5th Aug - 29 Oct 2015 Atrium Gallery, Bexley Wing, St James' University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds
Arts@Trinity 16-30Oct2014 Thursday 23rd October 6-8pm at Arts@Trinity, Trinity Holy Church, Boar Lane, Leeds LS1 6HW
An expressive celebration of our multicultural society through large vibrant cultural portraits. I purposefully use a spectrum of colours to create abstract areas of texture away from the familiarity of skin tone to reinforce the beauty of skin. I wanted to explore colour blindness to skin colour given the multicultural society in which we live; and celebrate the vibrancy and energy that food, clothes, creativity and music bring from different cultures, through colour and movement. Many cities within Britain have a diversity of people from various cultural backgrounds, and there are new generations of Britons with dual and mixed heritage. However, there can often be an assumption of ethnicity and cultural background based on skin colour without the context of a person’s country of origin, heritage and upbringing. I aim to unify the beauty of skin colour through vibrant colours that are used throughout all my images regardless of race, colour or culture.
Atrium wall Bexley Wing and some of the portraits
Atrium wall Bexley Wing and some of the portraits
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre 23 Sept - 28 Oct 2014.
'Hurting' (2014) Latex & mixed media
NHS Academy Building Leeds - May 2014 two sewn pieces as part of an ongoing exhibition.
35 Chapel Walk Gallery Exhibition, Sheffield 5-20th July 2014
11 Art Therapists from the Yorkshire and Humber region exhibiting an eclectic range of work.
Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre 23 Oct - 7 Dec 2013. An exhibition bringing together a group of art therapists currently practising in Yorkshire. The artwork aims to offer a symbolic overview to each members experience and professional journey, primarily as an artist but as an art therapist too. Part of the Love Arts Festival 2013, exploring the link between creativity and mental well-being in Leeds
Chapel Allerton's Art Trail 26 Aug - 1 Sept 2013 3 Portraits displayed at Prime Cuts Hairdressers, 65 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton Leeds Leeds LS7 3PQas part of the Chapel Allerton Arts Trail.