My Story
Originally from Scotland, of British/Nigerian heritage, my sensuous practice draws on a lifetime of moving. Moving across the UK and beyond, exploring landscapes, from wild spaces of mountains and coastlines, to mining and farming communities to industrial towns and cities. Moving with energy, with colour; dancing to rhythms of time, moving amongst smooth spaces.
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My career in the public sector came to an abrupt end in 2012. I was burnt out, suffered from chronic fatigue, recurrent Shingles and post herpetic neuralgia across 3 quadrants of my face/head. After 6 months of rest I began building up to activities of long steady walking/slow running, being outdoors for many hours, freeing my mind, body and spirit; healing. Towards the end of that year I focused on my two passions healing and art, establishing my own healing business as a Holistic Therapist and became a student again in formal arts education. I graduated in 2016 with a Masters degree in Fine Art from Birmingham City University
ARTIST BIO
AWARDS
2025 a-n The Artists Information Company / Freelands Foundation Bursary personal development
(full award)
2019 The Chameleon Arts Prize Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2018 UK Artists Annual Exhibition 1st Prize winner
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 2) Surface Gallery (both floors), Nottingham
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 1) Artspace Windows, The Row and Arcadia, Coventry
Small Group (up to 8 artists)
2024 THE GRANGE FESTIVAL The Grange Festival/Outside In partnership exhibition (6 artists), The Grange,
Hampshire
2022 HOWDEN GROUP Howden Group/Outside In partnership (4 artists), One Creechurch Place, London; (painting purchased Howden Family Collection)
2022 ENCOUNTERS (3 artists) Floor One Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2021 MULTIPLICITY OF US (7Afro-descendant artists) Arcadia, Coventry
Large Group (9+ artists)
2025 PAINTING Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2024 COLOUR Open Gallery, Halifax, West Yorkshire
2024 LEAMINGTON OPEN Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington Spa
2024 C.A.S.E. The Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
2023 RUGBY OPEN EXHIBITION Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby; (2015 + 2017 to 2022)
2023 ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London
2022 PROGRESSION D Contemporary, London
2021 OPEN 21: Queen Street Gallery, South Wales
2019 CHAMELEON: CONTEMPORARY COLOUR Surface Gallery, Nottingham; Chameleon Art Prize winner
2019 IATC G&C Gallery, Tunbridge Wells; (3 paintings purchased for Chinese corporate collection)
2019 LIGHT HOUSE OPEN EXHIBITION Light House Gallery & Media Centre, Wolverhampton
2019 FERENS OPEN EXHIBITION Ferens Gallery, Hull (also 2017)
2018 our eARTh Kunsthuis Gallery, N. Yorks
PERFORMANCE / PROJECTS
2024 RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL performance of Sensuous Fabrications of Energetic Memories (parts 1-3), Alexandra Arts Centre, Rugby
2024 APE performance of Sensuous Fabrications of Energetic Memories (part 1), RMBL, Birmingham
2023 GRASRUTSZINE #3: THE YELLOW ONE (publication)
2021 BLACK ARTISTS’ PROJECT (Outside In) facilitated by Pauline Bailey and Jose Sunshine-Okoro (8 West Midlands based global majority artists taking part in 4 x “Zoom Cafes”)
2019 WHEN WOMEN SPEAK: THE TOUR performance at The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury
Contact
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