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I am an artist and writer. I write regularly for AN Magazine, I have had work published in several international journals and I have written numerous catalogue essays. I am editor of the artists' fanzine Leisure Centre. I studied MA Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths and my research interestsinclude: The Everyday and Non-Urban Artistic Practices. I am based in Winchester.
‘Explorations in the Domain of Idiocy’ is the first European solo show by New York-based Israeli artist Tamy Ben-Tor. It consists of six video pieces in which, with the aid of various costumes and wigs (reminiscent of Cindy Sherman), Read on…
Cubitt, London
7 June – 16 July
In ‘Ventilation’ Melody presented her ongoing research into popular strategies for exercising anger – as you might imagine screaming and shouting featured quite prominently. Throughout the pieces on show there was an aesthetic of Read on…
Millais Gallery, Southampton
4 November – 17 December
The Nextstep Gallery is described as the commercial side of the artist-run organisation A Space, and is ostensibly the staircase of The Dolphin Hotel in Southampton. Ben Scott, one of the founders of A Space, talks of supporting artists’ Read on…
Nextstep Gallery, Southampton
20 May – 22 July
Arty is an art fanzine, written by the biggest art fans of all – artists. Like all good fanzines it knows its audience and is truly devoted to its subject: the art superstars of today and tomorrow, inspirations, disappointments and the general Read on…
Published by Transition Editions
Edited by Paul Murphy
Zebedee Jones rarely titles his work, and none of the new paintings, made with the classical landscapes and open spaces of the New Art Centre in mind, bears a title. They are identifiable only by their dimensions. This absence of descriptor negates Read on…
New Art Centre, Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury
29 November – 25 January
'Look but don't touch', is a childhood mantra from the same parental phrase book as 'walk don't run' and 'look both ways'. In this exhibition fourteen photographers have explored the meanings held within this familiar cautionary yet tantalising Read on…
A Space, Southampton
14 March – 6 April
Muf architecture/art once again demonstrate their commitment to developing the potential pleasures of public space in Seducer, a new light installation sited at the end of Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth. Given the area's history as a place of rest and Read on…
Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth
29 March 2002 – 30 March 2003
Through this photographic series of rockfalls from tidal cliffs, river mouths, estuaries and landlocked ponds, Jem Southam presents us with a geological sense of duration which is difficult to conceive. The images of rockfalls bring together two Read on…
Millais Gallery, Southampton 19 October – 1 December
In a departure from her distinctive organic forms, Daphne Wright has filled the elongated space of The New Art Centre with two giant industrial constructions – a replica of the Soviet Mir space station. Wright has used tightly folded strips of Read on…
The New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury 6 July – 23 September
'Closer Still' is a collection of paintings by six artists who take photography as their source. Unlike photorealist responses, these works are shadows rather than reproductions, they take an impression from their photographic origins and remain as Read on…
ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire 17 March – 29 April
The violence and political upheaval in Central Europe seem to have been a constant in our news headlines, yet in the West we have had little exposure to the cultural history of this turbulent area of Europe. 'Aspects/Positions' aimed to provide an Read on…
Various venues, Portsmouth and Southampton 21 November – 13 January
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