Bio
Born 1982. Lives and works in London (UK)
Graduates in Fashion Studies at University of Bologna (Italy) in 2008.
After several years in the fashion industry, enrolls at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice in 2017.
Completes an MA Fine Art at Bath Spa University in 2020.
Exhibitions:
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F.O.M.O. (two-men show with Mark Burch), Roper Gallery Bath Spa, 30th June - 10th July 2022
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Group show curated by Kaoru Jacques, Beppu City Museum of Art, 1 st - 13th March 2022, and Beppu City Hall, Beppu (JA), 24th March - 15th April 2022
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Fall Again (group show curated by Chloe Arnoldi and Hannah Coton), Bocabar Paintworks, Bristol, 28th September - 28th November 2021
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Of Echoes and Fragments (group show curated by Katie Ackrill), The Pound Arts Centre, Corsham, 17th May - 12th June 2021
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Untitled 2020 (online group show curated by Poppy Clover), mastersatbathspa.com, 25th September 2020
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Really/Real_FaB20 (online group show), fringeartsbath.co.uk/real, 22nd May - 7th June 2020
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Art Night (group show), Academy of Fine Art of Venice, 23rd June 2018
Statement
My practice revolves around the struggle to find a safe place for one's identity - and the inevitable escapism that follows, through places of virtual and physical refuge, in the glory of the past, and in the realm of fantasy.
I'm particularly concerned with the ambiguous reality of being queer in the age of neoliberalism.
I work in short series. I paint overlapping images of flowers and gay cruising in abandoned spaces, dark interiors, snippets from vintage gay porn movies, and encrypted visual scenes, to speak of my reluctance to participate in, and avoidance of, the public.
I am interested in challenging notions of respectability, as well as testing the boundaries of the acceptance of homosexuality.