Fiona (Danish, Scottish, Kenyan) draws rich inspiration from ecosystems both human and environmental, defining her works as collaborative endeavours with the environment. Specifically, her work aims to capture how ecology can hold both fact and fiction. How land, vegetation or weather can hold feelings, metaphor and narrative. Fiona makes artworks using the natural material of a place, both to locate the work and to collaborate with it. This takes the form of making on location or gathering material to later transform into sculptures.
Fiona's dispersed childhood, of play and journeying has fostered a creative practice driven by curiosity, collaboration and imagination envisioned through ecology. In collaborating with her surroundings she fosters a connection with both the people of that place and the environment itself. She is sowing seeds and taking root in a place, as a counter to her migratory childhood.
Each of Fiona's artworks holds care and thought in how and why they are made. As she takes time to weave, sculpt or paint all to instil a sense of hope and joy. Fundamentally Fiona's artwork intends to tell stories and open exchanges about our environments.
