About

Artist, filmmaker and PhD researcher 

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Research interests include: experimental documentary, performance, sensory perception, health inequalities and accessibility, collaborations with my mum and other wonderful people.

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EDUCATION

Edinburgh College of Art:

SGSAH (AHRC) funded PhD candidate (current)

MScR Interdisciplinary Creative Practices (Distinction) 2020 

BA(Hons) 2014

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AWARDS

Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Guthrie Award, 2021

Unlimited Emerging Artist Award, 2021

Unlimited Development Bursary, 2021

Stellar Quines / BOP: Research and Development, February 2020

Glasgow Women's Library / British Council: YoYP Delegate at Women of the World, Brazil, 2018

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RESIDENCIES

Hospitalfield: Interdisciplinary Residency, August 2021

Summerhall, Edinburgh: Lab Residency, July 2021

British Council / Creative Scotland: Collaborative Residency, Brazil, March 2020

Wasps, Glasgow Briggait: 3-month Residency, 2018

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SCREENINGS / EXHIBITIONS / CONFERENCES

Risky Bodies, Summerhall: Film Screening, November 2021

Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference: Film Screening / Q+A, June 2021

Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF): Film Screening, May 2021

Royal Scottish Academy: Annual Exhibition, April, May 2021

NNMHR Congress 2021 (In)Visibility: Film Screening / Panel Discussion, April 2021

FilmMedicine Research Network: Presentation / Screening, March 2021

Curative Things: Medicine / Fashion / Art Symposium, February 2021

On Transversality Conference: Film Screening December 2020

ArtWalk Projects: Outdoor Film Festival, Edinburgh, October 2020

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PUBLICATIONS

Upcoming contribution to 'Curative Things', Palgrave Studies in Fashion and the Body, 2022

Decorating Dissidence Journal: Publication in Wearable Art Issue, February 2021

The Polyphony: Essay Publication of 'Exploring Care through Creative Collaboration, April 2021

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TEACHING / COMMUNITY

Edinburgh College of Art: Multi-Sensory Cultures Tutor, 2021

Edinburgh College of Art: FilmMedicine Tutor, 2020

Impact Arts, Glasgow: Workshop Facilitator, 2018 - 2019

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TRAINING

Disability Equality Training, First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Autism Awareness, Child Protection, Dementia Awareness