CARE
fragile but defiant quilt folds
Why use copper?
Connection to Mother Earth, comes from the earth’s crust
Shines, conducts electricity, reminding of the spark of life
Gives rigidity to textiles for sculptures
Why folding?
A domestic activity, carried by women at home
Mothers wrap babies, protects, delineates hollowness (baby loss)
With diverse materials, make with what’s available
Hats for heads; mothers have more on their heads
In the words of Nobel Laureate Saramago, having a child is an act of courage
Mother as a shield.
The womb and fertility
A column for a back; mothers carry more
A glove for a hand; mothers do more
Mother as a shield
Soy Madre. Soy artista. SOY
Mother as a vessel, the infant bond
Rejecting taboos: She’s blindfolded, she doesn’t know what she’s doing
Mother as a home-maker
Mother as a source
Mother as a vessel, dramatic change to mind and body
Resist
mothers as services collages
mother figure vessels
Why collage?
A woman’s activity , ‘femmage’ combines craft, textiles, paper...
Multi-layered, like a mother’s daily agenda, allows deeper experience
Challenge the system, reject traditional media
Why body parts?
Transgress representation, a column, mesh, hats, a glove
Mothers as parts, a vertebrate support, an eye, a head, a hand
Mothers as services, to carry, to watch, to organise, to get done
Why recycled?
A woman’s world, sheets, towels, table cloths, kids clothingSubversion, private, mortal cloth with wrinkles, folds, blemish, odour
Breaking boundaries, domestic/public, high/low societal rank, pure/polluted
Why figurative?
Reject manufactured image, blissful satisfaction, natural role, fertile landExpress motherhood realities, reject classical iconography
Focus on reproduction, rice representing fertility, breasts, wombs, reject taboos
draw_a_line_RCA mobile installation against gender based violence, March 2025
TEKHNE, Royal College of Art Kensington, 19-22 March 2025
all love begins and ends here, motherhood collective exhibition, Royal College of Art Kensington, 24-28 March 2025
House of Haberdash in association with TEXTUS, Torriano Meeting House, 7 June- 10 August 2025
Past Exhibitions
Veridical, LumiNoir Art Gallery, KOPPEL project NW1 8BB, 24 February - 5 March 2025
je m'amuse, RuptureXIBIT, Hampton Wick, 11-25 September 2024 (SOLO show)
Murmuration, J/M Gallery Portobello Rd, 15-21 May 2024
Artnumber23 Prague, 19-24 April 2024
LumiNoir Art, Espacio Gallery Bethnal Green London, 19-25 February 2024
S B Art Gallery, Unit 10 The Archives, N15 London, 9-11 February 2024
The Dark Side, Boomer Gallery, Tower Bridge London, 9-14 February 2024
Cosmic -The Holy Art, Dalston London (Dec 2023)
Living Christmas- Business Design Centre, Angel London (Nov 2023) Paragon The Holy Art, Dalston London (Oct 2022)
D31 Gallery, Doncaster (Autumn 2022)