I’ve decided to restart this blog. It used to be for MA Fine Art, but I think it has potential to track my art practice further.

Update (What I did since MA)

I started working full-time again (half my week is nocturnal, because I work night shifts at a bakery, then I shift back to being a diurnal artist on my days off). I’ve moved out to live my own again and embracing the minimalist, clutter-free lifestyle.

Recently I’ve managed to get a studio space at Stryx. It was at the right timing, because it was just before the studio holders show, which is opening this Friday (3rd February), and it will be open until the 28th.

Not in the cards

It’s nice to finally be part of the art community in Birmingham, because I never had much luck. I used to have social anxiety and it affected me a lot when I studied BA Fine Art. I’ve worked hard on CBT to recover from it – I wanted to socialise with people who liked art, so that’s partly why I applied to study MA Fine Art, but then Covid-19 happened and took that chance (I’m still very gutted by that).

It brings me to reflect about something else that’s important. My practice was ‘off’ during MA Fine Art. All the way through the year, I knew that the prints and the tentacles weren’t my best work (I think it lacks something). It’s the same with my title choices for the prints, because I don’t understand how it fits with the work – It’s just not the typical work I would produce (I usually exploit terms that suggest multiple meanings that link the visuals).

The work shown at the Stryx studio holders show

I initially wrapped bubble wrap on Reparation (2019) to protect it form damage, but thought it would be interesting to include that in the show. Alongside this is a readymade sculpture, Wrapped in cotton (2023). It’s tissues on a plate wrapped with clingfilm. It would be interesting to see and draw a connection between the visual, as well as the conceptual dynamics between the bubble wrap of the painting and the cling-film veil of the sculpture.