Bio
I primarily work with analogue photography, not limiting my work to a particular category or style. I achieved my BA in Photography from the University of the West of England and an MA in Photography and the book from the University of Plymouth, taught by Jem Southam, Liz Wells, Liz Nicol and David Chandler. I have won an IdeasTap Innovators Award for my curation and have been showing work internationally in galleries and publications since 2011.
Statement
The majority of my work is conceptually driven, revolving around personal themes, seeking a sense of belonging, and reflecting on life's transitions. Influenced by the world around me, I often comment on the personal significance of ostensibly mundane circumstances to form a narrative as an observer and occasional participant. My key interests are the female artist, the imagination, landscape, and the juxtaposition of the written word and the photographic image.
I am available for commissions including portraiture, commercial, and editorial. Based in Bristol, England, I am available for work nationally and internationally. All images seen on this website are available for private sale as limited editions. Please send an email with your brief in the first instance.
EXHIBITIONS (FEATURED)
2022
Selfies | RPS Women in Photography | Online
2021
Kitchen Gallery Exhibition | Round Lemon | Zest Hall, Birmingham
2021
Seaside: Photographed (group - loan from collection) | Grundy Art Gallery
2021
Seaside: Photographed (group - loan from collection) | Newlyn Gallery & Exchange
2020-21
Seaside: Photographed (group - loan from collection) | John Hansard Gallery
2020
Struck By Light (online) | Hundred Heroines
2019
Representation on the line IV: (Un)framing our identities (group - RPS 100 Heroines) | C-View, Doncaster
2019
Representation on the line III: (Un)framing our identities (group - RPS 100 Heroines) | HIVE, Blackpool
2019
Seaside: Photographed (group - loan from collection) | Turner Contemporary
2019
Representation on the Line: (Un)framing our Identities (group - RPS 100 Heroines) | London
2019
Coralline and Other Things | The Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester
2016
Re-Imagined States | Plymouth
2016
The Form of Possibility | Plymouth
2016
Pingyao International Photography Festival | China
2016
Portrait Salon | Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo
2015
Portrait Salon | The Embassy Tea Rooms, London
2015
Accidentally On Purpose Vol.4 | Idle Hands, Manchester
2015
Lu:Nation | Plymouth
2015
MIND | Centrespace Gallery
2014
I want to see how you see | The Grant Bradley Gallery
2014
SELF | The Island
2013
Family Figures | Newcastle
2013
UWE Degree Show | Bristol
2012
One for the Road | Paintworks, Bristol
MONOGRAPHS
Poems and Pictures | 2021
Escape Theory | 2016
Potentiality/Actuality | 2016
Interview | 2015
Two Minus One | 2014
Norma Jean | 2013
The Norma Jean Project | 2013
PUBLICATIONS (FEATURED)
2019
Seaside Photographed | Val Williams & Karen Shepherdson | Thames & Hudson ltd
2016
BKN Magazine | Vol.3
Bedspread Zine | Vol.1
2015
Accidentally On Purpose | Vol.4
2014
Preface | You Can't Get Lost in Berlin | Ross Williams (PDF)
2012
The Cheltonian Magazine
2011
Cotswold Style Magazine
The Cheltonian Magazine
ONLINE
2019
Photobook review '001 England/Brussels' | Photograd Blog
2018
Interview & feature of ALTITUDE, or, Paradise Syndrome | Photograd
Instagram Takeover | UWEphotographyresearch
Interview | Fragmentary
Interview | Miniclick
2017
Stonework | Impressa Magazine
Potentiality/Actuality | Archive Collective Magazine
Photobook review: 'Coalville Photographed' | Photograd Blog
Photobook review: 'Tracing a Line Along a Breath Exhaled' | Photograd Blog
Instagram Takeover | Womeninphoto
2016
Blog | Archive Collective
Instagram Takeover | OfTheLandandUs
Event report 'The Form of Possibility' | Photograd
Plymouth University, MA Photography | Source
2015
Blog | Accidental Zine
TALKS
2018
Miniclick | Brighton | 'Escape Theory: Sublime'
2016
Photography Research Group | Plymouth
'Escape Theory: A subjective search for the sublime'
EDUCATION
Associate Member
Bristol Photography Research Group
2016
MA Photography and the book (Distinction)
University of Plymouth
Dr. Carole Baker, David Chandler, Liz Nicol, Jem Southam, Liz Wells
2013
BA (Hons) Photography (First class)
University of the West of England
Jim Campbell, Angus Fraser, Dr. Shawn Sobers
2012
FdA Creative Practices: Photography (Distinction)