I'm a fat, queer poet and visual artist based in Greater Manchester. My multidisciplinary practice explores identity, body dysphoria, mental health, and the complexities of navigating a marginalized existence. Whether through painting or poetry, I use my work as a space for raw, emotive storytelling, confronting internal struggles while celebrating resilience.

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I graduated with First Class Honours in Fine Art from the University of Salford in 2023, and was nominated for the Freelands Painting Prize in 2022. That same year, I curated Late Bloom at the Window Gallery in the New Adelphi building as part of Fruity Frenzy, a collective of neurodivergent artists working to make creative spaces more accessible and inclusive. In 2023, we went on to produce Here & Queer at Withington Public Hall, continuing our mission to challenge traditional ideas of what “Fine Art” can be and who it’s for.

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My painting practice delves into queer subjectivity, focusing on the interplay between the body, sexuality, and gender identity. I use oil paint to mimic the textures of skin, applying impasto brushstrokes to recreate blemishes, folds, and contours. Colour plays a vital role in my work, allowing me to explore the warmth, vulnerability, and depth of the physical form. I often present the body in fragments, reimagined as painterly landscapes, intimate, asexual, and free from the objectifying gaze.

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Through both words and images, I aim to offer a different lens through which to view fatness, queerness, and neurodivergence. My work challenges normative frameworks and instead celebrates the body as a site of complexity, beauty, and resistance. By centering marginalized experiences, I hope to create spaces that feel honest, radical, and deeply human.

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Awards & Nominations

• 2022 – Nominated for the Freelands Painting Prize

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Education

• 2019–2023 – BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class Honours, University of Salford

• 2018–2019 – Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Tameside College

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Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2024 - Make Your Mark, Fruity Frenzy X WEST, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2024 – Uncensored, STAGGOF, Brixton, London

• 2023 – Figurative Forms, Neighbourhood Gallery, Didsbury

• 2023 – Here & Queer, Riot Garden x Fruity Frenzy, Withington Public Hall, Stockport

• 2023 – Unapologetic Self, Islington Mill, Salford

• 2022–23 – Late Bloom, Panic Picnic Collective, Window Gallery, University of Salford

• 2022 – MADE IT, Short Supply, HOME Gallery, Manchester

• 2022 – WEST Art Collective: PINK, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2022 – AB-Stain, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2022 – Dyke Trash: SAPPHIC, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2022 – RESET The System, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2022 – WEST Art Collective: 3rd Birthday Bash, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2022 – LIMP Takeover, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2022 – Life Drawing Class Exhibition, Haworth Charitable Trust, Old Fire Station, Salford

• 2022 – Degree Show, University of Salford, New Adelphi Building

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Curated Projects

• 2024 - Make Your Mark, Fruity Frenzy X WEST, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester

• 2023 – Here & Queer, Riot Garden x Fruity Frenzy, Withington Public Hall, Stockport

• 2022–23 – Late Bloom, Panic Picnic Collective, Window Gallery, University of Salford

 Publications & Features

• 2022 – Fine Art Student Nominated for Freelands Painting Prize (University of Salford press)

• 2022 – Born to Create with Chloé Smith – Episode 3, Shock Radio (Featured Artist)

• 2021 – Rethink. Refund. Reboot. – Self-published by University of Salford Fine Art students (Exhibiting Artist & Treasurer)