I draw parallels between contingent making processes of artworks and methods in society of human and natural adaptation, i.e., how humans build temporary structures, shelters, and rafts which are used both for adventure and for survival.
I layer and collage together to investigate spatial environments. I splice together moving image and create collages that are layers upon layers of print, and sculptures from unusual combinations of materials. I intuitively make using materials that have been discarded such as packaging.
I am interested in the way that nature creeps back into every part of urban space and how natural phenomena such as water and light affect our experience of the world around us. I consider the duality that exists between water as a beautiful material that is difficult to control and water as something that is increasingly threatening.
My current research juxtaposes distinct landscapes facing uncertainty due to climate change and extreme scenarios of too much or too little water. Field research has taken place in Latin America, including the rainforest in Panama and the Atacama Desert in Chile. The production of artworks become a means of visualizing hopeful future possibilities for understanding landscapes in relation to climate resilience.
I am interested in the way that nature creeps back into every part of urban space and how natural phenomena such as water and light affect our experience of the world around us. I consider the duality that exists between water as a beautiful material that is difficult to control and water as something that is increasingly threatening.
My current research juxtaposes distinct landscapes facing uncertainty due to climate change and extreme scenarios of too much or too little water. Field research has taken place in Latin America, including the rainforest in Panama and the Atacama Desert in Chile. The production of artworks become a means of visualizing hopeful future possibilities for understanding landscapes in relation to climate resilience.
| 2021-current: |
PhD candidate, University of Gloucestershire |
| 2017-2019: |
MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art. |
| 2009: |
Exchange. Kyoto Seika University, Japan |
| 2006-2010: |
BA Honours Sculpture, Glasgow School of Art |
| 2026: |
University of Gloucestershire. Senior Lecturer and ACL Integrated Foundation Year. |
| 2012: |
Cambridge University Museums. Artist educator |
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2021-2026: 2019-2021: |
University of Gloucestershire. Lecturer in Fine Art. University of Gloucestershire. Associate Lecturer in Fine Art |
| 2018-2019: |
Royal College of Art. Workshop supervisor. |
| 2011-2015: |
Futurecity. Assistant Project Manager. |
| 2026: |
To Tide You Over. Coleman Projects, London. |
| 2023: |
Susie Olczak in the Maker’s Space. The Wilson Museum and Gallery, Cheltenham. |
| 2017: |
Constructed Reality. Ugly Duck, London. |
| 2013: |
Volume. Tower 42, London. |
| 2011: |
Transition. Makers Gallery, Cambridge. |
| 2026: |
Landscapes of Hope. Arts, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Gloucester. |
| 2025: |
Landscapes of Hope. School Gallery, Folkestone (As part of Folkestone Triennial public programme) |
| 2024: |
Material Thinking. The Lightbox, Woking. On the Edge 2.0. Ovada, Oxford. Casting Shadows. AceArts, Somerton with Royal Society of Sculptors. Fragments of a Lost Future. White Conduit Projects, London. Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition at York Art Gallery |
| 2023: |
Fabrication. Hardwick Gallery. La Wayaka Current. La Yareta Culture Centre, Chile. Wanderland. Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens with RSS. On The Edge. Royal Society of Sculptors, London. |
| 2022: |
Changing Atmospheres. Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset. Unlit Path, Hardwick Gallery. |
| 2021: |
50/50. University of East London Way Out East Gallery. (Co-curator) Plus One. Hoxton, London. Landscape Portrait: Now and Then. Hestercombe Gallery., Somerset. |
| 2020: |
Discerning Eye. Judges Selection by Jo Baring Ori, Berlin. Utopie Summer Exhibition. Royal Society of Sculptors. Mark Tanner Sculpture Award |
| 2019: |
Purchase Prize Finalist Exhibition. Ingram Collection at the Cello Factory, London. Graduate Show. Royal College of Art. Teaser. Royal College of Art Courtyard Gallery. The Slade and RCA. Everything you ever wanted to know about sculpture. South London Gallery. |
| 2018: |
Graduate Exhibition. Anise Gallery. Summer Exhibition. Palazzo de Zenobio, Venice. |
| 2017: |
Bursary Award Exhibition Royal Society of Sculptors, London. Lumen School of Light. Ugly Duck, London. |
| 2016: |
Beneath the Surface. TheUndercroft Norwich. Studiobook. Mark Devereux Projects at Artwork Atelier, Manchester. |
| 2015: |
Eureka. Mile End Art Pavilion. |
| 2014: |
Demolition. Aid and Abet, Cambridge. Pioneer. Golden Thread Gallery, Connecticut. |
| 2013: |
Group Show Anise Gallery, London. |
| 2012: |
Iwakura The Briggait Glasgow. |
| 2011: |
Blurred BoundariesThe Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh. |
| 2010: |
Glasgow Fleeto. Shoreditch Town Hall, London. Glasgow School of Art, Degree Show. The Mackintosh Building, Glasgow |
| 2009: |
Kyoto Seika University Group Show. Muromachi Art Court, Kyoto. |
| 2011: |
Underpass. St George’s Cross, Glasgow. |
| 2026: | |
| 2022: | |
| 2020: |
| 2023: |
Fora, Southwark, London commission with Subject Matter Art Hestercombe Gallery. Commission for outdoor public sculpture |
| 2021: |
Bristol Circus City Festival. Set Design |
| 2017: |
Veil/Unveil. The National Trust, Eastbury Manor House. Glow commissioned by Creative Barking and Dagenham Orrery. Jesus College, Cambridge. |
| 2015: |
Raindance Film Festival. Awards commission Fitzwilliam Museum, King’s College, Peterhouse, Cambridge. e-luminate Festival |
| 2014: |
Perception. Art:Language: Location at Cambridge University Law Faculty |
| 2013: |
Wysing Arts Festival in Collaboration with Hollow Mountain |
| 2012: |
Void. Glasgow International Point of View. Futurecity Visualise Commission at Cambridge Institute of Astronomy |
| 2011: |
Retreat. BBC Scotland Red Shed Project. Light Corridor. Saatchi Art Trail at Big Chill Festival, Hereford |
| 2024: | |
| 2023: |
CCRI Foundation funding for residency in Chile |
| 2022: | |
| 2020: |
Arts Council England funding |
| 2018: |
Scholarship: International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Venice |
| 2018: |
Villiers David Travel Grant to visit Iceland |
| 2016: |
Bursary Award. Royal Society of Sculptors, London |
| 2024: |
Croft Lab, The Launderette, Bristol. |
| 2023: |
La Wayaka Current, Residency in Chile |
| 2022: |
La Wayaka Current, Residency in Panama. |
| 2021: | |
| 2020: |
Ingram Collection Purchase Prize Residency at Hestercombe Gallery. |
| 2018: |
Tomas Saraceno. Aerocene Workshop with RCA. Palais de Tokyo, Paris Kurt Switters Merz Barn Summer. Residency, The Lake District |
| 2016: |
Studiobook, Mark Devereux Projects, Manchester |
| 2014: |
Sustainability Residency, Cambridge |
| 2011: |
AA2A, Cambridge School of Art |
| 2009: |
Urban Spaces Residency, Ars Hame, Riihimaki, Finland |
| 2024: |
Growing Places with Walking the Land. Artist educator |
| 2021: |
University of East London. Visiting Lecturer. West Herts College. Visiting lecturer and tutor. |
| 2020: |
University of Bedfordshire. Delivered lecture. City Lit. Visiting lecturer for Conscious Isolation. Royal College of Art. Delivered Professional practice lecture |
| 2019: |
Hello Wood, Hungary. Workshop Leader Falmouth University. Guest speaker about sustainability University for the Creative Arts. Visiting lecturer. Delivered one day session. Artist talk and critical feedback session University of the Arts London Camberwell. Visiting tutor. Delivered one day workshop on public art |
| 2018: |
University for the Creative Arts. Visiting lecturer and tutor. Delivered one day session. Artist talk and tutorials University of Gloucestershire. Visiting lecturer. Two day sessions. Artist talk/ tutorials and public art workshop University of Brighton. Art lecturer and visiting tutor. Delivered one day session. Artist talk and tutorials University of Westminster. Visiting tutor. Delivered one day session. Artist talk on public art and tutorials |
| 2011-2016: |
University of Cambridge. Guest lecturer. History of art/architecture and Art Markets Course, Judge Business School |
| 2015: |
Royal British Society of Sculptors. Workshop leader. Running a series of workshops |
| 2013: |
Goldsmiths University of London. Guest speaker for Creative Mapping. Delivered one lecture |
| 2012: |
Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University. Visiting Lecturer. Delivered artist talk |
| Current: | |
| Past: |
| 2020: |
Conscious Isolation: Lectures, critical feedback sessions and open calls with Samuel Zealey. Worked in collaboration with University of East London and The Ingram Collection. |
| Ongoing: | |
| 2026: |
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| 2025: |
PARSE: Ecosystems of Feminism City Campus: Arts, Health and Wellbeing Centre. |
| 2024: | |
| 2023: |
Explore Art Project |
| 2022: | |
| 2021: | |
| 2020: | |
| 2019: |
Arch Daily on Hello Wood, Hungary Hello Wood Hunger Tv |
| 2018: | |
| 2017: |
Lumen School of Light |
| 2016: |
The Times Newspaper E-luminate Festival Glow |
| 2015: | |
| 2014: |
In Conversation with Slate The Disco Art for the Square. Futurecity |
| 2013: | |
| 2012: | |
| 2011: |
BBC Scotland, Red Shed Project |
| 2010: |
Article by Artist Newsletter about Glasgow School of Art Degree Show |