I am a Scotland-based interdisciplinary artist, who integrates live performance, sound, video, costume, drawing and painting. My practice is grounded in the rigorous, daily practice of Butoh, which I approach not as a codified form but as a somatic, philosophical, and anti-aesthetic process of becoming.
Guided by curiosity and mindfulness, my performance works examine what it means to be human through engagement with the messy, ordinary, and extraordinary aspects of lived experience. Exploring interconnection, resilience, memory, place, and the more-than-human world, I invite witnesses into kindred, collaborative exchange and visceral, transformative encounters.
Drawing and painting extend the embodied inquiry of my Butoh practice into visual form. Utilising Butoh’s principles of presence and transformation, I work between observation and abstraction, distilling the figure through repetition and layered gesture. My drawings and paintings inhabite a space where memory and emotion remain fluid, where figures emerge rather than resolve.
I hold a degree in fine art and am trained in modern dance, dance theatre, and Butoh. I have been making, performing, teaching and working with communities for over 35 years, presenting work and workshops internationally, including in the UK, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United States.