During my time at ECA, I have developed a practice that investigates experimental and unconventional modes of art-making. Through the unmaking of found material (often comic books and magazines) my painterly objects focus on absence through deconstructed materiality. My work, made through removal rather than addition, disturbs the ordinary direction of artistic labour. As every piece starts with the chemical alteration of printed material with solvents which I layer, allow to build up, and then try to edit into a more concise work. The back-and-forth relationship I cultivate with my work muddies paradigms of artistic virtuosity as I try not to shape the material too much - but allow the work to be shaped by the unpredictable material processes at play.
