identity as an artist from a colonising country are engrained in my approach to making.
My doctoral thesis, Crafting counter-hegemony: using porcelain to interrogate ideological whiteness as anti-racist praxis, centred communion and futurity – craft and clay in pursuit of social justice and the collective imagining of a world beyond white supremacy.