About
I am a multidisciplinary artist fascinated by the hidden stories behind creative work—the labour, the materials, the human connections that make art possible. My practice centers on collaborative portraiture, weaving together painting, performance, and community engagement to explore what happens when we make art together rather than in isolation. My ongoing projects The Artist (2024–ongoing) and I'm Your Fan (2014–present) dig into these invisible dimensions of creative practice through participatory methods I developed during my time in post-earthquake Ōtautahi Christchurch.
What drives me is community dialogue. I merge traditional painting with sculpture, performance, photography and new media because I believe art should encourage interaction and exchange. My work has been recognized with several national art awards and has found homes in galleries like the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, and Sarjeant Gallery, as well as in public and private collections across Australasia. Recent highlights include the Forsyth Barr Runner-Up Award (Pushing Clay 2024) and creating Her Indoors for The Sarjeant Gallery—an exhibition commemorating 125 years of women's suffrage in Aotearoa.
Based on Waiheke Island, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, I continue developing projects that bridge social history with contemporary portraiture's expansive possibilities. Recently, I've been exploring portraits that celebrate the profound bonds between people and their animal companions, raising funds for WISCA, SPCA and Pet Refuge along the way. For me, every portrait is an opportunity to tell a deeper story about who we are and how we connect.