Projects

ENDO ILLUSTRATED

Endometriosis is a debilitating disease affecting 1 in 9 people assigned female at birth, where cells similar to (but not the same as) the endometrial cells that line the uterus, grow in other areas of the body. In severe cases, these cells grow in & around multiple areas including: the bowel, bladder, ovaries, uterus, liver, lungs, brain, nerves and spine (among other areas), sometimes fusing other organs together, causing crippling pain, nausea, vomiting & nerve pain in the back & legs.

On average, it takes 7-10-years to be diagnosed, from first presentation of symptoms to a doctor. There is an astounding lack of eduction on this disease in both the medical profession & in the general public about the disabling impact that this disease has on quality of life. Endometriosis has a devastating impact not only on sufferers physical health, but also their mental health, education, employment & relationships.

I believe it is important to all people suffering with endometriosis that both the medical profession & the general public are made aware of the true impact of this disease on sufferers lives, & it’s subsequent impact on the economy due to lost productivity in education & employment, & relationship breakdowns.

I had planned to commence this project in 2018, however was unable to, ironically, due to being incapacitated with endometriosis. The project recommenced in September 2019 as part of my residency with Art T Gallery, with the exhibition due to open in April 2020 and was cancelled due to COVID lockdowns. I have been invited to exhibited the work in VAS Gallery, Melbourne in 2024.

THE RESIDENCY PROJECT - CREATE OR DIE

In November 2016 I was awarded a studio art residency at Create or Die Studios, Marrickville in Sydney, Australia. On 5th December 2016 I began work as part of the Residency Project at Create or Die. My work during this residency is focused on exploring the scientific underpinnings of love as a habit forming biological drive, and the maladaption of love as addiction, rather than a psychological emotional state and includes investigating the neurobiological processes associated with falling in love, and the physiological withdrawal process of heartbreak.

VIVISECTION

An exploration of feminine compartmentalization for cultural acceptance. The work takes portraits of strong, independent, inspirational women who are personally influential to me, and dissects them, as one would an animal or cadaver in a science or pathology lab. Just as society does to such women, rather than accepting them as a whole person with complexity in personality, emotion, intelligence, autonomy, creativity, beauty and goals. They

are presented as dissected shapes and objects, with each small component lacking complexity,however through the dissection process itself, evolve in individual and collected convolution. Becoming more complex and gaining strength by the examination process itself, thus baring similarities to the rise of fourth wave feminism.

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