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Oh! The world of play. 




The ability to play, play on words, a play on the stage, the play we perform daily - to play.


To be able to touch and handle, hold and move, twist, turn, push and pull. Tactility of object and interact-ability of space. To engage and dis-engage. Interested in immersive art, forms of interaction and non-static work; I seek various formats of de-formalising the art exhibiting space.

Influenced by the world of theatre and stage I create art that requires interaction as activation. For someone to perform the show, a body enters the room with shadows alight and hands reaching. An ebb and flow of work that never remains, always changing with hand, block or shadow.

To build and construct sculptures, objects, props that can be tossed and turned, challenging scale and delicacy, striving for tactility. Light and shadow play become intertwined with soft sanded wood, roof height wood panels loom over as warped shadows cast a de-constructed landscape across the room. A strong desire to build is channelled.

Questioning how we challenge a traditional white wall way of thinking with ‘no touching’ signs and ‘stand behind the’ lines. What does it mean to touch what is not meant to be so? To create a new dynamic in the white cube, a new layer uncovered between work, wall, audience, director, instruction and touch.





Show Off! - Group Exhibition at Intermission Gallery (16-23 Mar 2021)

MADA NOW - Graduation Exhibition at Monash University Caulfield (18 Nov - 3rd Dec 2021)

Celebration of Life - Group Exhibition at E + Hive Gallery (27 Nov - 18 Dec 2021)