ARTWORKS

HEY SIRI, ALEXA, CORTANA! (2018 - )

'Hey Siri, Alexa Cortana, we're talking to you' 170x120cm, oil on linen

'Hey Siri, Alexa, Cortana, let's play Game of Thrones' 170x120cm, oil on linen

Detail - 'Hey Siri, Alexa, Cortana, we're talking to you'

Installation view 'Bad Mannerism' Gallery Pompom, Sydney

‘I was nine when I discovered Seurat’s dazzling ‘A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’, and daringly cut the picture out of the family encyclopedia. Social parades have always intrigued me. The mannequins are from Zara shop windows.

CATALOGUE ESSAY

'BE PREPARED' (2011 - 2017)

'Expecting a miracle' 150x210cm, oil on linen

Installation View

'Beacon' 160x225 cm, oil on linen

'She stopped giving dinner parties, because she couldn't bear the anxiety of getting everything ready on time' 130x162 cm, oil on linen

'Island' 140x120 cm, oil on linen

"Don't justify yourself' 130x160 cm, oil on linen

'Judy's Day (Judith and Holofernes)' 190x150cm, oil on linen

Are you tired of living with feelings of suffering, helplessness and being overwhelmed?' 140x120 cm, oil on linen

'Analyse what you gain each time you act the martyr' 205x180cm, oil on linen

Detail 'Analyse what you gain each time you act the martyr'

'Free-floating anxiety' 130x195 cm, oil on linen

'Freedom Fighter' 160x140 cm, oil on linen

We’re bombarded with self-help promises and well-meaning mantras. Daily life decisions become epic adventures.

CATALOGUE ESSAY

'LA VIE EN ROSE' (2014 - 2017)

'Even on weekends she made sure to wash the dishes and clean the sink' 180x160 cm, oil on linen

Castang Project Space Installation View

Detail 'Even on weekends she made sure to wash the dishes and clean the sink'

'Her house and workload kept growing and growing' 100x190 cm, oil on linen

'She took her time and cleaned the living room patch by patch' 160x170cm, oil and enamel on linen

'She came home from work late and started dusting at midnight' 140x130 cm, oil on linen

'She spent the entire day cleaning the bathtub' 140x170 cm, oil on linen

'She finally found a little time to do some embroidery' 160x150 cm, oil and enamel on linen

'Red, red heart' 200x175cm, oil on linen

Cleaning is a labour of mythological proportions, like Sisyphus endlessly rolling an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down when it almost reaches the top, repeating the action for eternity…

CATALOGUE ESSAY

DAILY HEROINES

'Heart Mender' 40x40 cm, oil on wood panel

Detail 'Heart Mender'

'The green grass of home' 40cm diameter, oil on canvas

'The long forest road' 40x40 cm, oil on wood panel

'Floating Kitchen' 40 cm diameter, oil on canvas

'Coastal Knitter' 40x30 cm, oil on wood panel

'Victory Knitter' 40x40 cm, oil on wood panel

'Volcanic Knitter' 30x40 cm, oil on wood panel

Installation view, The Heroine's Journey, Muxart Museum, Martorell, 2018

Reinventing Dutch genre painting from the 17th century, women travel from the home into the great outdoors…

'PROTECT ME'

'My name is Rose' 100x100cm, Diasec photographic print

'I am Vanitas' 100x100 cm, Diasec photographic print

'Trusting her instincts' 120x100 cm, Diasec photographic print

'Tea Party' 100 x 100cm, Diasec photographic print

'The gift' 100x90 cm, Diasec photographic print

'Protect me' 80x80 cm, Diasec photographic print

Installation view - spiked objects

Installation view - Castang Project Space

Spikes can both protect and repel. Schopenhauer's describes two hedgehogs trying to stay warm on a bitter winter's day. When they get too close they ‘spike’ each other; too far apart they risk freezing to death. It’s like the dilemmas of human relations.

Limited edition photographs

100cm perspex mounted diasec (edition of 3 +1AP);

80 cm on heavy cotton rag paper (edition of 5+1AP);

40cm on heavy cotton rag paper (edition of 10 + 2AP)