I am a conceptually and philosophically driven visual artist and I work with different media including text, flour, installation, film and print.
I am always aware of the exciting relationships between Maths, Philosophy and Science and that there are at least 360 ways of looking at anything and everything. Finished pieces often respond to this infinite platform of possibilities by being simple, geometric or circular in form.
My work can be playful in the way that it tries to make sense of ponderings upon the nature of reality (the truth and the viewed truth) and the dichotomy of the human condition of having both the gift and burden of conscious thought, language and ideas.
Fi has an International working career which began with 9 years on the East Coast of the States. Since returning to the UK, her work has been exhibited in London, Bristol, Derby and Nottingham. With recent works in Cork Street and The Royal West Academy.
Fi’s work is influenced by Eastern Philosophies and encourages looking at the ‘everyday’ from fresh perspectives, to find simplicity from the seemingly complex and to value the emphemeral. Fi’s work questions our relationship with language and our own cultural existence.
When not in her studio, she works as an independent freelance Creative Learning Facilitator & Trainer.
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I really value the creative process itself; the exciting and often serendipitous journey that takes place into the unknown that lies between the initial concepts and their later realisation into finished work. This embracing approach enables development of different and surprising forms which is why I work with a variety of media.
Exhibitions
Selected Solo
2010, Flourish (Sideshow/British Art Show), residency at Harrington Mills Studios, Nottingham
2010, InGest, site-sensitive installation, Empty Shop, Derby
2003, Site specific painting, commissioned by Icon Hair Studio, Nottingham
2002, Photographic images, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
2002, Photographic images, Holmes Place, Nottingham
2001, Photographic image, Finalist, Derby Open, Derby
Selected Group
2012, Candid Arts, Islington, London
2012, The Collection, Marburae Gallery, Macclesfield, Cheshire
2012, All Purpose, East Midlands Contemporary Art Auction, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham
2011, Flourscapes, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington
2011, Tsukiyama, Pedestrian Gallery, Leicester
2011, Reader’s Digest, flourscape, Royal West Academy, Bristol
2011, Truth, concrete poetry, University of Derby
2011, Sift, large-scale installation, Wirksworth Festival 2011, Derbyshire
2011, Ruminate, construction, The Cork Street Gallery, London
2010, Reader’s Digest, flourscapes, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donnington
2010, Reader’s Digest, flourscapes, Gesture Exhibition, Crow Studios, Derby
2010, Communicating more Authentically, film, Nottingham Playhouse
2010, Ruminate, constuction, Crocus Gallery, Nottingham
2010, Synapse Festival, Ruminate, film and construction, Derby
2004, Passing, large- scale outdoor public video installation, Nottingham
2004, Waterways, large-scale public video installation, Nottingham
2002, Site-specific mixed media images, University of Nottingham
Education
MA ADAPT (Art & Design Advanced Practice & Theories), University of Derby – 2011, Merit
BA Honours in Art & Design – 2004, First Class. Birmingham Institute of Art & Design (BIAD).
Foundation in Film & Video Production –2003. Intermedia, The Broadway, Nottingham
Foundation in Art & Design – 2001, Merit. New College Nottingham
City and Guilds Photography – 1994, Distinction. Stroud College