"The simulacrum is never what hides the truth - it is truth that hides the fact that there is none. The simulacrum is true". Jean Baudrillard
In a post truth world , these words from Baudrillard never seemed more relevant. Events like the Gulf Wars and the Romanian revolution blur the lines of reality, appearing both real and unreal. Presented on our screens, detached from genuine experience, these narratives serve the interests the powerful, the ruling classes, and capitalists. If everything is a simulacrum, what exactly are we portraying? I seek answers in the abandoned, derelict, and forgotten spaces that surround our cities. It is only in these margins that we catch glimpses of the harsh, cruel, inhumane, absurd, and oppressive reality we inhabit.
EXHIBITION photo
2024
Moving stories, Back to Backs, Birmingham group show
2021
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, group exhibition
2020
Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery, group exhibition
2019
Flat 8 Gallery, Birmingham Solo exhibition
Artefact Cafe, Stirchley, Birmingham Group Show
2018
Scope Art Fair, Miami, group show
2016
Scope Art Fair, Paris, group photo show
Dietmar and Noble, London , group show
The Works Gallery, Birmingham, group show