Archaeologists excavate, analyse, and piece together fragments from a site of interest, conjuring whole civilisations from a few traces, deposits or artefacts. I follow a similar process in my own practice, sifting through recollections, family stories, and found or inherited objects. Through re-examination and re-contextualisation, I seek out new narratives from what is fragmented, partial or obscured.
Born in Bahrain to a British mother and Bahraini father, my work acts both as a personal, autoethnographic exploration of my dual heritage, of distance and dislocation, and, more broadly, begins to delve into the evolution, erosion and loss of ancient sites, ways of life and natural landscapes.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of witnessing an archaeological dig in Bahrain, where a tiny, coiled snake skeleton was found inside a ceramic vessel, an event which left an indelible image, of this delicate creature sacrificed thousands of years ago in a lost cultural practice.
I use a wide range of symbolic materials and processes in my work which includes oil painting on panel and fabric, and the creation of installations made with wax, sand, gypsum, and vintage objects. These materials are imbued with personal, social or cultural meaning. Each of my artworks acts as a fragment or relic, to be examined, deciphered and interpreted within its wider context of lost language, shifting geography or mysterious ritual.
I have exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including twice at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, twice at the ING Discerning Eye, ArtBab Art Fair, Bahrain, and 35Blumen in Krefeld, Germany. In 2023 I won a solo exhibition with Shubbak Festival in partnership with Rochester Gallery and in 2021 was shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize. My work is held in private collections nationally and internationally.
Born in Bahrain to a British mother and Bahraini father, my work acts both as a personal, autoethnographic exploration of my dual heritage, of distance and dislocation, and, more broadly, begins to delve into the evolution, erosion and loss of ancient sites, ways of life and natural landscapes.
One of my most vivid childhood memories is of witnessing an archaeological dig in Bahrain, where a tiny, coiled snake skeleton was found inside a ceramic vessel, an event which left an indelible image, of this delicate creature sacrificed thousands of years ago in a lost cultural practice.
I use a wide range of symbolic materials and processes in my work which includes oil painting on panel and fabric, and the creation of installations made with wax, sand, gypsum, and vintage objects. These materials are imbued with personal, social or cultural meaning. Each of my artworks acts as a fragment or relic, to be examined, deciphered and interpreted within its wider context of lost language, shifting geography or mysterious ritual.
I have exhibited widely in the UK and internationally including twice at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, twice at the ING Discerning Eye, ArtBab Art Fair, Bahrain, and 35Blumen in Krefeld, Germany. In 2023 I won a solo exhibition with Shubbak Festival in partnership with Rochester Gallery and in 2021 was shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize. My work is held in private collections nationally and internationally.
'Look What the Cat Dragged In'
2025
Oil and gesso on antique French Linen
Commissioned for 'Olympia' exhibition, 35Blumen, Krefeld, Germany
2025
Oil and gesso on antique French Linen
Commissioned for 'Olympia' exhibition, 35Blumen, Krefeld, Germany