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Studios: London and Berlin

Coming up:: Central London Commission, HS Projects at Howick Place solo show opens 15/12/25,  The Objects are Watching, Art Seen Nicosia opens 29/04/26

 

I make strongly coloured outdoor and indoor sculptures inspired by issues, objects and spaces around me, using a wide range of materials and hand, machine and digital techniques. I scavenge from my surroundings then play with and transform my ‘finds’ in the studio.  Recently I have been making work inspired by looted objects from the 19th century and also by the proliferation of surveillance systems.

 

I studied Architecture, Law and Social and Political Sciences at Christ’s College,Cambridge, Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Art (St Martin’s) and Art Education at the Institute of Education, London. From 2015- 2022 I was President of the Royal Society of Sculptors. I grew up in France and Belgium, show nationally and internationally and am represented by Art Seen in Cyprus.  My work is in public collections in Germany, Cyprus, the USA and China.

 

Solo and group shows include Sculpture in the City; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg; Leighton House Museum; Art Seen Nicosia and Limassol; the University of Leeds; Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer; the Royal Academy; the National Gallery; the Jerwood Space; the RIBA; and the Royal Society of Sculptors; Sanyi Wood Sculpture Museum in Taiwan, Brooke Benington and Studio Block M74 in Mexico, Unit One Gallery and Workshop, London; Hengshui, China;  Bo-Lee Gallery; No Show Space, Wuppertal.  Site-specific installations include Le Corbusier’s Unite d’Habitation, France; Brompton and Norwood Cemeteries and Bishopsgate Square. London.

 

Collections include: Museum Kunst und Gewerbe (MK&G) Hamburg; State Collection of Cyprus; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Maggie’s Cancer Care. Private collections in Cyprus, Mexico, Germany, France, UK and USA.  Awards: Arts Council Project Grant; Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Travel Grant; British Council Exhibition Grant.