The Cedric Ford Art Prize Exhibition moves to Nottingham’s Backlit Gallery tomorrow. It will be interesting to see the work in a different space.
I’m going to the private view – a chance to network. Backlit Gallery has studio space, organises workshops and is involved in community outreach. So I’m also hoping for a chance to explore.
In the age of the Selfie my work challenges the conventions of self-portraiture. I make drawings that are informed by my senses - touch, sight, movement. My intention is to use my own sensory experience to create self-portraits but not to reveal a representation of my body. Instead the work is a record of my shifting perceptions. In making the work I am seeking to capture my own vulnerability on a journey of self-discovery.
