Works, Projects and Exhibitions

Creating collections of objects and images lies at the heart of my art practice. My girlfriend often likens me to the Disney character Wall-e, both of us embracing the well-known adage "One man's trash is another man's treasure." The objects and images I collect are usually found, some I’ve received as gifts, every now and then they’re self-made, and a very small number have been purchased or 'permanently borrowed'. My artistic practice is a continuous process of collecting, archiving, and assigning new meanings to what is found, received, or created. Subsequently, these collected things find their rightful place in installations, performances, storytelling, drawings, photography, and printed matter.

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