“Nothing is original.
Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination...
Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul.
If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic.
Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent.
And don't bother concealing your thievery-celebrate it if you feel like it.”

— Jim Jarmusch

Who?

I am a Visual Artist from Co. Wicklow, with a First Class Honours Bachelor’s degree in Photography from Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Technology & Design. I work predominantly with photography, while experimenting with other mediums; exploiting the limits of image-making to create thought-provoking and conceptual artworks.

My journey with photography began during a stage of deep sadness. I was drawn to the medium’s ability to immortalise what I was feeling inside, allowing me to find a voice, in a time where I could not speak. The majority of my project-based work is conceived through the inner strifes and conflicts that I have with both myself and the world around me.

What?

I work primarily with film in my day to day, preferring it for its tangibility. When working with a slower process, there are more elements of thought and emotion involved in the creation of the image.

When building more complex projects I work in digital format. I have carried my interest of art history into my photographic work, looking towards paintings for inspiration with regards to composition, representation, technique and symbolism.

As my visual rhetoric evolves, I have begun to incorporate written word, moving image and audio into my newer works, to build an immersive environment that engulfs the audience in the experience.

Why?

My project-based work bears some sort of social or cultural relevance; more often-than-not stemming from my own personal experiences, which I relate back to a more universal topic.

I use my work as a way to tell a story, in hopes to build a relationship between the viewer and what is depicted within the image.

My more recent projects have all had a commonality in their themes in an attempt to ‘lift the fog’ so to speak — removing the stigma from something; dyed hair, the female form, religion, prescription drugs/antidepressants and most recently the female experience.