What are the main concerns in your practice?

My main intrigue within my art practice revolves around the female body; fragmenting different aspects of the anatomy to make surreal and awkward objects that hold a strange and often grotesque absurdity about them. However there is also the potential for humour within my practice which I think stems from my interest in Dada. I wish to articulate the tensions the sculpted human form – especially that of the woman – have within the context of the contemporary art world and the gallery space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are your biggest influences?

What influences me the most is the connection between the female body and the common notion of femininity and what it means to be a woman. My practice has taken a much more feminist approach recently due to my interest in embroidery and more textiles based artwork. Artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Linder Sterling and Annette Messager have inspired my practice. More recently I have started looking at the sculptors Maurizio Cattelan and Juan Munoz which have informed my sculptures in interesting ways.

 

What’s the first thing you do when you start / what’s your process?

I tend to make and then think about it afterwards. I like to get an idea down on paper or in clay before I know exactly what I am doing with it. I like to develop an idea until I feel it has run its course and then start the process again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you like most about the studio?

The studio allows me to separate different spaces in my life as it is a place where I can focus directly on my art practice without influence or distraction from other areas. I find it calming being in the studio. The constructive crits within the studio are also beneficial to my practice as it allows me to properly formulate my ideas and understand which aspects of my work are the most successful.

 

 

How has your work changed over the course of your degree?

Throughout the first and second years in the school I was experimenting a lot and not focusing on a specific theme or strand of thought. This allowed me to conclude within my final year which elements of my art practice were problematic and which I would extend further into my main project.

 

What are your plans after graduation?

My plans are to continue dedicating my time to working on a specific projects within my art practice. To continue The Fanny Collective and see where it takes me. I also want to get involved in the art world as much as possible by work experience, exhibiting as much as possible and generally being informed!