I am a traditionally trained sculptor; working with hot metal, performance art, drawings, imagery and text. My practice is concerned with questioning gender imbalances and highlighting the consciousness of stereotypes within industry. But most recently my practice has shifted towards confronting my identity as a woman of dual ethnicity (Welsh and Lebanese) and my journey to reconnect with cultural references from which I have been displaced.
I am a traditionally trained sculptor; working with hot metal, performance art, drawings, imagery and text. My practice is concerned with questioning gender imbalances and highlighting the consciousness of stereotypes within industry. But most recently my practice has shifted towards confronting my identity as a woman of dual ethnicity (Welsh and Lebanese) and my journey to reconnect with cultural references from which I have been displaced.
I currently live and work in West Wales as an artist and Programme Director of Sculpture at Carmarthen School of Art.
Education
2018 PGCE (PCET) University of Wales, Trinity St David’s
2016 Distinction. MFA, Cardiff School of Art & Design
2014 First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Sculpture, Carmarthen School of Art
2011 Distinction. Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, Coleg Sir Gar
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Iron in the West. New Mexico Highlands University, New Mexico, USA
2018 NOVA Biennal Arts Prize. Arcade Cardiff
2017 NOVA Biennal Arts Prize. RCA, Conwy and Aberystwyth Arts Centre
2017 T’ART, International Women’s Day. Bones & Pearl Gallery, London
2016 Body Studies. The Cellar, The Finborough Arms, Kensington, London
2016 Fragmented Identities, BORDERS. International Art & Architecture Festival. Venice Art House Gallery
2016 SHE, Tanner Street, London. International Exchange in Texas, USA and Vietnam sister galleries
2016 RAMUS|EVANS Collaborative presents Dialogue:Detritus. Spit & Sawdust
2016 Nautical Perspectives. St Katharine’s Docks, London
2016 Pavilion Open. Penarth, Cardiff
2016 RAMUS|EVANS Collaborative presents Blurring the Boundaries. Roath Park Pub
2015 Blast. Colony Projects. Port Talbot
2014 Graduate Show. King Street Gallery, Carmarthen
2014 Wales Graduate Exhibition. Millenium Centre, Cardiff
2014 Woon Art Prize. Gallery North, Newcastle upon Tyne
2014 A Fete Worse Than Death. Red Gallery, London
Performances
2019 A Woman's Place (semitotics of the domestic). NCCCIAP, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama. Supported by Wales Arts International.
2017 Women at Work. NCCCIAP, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama
2016 GWAITH. RAMUS|EVANS Collaborative. Cardiff Contemporary Festival, Cardiff
Conferences
2019 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama
2017 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art & Practices, Sloss Furnaces, Alabama
2014 7th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron, Latvia
2014 IRON R 2nd Irish Conference of Cast Iron, Ireland
2012 IRON R 1st Irish Conference of Cast Iron, Ireland
Internships &Awards
2016 Shortlisted for the National Eisteddfod Young Artist Award
2014 Shortlisted for Woon Foundation Sculpture and Painting Art Prize Exhibition
2014 Shortlisted for the National Eisteddfod Young Artist Award
2013 Iron Artist Internship, Franconia Sculpture Park, USA
Residencies
2017 Artist in Residence at Stiwdio Maelor, Corris
2016 Artist in Residence at Exchange Project, London
2016 Artist in Residence at the Sidney Nolan Trust, the Rodd
2015 Artist in Residence at Carmarthen School of Art
Catalogues and Reference
2017 Interview and publication, Floorr Magazine, London
2016 Body Studies, Private Eye magazine
2016 Its Liquid interview with Luca Curci as part of Fragmented Identities, Venice
2014 IRON R Project, Crawford College of Art and the National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland
2014 Wales Graduate exhibition catalogue, Cardiff
2014 The Woon Foundation Art Prize catalogue, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Other
Member of Iron Maidens Made in Wales II