I admire comics, fairy tales and religion for their ability to make digestible awkward truths. My work has evolved into storytelling in the form of performance with live storytelling, and most of my pictorial work stems from the worlds contained within my stories.
‘Animation, like a mural or piece of street art was something which could bypass the elitism of the mainstream gallery, yet still provide a challenging message. It is how the human mind works in narrtive that interests me.
Live performance seems the most accessible of all the art forms, and I’ve finally settled into reciting text as performance.’
2023 I was incluided as a part of L’age D’ore surrealist exhibition, London, and 2024 I will be also be a part of L’age D’ore surrealist exhibition Barcelona. See: https://lagedorevent.com/about/
Just for history, l was selected twice for The New Contemporaries exhibition, in which I was also a prize winner, have exhibited at Wellcome Collection, and District of Columbia Arts Center USA, in ‘The New Future’ with two other artists focusing on issues of science and space. I recently showed in a touring exhibition ‘Dear Christine,’ funded by The Arts Council of Great Britain, which opened at Vane Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK, and Elysium Gallery in Swansea, Wales. My performance (as video) and visual art featured in a special event to mark the cancelled 2021 Venice Biennale.
My avant-garde animated films have been screened internationally and on UK television; winning the Grand Prize at Zagreb International Festival of Animated Film, The Time Out Film Award, and Best Debute Animated Film at the British Film Awards, their stories noted by mythographer Marina Warner they are a part of the BFI Collection. Please note if you go to the bottom of this page you will be able to find a more comprehensive selection of my visual art.
Performance
Recently I have been involved in a live performacne called, The Blind Fold Infinity Dance, which involves getting the participants to sing while blindfolded.
Jowonder And The Psychic Tea Leaves, is an audience interactive performance in the manner of a mock Victorian Séance; using humor as a central device, incorporating improvisation. A chosen member of the audience drinks a cup of tea -and the process unravels. Some venues have been: St John on Bethnal Green, Cabaret Futura, Courtyard Theatre and End Of The Pier Show, live music chronologically thanks to: Billy Smith, Jowe Head, Ansuman Biswas and Andrew Hedges. See also link below: