MFA CANDIDATE, WHITECLIFFE COLLEGE, AUCKLAND
Material translations of atmospheric encounter
Working across painting, sculpture and installation at the intersection of figuration and abstraction, the practice translates atmospheric residue, perceptual recall, spatial conditions and diffused emotional states into material form.
CURRENT & RECENT
MFA Research - Suspended Works
Suspended tissue and textile substrates — transparent to light, two-sided, charcoal, oil, sediment, oxides— investigating atmospheric sensory impressions recalled across varying time frames. Intra-active works: each side co-constituting the other. The audience moves through an installed space, reading both sides of an objects to receive the full work.
WHITECLIFFE COLLEGE, GRAFTON, AUCKLAND, July 2026
In Place
Installation of suspended painted works, built and assembled objects - mixed media.
TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, TITIRANGI, AUCKLAND, JUNE-JULY 2026
Open the Fridge
Installation of suspended painted works - group exhibition - 'Home'
DEPOT ARTSPACE, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, MAY - JUNE 2026
BETWEEN US - Guest Curator
Co-curated group exhibition: 28 artists / 90 works - 'Identity and Lived Experience in Aotearoa New Zealand'
WHITECLIFFE DEMO, GRAFTON, AUCKLAND, JUNE 2026
Cemetery Works
Installation of painted works and suspended sculptural forms - tissue substrate, oil and charcoal
WHITECLIFFE COLLEGE, AUCKLAND CITY, AUCKLAND, JUNE 2026
Greenhouse Swarm
'Swarm' installation of painted works - oil and charcoal on paper
CURRENT & RECENT WORK
SELECTED WORKS
PRACTICE STATEMENT
"At the heart of my practice is the translation of atmospheric and spatial encounters into material form. Through layered works, I explore how impressions of place persist through memory, materiality and sensory recall."
Drawing upon sensory memory rather than direct representation, the work investigates how encounters with place are retained and materially translated through layering, accumulation, suspension. Recent research explores diffusion as a relational condition through which self, memory, emotion, history, culture, atmosphere and place remain continuously negotiated.
ABOUT
ARTIST - AUCKLAND, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
A practice formed over decades, exhibiting from 2017, full-time from 2022. Over 40 exhibitions nationally and internationally. Finalist / winner in multiple national and international art prizes and awards.
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Currently completing an MFA at Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design, Auckland. Research focus: Research investigates atmospheric as an emergent condition of encounters between self and place, translated through painting, sculpture and installation.
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Prior formation includes a BCom LLB (Hons).
CURRENT - MFA - Whitecliffe College of Art and Design, Auckland
2026 - Guest Co-Curator - BETWEEN US, DEPOT Artspace, Auckland
2022 - Full-time exhibiting practice, New Zealand and internationally
PRIOR - BCom / LLB (Hons)