I am a visual artist. I was born in Auckland, New Zealand to New Zealand/German parents, and have lived in Glasgow since 2014.
I work across drawing, sculpture, text, printmaking and digital mediums. Through improvised making I explore the relationship between the said and the unsaid, responding to experiences of disconnects: aging, relationships, belonging, power dynamics, and trying to make it. My work is informed by fiction, cultural critique, everyday human interactions, a previous career as a data analyst, and family members who are technicians, readers, puzzlers, sewers, bakers, plumbers and accumulators of ordinary things.
My works have taken form as miniature bead screens, colour projections, soft-drawings, handmade datasets, micro-narratives, temporary sculptures and un-nameable objects.
CV
Awards & Competitions
2022
Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals
Glasgow Visual Artist and Craft Maker Bursary
2021
Creative Scotland Digital Pivot
2019
Finalist in the Wallace Art Awards, New Zealand
Glasgow Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award
2016
West Dean Tapestry Commission Open Call, Commendation
2015
Finalist in the Wallace Art Awards, New Zealand
2014
Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize (student)
Residencies
2018
Hospitalfield Summer Residency | Arbroath
Commissions
2019
What I see from here | Commissioned by Friends of Garnethiill Green Spaces, Glasgow
2016
Transitional Line | Commissioned by Auckland Council, New Zealand
Education
2015
Master of Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art
Gilbert Bayes Postgraduate Scholarship
2013
Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art, Elam School of Fine Art
Joe Raynes Scholarship for Painting, Drawing or Design
2008-11
Diploma in Art and Craft, Hungry Creek Art and Craft School
A long time ago
Bachelor of Business Studies, Auckland University of Technology
Solo Exhibitions
2023
BitParts | online
2019
Knock Knock | Featured Artist at Glasgow Print Studio
2018
Skin Crawl | #24hourwindow, Glasgow
2017
Saturday Safari | Glasgow Project Room
trade | online
2016
Approximately Bacon | The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow
2015
escape (!) in association with El Refri | Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
Going Spare | Lust and the Apple, Midlothian
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Doing Data | Creative Informatics at Inspace, Edinburgh
2021
Heavy Lifting | GOHAF2021
2019
Quality Sleep, Harmony Life! | Edinburgh Art Festival
Something to Remember | Elke Finkenauer & Alexis Neal | The Suter Gallery, Nelson
Members Club | The Booth at Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
2018
Something to Remember | Elke Finkenauer & Alexis Neal | Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
2016
The colour of your heart | Studio One, Auckland
2015
Awkmo | A collaboration with Natalie Doyle for Glasgow Open House Art Festival
2014
Aesthetica Art Prize | St Mary's York
2013
Draw a Line Somewhere | Sanderson Contemporary Art Project Window, Auckland