My Story
Contemporary graphite artist exploring identity, performance, and the architecture beneath public image.
I am a UK-based graphite artist whose practice explores identity, recovery, and the ways in which personal narratives are continuously rewritten over time. I graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2024 with a degree in Architecture, before transitioning into contemporary figurative drawing. While my work has moved away from the built environment, architecture continues to influence my practice through its emphasis on observation, structure, composition, and the relationship between internal and external spaces.
Working primarily in graphite, I create large-scale drawings which combine realistic rendering with symbolic and often surreal interventions. Familiar cultural figures frequently appear throughout my work, not as subjects of celebrity portraiture, but as vessels through which broader emotional and psychological experiences can be explored. Drawn from collective cultural memory, these figures act as points of access, allowing personal narratives to intersect with universal themes of vulnerability, transformation, resilience, and self-discovery.
Central to my practice is an interest in the space between public image and private experience. My drawings examine how identity is shaped not only by how we are seen by others, but by the stories we tell ourselves. Many of my pieces emerge from periods of personal reflection, exploring my own lived experiences. Rather than presenting identity as fixed or resolved, the work embraces contradiction and uncertainty, acknowledging that who we are is often fragmented, evolving, and difficult to define.
My recent body of work, Quiet Conversations with Familiar Faces, marks a significant development in this exploration. The series utilises recognisable cultural icons including Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and John Lennon as emotional self-portraits. What began as an investigation into figures who had shaped my understanding of creativity gradually became a deeper examination of my own experiences. Through symbolic compositions and carefully constructed visual metaphors, the series addresses the tension between external expectations and internal realities.
Drawing functions as both a method of observation and a form of reflection. The slow, repetitive nature of working in graphite mirrors the gradual process through which beliefs, and identities are formed and reformed. Each drawing becomes a record of an internal dialogue, almost like a journal, preserving moments of uncertainty, resilience, questioning, and change. While deeply personal in origin, the work seeks to create space for viewers to locate their own experiences within it.
In May, 2026, I exhibited in the 100 Ways to Say Marilyn exhibition in Milan, presenting alongside an international group of artists responding to the enduring cultural legacy of Marilyn Monroe. This opportunity further developed my interest in how familiar figures can be continually reinterpreted to address contemporary questions surrounding identity and image.
Ultimately, my practice resists the idea of a singular or fixed self. Instead, my work inhabits the space between who we have been, who we believe ourselves to be, and who we are still becoming. Through meticulous drawing and symbolic storytelling, I creates images that reveal and obscure in equal measure, inviting viewers into quiet conversations about the complexities of being human.
Other Projects
Alongside my core fine art practice, I occasionally develop adjacent projects that explore the same themes of symbolism, structure, and narrative. These include limited tarot card designs, selected commissioned works, and collaborative projects that sit at the intersection of art and design.
These projects are approached with the same attention to concept, material, and finish, and are kept deliberately secondary to my primary bodies of work.
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