I explore the inheritance of language and mythology of the contemporary self, shaped by politics, culture, religion, science, consumerism and the traces of history. These legacies, the active contaminations that structure selfhood and the sense of the world, informed belief systems, behaviours and desires – questioning is there a way of being beneath these hereditary systems or are we simply a product of the history we are exposed to?

My process follows a psychoanalytical timeline – layering and excavation as a method of inquiry. Mirroring the absorption of language into the body over time, my work builds up layers of symbolism and material to realise this internalisation. Then, in its reflection, a process of stripping away and eradication is employed so to reveal what remains. This is a process of visual psychoanalysis aimed at undoing inherited contamination.

I use a range of materials and technologies beyond traditional image-making. I employ medical capture devices – x-rays, and electronic microscopy – tools originally designed to study the body redirected towards the landscape and psychological terrain. These sit beside traditional photographic processes, echoing art history so to create a layered timeline, which exposes both personal and collective residues. The body of work creates a timeline that evolves, transitions, and morphs, producing a method of making that never resolves.

Over time, a pattern of construction and elimination develops – a visual etymology in which language and history begins to unravel, fail or collapse. Within these ruins, I look for new forms of communication: instinctive, scientific, and unconscious – forms that speak when language fails us and new forms begin to speak.

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Education- MA Photography - Royal College of Art 2009 - 2011
BA Fine Art (Eurasmus) - University of Castilla La Mancha 2005
BA Interactive Arts - Manchester Metropolitan University 2003 - 2006